Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-12-29


Wallace officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delany of Lyndon are
spending the holidays with Mrs. Delany's
mother, Mrs. Ellen Skinner.
Bradley Sanborn is home from New
York for visit of few weeks. Stephen
Murphy is also home for the holidays.
Christmas exercises passed off very pleas
antly. The entertainment at the hall was
well carried out, particularly the children's
exercises. The trees were well laden with
gifts and nearly everyone was made happy.
MORGAN.
A. M. Gray is on visit to Bellows Falls.
Frank Allen has been sick for several
days.
A bell telephone has been placed in o. P.
Wilcox's house.
We hear that the lost parts belonging to
the bell have arrived.
Will Sykes has moved to the Taylor farm
with his brother George.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Allen of West Derby
spent Christmas at b. j. Cox's.
Mrs. s. G. Wilcox is out after several
weeks sickness with very severe cold.
Mrs. l.. H. Lichfield is home from her
several weeks visit in Troy and Canada.
Mrs. William Demlck is better and her
friends hope will soon be in her usual
health.
A runaway occurred on Saturday even
ing, Dec. goth. Clarence Elliott had a
western horse in sleigh in front of the
store, in some way it became frightened
and upset Will Leavens' team, and break
ing the sleigh, cleared itself from the
vehicle to which it was hitched and when
found was in Holland some five miles off
MORGAN CENTER.
Miss E. M. Elliott of Boston Is stoppin g
at F. Gilman's.
Mrs. A. G. Griffin and family have gone
to Lebanon, N. H., to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Labounty.
George Ewens has taken the job of E
M. Bartlett to cut the lumber and wood on
the Mansur lot in Morgan.
W u
each recently bought Gray & Sons horse
powers and saving machines.
Lewis Barney and George Cargill have
returned from Norton, where they have
been threshing for E. M. Bartlett.
Mrs. J. G. Gilman and family of Haver-
hill, Mass, who has been visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Ct. Calkins, have
returned.
Elder M. l.. Ames and wife, John Tabor
and wife and Mrs. Judson Page and son OF
Holland spent Christmas with Mr.. anc
Mrs. l.. r. Tabor. Elder Ames being pastor
of the Advent church here, the Advent
Mission Society took advantage of thi!
gathering and presented Mr.. Ames wit b
purse of money and his estimable wife will
a beautiful silver cake basket. Mr.. anG
F, Mrs. Ames wish to express their graft nd,
to the friends who so generously remem.
bered them.
. NEWPORT. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Wells were in NORTH
Troy over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery and Mrs. Kenyon
spent Christmas in Sherbrooke.
Mrs. B. F. Moore visited her niece, Mrs
Will Bullock, at Barton last week.
Fred Hall, who is sick with pleuro
pneumonia, remains about the same.
The Bell Telephone Co. are repairing
their line between Newport and Nortl
Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hildreth spen
Christmas at Mr.. Hildreth's home in New
port Center.
Harry Belding, who fell from the roof O
the depot last week and broke his leg,
recovering slowly.
Will WEIGH and Harry Nutting, VIII
clerks at Bigelow's pharmacy, were 6
home over Christmas.
The Boston & Maine railroad have com
PEELED Sherman & Brady to move thei
building, as they have not fulfilled the
agreement.
Sheaff Haskell of Derby Line. who wa
very seriously injured in foot ball gam
at Poughkeepsie, is in very critical COZ
dition in hospital in New York city.
The last report from Seymour Lane wa
that he was as comfortable as could be 81
pected, and If nothing new sets in he wi
probably return home in about q week.
There was very large crowd OF your
people on the lake skating Christmas afte
noon who seemed to enjoy themselv
very much as it is the first time there hs
been such large area of skating grour
for long time.
Messrs. Boston, Elirdge, Jewett ar
Sharon, known as the "Jolly Four" WI
have been in the employment of the Alle
Bros, left town last week. Jewett an
Sharon left Monday night for their hom
In Westminster and Boston and Elirdt
left Tuesday morning for st. Louis, whe
they will begin work on the Expositit
buildings, but not under the employees
of the Allen Bros, as was stated in one
the county papers.
The installation of officers of Baxt