Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-12-08
LOCAL NEWS.
Barton.

Mrs. G. G. Grow is i'll with typhoid fever.
Mr.. c. B. Stone is teaching in Fitzdale.
Frank Scott of st. Johnsbury was In
town Tuesday.
The winter term of the village school
commenced to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. Webster visited in
Coventry last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Comstock have little
son, born last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Flanders of Morgan
were in town last week.
DR.. e. M. Nichols has been suffering
from tonsilitis for some days.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Bashaw of Albany
visited at 81. D. Phillips last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. McDougall have re-
turned from their visit to Glover.
Miss Blanche Devereaux has gone to
Boston where she has employment.
Miss Annie B. Daniels of ST. Johnsbury
was in town last week tuning pianos.
Miss Clara Comstock came from Fair
haven to attend the funeral of her brother.
W. B. Grant, who has been employed in
FL. A. Folsom's market, is i'll with typhoid
fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. G. Pierce have closed
| their home and will board at the hotel for
| a time.
DR.. j. E. Bryant of Haverhill, Mass,
came here to assist in caring for Mr.. G. w.
| Comstock.
| J. B. Cassidy found a very handsome
| pearl in an oyster recently. It was OF
medium size
| Geo. Gorham has moved to the tenement
recently vacated by G. M. Perkins on South
| Church street.
G.. n Hubbard has been finishing off the
upper part of his house, providing four
new sleeping rooms.
| Mrs. Will HoItham, Mrs. Nelson Burt
and Mrs. Hiram Cummings of West Burke
were in town last week.
Miss Clara Powell, who is attending
| school in Boston, Mass, has been quite ill
| but is now convalescent.
| Misses Buck, Clark, Macomber and Lau
rim will board in the home of G. N. Hib-
| bard during the winter.
S. s. johnson has moved from the Tap
| lin & Rowell farm on ne Glover road to Q.
| E. Coburn's house in this village.
| R. D. Harding and family spent Thanks
! giving at Monroe, N. Fl. with Mr.. Har-
ding's mother, Mrs. G. B. Paddleford.
Little Beatrice Martell, who lives with
her uncle, Mr.. Noah Brooks, has been very
| ill with lung trouble for several weeks.
The social at the Congregational church
last Tuesday evening was well atten ded
and the occasion was very pleasant enc.
Mrs. Mabel Noble and daughter, Freda,
! of MorrisviIle, have been spending week
| at Hotel Barton, with Mrs. Mobiles aunt,
Mrs. A. W. Mears.
Mr.. Badger, who has been running the
Hotel Barton stables, has given up his
lease to Mr.. N. D. Martin, who is now in
control OF the stables.
Mrs. Fred Percival, FL. j. Stannard and
G. e. Hamblet assisted in taking the in
voice of the stock OF goods which G. A.
Barrows purchased recently.
| We are in receipt of an article givin G
an account of a recent marriage in Lynn,
Mass. but as the sender failed to give his
name, we cannot publish the article.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Weed and two
children, who have been visiting at l.. M
Hubbard's for several days, returned to
their home in Canada last week
Miss Media Harding went to Boston,
| Monday where she is to attend a business
college. Thirty of her school and class
mates gave her firewell surprise party
before she left.
III. p. Baldwin goes this week to Mont
pelier where he has position in an up
Dol d,x,ir yx-;u or
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. n. Hib-
bard, for time.
H. r. Mack of Hard wick was in town
last week and sold q nice monument to be-
placed on the Oscar Foss lot in the village
cemetery. He also sold monuments tt
several other parties in this village.
Walter Anderson has purchased the milk
route conducted by 8. s. johnson and viii
carry on the business. Mr.. Anderson il
an enterprising young man and will en-
deavor to give his patrons good service.
@. G.. Lang has placed most unique
sign in front of his store. 1t is an optica
sign in the form of huge pair of specta
cles painted to represent the human eye
In the evening they are lighted by sinai
electric lights placed within.
G. M. Bailey OF East Hardwick and Mis-
Harriet Batchelder of DanvilIe were mar
ried recently. The bride was employed
in the Peerless factory for some time ant
during her stay made many friends wh'
wish her happiness and prosperity.
The lecture given by Miss Josephine
Fisk at the NJ. e. church last Tuesds.
evening was very interesting. Miss FIJI !
gave an account of the Deaconess worl
throug hout New England. The attend
ance was small but the lecture was wort by
of larger company.
Last Thursday was q busy day at L. j
Bickford's shop. Mr.. Bickford and hi
! two assistants were obliged to shoe fifty
four horses all around, and on thirty. tw,
of them complete sets Of new shoes Mer