Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-08-12

The town has com menced to get out
stone to erect a new bridge across the river
at the head of E. Fosters mill pond on
Willoughby road.
East Charleston.
The next regular meeting of the Reading
Circle will be held Aug. 21st. The new
catalogues have been printed and will be
ready for distri bution at that time. There
are some very excellent books in / he library
which are free to all who wish to use them.
William Densmore and wife who have
been visiting at Moses Morse's, have re-
turned to their home in LyndonvilIe.-Mr
John Buck, who has been very sick for the
past week, is little better.-W. B. East
man and family from Southern Pines, n.
c., are visiting Mrs. Chase.-Edith Davis
has gone % Sugar Hill, n. H., to work in
hotel.-Mrs. Irving Wolcott is entertaining
two sisters from Lynn, Mass.-W N. Carter
has bought piece of land of s. c. Streeter
and intends moving his carriage house on
to it soon.-Amos Piper has moved from
the place he lately sold to Harry Piper into
tenement at Echo Pond. Mr.. Piper will
take possession of the farm.-L. w. Stevens
& Son from Island Pond are cutting the
hay on the land recently purchased of Geo.
Spaulding.-An evangelist is in the place
and is to assist Mr.. Maben in his work here
and at West Charleston. 4 notice of her
plan of work will be given later.
West Charleston.
A case of canker-rash is reported in town
A. w. Lyon is building a barn on ''the
island"
J. 3. Holton has been in Boston the
past week.
Ora Foster has open ed a barber shop at
East Charleston.
Mr.. George Hamilton has had a telephone
placed in his house.
Mrs Matthew Hastings is homo from
visit to Holland and Derby.
The A. c. F. of the F. B. church went to
WiIloughby for picnic last week.
Mrs. Henry Badger of Bellows Falls is
visiting her sister, Mrs. DR.. Gatchel.
Mrs. Emma Reed is home from Lyndon
where she has been caring for her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boden of Duarte, Califor-
MIA spent a few days recently with VIM.
Bruce.
Arthur Kidder recently sold his span of
bay horses to parties from Colebrook, n.
H., price 300.
Mrs. e. S. Human, Mrs. Ina ingalls, and
Miss Alice Albee attended the summer
school at Barton.
Mr.. Arthur Kidder and family, Mrs. Al
ton and Miss Ella Alton with other friends
and Shirley Human spent last week at
Seymour lake, Morgan.
Walter Nye's boy was badly stung by
bees recently. DR.. Gatchell was called to
care for hlm.--Calvin Wilson had his knee
badly cut with a scythe recently.
Prof. Adams OF East Charleston gave an
at in the school house hall re-
Gently which was much enjoyed. Little
Mildret Lang gave two readings in a pleas
ing manner.
DR.. Amos Parlin and wife of Norton
visited Mrs. Parlin's parents recently
Curtis Stoddard and wife of St. Johusbury
were in town last week.-Mr. Clarence
Wheeler and family with visiting friends
spent part of last week camping in Morgan.
Mr.. Charles Church is entertaining a
brother from Observation-Disclosures Par
lin and wife of Manchester, N H., visited
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Par
lin, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Blodgett of Newport
are visiting in town. Mrs. BIodgett will
stop here two weeks.-J. E. Goddard of
Kirby called on friends in town last week.
Mrs. George Bracket is entertaining two
sisters from Connecticut. They will also
visit their brothers. G. j. and j. 5. Hildreth.
Mrs James Ellington of Stanstead Plain
called on friends in this place last week.
BIanch Wilson of Boston is stopping with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Church-Mrs.
L. Buck of East Charleston, Mrs. Willie
Fuller of Bloomington, and Mrs. Minnie
Burdick of FIoren &c, Mass. visited their
uncle, Henry Campbell, last week.-Lee
Brown and wife of Newport visited Mr..
Browns parents last week.
Island Pond.
Mrs. Evelyn Causebrook and son Henry |
are in town for short stay.
E. M Carpenter and wife OF White River /!
Junction We're in town last week.
Howard H. Hobson has been appointed |
to position in the customs service at this |
place.
Rev. Thomas Hall and family have gone |
to OLD Orchard for few weeks. Col. and |
Mrs. P. II. Dale and children are also at |
Old Orchard.
The people here are jubilaDt over the |
removal to this place of the g. A. Cane
Shirt Company, whose main plant has been
located in Leominster, Mass. For nearly
en years the G, A. Cane Shirt Company
1as employed from fifty to one hundred
girls in it's factory in this town. The COM
oany's main plant has been at Leominster,
Mass, and has been the main end of the
concern both as to the number of people