Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-07

last week.
Us Otis and wife who have been spend
ing their vacation at Mr.. OTIS fathers, |
have returned to Bartlett, n. H.
A few of the friends of Mrs. S. E. Leach |
gave her a little surprise visit April LIST and |
presented her with some lace curtains.
Miss Maud GaskilI has decided to leave |
st. Johnsbury Academy where she has
been attending school the past year, and
will soon enter the store of her uncle, Geo.
II. Davis, at Barton.
Hardwick.
Ethel Fletcher is i'll.
Miss Ruth Soule visited friends in town
last week.
The remains of Mrs. M. d. Garvln, for
mer resident of this place, were brought
he re last week for interment.
The drug store conducted by the late D.
o. Cowles will be continued for the present
in charge of E. H. Olmstead.
Mrs. Sarah A. Norris died at the home
of her son, G. w. Norris, Mar. 10Th, aged
SO years, six months and six days. Mrs.
Norris was born in Tunbridge, but had
been resident of this town for many years,
and was beloved by all who knew her.
East Hardwick.
Stella Stowe has gone to New Hampshire.
| Silas Marshall has returned from Massa-
chusetts.
| Fern Foss has sold the Smith farm to
party fromISheldon.
| Henry Eldridge is shingling his house
and putting insdormer windows.
Mrs. J. P. Marvin has returned from
New Hampshire very much improved in
health.
Sutton.
ia. Stumpf was in Charleston last week.
Mrs. Charles Spencer has been afflicted
with the prevailing distemper.
Mrs. Emily Hayward has been visiting
her nephew, Frank Allard, few weeks.
Mrs. Myron Ham is ill with neuralgia,
| Miss Florence Fairbanks is working there,
Charles Varney and his brotherin law.
Frank Wilson, of ST. Johnsbury, were here
the first of the week.
WheeIOck.
Farmers are making lots of sugar this
spring.
]. A. Mcdowell has sold his brown mare
to Mr.. Stanley of st. Johnsbury.
Judge Rogers was in town Friday on
business in connection with the Hartman
farm.
Cattle are grazing on the hills near this
village. Why go west under such favor
able conditions?
B. l.. Dow of Greensboro, who has been
dressing the mill stones at the grist-mill.
has finished the work and gone home.
Floyd, youngest son of Rodney Orcutt,
ha d the misfortune to break his leg last
Thursday. Frank Pearl was backing a
load of feed up to the mill and young Or
cult caught hold of the end board of the
e wagon and swung one foot into the spokes
of the wheel, breaking both bones OF
= the leg in two places near the ankle joint.
: DIR. Jones reduced the fracture and the boy
appears to be doing well. No blame is at
tached to Mr.. Pearl as his back was toward
the boyrand he knew nothing of his pres
ence until too late. 1t should be warning
to our boys in the future not to be trying
to board teams for the purpose of catching
, a ride.
Sheffield.
}. Mrs. Filura Williams is jill.
May Whitney has returned to her work
y at Newport.
n A. J. Drown has been suffering from ar
attack of grip.
: Miss Sarah Mcclellan has been visiting
d at B. Ingalls,.
|. Nellie Ash commenced work for Mrs. H
p. Simpson today.
|. Mrs. l.. King has been spending weel
It with her son James.
% Mrs Page is stopping with her daughter
er Mrs Charles Smelling.
K Mrs. Nellie Whitney, who has been sicI
a. with rheumatic fever, is gaining.
Miss Mary Flanders is home from st
TO Johnsbury ill with gastric fever.
Mrs. Joseph Fountain is stopping wit
is her dsug liter, Mrs. J. c. Orcutt.
Mrs. Flora Whitney has moved he
at goods into r. O. Barber's house.
Perry L. Barber attended the teachers
st examination at Lyndon last week.
The ladies of the NJ. e. church held
is social in the vestry Friday, April 4th.
Wright Chesley is visiting his grand
81 parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. ChesIey.
Mrs. Harry Chesley and children of 81
m Johnsbury are visiting relatives here.
Dale Atwood of st. Johnsbury has bee
ut spending a few days at Q. B. Simpsons.
Some of the young people met at Davi
re Roberts for a social visit Thursday eve
ming.
m Mrs. DIN Chesley will teach in No.
nd Eta Dwyer in No. and Perry Barber
l, the Hall district.
- Several enjoyable sugar parties hav
; been held recently at Walter Chase
~ ChnS InnnlIS, nd Rarnie HalI1s