Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-19


Mrs. Flora b. Hoyt has been quite IN the
past week.
Dan Gray is suffering from a felon on
one of his fingers.
Aaron Sargent shot a fine mink near the
steam mill last week.
Carl Abbott has gone to work for the
Percival Manufacturing Company.
The little son of A. Il. Hinckley has been
very i'll the past week with bronchial
pneumonia.
Much sympathy is felt for Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sherburne, who buried their infant
son yesterday.
About forty couple attended the dance
and oyster supper at Chas. Lawrence's last
Thursday evening.
Rev. Mr.. Granger of Irasburgh will
preach here next Sunday in exchange with
Rev. Mr.. Alexander.
Ernest Wilson has gone to Albany to
work in a aw-mill.-Edwin Williams has
gone to Albany to drive a team for Orrie
White.
The young people gave Arthur Marsh a
surprise birthday party last Wednesday
evening, and very pleasant time was re-
ported.
G. j. Barker of w. Glover has sold his
farm to Allen Gilmore, and has rented
Herbert browns place here In the village
for three months, while he is looking for
permanent home.
Fred Pierce, who it will be remembered
lost his leg some time ago from the effect
gun shot wound, has so far recovered as
to have an artificial leg. He is running
quite an extensive poultry plant In Massa-
chusetts at present.
The Earnest Workers will serve a supper
Wednesday evening at the M. r. vestry
from 5 to z o'clock, followed at O'Clock
by recital by Miss Elhelynd Gould. Miss
Gould comes highly recommended and
good attendance is desired.
The roads in places are very poor 1.-THE
people who live near or pass over bad
places would be public-spirited enough 20
turn the water out OF the roads, without
waiting to be so ordered by the road COM
missioner, the roads would not get In such
conditions and perhaps the difference in
the road tax would compensate them. A
stitch in time saves nine.
Miss Amy Blodgett has gone to Man
chester N. H., on visit.-Miss Florence
Drew is visiting in Portsmouth, n. H.
Miss Clara Dwinell Of Montpelier has been
visiting friends i'm town. Mrs. Laura
Mathie with her two daughters and neph-
ew are visiting in town.-Orrin Leach and
wife of Wahpeton, Dakota, visited at DIR.
n. IL. Dow's last week and called on old
friends in town.-Lovi Drew and wife were
in Lyndon Saturday visiting his brothers
family.
John w. Titcomb, Fish and Game Com
missioner, gave a very interesting and i'm
structive lecture last Friday evening. The
views were very fine, showing us some Of
Vermont's most beautiful scenery, also our
fish i'm all stages OF their existence. II
would be well for some OF our town repre-
sentatives to attend one Of these lectures
and learn something OF the good work the
Commissioners are doing. After the lecture
the boys gave an oyster supper and told
some very big fish stories. We shall be
glad TO welcome Mr.. Titcomb again.
As George Anderson and Henry Clark
were rolling the road across a steep hill i'm
Clark's sugar place, the snow above them
became loosened, and an avalanche over
took them as they rounded an abrupt
curve. Clark and Anderson sprang from
the roller in time Co escape, but the snow
struck the roller, pushing 1t over the em-
bankment dragging the four horses with
ii down through the fences into Frank
Wolcott's field. The horses were piled on
top OF each other and completely buried In
the snow. No one knows why they were
not killed, but they were all apparently
The hill is very high and
steep, the place down which the snow
came is probably fifty feet above the road
and extends as far below.
Regarding the item which appeared last
week concerning the canker-rash report,
your correspondent wishes 20 say that she
was guided in each instance by popular
report. 1t was generally understood at
first that the children had canlSer-rash, and
she 30 sent the item TO the MONITOR. then
she heard from several reliable people that
il certainly was not, and i'm one instance
was told that the family said their chill
dren hadn't got canker-rash any more
than other sick children about town; 40
she then tried 10 take back what she had
previously reported. IL is quite impossi-
BILE to personally investigate each and
every persons affairs made mention OF In
the weekly locals, but she does the best
she can, guided usually I'm great measure
by what "they sayn as far as the law, or
the work of the health officer, or even the
reputable physician were concerned, she
bushes to admit she never once thought
Of them, but as David Harum says, "No
offense was intended and none need be
taken.v