Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-11-30

be held Thursday evening of this week.
The Young Ladies' Literary Club will
meet next Saturday evening at DR.. Parlin's
Bartlett Goodenough who has been
| teaching in Danville is home on vacation.
Fred Cummings entertained party of 25
relatives and friends on Thanksgiving day.
Chas. Foster was in Boston, Springfield,
and other portions of Massachusetts, last
| week.
There has been a marked improvement
in Charlie Stafford's condition during tie
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Brockway from St.
Twombly's.
Mrs. N. L. Simpson has been on the
sick list the past two months with grip
and heart trouble.
| Carroll Jocelyn has been off duty from
Webster's store few days the past week
| by reason of illness.
| Skinner & French report having five and
half million feet of lumber already on the
skid at their Maine camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Abbott of Glover
visited Mrs. Abbott's sister, Mrs. N. l..
| Simpson, Thanksgiving day.
George Parker is contemplating selling
his property, closing out his business and
| going south or west this winter.
The four lower grades will close four
| teen weeks term Friday. The two upper
| grades will continue two weeks longer.
Mrs. s E Willey's Sunday school class,
primary class of thirty five children, had
| their pictures taken Saturday of this week.
George Rollins has returned from Della
ware. having bought garden truck farm.
| He intends to move there about January
| 1st.
| Charles Parlin has rented the house
which is being built by the E. L. Chandler
| Co. and Will move in as soon as it is COM
| pleted.
The Woodmen worked the first degree at
their last meeting; degrees will be worxe
| upon two more candidates at their next
meeting.
Union Than ksgiving services were held
in the CoDgI bouse of worship Thursday
evening, with an address by Rev. s. g..
| Lewis of the Methodist church.
The next regular meeting of Geo. Mead
| l.
s, when there will be an election of officers
All members are urged to be present.
The Good Templars will hold an installa-
/ tion OF officers and a box social next
| Thursday evening. Other features of the
entertainment will be music and readings.
Hoyt & Harris have now 5000 logs on the
! SIX id at their Lowell Ium bering camp, w hich
means about 100000 feet of lumber. The
seasons production will be fully million
feet.
The firm of Stoddard & Stannard, bakers,
was dissolved by mutual consent last wee k,
| and Mr.. Stoddard will now run the busi-
ness in his own name. See his ad. in this
paper.
Earl OrdWay is home from Burlington
college, and will not return again this term
as he is sick with jaundice and other COM
plications caused by the city's poor drink
ing water.
Taplin & Rowell now have about 800, 600
feet of timber on the skid at their lum Der
camp at Wheelook, with the expectation
of getting out fully two million feet during
the season.
December 10th is the date of the next
Grange meeting. The election of officers
every member should be sure to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
John Cattanach of Newport and Mr..
Eberle of New York were in town last Sat-
urdsy arran ging for party Of our citizens
who are to attend the production of
"Othello" Friday evening, Dec 4, at New
port.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. D. French entertained a
party OF e1g hteen relatives on Thanksgiving
rick Richmond of Newport, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Bean and Fred Richmond of
| Barton.
The Thanksgiving ball given by the
Lyndonviile orchestra Wednesday evening
was attended by about 25 couples, num-
Der being present from Barton. The Rath-
bone Sisters served refrest ments in one
corner of the hall.
The spring pig which Harley Clough
butchered last week dres sed 40 lbs. Not
withstanding this is pretty weig hty Charles
Gibbs is sanguine that he will go H arley
several pounds better when he sticks his
we'll stuffed Keyser squealer.
young man by the name of Russell,
who worked in the Chandler mill few
months ago and was drum major in the
band, but who gave up his situation here
to go to ST. Louis aud other parts of the
West, was recently badly injured, so the
report states, and certain of the mill en-
ployes are trying to arra1 ge to have him
brought back to this place.
The 4:20 p. m. train south was stalled
here about two hours Thursday. A Fl e I
the locomotives boiler parted and caused
a bad leak into the fire box, exiting
the fire and making it impossible to keep
up steam. Frank Thompson was engineer,
and as not even a siding could be made
with the disa oled engine, the helper at
Barton was sent for, " hich came and pulled