Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-06

work in the central telephone office here.
The May Day breakfasts of Wednesday
and Thursday at the Congregational church
were great success. Fifteen dollars were
cleared.
G. E. Gay has had a gang of men tearing
down the Simpson barns in order to give
him a chance to erect dwelling house on
the spot.
Several of the fishermen Of this vicinity
have been dropping lines into WiIIoughby
Lake since the first of May, but the results
have been Disappointing.
r. NJ. Kimball, who has done bicyc lie
repairing here, has gone to Weirs, n. H.,
to work during the summer for H. G.
BIaisdelI as engineer to run his pleasure
boat.
Rev. Samuel Lewis moved into he par
sonage last. Wednesday and is nicely settled.
He is much pleased with his new field of
labor, and his parishioners are making
him feel at home with them.
There was a marriage here last Wednes
day, the parties being George Card and Ida
May Keyser. George expects to erect a
set of buildings on land purchased of Hal
sey Hall. The happy couple have our best
wishes.
D. Buchanan has telephone poles scatter
ed through Holland and will set them soon
and install quite number of instruments
there. This will bring every town in Or
leans county in telephone communication
with the Peoples line.
ET;-c Do,--oJI t,o- rot,,-v,o4 Fro,o,
where she has spent the winter.-Thomas
Buzzo has bought out B. Moulton's har-
ness repairing business.-Six new members
were received into the Willoughby Grange
last Thursday evening. This order is in
very Aourishing condition.
Messrs Locke, Ford, TurnbulI, Winget
and others have been improving their
premises by grading, setting out trees &c.
WonId it not be well for many others to
pattern after these people and beautify the
village. About the station the ladies and
others are doing lots of work to beautify
the grounds, and many who pass speak in
complimentary terms of their work. If
all would do a little about their homes to
help along this good work our village
would be one to be proud of.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
w. Hildreth on Friday evening was very
pleasant affair. The Knights of Pythias
and the RathbOne Sisters prepared the en-
tertainment and the members of these
societies and a large number of invit
ed guests were present. The village
band escorted the procession to the
hall where the exercises were held. l.. w.
Hildreth was a charter member of the Or
der of the <. P's and has always been high
Iy esteemed as one of the most faithful
members of that organization, and it seem
ed most BETTING that his golden wedding
should be celebrated in a worthy manner.
The members of the two orders presented
Mr.. and Mrs. HiIdreth a beautiful ice
pitcher as token of their kind regards.
This pitcher stands in a frame about two
feet high, deliberately ornamented, rich in
design and tasteful in execution. The
body of the pitcher Is in satin finish while
above and below are variegated borders in
terspersed with FURNISHED sections. The
finger bowl and the goblet with the
ornamental figures in low relief and in
FURNISHED parts are to. correspond with the
frame and pitcher. The whole is in silver
graved on the pitcher are these words:
presented to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Hildreth
by Philemon Lodge K. of P. and Laurette
Temple r. s., May 3, 1901" F. d. Clement
ordered the beautiful present which is very
valuable. 1t must be very pleasing to Mr..
and Mrs. Hildreth to feel as they near the
end of life that they have so many friends
who entertain for them the kindest regards.
South Barton.
Fred Berry from Montreal has been here
visiting relatives and friends.
Melvin Drown has sold his farm to R. B.
Lang, who has taken possession.
A number of fishermen from Lyndon
vile have been tenting near the n. T. Vail
fish pond during the last few days.
Ben Doyle and son Wesley have gone to
New Hampshire to work in livery stabI
MRS. Doyle is keeping house for Geo.
Wheeler.
Albany.
Fred Laduke has moved to Eden.
E. B. Searle's little child died last week.
T. J. Wallace and his men are busily at
work on E. G. Buffers new barn.
Hon. FL. H. Powers will not speak at
North Craftsbury as advertised last week.
There was no preaching at the Cong.
church last Sabbath on account of illness
of the pastor.
Mrs. Stone will entertain the ladies at
the vestry Tuesday afternoon, it being the
annual meeting.
o. M. Delano had a valuable horse
severely injured by falling into the base
ment of his barn.
Wilbur Chamberlin was at the Center on
Monday the 18th inst. calling on old