Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-06-24

to st. JOhnSbury where she Will visit
friends before her return home.
Some of the members of George Ford's
family, Silas Sargent's family and Eber
Parker's family are spending the week at
]. B. Ford's cottage at WiIIoughby Lake.
The lawn party at the NJ. E. church last
Tuesday evening was a success. There
was good company present, the band did
finely and the receipts amounted to ten
dollars.
Among the last to leave here for the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo were Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Wheeler, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl French, and Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard
Skinner of Newport.
The many friends of Israel Parker were
shocked to hear of his sudden death at
Burke last week. He visited here quite
recently and had many friends and was
highly respected by all.
Harley Wheeler takes the place of his
brother Frank as station agent while he is
at the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo.
Bertrand o. Smith has gone to work for
the B I'm. r. r. Co. as breaknan on a
passenger train.
Miss Laura Mccoy, who is well known in
this community because of her long stay
here as nurse of Mrs. Robert McVicar, was
married at Indian Creek, Michigan, on the
18th of this month, to A. V. Williams.
They will make their home III Battle Creek,
Michigan.
1t is quite a compliment to the village
brass band to be engaged to play on the
4th of July at Lisbon n. H. but those who
have heard the boys play believe them to
be adequate to the occasion, and think the
Lisbon people will not have any reason to
regret that they secured their services.
The measles list this week is larger than
ever, besides many whose names we can
not give, we report as having this disease,
Hugh Landing, Mildred ,Ordway, Edwin
Dudley, three MOuItOn children, two Harris
children, one Van Burke child and Gertrude
Lyon.-Mrs. Burt Scott was sick last week.
1t speaks we'll for the interest in edu
cation which is taken here by the citizens
when we can report as many graduates as
we were able to in our own school; but in
addition to that number we would add
that several from this village graduated in
other schools, among the number we
mention Arthur and Grace Austin at St.
Johnsbury last week.
At the village corporation meeting Thurs
day evening, lit was voted to instruct the
trustees to act in conjunction with the Sc
IeCtmen in extending the bank wall of the
bridge towards the Congregational church
so as to widen the street and give a better
chance for the sidewalk. The estimated
cost to the corporation is between four and
five hundred dollars.
Milton Day and his daughter, who spend
a large part of their summers here, have
arrived.-Jason Webster of LyndonviIle,
who is in very poor health, is stopping here
for a few weeks recuperating and receiving
medical treatment.-M Madison CowIes
was the guest of her son, of the Beede &
CoWles firm last week.-N. l.. Foster of
Newport spent part of last week here visit
ing friends.
Miss Ruth Richmond is stopping at c. ID.
French .-The Y. p. S. c. Z. will hold
lawn socia bic on Mrs. Austin's lawn next
Thursday evening. If the weather is I'M
favorable it will be postponed So
phia Austin, Mrs. Joslyn, Miss Clara and
Miss Emma Austin went to St. Johnsbury
to attend the graduating exercises last
week.-Rev. Joseph Lyman has gone TO
Boston for a short visit.-Miss IneZ Wins
low is at home on a vacatiOn.-Mrs. Bert
Scott has been very sick the past week.
S. G. KIM ball has sold his flour and feed
business to Dodge and Flint of this place.
Mr.. Dodge and Mr.. Flint are well known
in this section and in taking this long
esta blished business they should, and no
dou bt will, meet with success. A brief
mention at this time of the amount of
business done by Mr.. Kimball during 1900
in just twelve months, will be of interest.
Number of carloads bought 12S, number
of tons sold, 1922 or IS, 440 bags of 100 lbs.
each. Freight bills paid S83O9.74, cash
sales $40, S82.12.
Albany.
c. j. Darling and wife from Lowell,
Mass, are visiting at Hotel Darling.-Miss
Lillian MCGUIRE is home on a vacation from
Hyde Park-Miss Lucy Martin is home
from Johnson-Andrew Rogers is home
from Montpelier Seminary.-Mrs. J. c.
Burke from Lowell, Mass, is visiting
friends in town.-Mrs. Eliza Stone has re-
turned from LittIeton,N. H. j. c. Z
Mrs. Geo. Lawrence is entertaining an
aunt from Derby.-T.J j. Wallace has COM
menced work on George Griggs' barn. Mr..
Griggs' neighbors assisted him in drawing
lumber one day recentIy.-T. B. Johnson
is building an addition to his barn.-Geo.
Walker has put in United States separa-
tor.-Ed. Gallagher, road commissioner, is
putting the hig hway in excellent condi-
ton.
East Albany.
John KilgaIlon, an aged and respected
citizen, passed away Sunday morning after