Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-15

ter of Hanover, N. H., visited at Wallace
Bowman's last week.
Miss Grace Cutting spent a part of her
vacation rusticating in cottage at Fos-
ter's Grove, WiIloug hby Lake.
Mrs NJ. J. Smith is visiting in Barre.
Her son Roscoe accompanied her there, but
is now visiting in Portland, Me.
Emmon Doyle, who has been i'll, is i'm
proving.-Lily Hazen, who has nervous
affection, is somewhat improved.
Mabel Cobb has been having very seri-
Gus time with appendicitis, but seems to
be out of danger at present writing.
w. n. Cragin and family of Bedford,
Mass, visited at F. K. Powell's last week.
Mrs. Cragin is sister of Mrs. Powell.
Bernice Hamblet, Mrs. A. s. Redfeld,
Percy Cowles and several others from this
place spent the Sabbath at Willoughby.
Mrs. Nora Shehan, who has been caring
or Mrs. II. T. Seaver, ha closed her la
bors here and returned to her home in
Craftsbury.
Mr.. Phinney, who is drawing,l lumber from
Westmore for G. w. Ten ney, drew a load
of dry lumber recently which weighed
1900 pounds.
News received from William Brown, who
is.in hospital at Montreal, states that he is
doing as well as could be expected, but is
very nervous and weak.
Mrs. j. w. Miller continues in poor
health. Her mother, who was coming
from Canada to care for her, was taken
sick and was not able to come.
The following letters remain uncalle d
for at the post-office July 10. Please say
advertised. Henry Black, Mrs. R. w.
Coolidge, G. F. French, H. o. Smith.
The Valley Brothers have been quarry
ing and drawing a large amount of nice
granite blocks for the B. & NJ. r. r. Co.
and loading them on the cars at this place.
Mrs. P. E. Stone of Morrisville visited
Mrs. George Goodro last Friday while on
her way to Newport where her husband
plays in the orchestra at the Memp hrema
cog House.
&C. w. Heath had six thousand steel
head trout sent him from the U. S.
Hatchery at st. Johnsbury last week. He
had them put into the tributaries of Crystal
Lake and Baker Pond.
The DR.. Richard Skinner house, which
was built in 1868, was sold at auction last
Tuesday William Mcdowell of Shelf ED
bid it off for twenty-five hundred and
seventy-fve dollars.
The bridge near Geo. Jenness' is being
rebuilt. Joseph Barton is doing a most
thorough job, and the large granite blocks
which he is using would indicate work |
~
John Arkley is putting new canopy top
on MS steamer ''Enterprise." John has |
one of the best running boats on the lake, |
and while he does not run it for profit he
gives many free rides to his friends.
Fl. E. Brewster who is stopping with
his father-inIaw Charles Morriu visited |
Burlington last Tuesday and chief of police
E. F. RoweII of that place came back with |
him to be his guest for few days.
O. Tenney sold one hundred thousand |
feet Of spruce boards to the Northern |
Lumber CO. of Boston last Wednesday. |
This lumber will be shipped to ST. Johns |
bury where it will be dressed before ship |
ping to Massachusetts.
The tub factory made fifteen thousand |
butter tubs last month, but it is expected
that twenty-five thousand will be manu-
featured this month as more help is en-
pIoyed and the new hands are able to do
better and faster work as they become
more accustomed to it.
There was q large audience at the Con-
church yesterday. In the
morning Rev. r. L. Sheaff spoke from
Prov. II: 30, He that winneth souls is
wise.". In the evening the meeting was
led by c. w. Tenney and the subject was
''IndividuaI work for Christi
The extra freight which passed through
here south at about a. NJ. Tuesday broke
a truck about half mile this side of West
Burke, but managed to go on until it
reached West Burke, when it dumped seven
cars in the yard. The trains were all
delayed at that place several hours.
Mrs. Gilbert Gross Of Bloomington Wis
tied her cousins, Misses Helen and Pomo-
ma Joslyn, recently, and called on other
friends. She reports Miss Louise Johnson
as being in a fairly comfortable state of
health, but owing tC the effects of an acct
dent last winter, is unable to walk.
Mr. and Mrs. G. o. Clifford of Meriden,
Conn.,, are visiting in town. Mr.. Clifford,
who formerly conducted the bakery owned
by H. S. Graves, left this town about four
years ago, going to California, where he
for time. Later he came back
to New England and settled in Meriden,
Conn.
Earle Jenness has been engaged to select
4 team Of nine players and go to Fabyan's
to play baseball with such teams as may
want to cross bats with his men. Earle
has become quite noted for an amateur
pitcher and his services are in good demand