Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-01-12

from his heart trouble getting more dan
gerous. Mrs. Harry Hunters parents are
now with her.
McDisrmid & Co. are preparing to paint
their store. The Arm have moved their
cold storage building from McDisrmid's
lot on to Kirkpatrick's land.
The Epworth League met at L. o. Drew's
Tuesday evening and planned for an art
exhibit for the near future. All paintings
OF Newport and vicinity that are svaila ole
will be gathered for this occasion.
The literary entertainment that was being
arranged by Prof. Adams and others for
rendition at Odd Fellows hall Friday eve
ming, had to be postponed indefinitely be.
cause several who were to take part were
unable to attend.
The annual sale of seats at the Congre-
gational church was held last week. The
new rule is that those bidding for choice
olseats can hold their right OF choice in
definitely and not for ono year until
another sale, as has been the custom.
At the Odd Fellows installation We'd
nesday evening these new officers were
stationed: e. J. Harrison, noble grand;
George Burton, vice-grand; Horace Welch,
recording secretary; ID. r. Stetson, finsn-
cial secretary; and II. 7. Robbins, treas
urer.
The For Us and Others society of the
Methodist church INDUCED in a straw
ride to David Carter's Friday evening,
through the invitation of his son Edward.
The program consisted of an old shioned
candy pull and the reading of the F. U. o.
Gazette.
Two or three weeks ago the wife OF Will
lard Day left him and young child and
has not been heard OF since. Several kind
friends helped him in his distress and
cared for the child until Mrs. Days par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Rexford of West
Derby, not pathizing with their un-
dutiful daughter, came forward and
offered to keep house for Willard and care
for the child.
Chas. White of Scott's meat market had
an accident last Monday night that nearly
cost him his life. Being in the habit of
catching a ride on the mail train north
that would bring him near his home in
West Derby, he was not as successful as
usual in his act of jumping off that night,
but fell down a bank and struck tele-
phone pole, rendering him unconscious.
He was discovered little later by g rail-
road man and taken to his home, the blood
flowing from his nose and ears. 1t was
found later that he was also badly
bruised about the body. Although his
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> will recover.
; Seymour Lane, senior partner In the
firm of Lane & Davis, died in the Victoris
Hospital at Montreal Sunday evening, j IN
l. 4. Mr.. Lane was taken sick few week:
ago with a disease that proved to be 6
l tumor in the stomach. He was finally
taken to the hospital to undergo al opera.
y ton; but an examination disclosed thai
= the growth was too advanced for the sue
'' cess of an operation. 1t WAS expected
u that he would gain strength enoug u to b,
V brought home, but he was taken suddenly
worse, and died at the hospital. Seymour
Lane was born in Newport Dec. 8, 1874, The
eldest of Cephas Lanes four children. Hi
early years were spent on the farm, bu
. after reaching his majority he began
i cerking, and in 1881 formed a partnership
with his brother-in-law, G. A. Davis
}, which continued until his death. He ha,
held various town offices and in 1900 rep
: resented the town in the legislature. HI
has been a director, and later vice presi
It dent, OF the Orleans Trust Company, an
has been one of the most successful an
IS practical business men of Newport. II
leaves a widow, and one daughter;
a brother, Burril, and sister, Mrs. G.
Flint, of this village. The funeral we
as held Wednesday afternoon at his LAT
residence and was largely attended. TIL
d stores were closed during the services
d. which were conducted by his pastor, Re-
TO Mr.. McGregor of the Congreg ation'
ID church, assisted by Rev. g. H. Brown {
the Baptist church. The bearers wei
r Oscar Miller, G. H. Prouty, Francis Tink
is ham, and G. III. Brown; while the honoral
bearers were II. s. Root, d. M. Camp,
re M. Sherman and L. M. Mansur. Thos
es attending the funeral from distance wer
Mrs. Chas. Fisher and Mr.. l. Davis,
Id Gloucester, Mass. Oscar Adams, of Spriu,
is field, Mass; w. E. Coburn, OF Boston;
II. HenIy Of Brattleboro; Mr.. Griswol
he Raymond Pearl, and Alice Recor of
g. Johnsbury; r. D. Lemos of Burlington
It Lorenzo Clough, of Lennoxville, Que
Bert Chandler of Troy; Mr.. and MI
Die Albert Beede of Barton Landing; A.
ed Coburn and w. o. Wright of Westtiel
"a and Lowell Chaffee OF Lowell
NEWPORT CENTER.
% Miss Abbie Coburn is at home.
ro John Kilby has returned from Barre.
Oh David Wright has returned from Mon