Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-11-02
LOCAL NEWS.
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young couple were the recipients OF many
nice presents They took the IL o'clock
train for North Woodstock, n. H., where
they will reside.
CRAFTSBURY.
Rev. c. NJ. Stebbins was in town Thurs
day.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Day, Oct. 26.
The w. F. NJ. society met with Mrs.
Chase Friday evening.
The question of building new hotel is
again being agitated.
Regular meeting of the o. Z. S. was
held Wednesday evening.
Miss Cora Allen was home from Barton
for few days the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. 81. Kinney have gone
to Boston for few weeks visit.
George Robbins recently shot a deer on
West Hill which dressed 346 pounds.
Mrs. E. n. Nelson has returned from
market with fine line of millinery and
other goods.
The examination sermon by Rev. Mr..
Chrystie Sunday evening was most helpful
and interesting.
Mrs. Dillingham; is entertaining her
sister, Miss Brown from Burlington, also
her niece, Miss Frances Harris.
Evangelistic meetings conducted by Miss
Frances Adams will be held in the M. E.
church, beginning Sunday, Nov. 1.
A box social was held at the home of l..
V. Brown Friday evening, for the benefit
OF the Methodist society at Coll1nsville.
K. A. Patterson has bought of I. M.
Gallagher the buildings and part of the
land belonging to the Shannon place.
Price $4,000
The primary department of the village
school was closed Thursday and Friday to
allow the teacher, Miss Sneehan. to
attend the teachers convention at St.
Johns bury.
NORTH CRAFTSBURY.
Pearl Douglass is home now.
Miss Mabel Mossman is working for
Mrs. Paddock.
Mrs. Caroline Pratt returned to her home
lsst Wednesday.
Emma Lyon will have an auction sale
| Nov. 18th at 10 am.
Peter Wells shot deer last week weig b.
ing about four hundred pounds.
DR.. Dustan shot a young deer weighing
about hundred pounds last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett Williams have re-
turned home. Mrs. Williams has been in
Boston, and Mr.. Williams has been visit
Ing his parents in Ringe, n. II.
The scholars of the academy have been
divided into two sides for rhetoricals. one
side led by Harley Cowles, and the other
by Mary Root. The rhetoricals of Harley
Cowles' division were given last Friday
afternoon.
The seniors of Craftsbury academy gave
haliow cen social last Friday night. Mr..
McEwen read Burns, ''Tam O'Shanter,' y
and Prof. Upper told very fine ghost
| story. Refreshments were served to about
a hundred persons, and all seemed to enjoy
themselves.
DERBY.
| George Heath is visiting his mother in
| town.
| Charles Carpenter has gone to Richford
for the winter.
Charles Temple is assisting Mr.. Gibson
at the creamery.
| Wilbur Moulton has moved on to the
Carl Daggett farm.
Moses LunderviIle has rented Henry Ba-
shaw's house for year.
1t is reported that Wesley Kelley has
bought Ritchie's saw-mill.
| John Taylor called on old associates in
st. Johns bury last Friday.
Mrs. Richmond Lindsay is stopping with
her mother, Mrs. Josiah Shedd.
| Aaron Circuit was in Montpelier last week,
a candidate for admission to the bar.
Pansy Merrill of Smiths Mills is stop
ping with her sister, Mrs. Edmund Wilder.
Frank Jenne returned Friday from va
cation spent in visiting among relatives
and friends.
Mr.. Gilbert Wood, who is connected with
bank at st. Johnsbury was in town last
week on business.
The school at the academy closed on
Teachers Institute.
Mr.. Baldwin of Ayers Flat has bought
of Wilbur Moulton the Asa Moran far q
east of Salem pond.
Rev. A. B. Enright returned Thursday
from a two weeks visit in Boston and Low.
ell, Mass, and Windsor.
The social at Mrs. w. s. Robbins We'd
nesday afternoon was attended by about
thirty and war greatly enjoyed.
A party of young people from here drove
to North Troy last Monday night to attenc
a surprise visit given their former teacher
Miss Hattie Page.
The harvest festival was great success
The su pper was pronounced one of the bes
ever served by the ladies and all listened
with interest to Mr.. Silver's talk.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. E
church serve their annual oyster supper il
the stry next Friday evening, Nov.6. L
is expected that some exercises W ill follow
the supper from to s o'clock.
Prof. Edgecomb and Miss Clark of tn,