Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-11-03
South Albany.


were enjoyed until late hour.
South Albany.
Mrs. d. R. Cobb is in poor health.
Miss Nellie Magoon is quite ill with grip.
Mrs. Belle Rowell and Miss Lou Eldridge
visited in Hardwick last week.
C. W. Williams mother from Newbury
is spending the week at his home.
Remember the auction sale at J. M. Pat,
terson's on Friday, Nov. 18th. See large
posters.
1t is reported that j. M. Patterson is to
move back to his farm this fall. Glad to
have him return.
Our next lecture will be given by Rev. G.
j. Brown Tuesday evening, Nov. 4th. Sub
ject, 1.-THE Vermonter."
CARD. We, the undersigned, wish to
express our sincere thanks to our friends
and nejg hbors for their kindly assistance
during the sickness, death and burial of
our beloved husband and father.
SARAH III. ANDERSON,
ORA II. ANDERSON,
MERTON Z. ANDERSON AND WIFE,
l.. MAUD ANDERSON.
Elijah Magoon, of whose illness mention
has been made, died at his home in South
Albany early on the morning of Oct. 18th.
He was born in Canada in 1924, hence live d
to the age of IS years. He was the father
of eleven children, only five of whom are
now living. The funeral was held Sunday,
Rev. E. Trow bridge officiating.
RrOwniprtOn
Ed. Bernard is building an addition to
his barn. e az
Charles Ellis has moved into Mrs.
Baileys tenement.
E. e. Dutton is repairing his building s
on the home farm.
Willie Carron from New Hampshire
made his parents short visit recently.
Mrs. Orpha Dale from Island Pond has
been visiting relatives in this place.
w. c. Scofield and family, Percy Love-
land, and Homer Crandall started for Cali
fornia last Thursday.
The following is copied from the Spring
field Reporter. Mr.. Humphrey will be
we'll remembered here.
"Comrades j. o. Humphrey and s. A.
| Spooner are home from the 36th grand
| National Encampment G. A. r. in Wash
| ington, and report fine time and beauti-
full weather. Comrade Humphrey visited
several old battle grounds, including
Petersburg from which he secured relics
Little Round Top, where twenty
rebel sharpshooters were killed during the
| terrible engagement. He stood again in
the Bloody Angle aud traversed its great
battlefield where fifty thousand of the
| flower of American manhood died that aw-
| full day when the dispatches read, union
loss, $4,000; Confederate loss, 5000 He
| drank again from the historical old well al
Meade's headquarters, and recalled the day
when in front OF the same house, still
SCARED with the marks of war. when
twenty-seven horses lay dead amid the
carnage in it's now peaceful front yard.
| He also visited the mansion where young
Jennie Wade, engaged in caring for
mother and her three days. old baby, was
| killed by rebel sharpsboo and her
grave in the beautiful cemetery close bv
over which tbs ladies' of Chicsgo hav.
reared an appropriate monument. Wash
! ington's old home, and Fort Stevens, where
President Lincoln stood under fire of ebe
guns while he talked with the women
whose home had just been destroyed BY
rebel shells, on the site of which the bow
in blue erected the fort, were also visited
And to add to its interest at this point the,
found the same women living in stockad,
built by the soldiers. They feel richly re
paid for expenditure of time, strength aut
money.
Bloomington Center.
George Campbell is moving to Yves
Derby.
Arthur Whitney and family have gor
to California.
new bell has been placed on the Centr
school house.
Mrs. Ewens, who has been ill for som
time, is a little better.
George Campbell has sold his farm t
George st. Peters of Newport.
Messrs. Grapes and Aldrich have sold tn
Whitney farm to Charles Blouin.
L,o Mr.. Kelly from North Troy visited hi
daughter, Mrs. c. j. Brown recently.
d Perley Gallup has moved from the CLAIR
farm, and is working for Wallace Kenere or
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Smith from Iras
burgh recently visited Mr.. Smiths sister
Mrs. Ed. Dudley.