Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-03-17
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Mrs. Catherine Hines, wife of Horace
Hines OF this town, died Thursday evening,
after a two weeks illness. Mrs. Hines was
70 years old and had lived here all Der life,
having come here with her parents at the
age of six months. Mr.. and Mrs. Hines
have been married 56 years and have had
seven children, five of whom are living,
Eli, Milo, Mrs. +. j. Smith, Mrs. Charles
Kelley of this town and Mrs. Freeman
Lathrop of Hardwick. The funeral was
held at the Cong. church Sunday, Miss
Jones of Eden, off ciating in the absence of
Rev. Mr.. Goodheart.
The following is a list of the town
officers elected at the recent town meeting:
Moderator, l.. b. Wellman; clerk and
treasurer, Stephenson; selectmen, j. F.
Stephenson, j. e. Young, B. w. Stannard;
listers, John Stephenson, F.. B. Stannard,
o. Farman; overseer, o. Farman; school
directors, II. III. Newton, Geo. +. Curtis,
Freeman Farman; 1st constable, t. n.
Patterson; End constable, F. j. Smith;
road commissioner, w. F.. Patterson;
auditors, l.. b. Wellman, A. Richardson,
W. b. McElroy; town agent, 7. NJ. Park
err.
Morgan.
Tom Cargill is working for s. Wilcox.
Most farmers have begun work in sugar
orchards. Some new sugar has already
been made.
Fred Allen is working for L. d. Farr,
and Henry Rye for Scion Gray.-Wm.
Farr carries on Mrs. Moore's sugar place
this season.
School at the Corner, taught by Olive
Dutton, closes this week. The school has
been small on account of sickness, but a
profitable term to those who have attended.
Morgan Center.
new boy baby at Wilmer Elliott's.
ID. w. Scribner has gone to Barton Land
ing to work for the E. l.. Chandler Go.
Mrs. Ida Lunderville of West Charleston
is caring for Mrs. Wilmer Elliott, who is
quite sick.
A successful term of school closed in the
Cargill district the 7th inst. taught by
Alice Strathern of Island Pond.
S. e. Nichols has shut his mill down for
about a month. During this time he will
saw out the stock of logs at G. H. Tees
mill in Holland.
At the church on Sunday evening, Mar
23d, Rev. Geo. G. McDougall will give his
popular lecture ''The Modern Devil. :"
The subject is an interesting one and
should guarantee full house.
Ernest Moulton and Mr.. Lund, game
wardens, are on the war path in this vicin-
ity. The 7lh inst. they arrested three boys
with deer in their posse ssion and took
them to Newport for trial. But as they
could not determine whether the deer was
killed in Essex or Orleans County, the
boys were let go on bail until that fact
could be established.
Last Tuesday as j. r. Ellis was at work
drawing logs from the woods to his house,
while loading a large log he ruptured a
blood vessel. He managed to get to his
house with great effort, but not realizing
the extent of his injury, doctor was not
called until the next day when it was
found be was in a precarious condition.
He continued to fell and passed away
Thursday afternoon The funeral was
held Saturday at the church, Elder NJ. l..
Ames officiating. Mr.. Ellis was an active
member of the Advent church, where he
will be greatly missed. He was beloved by
all, and the community mourns with the
family because of his sudden departure.
The donation last Wednesday evening in
l. o. g. T. hall for the benefit of Rev. Geo.
Q. McDougall, pastor of the M. e. church,
proved a success financially and socially.
About ninety persons were present and
about $25 in money was donated to the
pastor, who appreciated it very much, not
so much for its monetary value, but as an
expression of the goodwill of everyone
present. A musical and literary program
and bountiful supper of oysters and OF her
good things made the evening one long
to be remembered. Just sixteen years
ago this particular evening Mar. r. the
Rev. j. E. Farrow, the pastor of this M.
E. charge, held missionary service at Hol-
land and raised S66 in cash for missions.
Newport.
Mrs. Will Kinney is on the sick list.
Mrs. Milo Shattuck visited in Lyndon
vile last Tuesday.
Miss Inez Miller spent last Sunday with
friends in Westfield.
Mrs. II. S. Root has been i'll with rheu-
matism, but is much better.
Mrs. ]. F. Blanchard is spending few
weeks at her home in Burlington.
Mrs. E. NJ. Hitchcock of Westfield visit
ed her sister, Mrs. S. s. Lunt, last week.
Mr.. aud Mrs. G.. Fl. Flint were in market
last week buying new goods for the Gilman
store.
Mr.. Sanford has moved from the JOhr
Gale tenement into one of Newland &
Beams teDements on Central street.
Mrs. Green, the mother of Mrs. Amy
Hall, died very suddenly last THURSDAY