Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-25

Mrs. w. L. Cove has finished her engage
ment in the telephone central office, and
will help Mr.. Cove in the drug store; serv-
| ing Ice cream on those new tables will keep
her busy in the evenings we warrant. Cove
has sign in his window with the query,
Are you growing corn in your shoes?'
under which are pair of dilapldated shoes
with holes in the toes out of which are
| growing spears of corn, and then of course
| the popular corn cure is mentioned.
Valley Lodge of Masons had notable
meeting Thursday evening when the most
worshipful Grand Master, Chas. r. Mon
tague of Woodstock was present. The
visiting brethren were: District Deputy
Grand Master, 81. j. Stannard, w. G. John
| son, and E. NJ. Porter of Barton; S. F.
Slack, FL. 81. Somers, G. d. Bailey, Z. I'll.
Hannant and 81. M. Kennison of lrasburg; !;
T.. G. Caroline and Mr. Parker of Troy
The third degree was worked upon Rev. ].
b. Lyman. The corrections were made by
Deputy Stannard and an address delivered
by Grand Master Montague; after which
the lodge closed in due form and repaired
to the dining hall and refreshments of ice-
cream and cake, coffee and doughnuts were
served. Remarks we're then made by
Messrs. Lyman, Lewis, johnson, Somers,
Slack, Caroline. The grand master re-
turned home on the midnigh bit train.
The village schools will hold pre- memo
| rial exercises at the academy building Fri
day afternoon. The first primary depart
ment, taught by Miss Winslow, assisted by
Miss Austin, will have exercises separate
from the other departments because there
are 80 many more pupils this year-the
| number being sky or more; there will be
| motion songs and recitations appropriate
to the occasion; new and interesting
feature Of the exercises will be Grand Army
stories related by Mr.. G. B. Ordway, who
| will be dressed in full uniform with all the
| accoutrements that were used in actual
| service, this will catch the attention of the
pupils and hold their interest better than
any other presentation of the subject The
second primary, taught by Miss Douglass,
| intermediate department., taught by Mrs.
Bailey. and grammar grade, taught by Miss
Gillis, will have songs, dialogues, recita-
| tions, etc. All parents and friends of the
school are cordially invited to attend these
| exercises.
| The ladies of the Village Improvement
Society are zealously rehearsing under the
| direction of W. B. Leonard. for minstrel
| performance to be given the evenings of
| May 20 and 80. The merchants and business
people generally have helped the society
by advertising literally in their four page
program. The cast of characters are as
| follows: Goddess of Liberty, Mrs. Kate
Folsom; conversationalist, Minnie STAN
nard; outside ends, Mrs. Frank Wheeler,
Mrs. Erwin Wiley; inside ends, Mrs. Will
Joslyn, Mrs. Emmett Baraw, Mrs. Fred
Lothrop, Miss Della Ford; quartet, Edith
Lothrop, contralto; Bernice Wheeler, alto /;
Belle Somers and Lena Wiley, soprano.
| Specialties: sPassing Meath the City
Lights" Miss Stannard; banjo and guitar
songs, Lillian Lothrop and Belle Somers
stump speech, Carrie Badger; English
swells, Whipple and Mute; Aunt Dinah,
Edith Lothrop; six songs and dances by
the end ladies; waif, Hope Rash. Leader
street parade, May Wiley; pianist and
accompanist, Sadie Lothrop and Mrs. John
Cotton. Chorus: Mrs. Carl French, Helen
Richmond, Mrs. Fred Brown, Mrs. Henry
Hazelton, Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. Samuel
Kimball, Mrs. VIM. Brown, Mrs. Mort
Parker, Mrs. Edwin Wells, Mrs. Henry
Webster, Mrs. Dwight Cheney, Mrs. Harvey
Whipple, Mrs. Merrick Taplin, Mrs. Amos
Parlin, Mrs. Addison Fletcher, Edna Lott b.
rop, Dora Wiley, Mabel Wiley, Mrs. c. D.
Mute, Mrs. E. g. Stevens, Eva Bassett, Mrs.
John Brown, Vera Cheney, May Wiley.
There will be street parade Friday at
noon, augmented by the local band.
ALBANY.
Gerald Mills was at home over Sunday.
Mrs. A. s. Vance is slowly convalescing.
Joseph Kelley is in Richford for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Rogers visited In
Morrisville last week.
Mrs. j. B. Darling is at Newport Center
caring for sister who is ill.
Wilbur Chamberlin mas gone to Boston
to visit friends and relatives.
VIII Burt received injuries by being
thrown from bicycle recently.
Mrs. Amanda Saunders has returned
from visit in Somerville, Mass.
Mes. My H,worth from Lowell
Mass, is visiting at M. B. Chafey's.
Mrs. g. A. Sargent is visiting for few
days at VIII Hanson's in Craftsbury.
Rev. Mr.. Gregory has been suffering
from sciatic rheu matism, but is improv-
ing.
Herbert Cowles and wife from Barton
Landing visited Mrs. Mary Cowles last
week.
e-Memorial exercises will be held iu
all the schools Friday afternoon. Every
one invited to attend.
Ralph HYDE and family from Lyndon.