Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-12-07

template holding series of dances during
the winter, the event of next Tuesday
evening being an Introduction. Those
who cannot get there on two feet should
hop on one-anyway, attend the hop.
NEWPORT.
Mrs. John Hill is seriously ill.
Ms Theophilus Grout of Boston is visit
ing in town.
Bert Pratt has bought F. N. Bilodeau's
printing plant.
Miss Rachel Rowland is visiting her
sister, Mrs. s. Slice.
John Kendall has moved fron his farm
| to the Adams place In West Derby.
Mrs. N. D. Montague is seriously i'll. Mr..
Montague is at present visiting in Fletcher.
Bert Fletcher is running the Star res
taurant in the basement of the Drew block.
The Ladies' Guild of st. Marks church
will conduct bazaar In Odd Fellows hall
the afternoon and evening of Dec. Sth.
The electric motor in B. F. Moore & Co.'s
factory broke last week and they had to
| utilize their reserve steam power for few
days to keep from shutting down the fac
| tory.
The Y. M. I. e. members proved very
hospitable after the play, OthelIo, Friday
evening, by inviting the people who
attended from out of town to a lunch at
| their club rooms.
! G. D. Pratt, c. 81. Green's assistant in
the undertak ing business, went to Iras burg
early Friday morning to embalm A. B.
Carpenter, who died Thursday night, he
result of an operation.
G. F. Ranney & Co. have parti; toned off
a section of their large back room to be
used for picture and art department.
They have the Florentine sculptural de-
signs, colored photographs, in fact, regu
lar art gallery.
Mrs Mary Sawyer, former resident of
| Charleston, died at her home in Milford,
n. H., Nov. %, and the remains were
brought here Monday and taken in charge
by Undertaken Green. The burial was at
Charls ston Tuesday.
The insurance adjuster was here Tuesday
to settle the fire claims by Messrs Slice and
Miles. Mr.. Slice is now having his house
repaired, M. d. Spear doing the work. The
cost of repairs will probably be in the
vicinity of $500.
DIR. Mcdonald of Sutton, P. @ was here
last week in consultation with DR.. Lunge,
regarding the illness of s. B. Horton, who
is steadily failing. The son, Will, of Som
erville, Mass, and daughter, Mrs. G. A.
Tarleton, of Springfield, Mass, have ar
rived.
The Ladies' Social Union have the Cana
dian Jubilee Singers here for concert in
the opera house the evening of Dec. 10th,
A fine orchestra accompanies the troupe,
and tie public may rightly anticipate an
evening of rare enjoyment. Admission
25c., reserved seats &c.,, children loo.
M. ]. Blair has started plant at North
Troy for the manufacture of espe cially
veneered rocking chairs, saddle seats OF
especially prepared veneer, and work OF
this class. he has started on a compare
lively small scale, employing about nine
men, but expects to increase the productive
capacity, hl wing good water power even at
this low tide.
True & Blanchard Co., have enlarged
their basement and added a toy and lang
, department. The Misses Rollins, Hubbard
and Meader are the new clerks in these de-
partments. The firm are now making
, speciality of aer motor steel windmills and
several farmers in the county are using
them this fall to force water to their build
, ings from distance. They are certainly
, boon during the dry season.
} The New Hampshire state board OF cattle
? com missioners, with headquarters at Con
cord, have appointed Dr. E. II. Mills, vet
, Urinary of this place, official tester of cattle
!. that are to be shipped to that state from
! this county. He applies the tuberculir
test to all cattle ready for shipment, ant
= since his appointment October 22nd, si1
. carloads have passed his inspection, an
e not diseased creature was found in tn
b. lot, which speaks well for the excellen
Z: quality of stock Orleans county produces
;, w. E. DeLarm, of the firm of Blair
4; DeLarm, who was in the West recently t
{; see about new machinery for their plant
= secured contract with the Chicago Wir
Chair Co. for years supply of seats. Tn
Is concern handle 100, 600 of these wire chair
" per annum. Blair & DeLarm also expec
n to furnish another Chicago concern venee
i heads for circular safety package whic
% they put upon the market. Mr.. Blair wa
" at Barton Friday TO see Mr.. Murklan
III about making some special pressin
" machinery.
rs A fire alarm was rung in at 80 Frida
E. for blaze in the Drew block One of th