Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-11-19

There will be a social and chicken pie
supper at E. f. Wells on the evening of
Wednesday, Nov. 21st. All are cordially
invited and it is hoped the house will be
well filled. Price, 10 cts; children 10.
The ordination of Rev. L. w. Pease took
place here on the afternoon and evening
of Nov. Nth. The examination of the can
d1date was held in the afternoon and
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Waterman of st.
Johnsbury. In the evening the ordination
! sermon was delivered by Rev. Mr.. Dow
ney OF Lyndon. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Mr.. Waterman who also
gave the charge to the candidate. The
right hand of fellowship was given by
Rev. Mr.. Phillips of West Derby and also
the charge to the church. The benedic-
tion was pronounced by the newly ordain-
ed minister.
Bloomington.
The village school taught by May Marsh,
closed last Friday for two weeks vacation.
Henry Pickle sold his personal property
last Saturday and will move to Canada
soon.
The ladies of the I. o. G. T. give prom
enade Thanksgiving night. All are cordi-
ally invited.
L. t. Grow who has been working in
New Hampshire the past few weeks has
! returned home.-A brother of Mrs. Geo.
Virgins who has been away for fourteen
years, made her visit last week.
East Bloomington.
Mrs. Going is in st. Johnsbury caring
for an aunt who is ill.
Mrs. Augustus Foss has a cactus plant
that has 65 blossoms on it.
Mrs. Gaylord Fox visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ovitt of Jay last week.
Arthur Miles is moving into Herbert
Gray's house near Bloomington village.
Miss Brown from Melbourne, P. O., is
working for Mrs. Alden Drown who is ill.
Mrs. William Lowery is quite sick with
tonsiltis.- Betsey Pierce is very sick.
--Chas. Clark is confined to the house with
rheumatism.
Miss Alice M. Chase closed a successful
term of school in District No. last week.
Those having no absent marks were Flora,
Della and Clara Cushman, Gerald and Ken
meth Drown, Guy Bickford, Urbin Spencer,
Lillian and Tia White. Numb of scholars,
%; average attendance,2O 1918. Miss
Chase resigns for the winter term.
Bloomington Center.
Homer Leland has painted his house.
Miss Nora Warner closed her second
term of school at the Center last Friday.
She will teach the winter term.
The Bloomington Grange No. S7S will
hold it's next meeting Friday evening Nov.
3Oth. AT its last meeting two new mem
bers were initiated and two applications
for membership were received.
Mrs. Flora Hall and Mrs. Annie Hall of
Sheffield visited in town recently.-Mr. !
and Mrs. Edgar Wells have returned from
a trip to Franklin County.-Mrs. James
Miles of Wheelock, and Mrs. Fred Grow
of Sutton visited at E. A. Robinson's last
week. ...
49, Mrs. Seldom Gray has returned from |
Charleston, n. H., where she spent few |
weeks with her brother, John Humphrey. |
Soon after her arrival she received a visit |
from her brother law, Charles Gray of |
Cavendish, former resident of Barton |
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey went with Mrs. !
Gray to visit places which were of great |
interest to her in Claremont, Bellows !
Falls, Springfield and Windsor. At the |
latter place she went through the prison,
saw the inmates, the culinary department
and was impressed by the vigilance of the
officials and the strict discipline maintain
ed.
Evansville.
Mrs. l.. r. Woodland is sick with ty-
phoid fever. -s~s.
Enos Lapierre is working for the Er-
press and Standard as agent. ,...-,
VIM. Monteith has hired E. Fosters
saw-mill and will buy the lumber to stock
it this winter. 4 ,4"-.s J. fz Al
Miss Florence Drown of West Burke
was a guest at the home of Miss Lulu K
Drown last week.
E. Black had his fingers cut on planer
in the E. L. Chandler mill last week and
has been home for few days.
There will be bonnet socia bic at Mrs.
FL. S. Smiths next Thursday evening.
Come, ladies, and bring your bonnets and
the gentlemen will trim them. This is to
raise money to buy new singing books for
the choir;
Miss Maggie Moore is working for L. R.
Woodard.-Frank Lapierre and j. w.
Moore have hired to Drown & Marshall to
work in the woods this winter.-W. Lee
land and Frank Roberts will work for the
Pike Mfg. Co.
East Charleston.
Tom Benton has bought the III. Lamson
farm.
Mrs jeanette DolIoff has rented and moved
into part of Geo. Lang's house.