Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-04-08

estate, cows sold from $500 TO $3.50;
sheep $500, hay about $1,000 per ton.
Geo. Parker has moved his family 20
Barton Landing .-Charles Bennett has
moved from Echo Pond to Geo. Conloy's
place in Westmore.-C. III. Chase has NOV
ed from the farm which he lately sold into
a tenement at Echo Pond.
Island Pond.
G. M. Dyer, proprietor Of the Stewart
House, has been on the sick list, but is now
better.
The SID anniversary of the institution OF
/. 90. f. will be observed by Essex Lodge
Friday, April 26.
w. e. Ross has been appointed lister I'm
place of Chas. ID. Thurston, resigned. Mr..
Ross has had experience and is well quail
fled for the work.
Rev. e. j. Gale, who was called TO Flor
ida recently on account Of the illness OF his
brother, does not expect to return to Island
Pom for some weeks.
Joseph Belanger, indicted for murder,
pleaded guilty to manslaughter and has
been sentenced to not less than seven or
more than ten years at hard labor I'm the
state prison.
Coventry.
A daughter was born TO Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Brooks last Tuesday.
DIR. Badger has had a Peoples telephone
placed in his office and VIM. Tibbetts has
one in his store.
The contract for carrying the mail from
Coventry to East Coventry has been let TO
j. j. LABEL, beginning July LIST.
The Charlie Thrasher house has been
purchased by George Buck who IL moving
it to put an addition on to his house.
Mrs. Maud Bickford and Eben Stevens
have been home on account OF the illness
of their mother, Mrs. Eben stevens.-Miss
Alice Hancock Is very sick. Fred Hancock
is here helping care for her.
Lee Porter who has been working IN
Wells River is in town. He will work for
Hollis Thrasher.-Mrs. +. NJ. Aiken and
daughter Helen Of Cabot are in town.-Mrs.
Stella Wiggin is visiting friends here.
Mrs. Mary (Kidder) Ware, an aged lady,
passed away last Wednesday. She had
been i'll for a long time. Mrs. Ware was a
widow of the late Alonzo Ware. She was
a kind mother and a very estimable woman.
Her funeral was held on Friday, Rev. A. s.
Bolc officiating. She leaves two children,
George and Nellie, and three grandchildren
to mourn her loss.
CraftsburV.
Ed Silver has commenced work for j. ID.
Leavitt.
EIbridge Farley OF Nashua, n. H., is
visiting friends in town.
DIR. Valhan of Wolcott was called here
last Wednesday to see Mrs. spaulding.
Craftsbury Grange held its regular meet
ing Apr. 8. The next meeting will be held
Apr. 10.
Mrs. Geo. Anderson who has been spend
ing the winter at II. G. Libby's has gone TO
Albany to stay for a time.
TIL Ladies' Aid society will meet at the
NJ. K. vestry Thursday Apr. II. IT Is hoped
the ladies will all come out.
Frank Glidden has so far recovered from
his illness as to be out again.-Zuar Han
son is on the sick list.-Mrs John Martin
is better.
L. +. Smith has traded his house in the
village with Geo. t. Howard for the wool
EN- mill property, and is moving into the
factory mouse.
Mrs. Geo. Howard has gone 10 Hazard
vile, Conn, for a few weeks visit with her
parents. Ethel Patterson is visiting
friends in East Hardwick and vicinity.
David Anderson OF Chicago, Ill, has
been home about two weeks for a short
visit, but will return west this week.
He is employed by q very wealthy sports
man who owns a ranch of one thousand
acres of land about ten miles from Chicago.
Here he keeps his fast horses. Mr.. Ander-
business is just to exercise ten horses
a day, driving them each about two miles
a day. He has a salary of $50 a month and
likes his business much.
North ~Craftsbury.
Mrs. Edgar Hoyt is very sick.
Fred Richardson is working for Fred
handle in the paint shop.
Miss Nellie Sheehan has gone TO ST.
where she has been engaged 90
teach the spring term OF school.
The academy students were invited 10
Geo. Wheeler's sugar place Friday evening
TO partake of new sugar. All had a pleas
ant time.
Miss Ida Dustan Is home from johnson
normal school to spend the Easter vaca-
tion.-A. b. Pike was home from Newport
over Sunday.-Miss Bessie Lyon has re-
turned home from L~yndonville.-H. N.
was in st. Johnsbury and Newport
on business last week.
Craftsbury.
Miss Gertrude Mason is visiting Elma
Ora White is moving into a house owned
Oy John Arthur on South Hill.
There will be no services In the church