Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-19


ID town last week. She went from here to
Lancaster, NH, for visit Of ten days
The executive committee have been
obliged to change the date of Conwell's lee
ture from April 18th to Wednesday, April
18th.
There will. be d Union meeting at the
NJ. E. churcI 1.ezc5 Sunday evening under
the auspicxa Of the w. G. T. U. All in
vited.
Rev. j. o. Sherburne held the last
Quarterly conference of the present year at
the vestry of the M. E. church last Friday
evening.
On the last page of this paper will be
found an interesting article written by
Mrs. j. N. Webster on her trip through
the West.
Mr.. A. w. Perkins has been having his
renovated, and is now all ready to do first
class work.
Mrs. Geo. Monkey was called to East
Albany last week by the serious illness of
her father, Mr.. Skinner. He is better at
this writing.
Quite number from here attended the
meeting of the Knight Templars at New
port last week and very pleasant gather
ing is reported.
Waldo Mossman, who has been sick dur
ing the past two weeks, is able to be out
again.-Harry Williamson has been sick
during the past week.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post in this village:
Allen, Miss Lucretia F.; Bwers, Geo. H.;
Mitchell, Mrs. Nela; Powers, Geo.
Mrs. o. d. Owen entertained her Sun
day-school class at her home last Tuesday
evening. Ten young ladies were present
and a very pleasant time is reported.
We understand that j. c. Hopkins, who
left here the last of December to visit
relatives and friends in Coaticook, has
been very ill and is very feeble at this time.
Regular meeting of Orient Chapter, No.
13, o. E. S. next Friday evening. Vista
ton of the deputy matron and patron and
banquet postponed to Friday evening,
March 3Oth.
Miss l.. &. Colburne goes to New York
this week to purchase new millinery. Miss
Cutting will join her there and when they
return they expect to have all the latest
styles in millinery.
Mr.. Jonathan PiIlsbury has been failing
slowly since he came to this village in the
fall, and it is thought that he will not be
able to return to the mill when his nephew
and family return there.
The Junior Endeavor Society will hold
1Oc. social in the vestry of the Cong.
church Tuesday evening. ''Songs of |
Severn illustrated, and music by the |
children. All will be welcome.
The Command & Ford Stock Company
will give a series of plays at the opera hall |
here this week, commencing this evening |
and continuing through the whole week.
General admission fifteen cents; children
ten cents.
Mrs. M. E. Freeman and Mrs. Geo. .
Moxley go to New York today to look up
the new styles in millinery and dress
making, and to purchase novelties for the
business. They will also be in Boston
several days before they return home.
DIR. J. A. Pearson is to be in st. Johns
bury Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
this week in attendance at the meeting of
the State Dental Association. The doctor
is chairman of the executive committee
and has been very busy of late preparing
the program for the occasion.
Twenty-six of the young friends of Alden
D. Phillips made him surprise visit last
Tuesday evening. He had been invited to
20 out to spend the evening, and had just
prepared to go when his visitors arrived.
Games were played, refreshments served
and general good time enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Henry Rines, sister of Mrs. John
Sutton, died last Friday morning of
Bright's disease, aged fifty years. Mrs.
Rines moved to this village last fall from
Lancaster, N. FL. She leaves a husband
and two sons, one in Boston and the other
IN this village. The funeral was held
The remains were taken to
Lancaster for inter1nent. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of the commu
atty. III.
DR.. Pearson has been taking the school
census of District No. 1 and finds that
here are 1853 persons between five and
wenty-one years of age in the district. OF
5hese 100 are males, and 1879 females. The
doctor states that there are IVA persons in
5he village. While the DOCTORS figures
may not be absolutely correct he thinks
hat they are nearly SO. At any rate the
village has had fine growth in the past
few years.
At the recent town meeting in Westmore
it was voted to refund the bonded in
1ebtedness of the town, the money being
furnished the town through the agency of
Can't Peene. who is StODDinp at Hotel
Barton. Mr.. Peene has been here for some