Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-12-03

meeting and election of officers at their
rooms next Thursday. An oyster dinner
will be served promptly at II O'Clock.
The Earnest Workers will hold camp
fire at the vestry Wednesday Ievening. All
are invited to come prepared to give
story, a song or quotation from some
author. Cake and coffee will be served.
Glover Grange No. 272 will meet Tuesday
evening Dec. 18th. As it is election of
officers all members are requested TO be
present. The meetings will be held on the
second Tuesday evening of each month at
present.
The Mason Brothers and party who went
to Maine the 21st, returned last Tuesday.
Three feet of snow coming drove them out
of the woods. They had one day to hunt
and KeIton was the only one who killed
a deer.
Through an error part of the item re-
garding the prizes of the primary school
which closed Nov. 10, was omitted: julia
Drew. Nathan Scott, and Hiram Mcclellan
received the prizes for best penmansh1p;
Phil Davis for best number work; Oscar
Leonard for best paper weaving.
The village schools commence to-day
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hovey and son Ralph
of St. Johnsbury are visiting at Chas. Kim
balrs.-Mr. and Mrs. Chaplin Leonard
visited in Boston and vicinity last week.
Mrs. Frank Scott and son Roy of st. Johns
bury spent Sunday at LirdOl French's.-
Mrs. Sawins and daughter have moved
away.-Mr and Mrs. Lee of East ST. Johns
bury visited at c. S. Parker'sElast week.
Your correspondent called on John Bor-
land last week and took look at his stock
and noted some things of interest. He is
wintering nearly fifty head of cattle having
cut about eighty tons of hay, quite a guam
tity of corn fodder and other grain. HIS
dairy is one of the best in town Every
thing about the farm and buildings shows
signs of thrift and painstaking. His sugar
place has two thousand trees and his sugar
is always first class. John Jr., and Clark,
his two sons, are resolute young men and
do most of the work except in haying and
sugaring. Mr.. Borland himfelf does more
or less chores and makes it profitable car
ing for some one hundred hens.
West Glover.
Mrs. c. G. Stevens is home from her
Barre trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Jenness of Sheffield
are at Lyman Phillips for time.
Mrs. Emily Tomlinson Lewis passed
away Friday morning at the home of her
son, Merton Lewis. She leaves three sons,
Nelson of Barton, Newton of Dakota and
Merton with whom spent her last days.
Mr.. James Abbott is very low.-It is re-
ported that Mrs. Lizzie Cameron is steadily
limproving.-Carl DwineH commenced his
winter term last week in the Beach dis
trict.-Miss Kate Barry's school commenc-
ed today in the village.
Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Holloway are rejoicing
over the birth of daughter.
Mrs. Goodrich and Miss Rena Goodrich
spent few days in Hardwick last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Caswen of Concord
n. H., spent Thanksgiving at G. c. Kings.
ia Crane has gone to New Hampshire
as travelling salesman for Q. S. Page of
Hyde Park.
The MONITOR agent will be at the post
. office here Tuesday, Dec. 18th, from $50
a. m. till p. m. Do not fail to see him
and order your club papers.
The snow has come and with it the time
for rolling the roads. They should be roll
. ed with heavy rolls made especially for
this work. In some places land rolls are
being used but do not give the satisfaction
given by the heavier ones.
There was pleasant surprise party for
lorr
evening. About thirty friends were pres
ent and the evening passed quickly with
games and music. Mr.. Wilson soon leaves
for Laconia, n. H., to attend a business
college. .--t t,}T 80 f
Vernon Zimmerman spent Thursday and
Friday of last week at T. F. Smith's.-Mrs.
Robert Ritchie's nurse, Mrs. Phelps, spent
Thanksgiving at her home in st. Johns
bury.-Rev. and Mrs. P. B. Fisk spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. Fisk's sister in
Montpelier.
Greensboro Bend.
George Cole is able to go out again.
Four carloads of Christmas trees were
Ioaoed at this station last week.
The MONITOR agent will be at the post
office here Monday evening, Dec. 10th. See
him and arrange for club papers.
There is petition in circulation to have
the mail route continued from here to
Craftsbury. Let every one sign it.
The lower tenement of the Hogaboom
house is being thoroughly repaired. We
understand Mr.. Aiken is going to occupy
it.
J. II. Dow and wife of Walden spent
Thanksgiving with their niece, Mrs.