Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21
Newport Center

terment.
Newport Center
Mrs. Baxter Bowman is very sick.
Edward Abbott was in town recently.
Mrs. Orlando Griffin attended the confer
ence at st. Adams.
Erastus Buck is digging the cellar where
he is soon to move his house.
Miss Eda Bailey is at home after having
spent several weeks with her brother, A. j.
Bailey.
The village school begins to-day with
Edward Abbott, Blanche Rogers, and
Bertha Stickney as teachers.
Troy.
Mrs. Ida Drown is ill.
Comfort Chaffee is at Mr.. Days.
Mahlon Carey is in town for the summer.
Miss Mae Hartwell is hcme for few
days.
Alice Clark of Derby was in town the
past week.
Miss Maud Wakefield is boarding at F.
b. Hammond's.
Mrs. Josephine Robinson of Jay is stop
ping at the hotel.
Eugene Hartwell has returned to his
work at Barton Landing.
Miss Evelyn Elkins will teach in the
South district, commencing her school
Apr. 21st.
l.. ID. Mute of Marshfeld was the guest of
Mrs Nettie Miller Wednesday.
The M. e. social was a success financially,
about forty of the Masons taking supper.
Mrs. Hutchins of No. Troy is in charge
of the millinery department at Smith Bros
store.
Mrs. W. s. JENNIE, who has been seriously
i'll for ten days, is slightly better at this
writing.
Miss Nettie Kennedy is home from long
visit in Massachusetts, and will begin her
school in the DAVIS district day.
Mrs. Lucy E. Jones, accompanied by Miss
Ella Fowler, have come from Wolfboro, N.
H., to spend time in Mrs. Jones' home.
North Troy.
Wallace Place has gone to Manchester,
Nh.
B. L. Chandler was in New York last
week.
Miss Anna Noble is visiting in Man
chester, N. H.
Mrs. Pettingill of Campton, N. H., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. r. B. Hunt.
Mrs. Chas Flint, for many years a resi-
dent of this village, died at the home of
her son, Frank Flint, at Newport last Sun
day morning. Her age was seventy-nine
years. The remains were brought here for
interment.
%astfield.
Homer B. Hitchcock has purchased
team.
Miss Della Benware teaches the Lapierre
school.
Alvin Rogers and wife visited friends in
town recently.
Deacon P. s. Hitchcock of Barton visited
in town last week.
o. G. Miller and wife of Newport visited
at Mrs. Mary Hoyts last week.
A. j. Miller and wife of Newport visited
at II. w. Burnham's recently.
Fl. d. Miller has engaged in the manu-
facture and sale of "Miller's White Pine
Elixir"
Hon. A. Dawson of Craftsbury has been
in town, also Capt. A. w. Farman oil
Newport.
Mrs. o. p. Wright has gone to Warren
Mass, to care for her uncle, Russell LON
bard, who is i'll.
Rev. G. A. Furness preached in the
Cong. church yesterday. 1t is expected
he will preach again next Sunday.
Mrs. Nancy Bell has returned to w. d
Bells. Mrs. Bell passed the winter with
daughter in Vergennes. The daughter
died in March.
Nelson Lurette has moved here from
West Derby into the house recently pur
chased of Chas. Gilbert. Mrs. Gil BERT
daughter, Jessie Kirk, comes with them
WestmOre.
G. r. Conley is going to New York t.
work in the ice business.
School in the Conley district commences
April Ia, Ruby Campbell teacher. Ma,
Campbell teaches in the Bemis district il
Brighton. Miss Laura Nelson teaches il
No. 4, and Miss Blanche Hickie teache
the Mill Brook school which commences
today.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Ifyou will allow me spac,
in your paper should like to give a few
facts in reference to the j. G. Peene prop
erty and the town OF Westmore. / fint
there are some who do not understand
what was done when the board of abate
ment met. Mr.. Peene gave his version o
the case and the listers also gave theirs
1t seemed that the listers went into MI
Peene's house and through it, and place
property 10 the list which was not ther
and had not been for five months, an
which at the time it was there was no
owned by Mr.. Peene. After cons1derin
this the board thought it best to abate
part OF the tax. The selectmen cousulte
lawy er, who advised them to settle an
save lawsuit, as be felt that the list wa