Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-06-18

1.-THE Pastor and his Helpers Cultivating
the Field" These addresses, which were
of high order were followed by the pub
| lie meeting of the Woman's Home Mission
airy Union, with addresses by Miss D. E.
Emerson and Miss Lydia Hartig. The
closing session Wednesday evening was
given to the representatives of the Nation
al Societies and addresses were made by
Sec Barton of the Am. Board of Foreign
Missions; by Sec. Gutterson of the Am.
Missionary Association and by Rev. Mr..
| Puddlefoot of the Congregational Home
Missionary Society. The next meeting will
be held at Bellows Falls.
Newport Cenr er
The ladies of the F. B. church met with
Mrs. Alden Willis last Friday afternoon
| for their social.
The Newport Center baseball team played
at Newport Saturday afternoon, June 9th.
| The score was in favor of the Newport
| boys.
| Several from this place attended the cir
Gus at Newport last Wednesday
from this place attended the excursion to
Farnham Sunday.
have returned from Barre.-Mrs. Chester
Butler has returned to her home in New
port.-Mrs. Ed. Burt is in Newport for a
few days sewing for Mrs. d. r. Stetson.-
Mrs. Sidney Davis is in the place visiting
her sister, Mrs. John Magoon.-B. O.. Smith
visited friends in Lowell a few days re-
Gently.
Troy.
The T. S. Society will give a sociabIe at
Carroll Anglers in South Newport Tues
day evening, June 10. All are cordially
invited.
Westfield.
The Newport school having finished,
Miss Maud Miller is home for the summer.
Mrs. Loren Hendrix is sick.-Mrs. Oscar
Traver, who has been very ill, is thong bit
to be improving.
News has been received of the illness of
Rev. F. M. Barnes, a former pastor of the
NJ. E. church here. He is,thought to be on
the gain.
Rev. J. HI. Cone, Dea. and Mrs. M. G.
Hitchcock, and Mrs. E. FL. and Miss Alice |
Hitchcock attended the Cong1 convention
held at Newport last week.
Arthur Isham is at his home in Bakers !
field this week to attend commencement at |
Brigham Academy.-Mrs. Clara Gilman has |
returned from Biddeford, Me.
The village school taught by Edward |
Abbott of Derby and Miss Theo Hendrix
of this town, closes this week. Mr.. Abbott |
and Miss Hendrix are good teachers.
One night last week, D. A. Wakefield's
horse started when partly hitched to the
wagon, and before he stopped both horse
and man were thrown down and rolled to-
gether on the ground. Archie was bruised
badly
Some time ago we announced that new
road had been laid out leading to the West
Hill. 1t seems we were in error. The Sc
lectmen, after numerous changes of mind, l.
decided to- have the old road repaired,
which has been done.
At the republican caucus held last Satur-
day evening, A. L. Brown, w. B. Gilpin,
E. Boynton, and A. DeBlois were chosen
delegates to the county convention. These
are Circuit men favorlng Nelson and Bald
win as county senators, and Mr.. Cleveland
for assistant Judge. Brown was elected over
his antagonist by a vote of about two to
ton. This was done notwithstan ding that
o. G. Miller, the prominent Newport dem
ocrat, was present apparently in the inter-
ests of Hon. G. A. Prouty. G. w. Bryant
and H. O.. Miller were chosen delegates to
the district convention. They will support
PIumley. Ell. B. Stetson and G. w. Miller
were elected delegates to the state conven-
ton.
WestmOre.
Horatio and Henry Devereaux and G. l..
Nutting have each bought dog power to
run their separators with.
There have been good many fish caught
illegally here in the past two weeks, and
some one is liable to hear something from
it.
Most of the farmers have finished
springs work. It has been late spring
but grass looks well and promises to be
good crop.
If ever a man left Willoughby with a
smiling face, it was Oscar Kimball, who
caught ten pounds of fish Monday night
in about four hours.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
West Burke.
Ira and Chester Emery were in town last
week.-Mrs.. Warner Fogg has gone to
Bradford to visit her sisters, Mrs Geo. and
Lyman Brown. ;