Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-01-06


their mail, it can be done from their respec
tive Offices far more speedily than from an
office several miles away, with route con-
coded to be twenty to twenty five miles in
length.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Bloomington.
Mrs. Alice Grow has gone to LennoxvilIe,
P. O., to care for her mother, who is in
feeble health.
A sociable was given by the G. E. society
in the hall Thursday evening. Molasses
candy was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor of this place have
moved to st. Johnsbury to live for short
time and work at canvassing.
few from this place attended the New
Years ball given by Mr. Copp of East
Charleston, and very good time was the
result.
Willie Virgins, who has been very i'll
with pneumonia, is a little better at this
writing. DR.. Allen of St. Johnsbury was
called in council with DR.. Gilman in the
case.
Bloomington Center
Z. A. Barrows visited in Derby last week.
w. D. Fletcher is visiting his brother,
Burleigh Fletcher, in Nashua, N. II.
Mrs. Dana Smith is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Henry Kenneson, in Irasburg.
About sixty of the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Dutton called upon them in
their home on the evening of Dec. q and
gave them genuine houseWarming. Mr..
and Mrs. Dutton were taken completely
by surprise, but soon recovered and enter
tanned their guests with their usual hos
pitality. During the past season Mr..
Dutton has taken down a portion of his
house and replaced it with a su bstantial
and commodious structure suita bly, divided
into large and pleasant rooms. The house
is heated by furnace, supplied with a
bathroom and other conveniences. Re-
freshments were served and after spend
ing very pleasant evening the visitors
adjourned to their pleasant homes leaving
behind them many good wishes for the
long life and continued prosperity of Mr..
and Mrs. Dutton.
East BrOwnington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Skinner visited in
Sutton last week.
Mrs. Albert Williams returned to her
home in Shelton, Conn, last week.
Evansville.
George King is paying the cigars. Con-
gratulations.
IL &c
Monteith in the mill.
Hector Lapierre is having the Peoples
telephone put into his house.
Mr.. Mcnamara of .Westmore had horse
fall dead in front of the store OF j. w
Brown & Son recently
Harrie Bickford has finished work for the
Pike Mfg. Co. and has moved in with his
father and will woIk for him.
The stockholders of the Evansville Co.
operative Creamery Co. held their annual
meeting last Tuesday aud voted to rent OF
sell the plant and not run it longer.
Island Pond.
Mrs. Hamm, of Stanhope, P. O., has beer
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thompson.
Mrs. Lizzie Foster has been appointed ar
aid on the staff of the national president O.
the w. R. c.
W. F. Finnegan has gone to Denver
Col, where he has situat ion. His family
will remain here for the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Cane, of Boston
were in town last week to attend the re,
| oaptiou crivan To Mr. Gao Cana
The week of prayer will be observed
with a series of union meetings by the
Congregational and Methodist churches.
The reception and banquet held at thu
Stewart House Wednesday evening il
honor of Mr.. G. A. Cane was a very pleas
ant affair.
M. c. Davis has resigned his position a!
deputy sheriff, and a petition has been
circulated asking for the appointment o
L. W. Stevens.
Mrs. w. c. Trip died last Friday, aged
thirty-two years. Mrs. Trip suffered ar
attack of pneumonia last April and pull
monary tuberculosis developed, which in
the end caused her death. During the
summer months Mrs. Trip improved, bu
was obliged to take her bed in October
and from that time she failed constantly
, She was woman who was loved and es
teemed in the community. She leaves
J husband and three child zen who have the
sympathy of many friends.
West Charleston.
Col. z. NJ. Mansur was in town last weel
on business.
Mr.. E. Bartlett of Island Pond was il
town last week.
Mrs. George Hamilton spent the holi
days in New Hampshire.
Rev. Mr.. Walden, of DanviIIe, has sup
piled the F. B. church for the last tW,
Sabbaths.
Mr.. Corliss Page, who has been visitin,
relatives in town, has returned to his worl