Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-21

and George Benedict of Underhill were
guests at the Methodist parsonage recently.
E. A. Couture of Averill is working for
FL. Foster in the bobbin mill.-Miss Lulu
Drown is at work for C. G. Clark.-Miss
Nellie Marshall has gone to Barton to
work.
East Bloomington.
Mrs. Alden Drown is quite sick.
Ira Bickford and wife were called to
Barton last week to attend the funeral of a
little niece.
Samuel Farr from New York was here
last week visiting relatives and looking
after his farm at Westmore, which he has
rented.
Mack Drown has rented farm at West
Charleston and moved on to it.-Mrs. Ket-
tie, who has lived with her daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Lowery, the past year, has gone to
Barton Landing to live with Fred Hun
toon's people.
Bloomington Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Heath of Albany are
at Bert Seavey's. Mr.. Heath is working
there.
Clayton Burrows is home from Derby
where he attended the spring term of
school.
A. FL. Gardyne is at Burke on account of
the illness of his wife. E. w. Dudley is
cIerking for him.
Rev. j. o. Sherburne was present at the
quarterly conference Saturday, May 18th,
and gave very helpful discourse.
Remember the Cleaners meeting at A.
e. Denison's next Wednesday afternoon
and evening. All cordially invited.
East Charleston,
Mrs. Geo. Pease was in Berlin last week
visiting her mother who is very sick.
There was a large company of young
people out to the bonnet social and prom
enade given by the ladies of the Reading
Circle last Wednesday evening. Cake and
coffee were served and good time report
ed.
During the thunder shower last Tuesday
lightning struck the barn belonging to
Mr.. Shedrick and burned it together with
a lumber wagon, sleds, a harness, some
lumber, etc. Loss above insurance about
$500.
Avis Arlene, youngest daughter of John
and Lizzie Buck, died May 18th aged five
months and seventeen days. She had been
sick about five weeks with whooping- cough
followed by other troubles from which she
could not rally. Funeral services were
held at the house Tuesday afternoon, Rev.
Mr.. Hall of Island Pond officiating. The
bereaved family have the sympathy of a
large circle of friends
Since Rev. Mr.. Thurston moved away
there has been no preaching or Sunday
school service held here. For the past two
years or more there have been but a very
few who would get out to church or Sun
day school and it has usually been the
same few every Sunday, and yet the remark
is often heard now that it seems too bad
not to have any meetings. We think it
would be a good field for man with a
good missionary spirit, and we wish it
might be arranged so that meetings might
be held in the near future.
West Charleston.
A new girl baby at Stewart Lafoe's.
James Crawford is planning to build
house and barn on his farm. .s,..
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Twombly of Derby
Center are living in DR.. Gatchers house
while he is away. - 5.,.----
Willie G. Hildreth has gone to Newport
20 work for John M. Hazel.-Rufus Barn
ard is at work at Newport.
Ray Leonard has returned from Lyndon
w. Lyon and wife, and George
lyon have returned from WilIoughby.
store and will sell -four and feed. He will
Ilso have seeds of all kinds, and he in
ends to move the post office there.
Carlyle Nye is sick with the scarlet fever.
Josiah Parker, who has been sick all
winter, is falling fast.-Scarlet fever has
'roken out in the primary school, causing
to be discontinued. i
D. s. Cook has sold his farm to Silas
sarrup, who has taken possession.-Mr..
leo. Bracket has rented the store recently |
fought by the Island Pond Company, and |
viii move there soon.-Mrs. Knights has
moved from DIR. Humans to her house.
The funeral Of Mrs. Abbie -Uttfn took |
lace at her late home" May 18th, Rev.
fr. Ellington officiating. The interment |
vas at Bloomington Center. She is sur
ived by four children, who have the SYM
athy of this community in their great loss.
Mrs. Arthur Sawyer and son of New
york are visiting Mrs. Emily Maplesden
nd other relatives.-Mrs. Alonzo Ewens
+ Morgan Center is stopping at Mr.. Bur-
Allen of Lowell, Mass, twas in
own last week.-Ed. Wilcox of Stanstead, |
). O., visited his mother recently.-Mr. w.
'. Blodgett and wife of Newport spent
unday with relatives in town.-Mrs.
[enry Dryer has gone to Coventry to stop
nth her parents a few weeks.-Dr. and