Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-07
w. L. JACOBS

laying in q surplus stock of grain and feed
to tide them over the season when the
roads are breaking up and impossible
The Book and Thimble Club met with
Mrs. Locke on Thursday. Twenty i've
ladies were present. After current events
Mrs. Tsplin read from the Lecture on India
and Mrs. Marston read "The Civil War"
from the History. The Club will meet
with Mrs. Rowell March 10 al 80 O'Clock.
Miss NJ. Dean Moffat will speak at the
Congregational church next Sunday morn
ing in behalf of the Congregational Home
Missionary Society. She has had varied
experiences in city slum work, as home
missionary in Vermont. ant on the frontier,
and is breezy forceful speaker. She will
speak in the Cong. church at Barton in the
evening.
CARD.-We, the undersigned, desire
through the columns of the MONITOR to
sincerely thank the friends and nelg nbors
for their kind assistance at the time of the
death and burial of our daughter and sister,
and also the singers for their beautiful
selections, and especially those who con-
tributed fl overs as a token of friendship.
May Gods richest blessing ever be yours
is the wish of
Mr. AND MRS. GEO. L. RICHARDSON,
DORA E WILEY.
GLENN E. WILEY.
The Christian Endeavor Society will con-
duct "trip around the world in eighty
minutes" next Thursday evening.
The number OF the party is not
limited, and the comfort of the travellers
will be considered in every respect. The
tickets of the trip are complimentary but
the tourists should come prepared to
meet incidental expenses which are liable
to occur during such journey. OF course
the extent of this trip will demand the
need of refres shments, and these will be
procurable of the stewards.
The box party held by the Masons last
Tuesday evening was a very successful So
| ciil function. There were upwards of one
| hundred people present and about forty
| five boxes of refreshments were sold; not q
box bringing less than 81 co, from that
up to $170; the society realized something
| like $50 from the sale. The program of en-
| tertainment consisted of recitations by
Gertrude Lyon, Clara Stafford and Irving
Jocelyn; banjo and guitar duet by Prof.
Hall and Miss Lothrop; there was also
piano duet byMisses Lothrop and Churchill.
1t was also one of the most enjoysbls
social occasions that has been held in town
this winter.
The funeral of Miss Mabel Wiley, who
died at the Haverhill hos pital the 2Sth ult..
was held Wednesday morning st the
Congregational church, Rev. j. B. Lyman
officiating. The Grange and G. E. soci-
et1es, OF which she was q member, contrib
uted flo wers, and the floral offerings from
other friends were profuse. She had been
in the hospital two weeks, having under
gone an operation for a floating kidney.
She was also suffering from a chronic
throat trouble and would have had an op-
Grafton performed for that affection had
she lived; it was the latter disease which
fastened her demise. Her father, Chas.
Wiley, died several years ago end her
mother had married George Richardson,
and they now live on farm out of the vii
lage; therefore Mabel had boarded In the
village with Mrs. Erwin Wiley. She
had been employed in the central telephone
office for some time and was greatly re-
spected and loved by all who knew her.
| u.
Johnsbury. The highly esteemed young
lady will be greatly missed by large circle
of friends.
ALBANY.
Town meeting passed of very quietly.
Stephen Vance has been sick but is re-
covering.
W. G. Lamphear is suffering with sore
on his leg.
Miss Ila Tenney of Barton is visiting
friends In town.
Miss Annie Shields of Glover visited
at F. J. Newton's last week.
Elmer Day has engaged to work for A.
S. Vance for the season.
Miss Laura Beedle from Newport Ctr. is
visiting at Jerry Darling's.
Sam Norris has engaged to work for F.
j. Newton for the summer.
Elsie George is sick with pneumonia.
Mrs. James Dow is caring for her.
Dana Hackett is again at his old place at
the creamery and is boarding at Elias
Searles'.
Henry Mcclure has moved his goods to
the village and is stopping for the present
with Herbert Bridges.
Rev. G. Ellery Read of Derby Line deIiv-
cred his interesting lecture 'sThe H.
lustrious Dead of 1908" in the CongT
church last Tuesday before good audience.
Mrs. Roscoe Cowles and Mrs. Arthur
Cheney will entertain the Ladies Aid Soci-
ety at Cong'I yestry Tuesdav March 55
afternoon and evening. Supper viii be
served from five to seven. All are cordial
ly invited. The young people are especial
ly invited in the evening.
ALBANY CENTER.
Mrs. Norah Roweu is sick with
neuralgia.
A recent letter from Nat: johnson