Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-06-13

commencement exercises will be held i'm
the opera house, Friday, June 18th at s, p.
m. Music by Young's Orchestra, st.
Johnsbury. The Hon. Mason 8. Stone will
give an address before the class, on 1.-The
United States in the Far East" After the
exercises, the seniors will receive their
friends, in the Memphremagog parlors.
Capt. Jerre Lambert commenced doing
business in his new bakery block last
w Wednesday evening. The interior of the
block is handsomely finished and con-
venientiy arranged. The store fronts the
street, with the ice-cre serving room in
the rear, also an Office. The ice cream Is
made In the basement, the new ten gallon
freezer being run by an electric motor;
this power also propels fans in various
parts OF the building. The baking sppara
| tus Is also in the basement. Mr.. Lambert's
business has increased very rapidly in a
| few years.
Mr.. Leipman. driver of Copeland Bros
| peddlers' team, met with very serious &C.
| c1oent Saturday evening. While driving
| home from Coventry portion OF the Ihar-
| ness broke, the horses took fright, ran the
wagon upon the side of bank, overturn1ng
| 1t, throwing the driver out and running
| over him. The horses then started at
violent pace up Coventry street. coming
| out on to Main and heading towards the
Memphremagog House. AS usual upon
Saturday evenings Main street was crowded
| Will peOplo huu Gu0 . 4lNatlOH ARMY were
out In force; and you can imagine the stam-
pede that occurred as the runaway team
| came das hing into their midst. The fren-
| zied bess SITS made bee line for Everett
Hilfs corn po per; be didn't realize they
were coming until they were almost up
on him, and not beiDg able to get out OF
their way, Everett caught the horse
nearest him by ne bits with both hands
and forced his head away, whic b evident
~ cau-ed the animal to trip on the other
horse, throwing him and breaking his
neck, killing him instantly. The wagon
pole came in contact with Everett's corn
pepper, throwing 1t several feet and put
ting it out of service temporarily. Mr..
Leipman was found on the bank where
the capsizing occurred, having sustained
a broken leg and other severe injuries.
NEWPORT CENTER.
Both of John Percy's children are sick.
A. F. ClarA was in town on business las
g., | Friday.
R. q. Rice has gone to Maine to care TO
| q man who is i'll.
his relatives here.
Charles Stickney, who was very i'll las
| week, is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Bartlett visited T
,. d. Taylor Wednesday.
Miss Lena Taylor of West Derby visite
b friends here last Friday.
= o. T. Kilby is building a large barn o.
Mrs. Anna Larabee's farm.
=. Erastus Buck and U. A. Harris went
70 st. Johnsbury last Monday.
10 Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Litchfield visite
friends at Holland recently.
1t horse belonging to Geo. E. Combe
<, died last Monday of lockjaw.
John J. Knby and Henry L. Smith hay
al had their residences painted.
Ia Bert Blake of West Derby has bougt
:. VIM. Armstrong's gray horses.
Alec Benoit has gone to Newport
work for Fair brother & Gale.
81 Charles Harris of Barton Landing visite
v. at Charles Litchfeld's last week.
j. Miss Amanda Carlin, Miss Louise Lam
and Miss Carrie Kilby are on the sick lis
err Arthur Labounty, who went to Montre
:, for treatment in the hospital, Is reports
% to be doing finely.
81 Mrs. G. L. Erwin and Mrs. G. w. Nor
went to Newport last Wednesday to Wis
be their father, Geo. l.. Sleeper, who Is We
q sick.