Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-11-04

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streeter's people leave Newport.
The monthly symposium of the B. \,
p. L. was held at the home of Nr. ane
Mrs. Chas. Putney in Coventry on Thurs
dav evening. Forty Of the members ano
friends of the Union were present. The
entertainment was arranged as a Hallow-
cen sociabIe and wes enjoyed by al
present.
Changes in real estate and in business
are numerous this week. E. :. Ball has
sold out his grocery business to E. j.
Chase, who takes possession today. C.L
VI. Bugbee has bought the residence oi
Mrs. George West on Main street. Z. M.
Mansur has purchased of c. a. Brown the
Tuck cottage. and half of the barn, at the
Bluff. Will Ranney has bought the
Stewart lot, fronting on School street. and
intends building a residence and using the
Stewart office as an ell.
Newport Center
Mrs. VIM. Ray, who has been very i'll, is
now gaining.
q. W. Rogers has built an addition to
his house which he will use for a dining
room.
Enoch Hoskins died of apoplexy while
digging ditch on his farm last Wednesday
morning.
The boys OF this place had a grand time
the night of Oct. 81, by moving wagons,
doorsteps, and donating beans, etc.
Clark Rogers has moved to Richford
where his two sons have employment
Samuel Sweet has taken q. a. Harris farm
and is to take possession soon.-Ed. LARA
bee is to move to his own farm soon.
Warren Tracy and wife are here from
New Hampshire visiting relatives.-J. G.
Turnbull was here two days last week on
business.-Mr. and Mrs. E. c. Rogers of
West Derby spent Sunday with relatives in
this place.
Louise Lamb, sister Of Asa Lamb, who
has been stopping with him for a few
weeks has returned to her home.-NIr. and
Mrs. Steve Crawford, who nave been here
2 visit, have returned to their home in
New Hampshire.-F. L. Hildreth has re-
turned from the excursion to Boston.
North Troy.
H. NJ. Hunt was in st. Adams last week.
Mrs. Harriet Mason is in Laconia, n. H,
for a few weeks stay.
Prof. c.. H. Holbrook has been spending
a few days in town calling on friends.
Albert Lunna has returned from Fitch
burg, Mass, where he has been employed
for several months.
The funeral of Mrs. A. II. Porter, who
died in Cambridge, Mass, Oct. oath, was
held from her late home on Sunday, Oct.
y, Rev. w. F. Sturtevant officiating.
sesttieId.
Miss Annie Martin will appear as reader
at the school exhibition.
The hour for holding the e. E. meetings
on Sunday evenings has been changed from
I 80 to I o'clock.
H. D. Miller has several men at work
digging the trenches for the system of
waterworks that he is about to put into
this village.
The grape social held by the c. E. society
at Mrs. Hiram MiIler's On the evening of
Oct. 18th was well attended and a pleasant
time was enjoyed.
Frank D.. Kennedy of Bradford was in
recently. He has sold his farm in
Troy to Roy Martin of Boston. Martin
will take possession very soon.
Several from his town attended the fifth
marriage anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edison Kennison which was observed at
heir home in Troy on Tuesday evening
18th.
PIiny Wright visited relatives in Barton
recently.-Miss Mary Richardson ofSutton,
@ has been visiting at Joseph God
dard's.-Rev Edwin Rose and wife of
Ayers Flat, P. @. called upon and visited
friends here last week. Twelve years ago
MIR. Rose was pastor of the Cong'I church
B. o. Aiken of Albany is visit
ing Mrs. Betsy Stebbins.-Mrs. Sally
Brown OF Island Pond is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Willard Farman.-Mrs.
Mitchell visited recently at D.. E.
Wright's.
The pupils of the two departments of the
village school will give an entertainment
the town hall on Friday evening, Nov.
sth. The exercises will consist of dia-
Iogues, Rotations, music, a drill and a
eomedietta entitled ITO Much of a Good
Thing" The pupils have been in training
for some time under the direction of the
teachers, Miss Ada Brown and Mrs. E. S.
Miller, so that a good entertainment may
be expected. Time 7:3O. Admission for
adults 15c. for school children 1Oc. The
proceeds are for the benefit of the town
library. Every one cordially invited to
lttend.
Charles Conant, grandson of the late
Conant and the only surviving
member of James Conant's family, died of
consumption about 2 o'clock the morning
IF Oct. 30th, aged 20 years, 4 months.
Luther Smith now owns and occupies the
arm on the East Hill which for many
-a.rs LIS IN nnssasSion Of thu Conont