Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-08-04

Wolcott, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Shedrick,
Will and Mabel Whitman and Charles and
Matte Stevens spent a day at Seymour
Lake last week.
Island Pond.
Henry Causebrook is visiting in town.
DR.. A. w. Tracy of West Meriden, Conn.,,
has been in town.
A brass band has been organized here,
numbering twelve memb ers.
Mrs. E. M. Bartlett and son Phillip are
in Lamoille county visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Watson of Portland
have been visiting at John Thurston's.
The meetings of the Essex county sum-
mer school in session at this place have
been full OF interest and well attended
during the past week. The instructors
present were Mr.. and Mrs. John AIger of
Johnson and Prof. Parsons of Woodstock.
Lectures were given by Mrs. Anna D. Pol
lard and Hon. Henry Holton. Tuesday
evening, Aug. 9th Mr.. F. Schuyler Math-
ews, of Plymouth, N. H., the we'll known
naturalist, will lecture on ''Bird Melodies"
Wednesday evening, Aug. 9th, Prof. L. R.
Jones of the University of Vermont will
lecture on ''Plant Life"
Coventry.
Mrs. Cornelius Kendall is ill.
Mrs. Jas. Labelle has an aunt visiting
her.
Maurice Phelps was in town the past
week.
Willie Corrow is home from Lyndon
vile on vacation.
Mrs. Emily Hayward of Burke is visiting
her sister, Mrs. E. Newton.
Dana Stanford of Wilder has been pass
ing the week at Leslie Collins.
Mrs. Hattie Sanger of Lowell, Mass. is
visiting her brother, Rush Patrick.
Eliza Parker has returned home from
New Hampshire where she has been caring
for her niece.
| Rev. J. G. Sherburne preached in the M /.
E. church last Sunday and administered
the sacrament.
Rev. J. B. Lyman of Barton Land
ing preached in exchange with Rev. A. S..
Bole last Sunday.
! Lightning struck Mr.. Kinnie's barn last
Thursday, setting it on fire, but by prompt
effort the flames were extinquished.
There will be no service in the M. E.
church for the next two Sundays as the
pastor takes his vacation. Sunday school
and prayer meetings as usual.
! DR.. E. M. Nichols of Barton was called
in council with DR.. Badger lastIweek in the
case of the King boy, who is ill with ty-
phoid!fever. He is reported to be some
what better.
CraftsburY.
Elihu Gage is in very poor health.
Mrs. Ellen Stratton is sick at Sherman
Cages.
Nancy Kaiser is visiting her brother, w
P. Kaiser.
Mrs. Morgan from New York is visiting
friends in town.
Mrs. Boynton from Wolcott visited in
town last week.
Mrs. Jennie Twiss visited in Albany fol-
a few days last week.
Mrs. Lester Tillotson from Somerville
Mass, is visiting at Mrs. E. N. Nelson's.
George Slicer from New Hampshire has
rented the Conant place. 1t is reported be
will take possession this week.
The health officer from st. Johnsbul y
was called here last Wednesday to decide
whether the disease among the children
here was canker- rash. He decided it was
not.
North Craftsbury.
Pl1ny Moody of Nebraska was in towl
last week.
Charlie Morse, who was very i'll will
peritonitis last week, is much better.
Miss A bbie Pike is entertain ing he
cousin, Miss Gertrude Kennison of Cabot
for few weeks.
Daniel Streeter and wife of St. Johnsbur.
are boarding for the summer at Georg
Wheeler's.
Mrs. Carrie paddock Pratt of Monson
Mass, is spending several weeks with he
parents here.
Mrs. John Colburn is entertaining he
sister, Miss Jennie Reed of Spring field
Mass, at her cottage at Hosmer Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis Rawson of De
Moines, Iowa, were the guests of Mrs
Emma Allen several days last week.
Miss Anna Blanchard and sister, Mrs
Emily Coolidge of Keene, n. H., hav
come to spend the summer with Z. =
Roots people.
Preparations are in progress for the usua
summer concert in the interests OF tn
academy. A concert fully up to the usus
standard of excellency may be expected.
Gertrude Dustan, who with her mothe
has been boarding at Mrs. Saee hams, ha
returned to Hartford, Conn. mrs. Dusta
will remain through the summer and is t
have the company of her sister, Mrs
Thompson.
Charles Sawyer and his sister, Mrs. Har
riet Thompson from the West, VIII
removed from Craftsbury fifty years age
and who have been visiting c. Il. Root an
other friends in town, started for thei
home last Friday.
The committee of the academy are rails
ing money by subscription for the pun
chase Of a physical apparatus The one