Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-15

DR.. Comings was quite lame last week
he result of being thrown against q tree
Is his sleigh overturned few days ago.
The many friends of Mrs. 1. P. Chase
we're saddened to learn of her death at her
home in Newport Ctr, Thursday morning.
Witch Blay, who over two years ago
stole a team from the Richard stable, was
caught Wednesday night at the home OF
his sister where he intended to pass the
night. AT the trial Thursday morning he
plead guilty, was placed under $500 bonds
and lodged in Newport Jail.
WEST DERBY.
Harold Carr is better.
Frank Massey is able to be out again.
Eddie Gray is very sick with pneumonia.
Mr.. B. F. Grout has moved his goods to
Derby.
Mrs o. R. Moulton visited in Morgan
recently.
Annie Cousens visited at Fred Hunts
last Monday.
c. F Beck OF ST. Johnsbury was in town
the past week.
Mrs. John Clark has hired rooms in Mrs.
Charles Cade's house.
Cliff Casual has moved into Mrs. Miller's
house on Summer st.
Several from here attended the social at
Derby Friday evening.
Major Rollins of Maine is visiting his
daug inter-, Mrs. F. B. Sias.
GLOVER.
A. B. Rich is on the sick list.
Hattie Walker Ia sick with grip.
j. o. Drew is somewhat improved in
health.
Walter V. Clark is in poor health this
winter.
e. A. Norton was in Newport on business
Saturday.
Nina Wylie is at work at Arthur
Salmon's.
Miss Clara Anderson is assisting Mrs.
Ernest Baker.
st. Johnsbury.
Frank Taylor lost good horse last week
with paralysis.
H. W. Marsh is visiting relatives in
franklin county.
Mrs. Ed. Richardson is better but still
remains quite poorly.
Mrs. o. D. Gray visited her parents in
Albany the past week.
Mr.. Golden was in town last week, look
ing after his lumber jobs.
Bert Quimby is working for Mr.. Dwyer
| on the Ufford farm in Barton.
Harry Stanton is hauling logs from the
Mason lot to the Lawrence mill.
| Guar H. Mcclellan and bride from Can
ton, N. Y are guests of F. FL. PercivaPs.
Martha Lang has returned home from a
two months visit with relatives at Green's
boro.
Mrs. G. s. Parker and son Paul will visit
] Mrs. Parker's old home in st. Johnsbury
this week.
Mrs. Wiley and daughter Hazel from
Garden Grove, Iowa, are visiting at Ed.
! Richardson's.
The ladies of the Grange will give leap
year bali at Institute Hall next Friday
evening, Feb. 10.
The family who have occupied the Smith
house in Sheffield for few months have
returned to Glover.
Lucius WEIGH OF Smiths Mills, 2. O.,
made his sister, Mrs. Horace Brooks, q
brief visit last week.
Mrs. Betsey Clark is very low with heart
trouble, and at her advanced age it is
dou btful if she RECEIVERS.
Mrs. Noble Clark was very sick last
week with appenditis. 1t is feared that an
operation will be necessary.
Mrs. John Mcclellan is much improved
from her serious illness, and her trained
nurse has returned to Hanover.
Miss Lola Sargent has returned from he1
school at West Glover for vacation and
is working for Mrs. Harry Stanton.
Milo Wilson, who went to Florida re-
Gently arrived safely, and is enjoying hit
immunity from Vermont's 80 below zero
weather very much.
Wells & Willard had a bad fire scare
last Thursday morning. Fire caught in
the basement but was discovered in time
80 no serious damage was done.
In the month of January we had ter
days that the temperature averaged 20 be.
low zero. The average for the month wa!
seven below zero and the coolest 81 below
zero.
DR.. Stevens, one of the board of cattle
commissioners, tested the herds OF Judge
Clark and FL. N. Davis last week. Mr.
, Clark's herd was tested last March anC
some were condemned and killed. Thi
was retest of the herd and only one sus
picious COW of the former test was founc
to be diseased and slaug htered. This give
Mr.. Clark herd free from tuberculosis
None of Mr.. Davis's herd were diseased.
The exhibition, which we failed to men