Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-05

died last week, were held at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Thompson on
Wednesday, Rev. P. B. Fisk officiating.
Mrs. Mason was over eighty and has been
feeble for long time.
The road commissioners and selectmen
will meet at the town clerks Office on
Tuesday Feb Is, at 9 o'clock a. NJ, to set
tie all bills against the town. The audi
tors will meet at the same time and place
to audit the accounts of the several town
officers. The board Of civil authority will
meet at 1 o'clock of said day for abatement
of taxes.
Greensboro Bend.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. E
Rollins, Jan. 20.
Mr.. T. G. Batchelder is in very poor
health this winter
There is talk of building a new steam
mill here the coming summer.
Some of our citizens went to ST. Johns
bury last Wednesday to attend court.
Those people who cried for snow need
cry no more. Trust Vermont for plenty
of it.
Fred DuvaI and Robert Allen are at work
for c. F. Thompson cutting and skidding
| timber.
There was temperance lecture at the
| NJ. e. church Sunday evening; subject,
''Muzzling Dogs
Our schools closed Jan. 9th, having re-
ceived notice to make up Dewey day. The
village school gave an exhibition Friday
evening in the NJ. e. vestry
| Mrs. Mason, mother of Mrs. Charles
! Thompson, died Jan. %, at the advanced
age of eighty-seven years. Mrs. Mason
has been in poor health all winter. She
has made her home with her daugter, Mrs.
| Thompson, for several years where she has
been kindly cared for.
Holland.
Sidney CIapper has gone to Morgan to
work for George Sykes.
Mrs. A. r. Moulton visited her son, E..
D, MouIton, at Rock Island, P. @. last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin Jerome went to
Morgan last week to see Mr.. Sykes, who is
very feeble
Hollis Clapper of Derby visited friends in
town recently.-George Jenness was at
home from Derby last week.
Mrs Clapper is not well at this writ
ing.-Mrs. Jonathan Bryant who has been
sick nearly all winter, is very low.-Joshua
Waterman is confined to his bed with Sc
we're cold.
IraSburgh.
Henry Somers has gone to Bur Iington to
attend medical lectures.
A son was welcomed to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Webster Friday.
On account of severe illness IN his family
Mr.. Stafford was unable to give his lecture
last Saturday evening as expected.
The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs F.
A. Buchanan Wednesday afternoon at 2.3O.
This is to be 'smothers' meeting" and |
those outside the union will be made |
welcome.
The dramatic reading and entertainment
by Miss Gould, which was postponed on
account of the storm, will be given Friday
evening, Feb. 9, at the Cong. church. Miss
Gould is highly endorsed by the press and
public.
The following is clipped from one of our
exchanges: "Milwaukee's Oldest printer is
Elijah Rawson, who commenced work at
the case in 1928 in the Office of the Chroni-
Gle, in Windsor in this state. In 1914 he |
began the publication of a paper in Iras- |
burg and continued it until 1850. In 1852
he settled down at Burlington and remain
ed there until 1882, working either at the
case or desk for one of the local news
papers"
There a pleasant wedding at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Clough last
Wednesday, when Mrs. Clough's sister, Eva
Post, and Howard Mathews of Barton
were married. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. P. n. Granger in the pres
ence of a few friends. After spending a
few weeks with Mr.. Mathews parents in
southern New York they will make their
home in Morristown, where they have pur-
chased farm. Both parties are highly es-
teemed and have the best wishes of many
friends for happy future.
Lowell.
Allan Grant was quite badly hurt one
day last week while helping shoe a colt.
Don't forget the donation to Rev. c. w.
Kelley at the town hall tomorrow (Tues-
day. night.
Logs are coming in at the rate of five
hundred day at the Silsby & Co. mill land
lumbermen are happy.
Napoleon Revoir and wife are rejoicing
over addition to their fam1ly,-a lusty
boy weighing ten pounds.
The worst storm of the season visited US
Friday night, Jan. Goth. The roads were
quite badly blocked and no mail was re-
ceived on Saturday.
Thomas Brahana was very i'll the first of