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

Ed. Gonyaw has rented his farm to his
nephew, Fred, and will move into Mrs.
Wellman's tenement in the village.
George Gay has returned from Westerly,
r. l., where he has been at work the past
year. He works for V. M. Parker in the
| grist-miIl.
DR.. Hamilton, dentist, has finished his
work here for the present. He will return
| in about four weeks. He is good work
man in his line.
Carl Winchester spent Christmas with
his parents.-Mr. and Mrs. I'll. L. Wetherby
did not spend Christmas here as reported,
owing to the illness of Mrs. Wetherby.
| Albert Stebbins is about again after
| being laid by three weeks with a badly
sprained ankle.-Mrs. Stebbins, who was
quite i'll last week, is improving r.
F. Winchester has been quite sick the
past week and does not improve very fast.
Mrs. Cameron, teacher in the village
school, spent Christmas at her home in
Albany. : Arthur Stetson of Windsor,
Conn.,, is visiting his father, w. r. Stet-
son.-Frank Murphy of New York spent
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Murphy.
Albert ELaFrennie had a narrow escape
from death Tuesday while at work in the
woods. His father felled large tree
which struck Albert on the back, knock
ing him down. Heswas saved from being
pinned down by small knoll which kept
the trunk of thestree from crushing him.
Morgan.
Mr.. Sykes is very low with heart
trouble. zsss7-
Charles Bennett has gone to Morrisville
to drive team for Geo. Conley.
Several of our young people went to
Holland to the Christmas exercises Mon
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Gray were called
to Bloomington recently on account of the
serious illness of Andrew Gray.
Effie Farr was at home from the Peerless
at Barton to spend Christmas with her
parents.-Miss Ina Rood of Newport Ctr.
is visiting her brother, Arthur Rood
Miss Anna Litchfield is home from Barton
where she has been for the past year.
Arthur Miles is visiting his uncle, A. M.
Gray.-Mrs. Marshall Ames is in town
helping to care for her father, Mr.. Sykes,
who is very feeble.
Newport.
Abner G. BowIey died at his home on
the Lake road last Tuesday, aged SO years.
Prof. Colburn and wife are spending
their vacation with friends in Craftsbury
DIR. o. B. Gould was injured while get
ting off the electric cars in Boston re-
Gently.
H. G. Blanchard is to be the new post
master, and W I'll. Brown will be his as
sistant.
The American Express Co. presented |
each of their employees with a $5 .gold T
piece Christmas.
Christmas was observed at the M. E.
church and the Baptist church last Mon
day by appropriate exercises.
Mr.. John A. Prouty is very sick.-S. B.
Horton is able to be out again after having
been confined to the house for several /
weeks.
Paul Fleming has been appointed light
house keeper for Newport and Whipple's /
Point lighthouses. 1t is the same position |
his father held for several years previous
to his DEATH
will be held here Tuesday and Wednesday, |
Jan. II land 49,. The annual meeting of |
the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society |
and of the Vermont Woman's Home Mis- |
sionary Union will be held at the same
time. -
Miss Wilma Sheldon is visiting in Bos-
ton and Cambridge during the holidays
Edison Hope is visiting his parents in
Magog, P. Q.--Mrs. Currier is visiting in
Woodstock.-Hon.B Ben amin Human has
returned from trip to Georgia and South
Carolina.-W Winnie Campbell has returned
from Lebanon, n. Ii. where she has been
visiting her uncle.-WiII Green of Wor-
cester, Mass, has been home the past
week.
Troy. &
The Tom McCarty Variety Co. gave a
show at the opera hall last week, but it
was not largely attended.
Mrs. Clarence Wiley Of Manchester,
n. H., is visiting her son, Carl Wiley
Mr.. L. M. Rockwell of Hardwick spent
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arson Rockwell.-Mrs. Erwin Rockwell
and daughter Ruth, have gone to Man
chester, N. H.-Mrs. Warren Whitehouse
of Fall River, Mass. visited his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Whitehouse, recently.-G.
S. Farroll of Hardwick visited in town re-
cently.-Miss Madge Sisco of Newport Wis
tied friends and relatives in town last
week-Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Aiken are in
Newport G. Goodwin of Newport was
here last week Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Martin
of Derby visited relatives in town recently