Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-10-01

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L. Fosters last Friday.-Mrs. A. M. Tower
visited at N. L. Fosters last Monday.
Three men were arrested here last week,
who are supposed to be some of the gang
of horse thieves operating in this vicinity.
During the heavy thunder shower of
Thursday morning lightning struck the
residence of II. B. Cushman, striking the
gable and passing into the sleeping room.
No one was harmed.
Enos Blair and wife returned last Thurs
day to their home in Boston.-Miss Helen
Richmond has gone to Boston to take
course in Burdette's business college.-Mrs.
j. M. Currier is visiting her former home
in Woodstock.-Miss Winnie Blount has
gone to Boston and vicinity. Mr.. r.
Spear has gone to Toronto to work.-Guy
Hubbard and John Kipp have gone to
Philadelphia.-Cecil E. Palmer has gone to
New York to attend the Mitchell school
tailor work.-C. F. Ranney and T. G.
Camp have gone to New York to select
holiday goods.-Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Flint
are in Boston and New York looking for;
new goods and latest styles in millinery.
Mrs. John Blair visited relatives in Barton
last Friday.-N. L. Foster and family and
g. N. Howe and wife went to Irasburgh.
Saturday to attend the silver wedding of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Brewster.
Troy.
A large audience attended the dance at
Aiken's hall last Friday evening.
Mrs. Horace Martin has gone to Worces
ter, Mass.-Mrs. Albert Hartwell has re-
turned from her visit in Arlington.-Mr.
and Mrs. 0. E. Sisco entertained guests
last Week.-Mrs. Maggie Mulligan is home
from Newport on vacation.-Mr. Fred
Johnson'of Massachusetts is here on visit.
Miss Grace Allbee is home from Barton.
Mrs. Geo. Shepard has returned to her
home in Worcester, Mass.-Mr. and Mrs.
Giles Reynolds of Hardwick were in town
recently. seq s $50
North Troy.
A Foresters' Lodge has been organized
at south end of the town.
A party of sixteen attended the play at
Newport entitled, 'Sunshine of Paradise
Alley" Tuesday evening and reported
good time
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York this week, selecting their winter
wraps.-Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lake have
just returned from their trip to Boston.
A Harvest Social was given in Congrega
tiona1 Church, Wednesday evening by the
Ladies Aid Society with great success, the
vestry being decorated to suit the occasion.
A pleasant time was enjoyed by the viii
loo reor,la Thursday afternoon uifpeSS-
ing ball game between the light men and
heavy weights, which ended in favor of
the light weights.
Miss Halle Page returned Tuesday to
Montreal where she re-enters McGilI col
lege for her senior year-Mr. and Mrs. G.
A. Barrows attended the marriage of Miss
Clara Barrows at Coventry on Tuesday.
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Arthur Isham spent Sunday in Derby.
The Cong. church has been newly pa
pered, Allbee and Newell of Troy doing
the work. a - 4s
Last Thursday, DIR. Mcdonald of Sutton
came here as counsel in the case of Lynn
Clark. Mr.. Clark remains about the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Wallace are here
visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. FL.
Wallace.-John Woolley visited at Island
Pond recently.-Mrs.S Sally Brown of Island
Pond is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Will
lard Farmar. 90
Mrs. Jennie Miller of Boston, widow of
the late A. S. Miller Of this town, is here
visiting old friends.-Horace Lawrence and
wife of Montpelier were in town last week
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cock's.-Mrs. VIM. Candee of Buffalo, NY.
was in town recently visiting her aunts,
Mrs. Els. Miller and Mrs. Ell. Hitchcock.
Alden Phillips, Ora Caron, Alice Still
van and Gertrude Berry OF Barton, Dora
Pudvah and friend from Troy visited
Lillian Miller recently.-Miss Lille Trum-
pass has gone to Lisbon, Nh, where she
has position.-Veniah Miller of Richford
is here visiting his daughter, Mrs. VIM.
Edmunds.-Fred Johnson and wife of
Leominster, Mass, and. Mrs, Graves of
Clinton, Mass, the mother of Mrs. John
son visited at I. D. Johnsons recently
Myron johnson has been here to visit his
father, I. D. johnson.
Very early Friday morning, Sept. p, q
horse belonging to Mr.. Eldridge who lives
on the shore of Bronze lake in Canada, was
stolen. The horse not leading well it
seems, the thieves tied him to the side of
the one they drove, and consequently he
travelled just outside OF the wheel track.
By reason of this, Mr.. Eldridge and his
nephew were able to track them which |
they did, reaching this town on Saturday. |
Back on the West Hill family of Verges I
have made clearing and built several |
houses and barns. Eldridge followed the /
tracks until he came to the woods and I