Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-23

ers were furnished by Mrs. Leonard Wat
son.
Mrs. Linnie Masure, who has been sicl
during the winter with consumption, dice
at her home last Monday, aged 20 years
She leaves husband and little girl about
three years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter Of Franconia, NH.
have been in town recently caring for theil
aunt, Mrs Rawson Stoddard. Mrs. Stod-
dard has lately been taken to the insane
asylum at Waterbury.
Blanche Gray, daughter of Mary and
Harlow Gray, died at her home in the
north part of the town, Saturday, April IA,
on her fourteenth birthday, from the eff
fects of blood poison. Funeral services
were conducted at her late home on Mon
day, Rev. E. G. Clarke officiating.
Will Campbell and family have all been
ill with the measles. Mrs. Campbell has
been dangerously sick, but is considered
better at this writing.-Ransom Davis lit
| tie daughter, Angie, who has been sick
through the winter, is somewhat better
Mrs. Burleigh Ruggles has been quite sick
| the past week.-Mrs.. Hollis Allard, who
has been very sick with the grip, is BILE to
sit up. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Holtham
of South Barton, has been caring for her.
Fannie Hastings, who has been at Lyn-
donville for some time past, has returned
home.-Mrs. Hattie Lewsly visited at HID.
| Chapman's last week.-Mr. N. M. johnson
of Wesleyan University made short visit
| at Alfred Burnham's during his Easter
| vacation.-D. E. Ruggles and H. D. Chap
man were in Burlington last week.-Cora
Curtis, who went to Derby three weeks
ago to teach school, was taken ill with
| typhoid fever, but is not considered to be
| in dangerous condition as yet
West Burke.
The typhoid fever is still raging; there
| are about fifteen cases, with several more
that may develop later. All cases are
confined to users of small water sys
tenn, which is drawn through the river by
pump, and a leak in the stream allows
the river water to be used. Among the
most critical cases are E. A. Way, Bert and
Carl Dean, Miss Grace Stuart and Mrs.
A. W. Brockway. Trained nurses have
been secured for Miss Stuart and E.A.W Way.
Hardw1ck.
Command Ford's show company play
ed at the opera house every evening last
week. The attendance was small.
The republicans of this town sent the
following persons delegates to the state
and district conventions at Montpelier and
Burlington: w. s. Cobb, G. P. Sawyer,
G. A. Stanford, L. H. Warren, s. P. Mac
Kenzie and w. II. Taylor. They returned
on the evening train Wednesday.
There are fair prospects of baseball re-
ceiving even more attention in this place
the coming season than last year, in con :
sequence of several good ball players hav-
ing come here to live. There will probably
be at least three mines, first nine, an
academy nine and junior nine. A num-
Der of baseball meetings have been held, |
and nearly everybody seems more or less
interested. 1t is one of the very best of |
outdoor sports and should be heartily en-
couraged and loyalty supported by all our |
citizens.
East Hardwick.
Erastus Howard died April 18th, aged |
SO years.
Mr. and Mrs. Rich have returned from /
New Hampshire.
DIR. l.. W..Adgate is expected home from
Virginia this week.
A. Clark Harvey and daughter visited at
n. Fields last week.
Prof. Joseph Torrey of Harvard college
was in town recently renewing old &C.
quaintance after an absence of twenty-five
years.-D. Howard is in town, called here
by the death of his father.
Sheffield.
F son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Peck Wednesday.
David Wood and Mrs. L. Chandler of
Lyndon were married at Lyndon on We'd
nesday, April 18th.
Mrs Samuel Dexter and John Flanders,
ST., are both quite sick with pneumonia
WyIie Willard is somewhat improved in
health and is to return to-day Ito his work
at West Burke.
Mrs. Staples from Nashua, N. H., is the
guest of Mrs. John Orcutt.-Henry Dexter
and his wife visited friends here recently.
Mrs. w. A. Lawson and son Ernest visit
ed in st. Johnsbury last week.-Mrs.. Clara
Gray is at West Burke stopping with
friend for few weeks.
There is quite change of neighbors in
this place, Corydon Simpson moves into
Herman Simpsons house and Herman
Simpson moves into Alfred Gray's house;
Aaron Hanscom of Syracuse, N. Y, into
Corydon Simpsons. Vincent Wood moves
to Providence, r. l.; A. B. Blake moves to
Barton; DIR. Fillmore moves to Benning-
ton; Rev. P. N. Granger moves into the
Methodist parsonage; Hiram Thomas