Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08

week to keep.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Miles have returned
from New York.-Eber Gilbert has return
ed from Concord, N. H., where he has beer
at work in bakery.
Mrs. Clara Hobson has closed her house
and gone to Auburn, Mass, to spend the
winter where her daughter, Belle Robin.
son, is attending school.
J. S. Barr has purchased of Geo. Paul his
interest in the grocery business formerly
run under the firm name of Paul & Waller.
| Possession taken Jan. 9TH.
J. A. Prouty died early Saturday morn
ing. Funeral will be held to-day at 80 p.
| m. from the house. A more extended no
| tice will be given next week.
DR.. and Mrs. Blanchard celebrated their
tenth wedding anniversary Monday, Jan.
1st, by gathering of about twenty of their
| friends and relatives who met with them
and spent a pleasant evening.
Harley Humphrey was elected at the an
nual meeting as superintendent of the
Methodist Sunday school in the place of
z. M. Mansur.-At the annual meeting of
the Cong. church, e. F. Spaulding was
elected committee to serve three years.
| VIM. Hight has moved his jewelry bust
ness from the Cowles' store into the store
! formerly occupied by H. 8. Green in the
Bean block. John Farrant will move his
line of flowers and vegetables in with Mr..
| Hight.-C. o. Litchfield who has lived on
the Maxfield place the past year, has re-
| turned to his place in Coventry.
| bury visited her sister, Mrs F. S. Tinkha
| the past week.-Mrs.. Frank Flint of Rich
| ford visited at Geo. McCarty's the past
week.. A. Lorimer and family spent the
past week visiting in Dixville, P. Q.-Mr.
| and Mrs. John Tatro went to Mansonville
| last Saturday on visit-Lawyer E. A.
Cook has gone to Boston on visit Mrs.
Homer Thrasher has gone to Detroit to
visit her son Ned. She will go to Chicago
and Milwaukee to visit her sisters.
Newport Center.
Mrs. Orissa Tracy has moved into Ney
Blake's house.
VT. Mutual Fire Insurance Co. calendars
for 1900 are out. Call at N. S. Rogers and
get one.
The ladies of the F. B. church met with
Mrs. s. Trowbridge last Friday afternoon
for their social.
The village schools taught by Mr.. Bald
win, Miss Bean and Mrs. Sisco, closed
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Ney Blake has returned to Lowell,
Mass.-Miss Alma Lawson, who has be on
home for vacation, has returned to North
IT, IL
has gone to Burlington to attend the dairy
school there.-Chauncey Skinner of Skin
ner, Maine, was in town recently on bust
ness.-Miss Louise Lawson is home from
Newport for q sit.-Mrs. Oliver Rowe and
Miss Minta Tibbetts of Franklin, N. H.,
visited their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Tibbetts, recently.
A happy Christmas gathering met at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Jones Dec.
25th for social visit and to partake of an
excellent Christmas dinner, after which
followed a family tree which was extern
sively filled with gifts for all present, Mr..
and Mrs. Jones being remembered by
gifts amounting to $500 over. Those
present were his son, Curt Jones, and wife,
who reside at Somerville, Mass, where he
has employment as an officer in the house of
correction at Cambridge, and his son
Erwin, who has employment making re-
frigerators in a shop in Boston. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Cleveland and little daughter
Hazel, of Boise City, Idaho, were also
present. kMr. Cleveland owns "a sheep
ranch there, having 1000 sheep. Those
present represented four generations of
the Jones' family. -. 60. 49,,
Troy. @a@~s !" .~.c,.@ - s:~- - ..a.
Miss Anna Fairbanks is quite sick.
A horse belonging to Peter Martin
dropped dead in the road last Tuesday.
Mrs. Erwin Rockwell and daughter Ruth
have returned ffrom their visit in Man
chester, N. H.
The surprise party at Fan Whitehouse's
last Tuesday evening was well attended,
and all reported good time.
Several from here attended the fireman's
ball at North Troy New YEARS. eve.-Quite
a number attended the social at the vestry
last Tuesday evening. - - III.
The ladies of the NJ e. Society will give
i donation and oyster supper in the Ma
sonic dining rooms Tuesday evening, lJan.
g.. All are cordially invited.
Mr.. Giles Reonolds of Hardwick was in
town last week.-Mr. F. 0. Kennedy of
Piermont, N. II. is stopping few days
with his brother, G. C. Kennedy.-,-Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Whitehouse have returned |
to their home in Fall River, Mass.
WestfieId.
D. E. Wright is still very sick. He
gave up work in September.
Mrs. Belle Williams of st. Johnsbury |