Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09


father.
Schools in the village commenced last
Monday with Misses Morse and Stebbins
teachers.
Mckinley Order Eastern Star held a So
ciable last Wednesday which was a very
pleasant affair.
Robert Clegg's little boy, Willie, was
quite badly cut with an axe which his
brother Harold was using. Tn boy is
doing well.
The Ladies' Aid Society met last Thurs
day with Mrs. ID. f. Hoyt. A large num-
Der were in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Kinney from Lowell
are in town for a few weeks. MI. Kinney
IS finishing the lower part of the scott res
idence into a store.
Craftsbury Grange met last Friday even
ing. There was a good attendance. They
have recently moved into their new hall.
The next meeting will be held Dee. 20. This
is the annual meeting and time for election
of officers. We hope for a good attendance.
Clarence CowIes and wife returned to
their home in Stowe last Monday after
spending their vacation at f. j. GIidden's.
&C. t. Howard has gone to Connecticut
to meet his wife, who will return with
him very soon. Philip Howard returned
last Saturday.
The Misses Lila and Florence Merrill
have returned to Morrisville.-Mis Frances
Weinmann has goneto New York TO reside
with her uncle. Mr.. and Mrs Ed Silver
have gone to Mattapan, Mass, to work in
a school for boys, Mrs. Silver as teacher,
Mr.. Silver as superintendent of farm.
Deputy Sherifs Libbey and Wakefield
spent several days last week hunting for
Buck. They at last found him in a house
in Greensboro. He was arrested by Sher-
iff Libbey and taken to Hardwick for a
hearing and atterward safely lodged in st.
Johnsbury Jail. Great excitement is felt
over the matter.
The friends and schoolmates Of Frances
Weinmann gave her a genuine surprise at
n. H. Kinney's last Wednesday evening.
She has resided in Mr.. Kinney's family for
about three years and won many friends.
She was to leave the next day for New
York where she is to make her future
home. The occasion was a very pleasant
one and several tokens were left to remind
her of the event as she mingles with
strangers, for which she expressed many
thanks.
East CraftSbury.
Donald Findlay is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. ChiIds of Brockton, Mass,
were called home to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Child's brother, Eddie Calderwood.
Mrs. Lydia Drew has been visiting her
ciStor Mrs r 9 Macon Mr. opd Mre
Oliver Farr were called here by the sickness
and death Of Mrs. Oracy Mason.
Mrs. Oracy (Cheney) Mason died at her
home Dec. I'd. She was 81 years old and
had been a lifelong member of the Re-
formed Presbyterian church of this place
and was an earnest Christian.
Eddie Calderwood died Dec. I'd and was
buried Dec. 4. The funeral service was
conducted by Rev. Trowbridge assisted by
Rev. j. c.. Taylor. Mr.. Calderwood will be
greatly missed in his home as he was the
chief dependence of the family.
North Craftsbury.
Mrs. Ferrin, who has kept house for Mr..
Sulham, is very low with cancer, with no
prospect of recovery.
Miss Nina Hudson is to start an evening
class in penmanship. The first meeting
will be in the commercial rooms of the
academy at 80 Wednesday evening.
Chas. Larabee is home from Lancaster,
Mass, and is expecting to go soon to the
state of Georgia where be has obtained
work for a while.-Leon Witt has gone to
Northampton, Mass, where he has obtain
ed a position in the asylum for the insane.
Miss Susie Lyon will spend part of the
winter with her aunt, Mrs. Cheney, at
Lyndonville.-AIIen Thompson of Iras-
burg, has moved with his family into the
Douglass house.-The young friends of
Miss Ruth Morse made her a surprise visit
last Friday evening.-The members of the
class of 1902 will give an entertainment at
the academy hall Monday evening, Dec.
IS. The entertainment will be called a Four
social, and there will be an admission of sc
In the item of last week, in regard TO the
visit of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Rawson, your
correspondent inadvertently stated that
they were with Mrs. Emma Scott, instead
of saying Mrs. Emma Scott Allen. Your
correspondent sincerely regrets the mis-
take.-A good congregation gathered at
the church Sunday evening TO hear the
illustrated lecture on Bulgaria by Rev. w.
P. Clark, the missionary from Samokov,
Bulgaria. Mr.. Clark outlined the history
of the Bulgarian people, their need of mis-
sionary work, and some of the results of
the work already accomplished. He also
spoke of Rev. Robert Thompson, of
Samokov, the missionary supported by the
churches OF Orleans County. Interest in
the lecture was enhanced by the numerous
lantern views. Much appreciation of his
address was expressed.-Mrs. Adeline Gill
bert, wife of Antwine Gilbert, of Mill
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