Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-09-09
CraftsIlIIrv.

Nearly every school in town commenced
last week.
Blanche Rawson from Hardwick is at
tending school in this village.
Many from here went TO Hardwick 10
attend the Labor Day exercises last Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. f. Hoyt have gone TO
Lyndonville aud vicinity for few days
visit.
Mrs. Helen Thompson and son Sidney
from Irasburg visited friends n town last
week.
Mrs. Fred Dawson and son OF Boston are
visiting Mrs. Davison's sister, Mrs. James
Anderson.
Mrs. Hartman is home from Caspian
Lake where she has been stopping for the
last month.
Rev. ID. L. Evans, a former pastor, Is
visiting friends in town. He goes 10 Bos-
ton soon for advance studies.
Work on the NJ. L. church is progressing
finely. The society are already occupying
the vestry for their place OF worship.
Mrs. Josie Anderson from Winooski Is
visiting friends in town.-Mr. and Mrs. III.
e. Cowles from sheldon Springs visited
friends in town last week.
East Craftsbury.
a baby boy arrived at Mr.. WIZ Morey's
last week.
Mr.. Amos Macomber has set up a cedar
oil distiIlery.
Mrs. Sarah Little OF Newbury is visiting
her slater Mrs Tannpa pataraop
Miss Lucy Thompson has gone to Massa-
chusetts to be gone for an indefinite period
Miss l.. Annie Macomber began her
school here last Tuesday with seventeen
scholars.
Mr.. q. w. Simpson and family returned
from Peaks Island, Maine, week ago last
Saturday.
North Craftsbury.
I he fall term Of the academy opened last
Tuesday with about fifty scholars, which Is
more than the usual number for the first
week. Several more scholars have sent
their names, but are not expecting 10 come
until the second or third week. The class
es have been organized and the work
divided among the teachers as follows
Latin, Greek and History, Prof. A. c. Cole;
English and modern languages, Miss Ber-
tina Wilder; Science and Mathematics,
Miss Josephine Cas-; Commercial branches,
Miss Nina Hudson. There are Ave who
d ssign to take the full commercial course,
a nd twelve who will take the okkeeep-
ing part.
The school board, after muchl difficulty,
has secured a sufficient number OF teachers
O. hs - ha Ia fEhaV
plain OF a scarcity of available teachers AMI
are inclined to attribute the cause OF this
scarcity to the recent departure 81 a thou
sand American teachers 10 the Philippines.
The following is a list Of teachers engaged
for the fall: Miss Winifred Wilkins at
the Common; Anna Sheehan, Davidson
district; Anna Macomber, East Hin; Mar
garet Morse and c. Lois Stebbns, at the
village; Rosa Smith, Mill Village; Mrs.
Howard skinner, Collinsville; La Dustan,
Seaver district; Lottie Calderwood, Ander-
son district; Kate Sheehan, West Hill; ABB
bic Pike, Burnell district; Susie Lyon.
withers district; Artie Russ, Hayden dis
trict.
Elbridge Colburn aud family moved In
TO the Douglas house last week, and Ralph
Garfield and wife moved into the premites
vacated by Mr.. Colburn.-Mr. Royal Lyon
and four of his daug hters, Sadie, Blanc he,
Lola and Ethel, left last week for their
future home in Hammond, Ind, where Mr..
Lyons son, Bonnie, has been Twin z for
some time. Mr.. Lyons departure removes
the last OF family that FOR three genera
lions has resided in the old homestead and
furnished substantial citizens OF the town.
His numerous friends regret deeply 20 lore
him and his family from town, and the
best wishes OF all follow them 20 their
new home.-George Chase, Fred Witt and
Alma Larrabee spent several days I'm Sher-
brooke last week, visiting friends and at
tending the fair which was held In that
place.-Mrs. Bert Woodbury. and her
guest, Mrs. Mellon, visited friends In
Charleston and Newport last week.-N. b
Williams, {. II. Root, Edwin Lyon and
others were called 10 Newport last Friday
on grand jury business.-Crafts bury fur
nishes two teachers to Albany this fall;
Miss Margie Wilson, who has the school
IN the Cheney district, and Miss Grace
Sheehan, who teaches at Albany Center.
Most OF the summer visitors and board
ers, whose presence has contributed so
much to the life and enjoyment OF our lit
tie village, left last week.-A very pleasant
entertainment occurred at the Cong.
church last Tuesday evening, when the
music and elocution pupils OF Mrs. A. 9.
Cole gave an exhibition OF their work.
The program consisted of organ and
piano solos, duets and trios, and recita-
tions. The exercises were under the man
agement of Mrs. Cole, and were highly
creditable TO both instructor and pupils,
showing commendable progress by all the
pupils and marked proficiency by those
who have taken lessons longest. The fol-