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

to join her husband at Jamaica. VT, where
he has been engaged to preach for the COM
ing year.
Measles have again appeared in the vii
lage. This time Reuben Chaffey is the
victim. They are also reported in r. A.
Ritchie's family.
Irasburgh.
Willie Grant has gone to Barton Land
ing to work in a meat market.
Charles Dion has moved to Coventry
Mr.. Hutchinson has moved to Lowell.
Miss Aggie Cotton, who has been in very
poor health for several months, is improv-
ing.
The sugar party at the Cong. vestry last
Tuesday evening was a very pleasant occa-
sion and we'll attended,.
A little daughter was welcomed at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Stannard in
Manchester, n. H., recently.
Mrs. Chaffee died last Saturday afternoon
at her home on Burton Hill. She had been
in poor health for a long time.
There was a pleasant and interesting
Easter service at both churches yesterday,
also very pretty floral decorations.
Hon. c. W. Wheeler has been soliciting
stock for the proposed new railroad from
Newport to Montpelier. The town is
asked to take S25OO.O0 in shares at $1,000
per share.
Mrs. Fred Webster of Henniker, n. H.,
has been spending a few weeks with friends
in town.-Mrs. Albert Webster of Barton
has been spending a few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Keith.-OIin
Webster is home from the u V. M. for the
spring vacation.
Mr.. FL. III. Somers went to Boston last
Tuesday to take the remains of his uncle,
George Somers, who has just died there, to
Huntington for burial, and was placed
beside his wife and son. Mr.. Somers lived
in Barton for a time and is we'll and favor
ably known throughout this county and
also through the state. He left here nearly
two years ago and had been in Boston
since. His age was IS years.
Mrs. Jessie Brush and her mother from
Hopkinton, n. Y, write of a shocking, but
evidently premeditated murder committed
at their home Tuesday morning, March 26.
The evening previous their servant girl,
who had been with them a long time, and
whom they highly esteemed, received a
visit from the young man to whom she
was engaged. The evening was spent in a
pleasant way, Mr.. and Mrs. Brush joining
them in a game of whist. When Mr.. and
Mrs. Brush retired the young couple were
left in the kitchen with only a dining
room separating the two rooms. No sound
or disturbance was heard during the night.
but in the morning the girl was fou nd
dead on the lounge and the lights still
burning. The young man had Immediately
left the place and 10 trace of his where
abouts had been found. There were no
marks of violence upon her person and it
is thought that she took some deadly poi
son.. There was no known cause for the
horrible crime and means have been taken
to ascertain the immediate cause of her
death.
Lowell.
A baby girl was born at A. 1. Stebbins'
Mar. 18th.
Whitman Souther is sick with the appen-
dicitis.-Wm. Patterson is sick with neu-
ralgia. efAAAf7Af
Miss Ethel Lawrence entertained a few
of her friends at the home of Mrs. Davis
on Thursday evening.
1t is reported that Andrew Cello is soon
to move into his house that has been occu-
pied by Leander Sinclair.
Austin Blake who works at Barton Land
ing is home for a two weeks vacation
Miss Neva Hines from Boston has returned
to spend the summer here.-Miss Bertha
Stickney from Newport Center is visiting
Mrs. Ella Curtis.
A fire was discovered at Sweets hotel on
the evening of April 4th. A mattress,
which had been left against the stovepipe
in the hall upstairs caught fire and consid-
cradle damage was done. This is the sec
ond time a fire has occurred in the hotel.
Morgan Center.
Mrs. D. A. Elliott is sick with a rheu-
matte trouble.
l.. A. Tabor of Holland has moved into
the house he purchased of Mrs. Stearns.
Mrs. c. J. Thomas and Mrs. L. A. Bur-
roughs have returned from Boston where
Mrs. Burroughs went recently for treat
ment for a cancer.
The friends of DIR. w. A. Thoma will be
pleased to learn of his success in Good
Hope, Ill. He was once a resident here
and is a brother Of G. J. Thomas of this
place. The following is clipped from an
Illinois paper.
appointment among the leading physi-
clans who have won a high reputation for
skillfuI manner in which they perform
all operations is DR.. w. A. Thomas who
has built up a large and influential practice,
including among his patrons, many of the
leading citizens and families. He grad
uated at the Electric Medical Institution,
N. Y"
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