Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-02-11

friends for short time, goes back to his
home in Montana this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamlet Barrows aud Mrs.
Abbie Hutchins of Barton Landing visited
at John McLellan's last Thursday.
Geo. Drew and his mother have returned
from Boston.-Mrs. Morse has gone to W.
F. Scott's TO spend the rest of the winter.
Mrs. Edith Mcdowell is here caring for
her mother, Mrs. j. E. Dwinell, who is
very sick with the grip.-Mr. Dwinell and
Mrs. PhiIa Bean are slowly improving.
Ed. WalcottIhas gone to st. Johnsbury to
work in a studio there.-Ed. Walker has
the job of measuring the lumber at the
Lawrence saw-mill.
WIS. Mason, who went to Boston five
weeks ago for the treatment of his eye, re-
turned Wednesday night. He is able to
see some with the injured eye and is still
improving.
E. Burt Mitchell, who has been at home
caring for his mother and grandmother,
has returned to st. Johnsbury.-Reuben
Cheney of Manchester, n. H., was in town
last Friday.
Mrs. Carl Bean has been very sick with
appendicitis Mrs. Wesley Aldrich was
sick last week.-Mrs.. Phila Bean, Irving
Walker, Elmer Dwinell, Mrs. Annie Owen
and Mrs. Maud Owen have been on the
sick list.
The weather record for 19001901 is as
follows: Wind in the routh, LA days; in
the north, 1O1 days; in the west, 113 days;
in the east, days. Snow fell nine feet
Feb. End, IA degrees below zero; Feb. Goth,
ten degrees below; Feb. 9th, eighteen
degrees below; March 18th, ten degrees
below; March 18th, twelve degrees below.
The warmest days were July 18th ninety
four in the shade; July 24th, eighty-four
in the shade. The first frost to kill crops
was Sept. 18th. From Dec. 18th to the I'D
the thermometer was at zero. The past
season has been very dry, the rainfall be-
low the average, yet enough to keep crops
growing and the harvest up to the average
Lindol French, a life long resident of
this town, died last Thursday morning of
the grip after an illness of only five days.
Early in the 18th century, Zenas French of
Keene, n. H., came to this town, bought
and cleared the land and settled on the
farm so long known as the "French farm
and was living there at the time ofthe Run
away Pond disaster, and on this farm, Dec.
p, 1922, LindoI French was born, the second
of a family of thirteen children. In 1S47
he married EIvira Morse of Barre, who died
in March, fourteen years ago, leaving eight
children. Upon the death of his father,
previous TO his marriage, Lindol had in
herited the farm and assumed the care of
his mother and five of his brothers and
sisters who lived with him until old
enough to take care of themselves. Lindol
French was a man of few words, but those
exactly what he meant, and straight to the
point; one whose word was as good as his
bond, and who could not tolerate in any
one the ight9st habits of untruthfulness,
shiftIessness or deceit; a hard working
man, who up to his last days had no time
to hang around the village longer than
was absolutely necessary to transact his
business. He had filled various town
offices most acceptably. At his funeral
which was held at the house on Saturday,
Rev. Mr.. Stevens officiating, his children
were all present. Among those present
from out of town were Mr.. and Mrs. E. II.
Nye of Bradford, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ford
of LyndonvilIe, Mr.. and Mrs. n. NJ. Scott
and John Bean of Barton.
West Glover.
Miss Ethel Rand has been visiting in
town.
Department Chaplain Crane stopped one
night with Comrade F. F. Bean last week.
Miss Mabel Thorp has returned from a
four weeks visit among relatives at Cam
bridge.
Mrs. Willard Barry has been very sick
with the grip.-Mrs. Abbott is better
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stiles are quite sick
with the grip.
Fred Conner is pressing a large lot of
hay on the Bishop place. Eben Bishop
has returned from Bradford and will re-
main on the place for time.
1t is with sadness that we note the death
of Mrs. Frances, wife of Rev. E. w. Hatch,
who formerly resided in this place. To
know her was to love and respect her, and
many here would extend their sympathy
to the bereft husband and family.
The school in this village taught by Miss
Kate Barry closed Friday. In the evening
there was an exhibition given by the school |
aided by a few of the young people. Much |
credit is given Miss Barry in the efforts she |
has made to raise money for school libra
~. She has now over S14 in the treasury.
Pupils having no marks during the term
We're: Gladys Cameron, Marie and Harold |
Baker, Leslie, Fred and Claude Vincent,
Earle Clarke, David and Lewis Wright, |
Raymond Lewis, Clyde Barber and Jennie !
Those
the year were: Leslie, Fred, and Claude
Vincent, David Wright, Clyde Barber ana |
Raymond Lewis. Lula Lewis was absent |