Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-05
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There will be social in the Cong. vestry
Tuesday evening, with literary exercises
Everybody is invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Miller of johnson Wis
tied at III. e. Mann's recently.-Frank
Wells of Bakersfield is in town.-Albert
Hartwe1 has returned from Bolton.
WeStfieId.
The stage did not come Jan. 9th on ac-
count of the bad roads.
The school in the Trumpass district
closed last Friday. The village school
closes this week.
The G. E. social held at L. S. Hendricks
Jan. 26th was not very well attended on
account of the extremely severe weather.
NJ. Winslow Farman of this place is en-
gagged to speak at Brigham Academy in
Bakersfield on the evenings of Feb. IA, is
and 18th.
w. d. Bell is having bad time with his
ankle. DIR. Hamilton of Richford was
called in consultation.-Mrs. E. w. Miller
remains very sick.
y. F. Hamilton of Newport was in town
on business last Week.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Trumpass is home from Lowell where she
has been teaching school.
Miss Grace Chaffee closed her second
term of school as teacher on North Hill,
last Friday. Those without absent marks
were Vernon Chaffee, CeDa Coburn, Eddie
Bean, Clara Bean and Mae Emerson.
A double team ran from II. D. Milier's
shed Monday night through the village
towards Troy, several people narrowly es-
capped being run over. Near Gilpin's place
it overlook a single team and collided with
the sleigh, throwing the occupants out
and damaging the sleigh somewhat; for
tunately no one was hurt.
WeStmOre.
James Mckay remains about the same
L. A Lyon is to give an entertainment
at the Mill Brook schoolhouse next Satur-
day evening. Admission 10cts. All come.
There was a bee Jan. oath, to help st.
Clair Felch get up his wood. Mr.. Felch
wishes to thank his friends for their kind
ness.
The friends of Marshall Calkins gave him
a surprise visit Jan. 26th, leaving him
pretty writing desk showing that they ap-
preciate his work as Sunday-school super
intendent.
The Cong. Sunday-school has just receiv-
ed as a gift a large library OF excellent
books from the First Presbyterian church
of Orange, y. ]. This fine collection will
be appreciated by all readers.
Mr. James Hinton Jr. recently cut birch
tree from the butt of which he sawed one
cord of stove wood, and three logs which
scaled 1850 feet of good lumber. Near the
fork of the tree he found colony of bees
and took % pounds of honey; from the
limbs ne cut one cord of Aft. wood. Can
California beat that?
Rev. c. o. Gill has purchased of the
Chandler estate 400 acres of timber land.
The income of this land is to be used for
the support Of the Cong. church and is TO
be managed under the forestry plan Of
Government Forester Pinchat who gave
the greater part of the purchase money.
These lands Will be of the greatest benefit
to the church.
CALEDONIA C0Uh~V
VrSi gsi1rke.
Mrs. VIII Allard and Glen Roundy have
been quite Ill with the grip.
Mrs. BlOdgett was in Newport last week
and reports that Miss Dearborn is improv-
ing.
The fourth quarterly conference of the
NJ. E. church viii be held in the vestry on
Tuesday evening, Feb. Is.
One day last weel. while Eli DouvaI was
working in the woods dry limb fell,
striking him IL the face, bruising it quite
badly.
Mrs Welcome Allard is caring for Mrs.
Julia Smith. who is quite il.-Mrs Moul-
ton 5 caring for Mrs. HoImes.-Barry
Orcutt IS a East Burke caring for Fred
GiIfIlan.
The village schools close this week with
an exhibition BY The children. Mr.. Aver
of Starnard taught the higher depart
ment, Miss Ida Farmer the intermediate,
and Miss Amy Razen the primary depart
ment. The term has been proftabI one
in all lis departments.
The Epworth League Will give sugar
party and entertainment III the NJ. E. yes
try next Thursday evening Admission Is
cents. The entertainment viii consist of
a hat trimming contest, Cthe gentlemen
trimming the hats while the ladies make
neckties) pronouncing match, words to
be pronounced, not spelled, music, reci-
tations, etc. Everybody cordially invited.
hrs. Melvina Morris returned to her
home in Southboro, Mass, last Monda
Mr. and Mrs. c. e. Silsby and Mrs Hattie
HartWeU were in Newport recentIy.-Frank
Drown and wife of ST. Johnsbury
Center spent last Sunday here.-Mrs. Gil
bert Davis CT Lyndonville is visiting Mrs.
U. Davis.-Mrs. Ada Silsby was in ST.
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