Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-16


at the Eagle Hotel for time.
The dance at the town hall Thursday
evening was fairly we'll attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana ChiIds of Milford,
Mass, are in town visiting friends.
S. Z. Stevens of Enosburgh Falls spent
several days of the past week in town.
Geo. Belware has finished work for Mr..
Kerr and gone to LyndonvilIe for the win
ter.
Walter Chase is at work for Uric & Saw
yer, and Miss Rena Goodrich of Greensboro
for Mrs. E. n. Nelson.
Several members of the Mckinley Order
Eastern Star visited the lodge at Wolcott
last Friday evening.
Miss Alice Braman Of Richford and Miss
Laura Bradford of johnson visited the
past week at Leslie Hoadley's.
Manville Grant and Henry Gilbert were
arrested last Saturday and brought before
Justice /. 7. Patterson on charge of intox-
ication. Both men plead guilty. Grant
was fined $40 with cost and Gilbert $50, it
being his third offence, and in default of
bail he was taken to Rutland Monday by
Deputy Sheriff I'll. c. Libbey.
East Craftsbury.
Ernest Keller is very ill.,
Mr.. Harry A. Daniels is suffering with a
felon.
John Simpson, who has been i'll, is re-
covering.
Mrs. Laura Rudd, Herbert Farr's aunt,
h 81, bo ~ -
grandmother.
Mr.. Charles Wiley has finished working
at Rhode Island and has returned to his
home in Greensboro.
About sixty of the friends and neigh
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. James Paterson
gathered at their home Saturday evening,
Dec 9TH, to remind them that it was their
25th wedding anniversary and to present
them with two beautiful rockers. Cake
and coffee were served as refreshments and
all had very pleasant time.
North Craftsbury.
A. R. Cowles, of Barton, was in town on
business last Wednesday.
Charles H. Noyes, runner from Boston,
was sick at A. B. Pixies hotel several days
last week.
Mrs. c. H. Morse was in Albany part of
last week, on account of the poor health of
her father, Mr.. A. B. Nelson.
Mrs. Marckres, at Mill Village, received
visit last week from her brother, Thomas
Hunter, who remained several days.
Mrs. Emma Scott Allen has decided to
have bathroom and furnace put in her
house, and has let the job to Geo. Chase.
Many of the students avaiIed themselves
of the opportunity for good time on the
pond last Thursday afternoon, when Prof.
Cole dismissed the school to go skating.
About seventy of the friends and neigh
bors made surprise visit to Charlie Lara
bee at his fathers home last Thursday eve
ming. The party was given in view of his
expected departure to Georgia.
Anew door in the store of A. Paddock,
"a new broad step in front of his residence,
an IA wind mill, about ready to be raised,
for supplying his premises with water, are
recent contributions to improvements in
our village.
Edward A. Hastings returned last week
from Lowell, Mass, where he has been
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Frank Cass. He
reports much snow and cold there, and
thinks the gales of Craftsbury Common
prefera bic to Massachusetts.
Mrs. Susan Hadley, who has been spend
ing some weeks with her daughter Flora in
Biddeford, Me-, returned last week, and
will reside with her son, Will Hadley, for
awhile. Miss Flora HadIey accompanied
Inclement weather has not prevented the
Workmen from pushing to completion re-
pairs on the barn and shed of the hotel,
while Bert Woodbury's persistency, amidst
the gentle zephyrs that have swept the
Common, has succeeded in shingling and
clapboarding his new shop.
The people of the Common invaded the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Chase last
Friday evening, and gave them a house
warming in celebration of their occupa-
ton of their newly finished residence. In
behalf of the company DIR. c. w. Dustan
presented handsome rug, ''in atonement,"
he said, "for the scratching and marring
of the floor by SO many people coming in"
G. Fl. NJ.
Derby.
Miss Helen Hunt has gone to Brockton,
Mass, to spend the holidays with Miss
Marion Clark.
Committees have been appointed and
arrangements are being made for union
Christmas tree and entertainment.
Quite number from this place went to
Newport Friday night to attend the play
given by the Y. M. I. c. of that place.
Mr.. Aaron Ell. Grout has gone to New
York city to visit his aunt, Mrs. c. K.