Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-10
BARTON LANDING.

BARTON LANDING.
Miss Eva Brooks is working at A H.
Billiards..
Miss PerIa Hyde is working for Mrs.
Carl French.
Mrs. Kate Cummings called on friends In
town recently.
Z. s. Skinner was home from Montpelier
a few days last week.
Taplin & RowelI have recently bought
Harrison Badgers farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. W. Fletcher are attend
ing the st. Louis exposition.
c. D. French has returned home after
several days stay at Skinner, Me.
Huntress Mayhem, who has been very
| i'll for so long, is owmuch better.
Vincent Davis spent several days last
week at his home in Fitch Bay, Que.
Several went to Newport Thursday eve
ming to see the play, "David Harum."
Mrs. j. A. Bishop of Montrose, Col is
visiting her brother, Mr.. Fred McGoff.
Miss Lucretta Gorham has been visiting
Mrs. E. o. Ranney during the past week.
Ira H. Edison has gone to Skinner, Maine,
to work for Skinner & French this winter.
Mrs. c. K. Colby who has been very sick
in Concord is little better at this writing.
Miss Bertha Dubois is working in Miss
Bassett's shop learning the milIiner's trade.
Carlos Gilbert has come to spend the
winter with his daughter, Mrs. Elmer
Lyon.
Miss Gertrude Merrill will open dress
making parlors at the hotel Wednesday,
Oct. 18th.
Miss Eva Bassett is doing dressmaking
in the rooms occupied by her sister, Miss
A. L. Bassett.
opening Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
Oct. II, 13 and IA.
Miss A. L. Bassett will have her milli-
merry opening Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of this week.
Miss Amy Fisk, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. c. E. Gay, has returned to
her home at Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Croft of Derby
visited their daughter, Mrs. Harrison Bad
ger, several days last week.
F. M. Andrus has purchased the building
lot near Mrs. Austin's residence and Ii
making preparations to erect house.
, Mrs. Charles Chamberlin of Chicago anc
Mrs. Wright Chamber of Davenport, La.
have been visiting their aunt. Mrs. I. d. K
!. collins.
Miss Mary Skinner returned the first o
last week to Skinner, Me-, where she is il
the employ of Skinner, French & Co. a
, bookkeeper.
Senator Skinner has been appointed t.
serve on two committees in the senate, tn
committee on corporations and also tn
committee on the insane.
During the winter months the post ofhc
. will close at p. m. every night except Sat
: urday night when iG will be open until
. The passenger depot will be closed at eigh
every night.
4 MIR. William F. Wentworth, monolog1s
r and impersonator, will give an entertain
), ment under the auspices of ths Christian
: Endeavor Society at the Congl churct
Wednesday evening, Oct. 18th.
: Rev. S. G. Lewis Vent to the hospital a
% Montreal Wednesday night for an opera
It tion. He was accompanied by DIR. T..
is Ranney. The operation was successfull
V accomplished and the patient is ga1n1n
e rapidly.
It The members of Willoughby Grang
IS went Thursday to Glover at the inv1tatlo
/ OF the lodge of that place, to attend an ope
a meeting aud banquet. The day was muc
le enjoyed owing to the kindness and hospi
l. tality of the entertainers.
~ While A. W. Fletcher is at st. Louis Mis-
= Winifred Williams, the stenographer fo
Parker & Young of Lisbon, n. H, is takin
/ his place in the office of the E. L. Chandle
l0 Co. Old friends are glad to welcome he
again, even for so short time.
Teh Book and ThimbIe Club met 0
no Thursday at the home of the presiden
~ Mrs. o. W. Locke. Seventeen ladies weI
II present. Mrs. Twombly gave very inter
70 esting talk on California, where she sper
ne last winter. Beginning at the Sierl
o
ID of their stay at San Jose-of the trees an
flowers, the people and the agricultur
;, Mrs. Lyman then gave paper on Colorad
- it's climate, mineral resources, agricultur
- schools, people and the woman's suffrag
- This was followed by paper from Mr.
IL Gay giving an account of their trip throug
=, =, Arizona and Idaho. Then paper and ta
~ by Mrs. Clement on York Beach where 81
10 spent four weeks this summer. All
" these papers were intensely interesting al
no the new program promises many got
no things for the coming year. Mrs. Loc
60 treated the company to homemade candi
to and very pleasant afternoon was sper
.ic The next meeting will be with Mrs. F.
Wheeler Oct. 13.
SOUTH BARTON.
on Mrs. Orcutt is caring for her sister, M
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