Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-07-06

Mrs. F. j. Percival visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l. Smith of Evansville,
last week.
Rev. r. L. Sheaff, who has been in
Oklahoma for some time, arrived home
last Thursday.
n. G. Perley was in Concord, n. H.,
last week in the interests OF the Peerless
Manufacturing Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Cutting, Miss Grace
Cutting and Mr.. G. F. Wheeler are camp
ing at Caspian lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Croft OF West
Charleston visited their dau ghter, Mrs. w.
h. Bowman July 4th.
Regular convocstion Of Keystone Chap
ter, No. IS, X. A. NJ, this Monday
evening. Work NJ. NJ. degree.
Mrs. Geo. H. Gorhain was the guest Of
Mrs. Z. w. Tenney at the latter's cottage
at westmore several days recently.
Mrs. Geo. Goodro entertained her father,
Mr.. I. F. jerks, and her nephew, Urban
Warner, of North Troy, on Saturday.
Miss Bessie Wright OF Passumpsic and
Will Wright OF st. Johnsbury visited at
the home of E. H. Webster over Sunday.
Mr.. E. B. Phillips OF Manchester, n. H.,
was in town to attend his fathers funeral.
He returned to Manchester this after noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Perley of st. Johns
bury and Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Perley of
this village are camping at Willoughby
lake.
Fred Pierce, who has been assisting in
the drug store of G. A. Currier & Co. at st.
Johnsbury for few weeks, has returned
home.
Miss Ne-tie Campbell was called to her
home in Sheffield last week by the ILL
ness and death of her father, Mr.. J. A.
Campbell.
Mr.. Fred Kimball and family of Somer-
VILE, Mass, arrived in town Saturday and
will occupy their cottage across the lake
for a time.
Mrs. w. c. Ufford and children, who
have been visiting in this village and vi
cinity for several weeks, leave Tuesday for
their home in Spokane, Wash.
Prof. and Mrs. H. J. Stannard went to
Boston Saturday night to attend the
teachers convention which will be in ses-
sion therethi week. They will be absent
about ten days.
! Mr.. Z. II. Webster received box OF
! cigars last week from his son Elmer who
is in the Philippine Islands. The cigars
were manufactured in Manila and are
supposed to be of the finest quality.
| Owing to the large number of subscrib-
ers on Line No. of the Barton Telephone
Exchange 1t has been deemed advisa ble to
divide the line. Much better service will
be made possible by this change.
The horses owned by Geo. Whitney oi
Enfield, n. H., and those owned by Fl. B
Stewart of Newport, which were entered
in the races here Saturday, have been
taken to Montreal for the races there.
The following letters remain uncalled fol
at the post-office July 6. Please say ad'
vertIsed when calling for these letters
Mrs. Isadore Fox, Herman Sheldon, Josh
via Tenny, Martha Tice, Mrs. c. B. Whit.
ney.
Mrs. w. E. Colby, who has been i'll fol
some time, is slowly recovering health
Mis- Harriet Austin, who has been caring
for her has closed her labors there anc
Miss Elma May has taken Miss Austini
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p. Ufford and son
Charles W., have returned to their hom,
in New York. During their stay in thi
vicinity they visited in Irasburg anc
Willoughby lake.
The thunder shower which prevailed In
this locality early Thursday morning wa
remarkable from the fact that for NOR
than an hour peal after peal OF thunde
followed in such rapid succession tha
the roar was continuous.
We would extend our thanks to Mr.. {
p. Kimball, formerly of this county, bu
now OF Bremerton, Washington, for a sou
venir of the Puget Sound Navy Yard
The booklet contains many fine illustra
tions ofthe navy yard, the Pacific squadron
and Port Orchard Bay.
Eugene French OF Westmore was quit
badly injured last Friday while at L.
Bickiord's blacksmith shop. A hors
reared and in coming down one hoo
struck Mr.. French's arm, iDjuring it t
quite an extent. DIR. Gilman was presen
and dressed the wound.
The Hsrries- Myer Dramatic Co. present
ed the popular drama, "Hszel Kirk" a
Seaver's opera house Friday evening. Th
play was well rem iered and there was
good attendance at both the play and tn
, dance which followed. Music was fur
nished by the Barton band.
The boys furnished a little entertain
ment the evening of July Sd and tn
early morning of the 4th. However, Jul
4th comes only once year and a larg
: majority OF the people have no objection
: to losing a few hours sleep while the boy
demonstrate their patriotism.