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

80 sAAc part Vi tne teHh
afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. Amos Batchelder have
new ten pound girl, born May 9th.
Mrs. Jane wyman, who has spent the
winter at Burke, has returned to her home
here.
Eddie Royce has returned here from Rye
gate, where he has been employed Tor
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Campbell of Morris
Vile were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.
w. Lang last week.
Mr.. Frank Bishop has bought the ola
village school house and removed 1t to his
place where he will rebuild it for a barn.
WEST CHARLESTON.
A. w. Lyon Is having his house painted
Mr.. and Mrs. John Foster spent Sunday
in Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. HiIdreth have pur-
chased piano.
Mr.. and Mrs. CHANNEL OF stsnstead were
| in town last week.
The pre- Memorial exercises at academy
hall were very good.
Mr.. L. D. Barron has gone to live with
his daug liter, Mrs. Will Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. DeLarm of Newport
visited at Lewis Nye's last week.
Mrs. E. o. Bennett and daughter are
home from a visit with relatives In Hard
wick.
| Ralph Worthen is home from Linden,
Washington, where he has been for several
years.
| Fernando Cole was taken to the insane
asylum at Waterbury last week by DR..
| Kendrick.
Mrs. Emma Reed and Mrs. Charles Nye
attended the w. G. T. .. convention at
Greensboro.
Miss Eva Pickel is visiting in Sweets
burg, P. @ Her sister takes her place In
the post office.
MIR. and Mrs. Merton Wilson of Barton
were called here to attend the funeral OF
Charles Temple.
Mrs. Tom Camp and children of Newport
spent part of last week with her mother,
Mrs. Charles Hildreth.
Tracy Pratt has been entertaining his
daughters, Mrs. Mary Bradbury OF Lowell,
Mass, and Mrs. John Cook
Peter Pickel has taken down his barn
preparatory to building new one
Wesley Horn is doing the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed will attend the grad
uatipg exercises at Lyndon this week
when Mrs. Reeds nephew will graduate
Henry Wilder is now driving the stage
from here to Newport, leaving here at foul
O'Clock in the morning and again at three
O'Clock in the afternoon.
CT. Davis has put up new line o
telephone wire through the village anc
nlsced an instrument in E. E. Goodwin
store and Harry Ruiter's house.
Charles Temple was instantly killed las
Monday morning while at work on
stone quarry in Derby. He was young
man of good habits and was highly es'
teemed by the people Of this town and
Derby. The members OF Co. L. OF New
mort. of which he was member, Wer'
|
Rev. ]. W. Waldron OF HardWlok, Rev
Mr.. Cone and Rev. Mr.. Aiken of Derb.
were present and took part IN the services
The following short sketch of DR.. 1t.
AinsWorth an early settler OF Rook
County, Kansas, formerly of W. Charleston
ia coined from the Stockton, Kansas, News
/. DR., G, +. Ainsworth, a resident OF this city
| RhQnDRE
county since 1874, in which year he home
stesded quarter section OF land IN BOY
| Creek township DIR. Aiusworth was borl
i'm Vermont, Oct. II, 1887, and there Of
early DAYS were spent. He enlisted on Tn
). 29 b day of August, 1861, In GO. u 4t
, | country faithfully until Sept. ~, 1864, 8
: which time he received an honorable OILS
charge. the time for which he en!lste
D having expired. During the war he had
D great deal of experience In meo1c!ne an
? surgery, of which he had consloeraol
. knowledge before entering the service
u After the war he practiced medicine an
:. on July 8. 1879, received from the kanss
o Eclectic Medical Examining Board
dinloma. He came to o. borne county
June 1872, but two years later came !.
e Rocks county. In 1875 he moved TO Stocf
t ton, where he has since resloeo, az
, though nearly 81 years OF age is very act1N
and is enjoying pretty good health. Z
Il was the first physician to locate In q
e county and for many years was very SUI
It cesful. He possessed the first STOCK
drugs and the first doctors ONCE IN u
:, town. 1t was four years after he locste
q before another physician came. Inc sag
year he moved to town he was marr1eo
$ Miss Mary Marshall, and that year
: elected to the office of Supt. OF PUBIC y
u struction, which he resigned at the e2plf
N tion of one year. DR.. Ainsworth was !:
re terested in the Stockton academy IL
Y years ago as member OF the board
- directors and has been 1dent1hed WI
lp many movements for the upbuildng
our city, the growth of which ne hiss W
I'd messed from the time it contained put
of few houses. He is a man held III h1gn
- TEEN by all who know him. and IN pi
III septing this sketch we thought 1t wen
speak kindly of him while living, thou
a the Doctor is little timid about recelVl
such notoriety. However, we believe !
many friends will enjoy the honor
st slowed upon him. 1t might not be out
place to say that the doctor has De
i'll practicing considerable this winter
III and there are many who will employ