Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-01
COVENTRY.
H. c. Nichols is quite sick.

Leland Herman is attending school at
Newport.
Allie Wright is at Newport at work for
Blair & DeLarm.
Mr.. Fred Bean is very sick with infiam-
nation of the bowels.
been working at the hotel have returned
to Barton.
The blue stamp fever has struck town.
Save all your stamps and get nice present
at A. d. Thurber's
A party Of young people went from the
village to the home of Ethel GLADDEN. for a
surprise visit last Friday evening.
Mr.. Lewis Douglass, Mrs. Austin Mon
geon, Mrs. Elva Perry, Mrs. s. g. Percival
and several others are confined to the
house.
A G. E. social is to be held with Rev. and
Mrs. Bole at the parsonage, Friday even
ing, Feb. s. All friends of the society are
invited to be present.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs. ].
K. Herbert Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 2
All are cordially invited to come and bring
thimble and needle to work for the
Rescue Home.
The "OId Maids Convention" is to be
held in the town hall Wednesday evening
Feb 3. This entertainment is to be given
by the Good Templars, and we bespeak
for them good patronage. II. G. CIeve
land is to be present witt his phonograph,
which is whole evenings entertainment
Of itself, SO all will be sure to be pleased.
Admission Is cents, 10 cents for children
twelve years OF age and under.
CRAFTSBURY.
Willie Weber is at home.
Mrs. Betsy Hoffman is seriously ill.
Mrs. Edmund Weber is critically ill.
Henry Scott was in town few days last
week.
Mrs. Howard is out again after a short
illness.
George I. Howard spent last week in
Boston.
Nearly all the schools in town finish
this week.
j. G. Allen is spending some time in
Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Babcock visited in
Cabot last week.
James Eldred was killed last Saturday
while drawing lumber.
Mrs. Eugene Arbuckle Is recovering from
q severe attack of tonsilitis
A consultation of doctors was held last
week in the case of JON Poor.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Soci-
ETY. met at the parsonage Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Alex. Buchanan of Albany visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Patterson,
Friday.
Mrs. Platt from Massachusetts, is in town
for few weeks caring for her mother,
Mrs. Bishop.
Mrs. Bishop had one of her toes ampu-
tated last Saturday, Drs. Bailey and Dilling-
ham performing the operation.
Mrs. Mary Stevens and Willie Weber
from Walden were in town the first of the
week to visit their mother, Mrs. Weber
I he class in Bible study met with Mrs.
]. D. Leavitt Saturday evening. The class
is studying the life of Christ under the
direction of Rev. R. J. Chrystie.
Rev. R. ]. Chrystie gave his lecture, IA
Trip to Mars" at East Craftsbury last Sat-
urday evening in place of Albert L. Blair,
who failed to make train connections in
time to fill his engagement there. This
was the second lecture of the course.
DEFERRED LOCALS
Many people here are sick with the pre-
vailing distemper.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at the par
sonsge Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Eugene Wheeler and children of
Wolcott visited in town recently.
The o. e. S. held their installation of
officers Wednesday evening, Jan. 20.
Miss Anna Sheehan, the primary
teacher, is boarding at Henry Kings.
Presiding Elder Sherburne met the
quarterly conference at the vestry of the
NJ. E. church Saturday afternoon, and
occupied the pulpit Sunday morning.
EAST CRAFTSBURY.
Herbert Farr was in town Friday.
Mr.. Amos Macomber is on the sick list.
The family of Mr.. John Morse have
passed through siege of the grip.
There will be a donation for the benefit
of Rev. J. c. Taylor on Friday evening,
Feb. 5.
Mrs. James Anderson was called to Can
ada short time ago by the serious illness
of her father.
Word has been received from Philip |
Morse that he has arrived at st. Louis |
where be has position during the exposi- |
t on there.