Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-06

DERBY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Baxter and little
on from Greenville, Me, are spending the
honth with Mrs. Baxter's parents, Mr.. and
Wilbur Dailey-AIr. and Mrs. Arthur
kimbaII of Boston are visiting Mr.. Kim
haIPs parents in town.-The Der by Academy
NJ ball team defeated the village team in
kame of ball Friday afternoon and Satur-
ay the Derby Academy team was defeated
At v the Barton team.-The Congregational
khurch was crowded with an appreciative
IN audience to listen to the baccalaureate
ermon yesterday morning by Rev. Elan
hers. who spoke in his usual pleasant and
Interesting way.-The commencement ex-
ercises at the academy will occur next Fri
Day evening. Blair's orchestra will be in
attendance and the customary good time
is assured.
MDerby Line and vicinity.
Mr.. John G. Foster of Halifax, n. S., has
been visiting in town.
II Mrs. H. S. Taylor and Miss Grace Taylor
have returned from Massachusetts.
Il Miss Annie AlIard has gone to Webster,
Mass, where she has a position in store
Miss Polly n. Smith died at her home III
Derby Line last week aged 20 years. The
deceased leaves one sister, Mrs. P. w.
Mack, of Derby Line, who is the only sur
viving member of the family.
1t is reported that Col. II. S. Haskell and
Mrs. NJ. Nj. Haskell purpose to present the
villages of Derby Line and Rock Island
with fine library building to be erected
in Butler Square. on the condition that the
institution be exempt from taxation for
ever.
West Derby.
John Tucker has let his place to Abram
CopIan and will go to Walden to live with
niece.-Chas. Tower has sold his interest
in the fish-market and commenced work
May LIST in Scott and Compbell's meat
market at wport.-EIder Drown has
moved to the Wade Householder Fair
banks family are settled in the Burt house.
Geo. Reeds house is quarantined for
.diphtheria. The case is very light.-Mrs.
Elmer Ware was called to Sherbrooke,
Que, last Tuesday by illness of her mother,
Mrs. White, who died Thursday in hos
pitaI from an operation for cancer-Mrs.
Folsom and Mrs.. F. Gray returned from
Burlington Hospital Thursday night, Mrs.
Gray receiving no material benefit from
the operation on her eyes.-GIadys and
Claude Daley are quite ill.
Beebe Plain.
Mrs. Chas. Gordon is visiting in Lowell,
Mass.
Rev. and Mrs. Finch have returned from
their trip to Montreal.
Mr.. Chas. BodwelI of Sherbrooke visited
his sister, Mrs. Daniel Bissell, last week.
1t is reported that the Stanstead Granite
Co. intend to move their shopsJfrom this
place to North Derby.
Glover.
The G. A. R. hold their next meeting
May 23rd.
Three fine deer were seen one morning
last week near Phillips Bros farm.
Two cans containing several thousand
steeI-head trout were put into Stone Pond
last week by Chef Phillips.
Corinthia Bogue has put her property
into the hands of the town overseer, who
has engaged James Walker to board her.
Rev. c. II. Pennoyer of Boston preached
The subject of the sermon was Chow do
we arrive at Truth?' from Job "a: 81.
Decoration Day exercises will be held in
the South church, w. w. Miles of Barton
giving the address. Memorial Sunday
union services will also be held in the
South church, Rev. Mcdonald officiating.
The Earnest Workers will hold their
next meeting at the vestry Wednesday
afternoon. The Woman's Home Mission
airy society will meet at the same time and
place. A cordial invitation to all.
Walter Phillips has been quite sick at
Mrs. Nettie RandalI's. Mr.. Phillips is so
hurried with the shoe business he has to
go out of town to be sick or take vacation.
Rev. George Mcdonald who has been
preaching at South Troy, but was stationed
here at the last conference session, has
moved into his fathers house and COM
menced his labors.
All are cordially invited to the weekly
prayer meeting which will be held Tues
day evening at j. II. Hoyt's.-W. V. Clark
was elected superintendent of the Meth
odist Sunday school yesterday.-Mr. and
Mrs. Asa Fuller of LyndonviIle are visiting
at NJ. L. Gilman's.
large number of fishermen made ex-
tensive preparations for big haul of the
fnny tribe and so camped on the shore of
Stone Pond Tuesday evening ready for the
fry. As it neared the hour of twelve, sew
eral boats silently moved out to deeper
waters, the fishermen dropped their
anchors, unwcund their lines, baited their
hooks and waited for the signal from the
shore which would announce the midnight
hour. The rocket assembled at last and the
lines dropped into the deep and the men