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

selling goods for c. F. Ranney & Co.
DIR. Bogue smputsted the limb of Rev.
Mr.. Knapp at Irasburg Thursday.
Lits Eaton of Island Pond is visiting
Mrs. L. o. Drew and Blanche Chase.
5 n. Piper, bailing from St. Johnsbury,
began last week to run ten cent hack.
&. A. Prouty and P j. Farrell were home
from Washington Thursday and Friday.
Electric wires are being placed In DR..
Bogue's and George Macdiarmid's houses.
J. e. Foster is building an addition to the
veranda OF his residence on Third street.
Mrs. Chas. l.. Drown and Mrs. Frank
Miller took a carriage drive to WatervilIe
last week for a visit.
Harry Belding has been installing q
three horse power electric motor in VIII
lisms' steam laundry.
Annie Whitcher of Beebe Plain is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. FL. B. Stewart at the
Memphremagog House.
Linus Lorimer is very sick with pneu-
monia, resulting from a cold he caught
after an attack of measles.
A. G. Sleeper has sold two of the town
farm horses. Cbas. Brown has sold his
horse to New York parties.
w. w. True, John Akin and 81. G.
Blanchard, with their wives, attended the
Alumni banquet at Derby on Thursday.
Marie Beauclerk of Concord, N. H., who
is spending her vacation with her parents
in Irasburg, visited friends in town this
week.
DR.. Harry T. Hamilton and e. L. NJ.
Bugbee drove to Averill Pond Friday
afternoon and the trout had to take it
Saturday.
being planned for at the BalIs Bluff sum-
mer cottages, now that the owners expect
that the village water will be extended to
that section.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. r. Stetson, P. A. Rob-
bins, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Cook, Mrs. Dane,
and Mrs. Paquin attended the 1. o. o. F..
grand lodge meeting at Enosburg Falls
last Wednesday.
Roy Skinner has closed his clerks ship in
his position as fireman on the Boston &
Maine Railroad. Mr.. WEIGH has also fin
ished work for Huntington.
Frank Hill has bought II. r. Hastings
two houses in West Derby, the latter
having sold his farm to Port Bailey and
made arrangements to return to Manitoba
June 1st, taking back carload of cattle.
Frank Thompson was at Caspian Lake
fishing last week. He states with all the
| gravity possible that he actually saw a
whole half acre of large fish with their
tails and fins wiggling out of the water.
Next!
The B. & M. railroad division officials
were here Thursday in conference with
Sherman & Brady regarding the removal
OF their grain store. They offered the firm
a site opposite where the building now
stands, which they are talking of accept
| ing, proposing to take down the store
house and move their large grain store
and mill.
II. Fl. Pratt is delayed in starting his
new block by the scarcity of work men
! Contractor Huse is still busy on building,
at the Bluff: but all the material is in
readiness to hurry the job when the mer
can get at it. Besides his studio, Mr.
Pratt will have store and four offices in
this bl ock which will have so feet frontage
extending 40 feet to the rear. 1t will b,
modern in every respect.
Paul, young son of John Folsom, wa
playing in boat near the trestle at tn
South bay the other day when some play
mates pushed the boat adrift, which
glided into deep water. The little fellow
was SO frightened that he jumped over
board. Some railroad men seeing tn
accident swan to the rescue and caugh
the lad as he was going down the secon,
time. 1t was some time before he regaine,
consciousness.
John CatIanach is a candidate for cour
reporter. Miss Chestnut being advances
to the late Miss Benham's position leave
a vacancy, and John is fitting himself t
fill it. He is planning to attend the session
of court at Hyde Park and get some prac
tice under the supervision of Miss Chest
nut, and he will also attend the session a
st. Johnsbury. Undoubtedly Mr.. Catta
mach is capable of meeting the require
ments Of court reporter.
There have been several important res
estate deals within few days. L. F. Ka
has sold the Brooks farm to Fred Sha,
and bought E. B. True's farm on Pine Hill
and Mr.. True has bought 80 acres of til
Tom Mooney farm in Derby, while 8. {
Scott has purchased the remainder of til
Mooney farm. David Hammond be
bought the Sol. Scott place in Batesviil,
. A. G. Sleeper has bought II acres of land
Fred Davis, near the Joslyn farm.
: Friday evening of last week the BeetI
oven Circle entertained the members
/ the University Extension Club in the 1. {
o. F. hall with choice program of thfl
1 teen numbers. Newport has reason to |
proud of its musical talent. After tt
7 program the regular business meeting WI
held. The University club was voted di
4 banded, since only three of its origin
departments are in existence readin
5 music and English literature. These thr
will hereafter act as independent organic
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