Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-11-10

shots were exchanged with them, but |
apparently no one was injured. In the |
darkness the men succeeded in making |
good their escape. We are unable to learn
that they obtained anything from the
store at Sheffield.
Barton Landing.
Smith Gallup was in B ,ston last week.
The buildings of Daniel Skinner are be-
ing painted.
Mrs. Bradstreet OF Royalton is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Matte Allbee.
Mrs. George Walker of Connecticut is
visiting his brother, Henry Twombly.
MIR. and Mrs. 9. F. Burney OF East
| Charleston were visitors in town last week.
A. c. Folsom is taking Isa Curriers' place
as fiagman at the crossing temporarily.
Mrs. A. E. Dennison and Mrs. Her bert
Leland have been on the sick list the past
week.
George Parker is painting a sign for
Skinner & Frenchs post Office in Skinner
town, Me.
Cutler Seavey moved his household goods
to Irasburg Friday, where he will live with
his son Homer.
Mr.. Jenkins was called here from Boston
by the illness and and death of his daugh-
ter Mrs. Fl. B. Smith.
Mr.. Powers of Bloomington began his
seasons threshing of farmers grain in
this locality last week.
Mrs. o. w. Locke and son Clyde and her
mother, Mrs. Sarah M. Fayer were visiting
in Montpelier last week.
Dick and Harley Johnson have returned
from Maine. They report many fatal
shooting accidents among deer hunters.
Preparations are being made by the
Rathbone Sisters to hold bazaar Dec. 9th
and 10th and the Woodmen's meeting for
Dec 10th will be one week later.
The long distance electric light wire
from Charleston to the sub-station is in
place, and the telephone wiring is also
nearly completed over that route.
The lecture which was to have been
given at Barton 5y Rev. N. Dwight Hills
on Thursday evening of this week has been
postponed until Thursday evening, Nov.
Goth.
The village fathers have been cleaning
the material left from preparing sidewalk
corcreting off Mr.. Turnbull's lot adjoining
the creamery, and the improvement is
marked.
Indian Rock Lodge, No. IS, 1. .. G.. t.,
invites her sister lodges Of Irasburg and
Coventry to a union installation OF officers
to be held this week Thursday evening. A
banquet will be served.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis attended the funeral of
Mrs. Dixon, who died at Hardwick Nov.
4th. The interment was at Island Pond.
The deceased was the wife of Rev. Mr..
Dixon, a former pastor at this place.
The members of the Village Improve
ment Society will hold rummage sale at
the store of Whipple, French & Co. Thurs
day and Friday of this week. They expect
to give good values and low prices. Sale
to open at 10 o'clock each day.
Building operations are very brisk at
the present time. There is large gang Of
carpenters rushing the frame up of Brown
& SINNERS block, and it will surely be a
we'll built structure. The Towle and Dud-
ley residences are up and covered.
DR.. E. G. Stevens went to Boston last
Saturday and on Wednesday of this week
will be operated upon for appendicitis.
The doctor has suffered from this for some
time and takes this met bod of obtaining
relief Mrs. Stevens accompanied him.
j. Colby Stoddard, an East Charleston
boy, successfully passed the bar examina-
tions recently held at Montpelier and was
, admitted to practice. He studied in the
Office of May & Simonds at st. Johnsbury.
, He is to conduct law business here in
. Brown & SINNERS block.
Mrs. Henry B. Smith, who has been q
? great sufferer from rheumatism for nine
2 years, and confined to her bed for the past
} five weeks, passed to her eternal rest and
] reward Thursday night at eleven o'clock
D Her maiden name was Orvilla jenkins
= and she was born in Charlestown, Mass.
= forty hit years ago. Her people moved
2 to Bloomington thirtysix years ago. Sht
$ married Henry Smith in 1877. Fourteen
, years later they moved to this village where
@ they have resided eleven years. She Dor,
t her sufferings as a Christian martyr ane
= has always been held in great respect ant
s love in the community. The funeral wa
$ held at the Valley House where they hav,
= been boarding, Sunday afternoon at two
= o'clock.
{ Rev. W. NJ Isle has closed his tw,
{ weeks engagement of holding reviv5
t meetings with the church societies her G
/ great interest has been created anon
= ODr Deoy1In in the GOOD work en5 Pe
d Lewis and Lyman will endeavor to sustain
IS this interest by continuing the meetir e
t another week with the assistance OF Mis-
It Ivy F. Peirce of East Boston, who has mad
/. SO many friends here during her short stay
Q She is a singer of high merit. There wer
IS special exercises and services on Wednes
o day. The Misses Avery and Bryant, evan
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