Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-03
where he has work, having engaged to put
up house there for Henry Adams.

The new smoke-stack for Silsby's mill has
arrived. 1t is thirty inches in diameter
and eighty feet long. It will probably be
put in place sometime this fall.
DIR. Ell. FL. Hill has been quite i'll the past
week If he does not get better soon the
doctor fears he will have to undergo an
operation for relief from his trouble.
Schools in town began Monday with
exception of the one in the Stebbins dis
trict, which commenced a week earlier.
Only two of the spring term teachers have
been retained, Miss Guild and Miss Tuck
er in the village school.
We had a call from Dayton Harding,
former Lowell boy, recently. He has just
returned from the West having been as far
as Salt Lake City, visiting Denver, Cripple
Creek and Colorado Springs. He was
much pleased with the country and talks
of going back in the near future.
Those who will attend school at Bak
field from Lowell this fall are: Misses
Helen Stephenson, Clara Burgess, Alice
and Grace Durivage and Messrs. Lawrence
Powers, Herbert Eldridge and Harrie
WelIman.-Miss Belle Stannard has re-
turned to Johnson for the fall term Of
school.
Miss Grace Watson. who has spent the
summer here returned last Saturday to her
home in New Haven, Conn.-Rev. Fir.
Pecotte visited in Newport and vicinity
three days last week, returning Wednes-
day.. c. Dyer and wife of Manchester,
n. H.. are spending a few weeks vacation
1nIo
of johnson visited here last Week.-Mrs.
Mary Newton of Lowell, Mass, visited her
brothers Henry and Clint Newton recent
ly.-Mrs. w. J. Peters and daughter of
Plymouth, n. H. were at Milo Hines few
DAYS last week.-Mrs.. E. B. Wellman has
gone to Burlington for two weeks stay,
Miss Lillian Wetherby who has been here
some weeks, returned with her.
Morgan.
The ladies are having good success in
raising funds to repair the church.
Mrs. Eta Wilder is gaining very slowly,
but we trust she will soon be restored to
health again.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Holmes left home
Saturday for a weeks visit in the White
Mountains.
Morgan Center.
AdoIphus Page has bought the Cowan
farm and will take possession at once.
AIonzo Scribner of Barnston, P. O., has
moved here, into one of j. A. Gray's tene
ments.
Freddie Burroughs, only son of G. L.
Burroughs, is dangerously sick with lung
trouble.
Mrs. Mcnamara and son and daug liter,
who have been visiting Mrs. McNamara's
parents this summer, returned to their
home in Barton Landing last Saturday.
Newport.
Mrs. Ed. Martin was called home to New
York last week owing to the severe sick
ness of her husband.
Alice Sherman, Clayton Elkins, Park
Farrar, and Ruth Lane oto st. Johnsbury
this week to attend school.
o. s. Dane has received word from the
Boston & Maine detectives that they had
caught the party who broke into the ticket
office here about two weeks ago.
There was large delegation of Knight
TempIars from Bath, Maine, and st.
Johnsbury who took very pleasant trip
through on the lake last Thursday.
Mr. w. N Kinnie was run over by his
team which he was holding at the car to
have it loaded with machinery last week.
The horses started and threw him down
and the wheel passed over his hip.
Mrs. Ara Miller has gone to Enosburgh
Falls on visit.-Nat Farrant and son of
Boston visited Mr.. Farrant's mother here
the past week.-Misses Winona Billings
and Mary ChiIson are at York Beach
Miss Mitchell of New Hampshire is visit
ing at John Cunningham's .-Wm. Corey
is visiting at his former home in Connect1-
cut.-Lawyer GLIB. Young spent the past
week in Burlington.-Mi Zettie Lane of
Springfield has visited at DIR. E. E. Whit
aker's the past month.
The marriage of Mr.. j. r, Farrant and
Miss Abby E. Goodell occurred at the
home of the bride on Second st. last Mon
day evening, Rev. Alexander Crone offici-
ating. The house was beautifully deco
rated with ported plants and cut flowers.
They were the recipients of large num-
berlof presents, some of them being very
costly. The honeymoon will be spent at
Westminster West, the former. home of
the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Farrant have the
best wishes of large circle of friends.
Newport Center.
Miss Bertha Stickney is teaching in
district No. 8.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
G. E. Campbell Aug. 26.
Miss Myrtle Kinne has returned from the
White Mountains, where she has been
working this summer.
Mrs. Frank Richards, Miss Anna