Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-09

HardyvicIS.
Charles Wing is sick.
The Knights of Pythias held new
sugar social at their hall Thursday evenin g.
Albert Wells has moved from the Kent
house on Church street, to the Meader
house.
Herbert Jewett and wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. John PEG are happy parents, of baby
boys recently arrived.
David Welch has returned from Peter
burg, Va, where he spent the winter
months,-Russell Holton is home from
| Massa chusetts.
A number of persons were initiated into
the mysteries of Free Masonry at Masonic
hall Wednesday evening. The Masonic
lodge here has large and constantly in
creasing membership.
Prof. J. w. Crook Of Amherst College
delivered an interesting lecture Friday
| evening at the opera house on ''The Eng
lish and Beers in South Africa" Mr.. and
Mrs. Crook are visiting Acquaintance es.
here.
Mrs. c. U. V. Miles visited her brot her,
William Rockwell, in Burlington re-
GENTLY oI1 uCE ISUuIIi ItOII0 H0
q little girl two years Of age from the
orphans home.-Miss Minnie Adams of
Groton is visiting friends here.-Elmer
Rockwell and son Clyde are visiting
elatives in Troy.
East HardwicIl.
Mrs. Dei2no has returned from her visit
to st. Johnsbury.
Geo T, JObDcOr. of
N. H., was in town over Sunday;
Ed. Allen is at work for Fern Foss. His
family live in the Charles Smit h house.
Erastus Towards sister from Bradford
is helping Mrs. Howard to care for him
during his illness.
The funeral of Mrs. e. NJ. Bailey was
held from her late home last Saturday,
Rev. Mr.. Marvin officiating.
Dea. G. M. Bailey erected a Scotc b gran
tie monument ON his lot in chs cemetery
recently, H. R. Mack doing the work.
Sheffield.
David Wood has been quite sick but is
much better. +,
Albertus Hall was in Barton Thursday,
where he expects to work during the sum-
mer.
Lola Brown, who is attending school at
st. Johnsbury. is home On ashort vacation
Myra Wells has completed her work at
ST. Johnsbury and VIII be at home this
summer.
Corydon Simpson has sold his residence
in the village to Aaron Hanscom. Ccnsid-
Grafton, $500. Mr.. Hanscom expects to
take possession about the 18th of May.
Mrs. Me 1ssa Drown, mother of Jack
Drown died at her sons residence on Mon
day, April lud, and was buried at Glover,
Thursday. Mrs. Drown was IS years old,
a lady much respected by all who knew her.
WheeIock,
The funeral of Mr.. II. P King, who died
SO suddenly OF Friday, Mar. 80, was held
at the church, Tuesday, April Sd. Rev.
j. d. Waldron of North DanvilIe officiated,
assisted by Revs. Vance, Blake and Par
ker. The flowers were many and beauti-
full, among them pillow from the Grange,
a broken circle from the O. u. A NJ,
a bouquet OF lilies from the Good Tenn
plars and a wreath from the Barton
MONITOR. Mr.. King was an honored |!
member of the Grange, o. u. A. NJ, |
and Good Templars. He will be sadly |
missed in their meetings. He was born in |
Glover, VT, and was sixty-three years and |
eight months old. In 1856 he married /
Lydia Ann Frost of Glover. They had /
been married just forty-three year; and
three months the day he died. They lived /
in Nashua, N. H., the first two years after
they were married, and then moved 10
Glover, where they lived nine years; from
there they moved to Sheffield where they
lived about seventeen years, when they
moved back to Wheelock where they have
since resided. The deceased is survived
by wife and three children, James King,
Mrs Harley Page and Mrs. Oliver Jenness,
all of Sheffield. The death of Mr.. King is
deeply felt by everyone, and the many
friends extend their heartfelt sympathy to
the bereaved family in the hour of their
affliction
A CARD.-We desire to extend thanks to
our friends and neig h bors for their kindly
sympathy in our sore affection in the death
Of dear husband and father. Also to the
mem bers of the different orders, the choir,
the clergy and to the many donors of beau
tiful flowers. Your kind words and deeds
Will ever remain in our memory.
MRS. LYDIA A. KING AND CHILDREN.