Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26

Mrs. Albion Batten recently.
Erastus Howard, who passed his eighty
eighth birthday recently, has been quite
sick.
Mrs. Delano is at ST. Johnsbury carin G
for her daughter Florence, and Mrs. Vim
| cent is keeping house for her.
| While Silas Marshall and son Ernest
were saving wood recently the lever
| operating the brake on the horse power
| became useless. Ernest attempted to ar
rest the speed by the means of a lever :;
this failed however, and the stick was
torn from his hands striking him under
the chin and knocking him down., but
fortunately he was not seriously injured.
The horses were finally run out of the ma
chine and escaped with a few cuts and
scratches.
Sheffield.
Mrs. Reece has moved to her farm.
Mrs. Mary Moore has returned to Boston.
Mr.. KimbaIl has vacated the Reece place.
John Barber has sold his place above the
village to Giffin and Simpson.
John Orcutt has position on the Boston
& Maine railroad at Springfield, Mass.
Independent Grange No. % will hold
meeting in WheeIock March 31st at 10 a. m
sociable was held at Mrs. Jonas
Bruces last Friday afternoon and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Woodman from ST.
Johnsbury visited their parents over Sun
day.
Miss Emile Brooks has been visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. J. S. Drew, in Vince
lock.
Sheldon & Bruce have put in new cir
cular saw and done other repairing in their
mill recently.
Ernest Lawson is on the sick ist.-Mrs.
Melissa Drown has been sick, threatened
with pneumonia.
The young people of this place played the
danger SignaP' at Lyndon Center last
Thursday evening.
W. j. Smith has engaged to teach school
atLyndonville another year. He commen-
ces his school to-day.
Vincents Wood and family go to Paw
tucket r. l., next Wednesday. They ex-
pect to remain there permanently.
G. B. Simpson is in poor health.-Mrs. G..
B. Joy, Mrs. Hannah Folsom, Isaac Pearl
and Charles ingalls, are on the sick list.
Rev. A. 3. Blake will take supernumer-
airy relation and retire from the active
ministry this spring. He will occupy his
house at Barton and make extensive repairs
on his buildings.
Mrs. Hannah Sheldon is visiting her
parents in Troy.-May Whitney is home
from Newport having short vacation
Wylie Willard was in West Burke Satur-
day on business Mrs. ManIey Sargent
and her from Wells River are visiting
Jonas Bruce. Mrs. Sargent's father.
Sutton.
A baby boy at Will Beams.
Mrs. j. e. Willard is able to ride out
Mrs. Linnie Masure is in a very critical
condition.
Prof. FL. r. Willard returned to Barton
Landing to open school Monday.
FL. A. Blake was In Montpelier last week
on business in connection with the Beck
with Mari Co.
Miss Ethel Chapman gave party to her
friends last Thursday evening in honor Of
her eighteenth birthday.
Miss Vira Bell is ill with diphtheria at
ST. Johnsbury. Her sister, Mrs. A. L. Cor
don, is there caring for her.
Miss Madge Burnham who has been
spending several days in Barton and Al
bany, returned home last Friday.
Mrs. Bannie Colby of Boston and son
Macmillan of Franklin, Mass, who have
been guests at DR.. Colby's for few days,
returned last Friday morning.
Mr.. Rawson Stoddard, who has been in so
pitiab a condition this winter, is at times
violently insane and the safety of his wife
necessitates his being taken care of.
WheeIOck.
Bert Bean has the measles.
W. F. Clark was in town last week on
business.
Harvey Bishop from Lyndon has moved
into the Dana house.
Mrs. Miller from Melrose, Mass, is here
caring for her mother.
Mrs. A. Drown is gaining from the inju-
ries she received short time ago.
Rev. Ora Gray is home for few days
conference there.
The Good Templars' dramatic club play
ed at Lyndon last Thursday evening. They
report very good house.
Austin Emerson is looking for a man to
go on to the poor farm. He does not pro-
pose to pay the town poor to stay on the
farm.
MARRIED.