Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-29

| Ine Modern Woodmen held q meetin q
last week and initiated one member and
have several applications for membership
on their roll.
| DR.. A. E. Parlin was called to Island
Pond last Thursday on account of the ILL
ness of Mrs. Parlin's father, John Sweeney,
who has appendicitis.
ID. Buchanan has just completed a new
telephone line to Irasburg. This has been
long needed, as one line was hardly
sufficient to do the business to that place.
Herbert Cowles is preparing to build a
house opposite j. D. Clements another
summer. He has gotten tr gether quite an
amount of building material.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hildretb, who
have been living in Silas sargent's tene-
ment house have given up housekeeping,
and are boarding at Jesse Bates.
Last week was record breaker in freeZ-
ing the water pipes in this village, and the
plumbers have been busy repairing the
pipes to supply the families with the need
| ed water.
At the Grange meeting next Thursday
evening, the entertainment will be an old
fashioned spelling match. All the MEM
bers are requested to be present to partici
pate in the exercises.
Miss Harriet Walbridge, who is visiting
Mrs. j. B. Lyman, spoke at the CongI
church last evening and gave an interest
| ing talk on club work with the boys and
girls at Bennington Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wells had daugh-
ter come to live with them last Thursday
evening; and Mr.. and Mrs. Hermon Cliff
ford are rejoicing over boy baby who ar
rived on Sunday evening the 21st.
u. Buchanan is planning to build two
dwelling houses next summer just east of
the M. e. church. He will occupy one of
them, and his daughter, Mrs. q. L. Moore,
will live in the other. He will build a
barn also.
DR.. Mcdonald of Sutton, p. O., was here
last Friday and performed an operation on
one and one half quarts OF pus from the
right lung. The patient is doing as well as
could be expected.
Taplin & Rowell had sixty-fiv teams
drawing wood and numbering for them
last week. They put into their mill about
one hundred thousand feet of timber per
day, besides drawing a large amount of
wood. A large part of the numbering was
done in Wheelock and In Barton.
Mabel Wiley, who Is stiil at Haverhill
Mass, has had surgical operation for a
floating kidney and bore the operation
operation which it is feared will be more
severe.-Later: Miss Wiley died yester-
day. The remains will reach here this af-
ternoon.
The George Washington social held at
the schoolhouse last Thursday evening
the pupils dressed in the old Colonial style,
wearing cooked hats and long stockings
with knee buckles. The audience was enter
tanned with music and recitations, and en-
joyed very pleasant time.
The Masons are sending out invitations
to their friends to attend box party and
social entertainment to be held in their
hall next Tuesday evening. Ladies are
expected to bring a box containing re-
, freshments. Arrangements are made for
music, recitations and addresses. All Ma
sons, their families and friends are invited.
Mrs. Lyman entertained the "Book and
Thin BILE Club" last Thursday. There
were twenty four ladies present. Roll. call
and current events were followed by re-
view of the 9th and 9Th chapters OF the
history, given by Mrs. Taplin. These re-
views are much appreciated as they help
to fix the important events in the mind
Mrs. Bracket read ssThe Civil War; in
the history, and Mrs. Wheeler read from
the lecture on India. The next meeting
will be held with Mrs. B. Locke, March 8
The Knights of Pythias of Orleans Dis.
trict were called to meet with Philemon
Lodge No. 6, z. of P. of this place on Tues
day afternoon and evening. The meeting
was called to order by Frank D. Clement
D. G. G. The following Grand Lodge
} officers were were present: P. ]. Cowles
G. c.; U. W. Brown, G. v. c.; G. F. O.
, Tinker, G. z. R. s.; M. B. Ladd, G. M. A.
W. 81. Gilchrist, P. G. c.; 81. w. Buchanan
P. g. c.; Rev. s. g. Lewis, P. G. c. Phile-
mon Lodge No. 6, conferred the rank OF
+ Page. Oswegotchie Lodge No. II, Of Island
Pond conferred the rank OF Squire. Trojan
Lodge No. 20 of North Troy conferred the
rank of Knight. Theranks were conferred
in creditable manner. Richford Lodge
was well represented and Caledonia Dis
trict gave US large delegation. A banquet
4 was served by the Rathbones at $3.50 p. m
The dining pom was neatly arranged and
Q their hospitality shows that they take 6
9 great interest In the order. Mr.. and Mrs
]. B. Cotton and w. A. Sylvester furnished
the music for the occasion. The Imperia
= Quartette of ST. Johnsbury rendered some
of their latest songs. Rev. 8. G. Lewis
cur genial toastmaster, then introduced
!, = the Grand Lodge officers, whose remarks
i were of great interest. They report that
the order is in a prosperous condition
8 The uniform rank is the topic of the day