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

Mr.. Wheeler has many friends here who
mourn his loss and much sympathy is felt
for the afflicted family.
Newport.
Mrs. w. E. Tuck is home from Newport,
r. 1.
Clarence Gray is working for Hamilton
Bros.
w.M. Magoon, wife and daughter are
in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shay have moved to Little
ton, n. II.
Water in the lake is the highest it has
been for several years.
DIR. o. B. Gould is having an office fitted
in the Lawrence block.
James Martin has moved into one of the
Bean tenements on Central st.
Mrs. Geo. West has returned from Bos-
on, where she spent the winter with her
daughter.
Ed.and Edison Hope were called to Magog
the first of the week owing to the death of
their mother.
A new post-office has been established
in this town, at South Newport, with E. P.
Wright as postmaster.
Mrs. F. o. Blount's health is very poor
and her daughter Helen has been at home
of late caring for her.
Claude Wright, a former clerk in this
town, has been here the past week. He
has a position with a boot and shoe firm
in Canada.
Rev. Edward Halves, formerly of Bur-
lington, has been engaged to supply during
the remaining absence of Rev. j. M. Dut-
ton, pastor of the Cong. church.
Mrs. T.. II. Thompson of Irasburgh
visited her daughter, Mrs. Harry House,
the past week.-Rev. A. A. Bryant of White
River Junction spent the past week as
guest of Rev. A. Crone.-Mrs. E. L. San
ford and daughter are visiting in Canada
III. III. Prouty, son of the late j. A. Prouty,
is home from the West.
G. F. Root has gone to Boston and New
York to buy goods for the firm of FL. S.
Root & Son.-Mrs. w. N. Kinnie has gone
to Waterloo to visit her father, who is sick.
H. B. Stewart and j. w. Holbrook have
gone to Boston and New York in the in
terest of the Missisquoi Electric Light and
Power Co.-Miss Anna Green has gone to
Boston on a visit.
Troy.
Airline Hammond was home from Derby
over Sunday.
There was a sugar social at the vestry
Tuesday evening of last week.
Elmer Rockwell of Hardwick is in town
caring for his parents, who are ill.
J.. E. Richardson of West Derby is in
town visiting relatives and friends.
The stage could not get through to |
Lowell Thursday on account of the high |
water.
Mrs. Will Lamphere is quite sick.-Miss
Lila Rockwell is very sick.-Blanche
Sisco, who has been very i'll, is better
Mrs. F. s. Gray is sick with the grip.
WestfieId.
Mrs. Herbert d. Miller gave party last
Tuesday evening.
Misses Ada Brown and Lena Gilpin be-
gin their school today.
The Cong. s. s. has contributed five dol
lars to the India famine fund.
Miss Lillian Miller, who was home for
few days, has returned to Barton.
Miss Helen M. Winslow of Boston has
adopted little girl seven years old.
Miss Martha Wilson of Derby has been
engaged to teach in the Trumpass school
house.
Roy Martin was sick several days last
week so that he did not run the express
team to Newport.
The teachers and pupils of the village
school enjoyed a sugar party at Hiram
Miller's last Friday.
Mrs. Amos Cross, Sydney Hendrix and
son, and Harry Hitchcock have been on
the sick list. Mrs. Ira Woodcock has
been sick with pneumonia.
Mary Hitchcock was up from Boston
few DAYS recently. Wallace D. Miller and
@. w. Bryant were in Hyde Park on bust
ness last week.
The roads in town are in a bad condition.
There is a petition out to have the road
leading from the valley road to the West
Hill changed. 1t seems probable that this
will be done.
Wallace D. Miller has sold the Lurette
place in this village which he now occupies
TO Pliny Wright; consideration $1,000. 1t
ID expected that Roy Martin will take pos
session of it.
Westmore.
Flora, little daughter of John Nc
LaughIin, fell and broke her arm one day
Hast week.
Harley Hinton has gone to work for Mr..
Batchelder in Morgan. James Hinton b
|Forking in Sheffield.
May Campbell teaches the school on the
vest side ofthe lake. Miss Laura Nelson