Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-18

is visiting his sister, Mrs. Alfred Calkins.
John Wheeler has moved TO Holland on
to the Norman Johnson farm, which he
recently purchased.
NEWPORT.
A son was born to Mr.. aud Mrs. Alden
Hubbard, May ~.
MIR. and Mrs. Orrln Sias have returned
from California.
DIR. Harry Hamilton visited In Beebe
Plains last week.
Miss Annie Green returned Friday from
a visit to Boston.
Joseph Gendron spent the past week at
his home in Quebec.
The Ryan house on Coventry street was
piped for the village water Friday.
The frame for George Macdiarmids
house on Pleasant street Is we'll under
way.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Steward Of Beebe
Plains, are boarding at the Memphremsgog
House.
Work is we'll advanced on the second
story Of the government building which is
of brick.
Edwin c. Blanchard, who has been in
Montpelier for the past week on business
returned Friday night.
True & Blanchard Co., have commenced
3Sx60 storehouse on land bought of Chas.
Eaton on Coventry street.
Mrs. d. w. Hildreth is improving in
health and went to Barton Landing Fri
day to visit her sister.
Mr.. Stevens Of Massachusetts,, is laying
the foundation for a nice summer house
on the top of Prospect hill.
Noble Love has resigned his position
with True & Blanchard Co, and gone to
Barre to accept similar position.
j. F. Lambert is building barn at his
summer retreat at Knowlton's Bluff, and
making some changes about his cottage.
I'll. B. Cushman is making some changes
about his residence. Carr & Spaulding
are installing Richmond boiler for steam
heating.
| Miss Merle Kendall, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Kendall and who has been
sick for some time past died on Saturday
Deepest sympathy is felt for the parents in
| their bereavement.
Rev. and Mrs. Cooper formerly of this
place celebrate their fiftieth anniversary at
Randolph VT, on the 18th inst. Their
large circle of friends here wish them many
more years of happiness.
The new Lake House will make a very
attractive building; it is being clapboarded
and Carr & Spaulding are getting ready to
do the plumbing, while Harry Belding Is
putting in the electric wires.
oil
over a hundred dollars in contribution
from the citizens for repairing the outside
of the Methodist church.
HI. B. Stewart has brought his trottine
horses from Beebe Plain to the training
stable here, and his driver, Geo. McShane,
will prepare them for competing in the
seasons turf events.
st. Anthony Court, G. o. F., are making
| preparations to receive some seventy dele
gates at the state convention of the Cath
Ollie Order of Foresters to be held here
! three days, beginning about June 10th.
/ Chas. Prue has moved from the Chas.
Davis house on Central street into the
Ryan house on Coventry street. Smith
Miles has also moved from the Davis house
! to a tel ement in Lorimer & Macdisrmid's
block.
The University Extension Club have
general meeting in the Odd Fellows Hall,
Friday night, the 22d. The Beethoven
circle are to furnish the entertain ment,
which warrants pleasant and profitab BILE
evening.
G. h. Green has an ingenious raising
and lowering device at his undertaking
rooms that he uses for storing his caskets
| and lowering them as needed. He also
has 80 me patterns of steel and stone vaults
on hand. 1888
Eben K. Lord, father of Mrs. l.. d.
Miles. died Thursday of gastritis. He was
born in Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. IA, 1918.
and moved here from Iowa but short
time ago. The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon.
The warm weather is driving several
families to their summer cottages. DR..
Gould who remains quite ill, has been
taken to the Bluffs; Mrs. Edes has moved
to her cottage and W. E. Kipp's family
have been at theirs few days.
The Barton Academy baseball team
played the Newport high school nine Fri
day afternoon, the score standing at the
close of the 9Th inning at IA to Is, favor
ing the latter team. They did not have
time to finish the game before train time.
The permanent officers of the Y M. /. C.
corporation. listed in the last session of
the MONITOR, were appointed Tuesday
evening, also the trustees were empoW cred
| to hire three rooms on the third floor of
the Root block in which to hold club
meetings.
Mrs. Stella Wiggin, mother of May Wig
gin, teacher here, died at the Waterbury
insane asylum the morning of May 9, at
the age of AZ years. The body was brought
here to Green's undertaking rooms for
embalming. The funeral was held Mon
day with burial at Coventry.
Malta Commandery, K. T., will observe