Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-12-28

Mr.. Z. II. Brook OF the MONITOR staff
spent Christmas at his home in st. Johns
bury Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. " Jones and children
OF NewtonviIle, Mass, are visiting at DR..
f. NJ. Nichols
Mr.. and Mrs. Learmout4 of st. Johns
bury spent Christmas with their sister,
Mrs. Henry Rines.
Mrs. McKinnon and two children of
West Stewartstown n. H., are visiting
Miss Jessie Gorham.
Miss Frances Butler OF New York arrived
10 town last week and will remain with
her mother through the winter.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet with
Mrs. W. c. Johnson next Wednesday after
noon from two to four O'Clock.
There was fair attendance at the mas
querade promenade at Seaver's hall last
Tuesday evening and a pleasant time is
reported.
Miss Marie johnson arrived home from
Yonkers, N. Y, last Friday morning,
accompanied by her brother, John
Brigham.
o. P. Wright of Westfield and Walter o.
Wright, a student of the University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, visited at E. FL.
Webster's last Sunday.
The fifth annual promenade and dance
of the employees of the Percival Furniture
Company will be held at Seaver's hall on
Friday evening, Jan. 1st.
James Ryan OF Concord, n H is visit
ing friends in this town and Craftsbury.
He will leave in a short time for Wiscon-
sin, where he goes to visit an uncle.
w. B. Bowman has rented the barber
shop vacated by Harvey Hyde aud has an
assistant there in charge of it. Mr.. Bow
man is hustler and is always ready for
business.
The Woman's Literary Club will meet
next Wednesday evening with Mrs. Davis.
An especially interesting program is ex-
pected. Let the members try to give the
president full house.
The employees of the Peerless factory
presented A. j. Smith with an overcoat
and pair Of fur lined driving gloves, in
the event OF his finishing work there and
moving out of the village.
| The Odd Girls Society will hold its reg
| ular monthly meeting at the church par
! lors next Friday afternoon. The mem oers
OF the society are requested to be present
A civ A3o oly
dinner will oe served.
The following letters remain uncalled fol
at the post Office Dec. 2S. Please say ad-
vertised when calling for these lie tiers
Joseph AIbree, Emily Bussell, c. HI. Ellis
Otis Calling, Mrs. VIM. Kearlin, c. V
Strong, Miss l.. Webster.
The Swift family, who spent severa
weeks at Hotel Barton during the summer
are spending the winter at Santa Barbara
Cal. Mr.. F. II. Pillsbury received a larg,
and excellent photograph Of Master Louis
Swift from there this morning.
Mr.. w. E. Powers and Miss Nellie Ryar
of Richmond were married this morning
Rev. FIR. Turcott officiating. Miss Ryar
was formerly employed at the Peerless
factory in this village for some time ant
has many friends here who will extenC
congratulations and best wishes.
At the last meeting of the Modern
Woodmen of America the following off
GERS were installed for the ensuing year
Consul, F. Lang; banker, Henry EgIin
ton; advisor, Harry Marsh; clerk, E.
Humphrey; escort Will Fletcher; watch
man, G. Cssavant; Sentry, Charles Bowley
Eight applications for membership wer
accepted, taking insurance 10 the amour
OF s12, 1000.
The merchants of this village report
large Christmas trade for the past tw
weeks. The roads have been good and tn
people have come from a distance to trade
None could have gone away dissatisfied a
the stores were filed with beautiful pres
ents and the assortment in every store con
tanned something suitabl for both old AM
young and within the reach of both ricl
and poor.
Mr.. and Mrs l. J. Bickford wish to ex
tend their sincere thanks to their neig b
bors and friends who SO kindly assiste
them at the time of their recent bereave
ment. They wish to thank all those VIII
80 kindly contributed food and other nee
essries while they were under quarantine
and those who furnished the flowers a
the time OF the funeral of their little ones
Santa Claus visited the churches her
last Thursday evening and gave the chill
dren some nice presents. The trees wer
we'll laden and presented beautiful ap
pesrance. The exercises by the children a
the NJ. E. church were we'll carried out an
reflected credit on the little ones and thos
who trained them. Santa Claus seemed t
have had the children Of thia village in hi
mind for some time, as he left presents 70
all of them.
The merchants of this village are pre-
senting their patrons with some yer
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