Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-06-03

Derby.
Miss Lizzie Drew is ill with the measles.
Preparations are being made for the OBJ
servance of Children's day in the churches.
Mrs. Sails and son Clinton have gone to
spend the summer with friends in Boston
and New Hampshire.
The Ladies' Aid Society held a very
pleasant social at Charles Carpenters
Wednesday afternoon.
The Derby graded school nine was de-
feated by the Rock Island nine at the
match game played here recently.
Misses Evelyn Moran and Carrie Abbott
| have been visiting in Troy the past week.
Mrs. II. II. Wilder and little daughter
accompanied Mrs. F. 1. Marvin to her
home in Fairfield, Friday.-Miss Agnes
Elder of Beebe Plain visited in town on
Tuesday.-Messrs. Edmund Wilder and
Frank Harvey have gone on the excursion
to Buffalo.
A pleasant event of the week occurred
Monday evening when company of the
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. George Burton
called at their home to remind them of the
tenth anniversary of their marriage. A
very pleasant evening was passed with mu-
sic and refreshments of cake and coffee.
In behalf of the company and in we'll
chosen words Rev. G. H. Wright presented
them with a fine Morris chair and an oak
rocker wishing that it might be their good
fortune to reach the fiftieth anniversary.
West Derby.
Fred Hitchins has sold his place to Eu-
gene Alexander.
Mrs. John Shannon is very ill.-Alfred
Taylor is very sick.
Ernest n. Sawyer of Boston visited at
Amos Sawyer's last week returning Friday
p. m.-Warren Hunt has returned to
Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. II. Hastings and daughter Bernice
attended the funeral of relative in Massa-
wippi last week.-Mrs.. A. Azeltine visited
in Westfeld recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Baraw of Troy Wis
tied at James Richardson's last week.
Mrs. P. s. Robinson and daughter have re-
turned from a winters sojourn in Iowa
with decided improvement of Miss EthePs
health.
Lillian Laplant Blair, wife of Capt. How
ard K. Blair, died very suddenly Saturday
morning. Capt. Blair IS now with his
parents at their summer home in New
Ramps hire, very low with consump tion.
Mrs. Blair was making her final prepara-
lions to leave on Saturday. Beside her
husband she leaves a daughter father, and
mother and three sisters. Funeral services
held to-day (Monday) at the home of her
father, John Laplant, on Clyde st.
A pleasant dinner party was given at the
home of u. c. Stevens the 18th in honor of
Mrs. Stevens father, VIM. r. Spear who is
stopping there. Among the visitors were
A S. Drew, Marshall Sias, n. F. Ball and
H. r. Stevens. Messrs Sias and Drew are
past ninety years of age, the combined ages
of the five being 403 years. All of these
gentlemen are vigorous, ready to crack
jokes and give interesting "reminiscences of
their past, also keeping up-to-date in the
things of the present.
Glover.
Mrs. n. H. Drew is in poor health.
Matte Kirby spent the Sabbath with her
parents.
w. M. Phillips of Boston is visiting rel
atives in town.
Mrs. Dorcas Mcclellan is staying for
time at F. H. Percival's.
P. G. Stone is in very poor health.-W. S.
Mason has been very sick but is gaining.
1t is expected there will be preaching at
Naples every Sabbath at 2 p. m. by Rev. |
Geo. Mcdonald.
Mrs. Minnie Mason and her daughter
Alice and Mrs. Olin Drew are in Hardwick |
visiting friends.
Pre-Memorial exercises at the school |
house last Wednesday were well attended
and pronounced very interesting.
Peter A. Parren of North Hyde Park will |
give temperance lecture at the Naples |
schoolhouse Sunday evening, June 9th, at |
7:3O p. M.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Green of Newport |
are visiting at A. c. Clark's.-Ed. WaIcott
is spending few days in town.-R. E.
French was in LyndonviIle over Sunday.
On complaint of the town grand Juror
three young men who have been disturbing
the peace at South Glover, recently appear
ed before Justice Clark and were fined five
dollars each.
Mrs. r. E. French and daughters spent
several days in LyndonviIle last week.-Mr
Harry Merrill of Barton Landing and Miss
Gertrude Merrill of Montpelier visited at
r. E. Frenchs last week.
There will be Childrens' Day exercises at
the Methodist church at II o'clock a. m.
ALI children taking part in same are re-
quested to meet at the church Saturday at
2 o'clock p. m. to rehearse.
It is reported that someone has been
stealing the flowers and plants from the
cemetery placed on the graves Decoration
day. Anyone who would thus pilfer from
the sacred resting place of the dead would