Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-01-11

Nj. church. Meeting each evening g. Z: 80
O'Clock. Two services on Sabbath. The
attendance of all is earnestly invited.
BROWNINCToN.
The state board of agriculture will meet
at the Grange hall, Friday, Jan. Is. c. j.
Bell. chairman OF the meeting. Address of
welcome, j. E. Young, Master of Grange.
The sessions will be addressed by Henry
Van Dresser, Cobleskill, N. Y. Amos J.
Eaton, South Royalton, VT; Ernest Hitch
cock, Pittsford, vt; George Aitken.
Woodstock, VT. Music by Grange quar-
tette. Dr.. n. ID. Holton, secretary of
state board of health, may be present and
il so will address the meeting. At this
meeting subjects pertaining to the agri-
cultural interests of Orleans county will be
discussed; the grasses, the dairy, fruit,
birds, poultry, sheep husbandry, horses,
maple sugar and the potato crop. Sessions
will begin promptly at 10:30, 80 and
7:30. All are invited to be present.
EVANSVILLE.
Mrs. Philip Roberts is ill.
Miss Kate Marshall is home, sick.
Mr.. Millard has gone to Amherst, Mass.
w. D. Leland has bought the Frank
Hunt place.
BROWNINCTON CENTER.
Homer Leland went to Lowell last week.
John and Peter Fleming have gone to
Montgomery to work at numbering.
The Ladies' Aid Society met last Thurs
day afternoon at the church and elected
officers for the ensuing year as follows:
Pres, Mrs. E. r. Leland; Vice-Pre Mrs.
L. B. Going; Sec, Mrs. Fl. Fl. Leland; ;
ters were served to quite large company.
The M. E. Sunday school was re -rgan-
lied, Sunday, Jan. 8, with the following
officers: Superintenc ent, E. A. Robinson; !;
Asst Supt.. Mrs. E. r. Leland; Sec Miss
Marguerite Marshall; Treas, Mrs. A. M.
Leland; librarian Miss Marguerite Mar
shall, teachers, Mrs. E. R. Leland, Mrs.
j. q. Brown; Mrs. J. R. Gardyne; Miss
Mae Banister.
EAST CHARLESTON.
Willis Labonte has returned home.
Mrs. Frank Counter is very sick with the
grip.
H. ]. Hudson lost a good horse on
Thursday.
Mr.. Frank Rich called on friends here
Wednesday.
The village people are harvesting their
supply of ice.
Miss Edith Davis is helping to care for
Mrs. Counter.
&c oft of
Derby academy.
Austin Bushaw has closed his house and
Mrs. Bushaw has gone to work for 81. j.
Hudson.
A large delegation of Masons attended
the district meeting at Island Pond We'd
nesday and report pleasant time.
Mr.. Clark Royce received quite serious
injuries by fall on Tuesday, fracturing
several ribs and sustaining other injuries
from which he is suffering greatly.
News reaches here of the death in New
York city of Joseph Carter, resident of
that city, who had many warm friends in
this place where he formerly resided.
Friends of the contracting parties re-
ceived news OF the marriage on Tuesday,
Jan. 5, of Miss Bessie Moore and Mr..
Joseph D. Moody at the home of the bride
In Warren. Congratulations.
Mr.. Charles Fl. Gray, an old resident of
this place, died at his home Monday, Jan.
4th, after lingering illness of consump-
tion. Deceased was a veteran being late
member of Co. z 10th Vt. Vols. He leaves
a widow, four sons and one daughter.
Funeral services were held at his late home
on Thursday, comrades from his regiment
acting as bearers. The family have the
sympathy of all in their loss of kind
husband and father.
The stockholders of Clyde River Cream
cry held their annual meeting Dec. 31st,
when the following officers were elected
for the year ensuing: FL. j. Hudson, Pres;
E. D. Allyn, Vice Pres; G. F. Wortbep,
g. Fl. AIlbee, Wilson Buck, l. @. CargilI,
E. D. Allyn and A. T. Wilson, Directors;
c. N. Moulton, Sec. and Treas; c. f.
Worthen and G. e. Coruth, Auditors. The
secretary report showed that he creamery
had made for the year ending Dec. 1st
226,744 lbs. of butter, gain over last year
of 81, ,214 lbs. The total rece ipts for butter
were $479O7 SO. he total expenses for the
year were $5203.54 including the sinking
fund. The creamery has paid its patrons
on an average for the year about l9 cts. for
butter or about % cts. for butter fat.
WEST CHARLESTON.
Wilmer Brackett is at home on visit.
Will Melcher of Burke was in town last
week.
Myron Waterman is again back in his
house.
Mrs. Warboys, who has been severely
Ill, is gaining.
o. l.. Farr and wife of Morgan visited at
n. 81. Piper's last week.
Mrs. Mary Badger has returned to her
work at Z. o. Goodwin's.
Will Waterman, who has been very sick
with pneumonia, is gaining.
Archie Leonard of Lyndonville visited
his aunt, Mrs. Kendrick, recently.
Rev. J. d. Waldron of Hardwick was