Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-10-13


H., will occupy John Arthur's tenement
house on South Hill.
Charles Lawrence, A. ID. Abbott, B. U.
Wells and others will go to Boston on the
excursion this week.
Everett Clark, Mae Arthur and Jennie
May Salmon are taking lessons in music
from Mabel s. King.
There will be Mite Society social at the
vestry Friday afternoon. All are invited.
Members OF the society will please come
early prepared to do sewing.
An employee of BENZ. Mason's was very
badly injured while cutting electric light
poles. He climbed a tree to dislodge 1t and
fell over q ledge about forty feet, fracturing
his skull.
Our village is soon to be lighted by cleo
tricity. Judge Clark has the matter in
hand and has poles ready to set. Leonard
and Frank Drew of Portsmouth, N. H.,
will do the work.
Mr.. Golden of Fairlee was in town Tues
day and Wednesday. He let the job to cut
and draw the lumber on the B. M. Sher-
burn lot to II. v. Drown. 1t will go to
the Lawrence mill. He also bought
wood lot OF Mr.. Johnson, ten acres of
Andrew Allen and two thousand dollars
worth of standing timber of David Wylie,
the latter being the best lot of spruce in
town.
Nearly two hundred friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Stanton gathered at their home
last Thursday evening. A very enjoyable
evening was spent in playing games, and
.Ios,n oC
given. They were presented with couch
and other useful presents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanton are both very popular young peo-
pie and they have the best wishes OF their
many friends.
Mrs. Betsey Clark has received news of
the death of her son-in- law, William p.
Flood of Kansas:
William p. Flood was born at Albany,
Vermont, July "a, 1929, and died at his
home in Burr Oak, Kansas, Tuesday, Sept.
is, 1902. He was married December is,
1866, to Abba r. Clark, who with three sons
and one daughter survive. The sons are
II Sanford and Harry who live near Lebanon,
and William in Illinois, and the daughter
is Mrs. Belle McCabe of Wabaunsee county,
Kansas. Mr.. Flood and family came to
Jewell county in 1878 and this has been his
home ever since, except few years spent
in its peril in the Civil War and was
member Of Co. l, 18th Vermont Volunteers.
He was a member of the Grand Army of
the Republic and was buried by his COM
rades. The funeral was held yesterday at
ten o'clock at the Methodist church and
was conducted by Rev. j. Z. Walker.
DEFERRED LOCALS.
b. Sherburne has sold his timber lot for
$1,000.
Mrs. Nettie Miller has gone to Charleston
to visit her brother.
Arthur Wilson has moved from ROLAND
Dwinelrs to Frank Days.
Frank Drew has moved his household
goods here from Portsmouth, N. Fl.
Mr.. McGinnis from CRANKY visited his
daughter at d. G. McLeIan's recently.
L. l.. Drew and family have returned to
their home Miss Matte Kirby accom-
panied them.
West Glover.
George Dow was in Concord, N. H., last
week.
N. G. Stevens has bought Tom Browns
dairy.
Kate Barry was at home Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Wheeler of Townshend
are visiting at Rev. S. L. Vincent's.
Mr.. Mack of Hardwick has put up very
pretty monument on the Nelson Lyman
lot.
Miss Genevieve McCraffrey is working
for Freeman Bean and her sister Mamie fol
N. c. Stevens.
G. p. Fisher has leased his farm to Mr.
Jones OF Albany for $400 year. Immedi-
ate possession given.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Barber and Mrs
Ruby Barber spent several days at st
bloomsbury last week.
Misses Phebe and Hattie Crossfield and
MIR. Crossfield and friend from Abbotts-
ford, P. O., have been spending several
days with relatives here.
Mrs. j. T. Stevens died at Norwich last
saturday night. The remains will b.
brought here and the funeral will be helC
omorrow Tuesday, at o'clock.
The Chase Brothers have divided thei
arm, Frank having the part that had thu
buildings. Fred has been visiting hi
brother, A. G. Chase, in Greensboro for
hort time.
Greensboro.
The sick are improving.
g. w. Haselton Is able to ride out again
1t is reported that William Lang has solo
lis farm to Fred Lewis.
Mrs. Adelaide Sawyer of Boston returned
her home tuesday.
Mrs. Townsend, her son Harry and Mis-
bbott returned home last week.