Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

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Elijah Huntington's.-Mrs. Andrew APP
pIebee and Miss Martha Moulton of Cas-
we'll Mill visited at B. F. Moore's last
week.-John Regain of Boston is in town
visiting.-C. A. Wheeler of Somerville,
Mass, is visiting at J. F. Lambert s.-Mrs
| Ed. Martin of New York City is in town
visiting relatives.-Mr. and Mrs. Henry
| Flint of Barre visited at D. w. HiIdreth' IS
the past week.
Troy.
Mrs. ROLAND who has been very sick the
past month IS failing.
A number from this place attended the
fair at Newport Wednesday.
Tom King has moved into the upstairs
tenement in the George Martin house.
Several children attended a birthday
party given by Veda Button last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Shaw entertained
guests last week.-Mr. 2. H. Johnson of
Manchester, n. H., is in town visiting rel
atives and circumstances Richardson of
West Derby spent Sunday at A.:Rockwells.
Jasper Phillips of Newport Center spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Henry Baraw.
Mr.. L. Commings of Newport was in
town recently with Mr.. o. T. Sisco.
Westfield.
Fred Belrose met with an accident to
one hand while working with the planer
in Wakefield mill last week.
VIM. EIkins, the head carpenter on
Hiram Miller's house, cut his foot with an
axe the other day while hewing stick of
timber.
On Sunday, the 18th inst. there was no
preaching in either church. The Meth
odist minister was not in town and the
Cong. minister was ill.
There have been one Or two more cases
of smallpox, making eight the total num-
Der fofi cases here. The disease has not
spread to any new household.
Miss Stella Gilman has returned to Bid
deford, Me-, accompanied by Mrs. M. D.
Gilman and Miss Lou. They will also
visit relatives in New Hampshire.
Miss Lena M. Gilpin has been engaged
to teach the higher department of the
school in West Charleston.-Oscar Fowler
is to teach the school on the No. Hill
Miss Theo Hendrix is to teach the primary
department of the school in the village.
There was large attendance and hot
time at the republican caucus held last
Saturday evening. At a late hour the
meeting was adjourned without anyone
having been nominated for town repre-
sentative. On the last ballot w. G. Far
man received sixty votes, l.. F.
Woodwork thirty-nine, II. w. Burnham
thirty-one and w. Burnham one. Thus it |
will be seen that Mr.. Farman lacked only !
three votes OF the number required to
nominate him. He and some of his sup
porters We're in quarantine and hence I'M
able to be present or would have received |
a majority of the votes. The justices |
nominated were as follows: Eugene Mil |
Ter, w. B. Gilpin, l.. F. Woodwork, G. !
Barre, and James Boutwell,.
Mrs. D. E. Wright is absent on a trip to |
Boston,-NIiss Ada Brown visited in No |
Troy last week.-Mrs.. Breckenridge of !
Vergennes is here visiting her brother, !
Walter Bell.-Rev.J. II. Cone went to Bur
lington last Tuesday to see his sister who !
is in the hospital there.-A. NJ. AseItine of |
West Derby and Mrs. Nettie Miller OF /
Derby were in town last week.-Mrs.. Will !
Trumpass has gone to Lisbon, n. H., to !
visit friends.-John Woolley has returned |
from visit to relatives in Albany. Mrs. |
Jane Carey Of Connecticut is here visiting
her nieces, Mrs. o. P. Wright and Mrs. H.
d. MiIIer.-Mr. and Mrs. Judson Burdiclz |
of East Hardwick visited relatives here
last week.-Mrs.. Lucy Bailey Of Derby |
recently visited Mrs. Betsey Stebbins.
WeStmOre.
There will be an ice-cream social at the |
on the west side of the lake
next Thursday evening. Icecream cake
and coffee will be served. Price 10 cents
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
West Burke.
Henry Turner has sold his farm and will
move into the village.
Mrs. Ira Humphrey and Mrs. Warner
Fogg are seriously ILL.
Ira Humphrey recently had twenty-s1x
sheep killed by lightning.
The NJ. e. church receives bequest OF
300 by the will of the late Mrs. Sarah Buell.
One day last week while Arthur Meacham,
six-year-oId grandson of Ira Chappeu,
was playing he fell from the piazza break
ing his arm.
There is TO be a republican rally at the
6. A. r. hall on Saturday, August 25th
The speakers announced are Hon. James
Barrett, Ex- U. S. minister to Siam, and
circuit. Everybody invited.
One day. recently while George Silver,
5he barber, had gone to dinner, lamp
which he had left burning exploded, set
ing the shop on fire. Fortunately the
ire was discovered and extinguished before
much damage was done.