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

At the last meeting OF the Blue Lodge,
F. & A. M, the first degree was conferred
upon John Kipp and Mr.. Rankin.
&. 8. Moulton was called to Hartford,
Ct, last week by the death of his brother,
| Joel c., who formerly resided here.
Harry Hunter joined bis wife at Brad
ford Friday night, where she was called q
few days previous on account Of illness.
Mrs. d. w. Hildreth is considerably
improved from her attack oftyphoid fever.
| Mr.. Hildreth is now In very poor health.
Malta Commandery, K. T., will confer
the Red Gross and K. T. degrees upon e.
r. Shepard and s. f. Slack ofIrasburg Fri
day night.
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Hamilton were in
Richford Monday to attend the 6Sth
birthday celebration of his brother, DR.. j..
II. Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. c. Humphrey were in
Barton last Thursday to attend the fifth
wedding anniversary Of Mr.. Humphreys
brother Eber.
The water pipes leading from Main
street to Fred Sisco's stables have frozen
solid, and the plumbers have been all the
week trying to thaw them out.
Henry s. Root, in company with his
brother George of Lowell, Mass, and two
friends of Boston, sailed for Jamaica last
Saturday for recuperative trip.
Claudia Spaulding is taking Lizzie Sar-
gents place as librarian in the Goodrich
library while the latter is out caring for
her mother in her critical illness.
DR.. Harry Hamilton will be absent the
10Th, 18th, 18th, and 18th of this month to
attend the ann usl meeting of the Vermont
State Dental Society at Montpelier.
George Root was in Ludlow and Rutland
last week, attending the o. E. 8. districi
meetings. He was also at White River
Junction in the interest of the Frisco club.
Mrs. Sarah Billings, who mas been living
with Mrs. Sweet in Tuck's block, died
Feb. q. The remains were taken to
Sutton, P. @, Tuesday, for burial. She
was 20 years OF age.
Word comes from Mrs. 81. E. Lane, who
is soiourning in Tampa, Florida, that one
of her common pastimes is the picking OF
straw berries. Doesn't that make your
mouth water, friends?
There are still many sick ones about
town; the prevalent disease being typhoid
fever. Mrs. M. g. Sargent is very low
Miss. Gochey, Della Huse, Lee Brown, anc
Edmund Ross are also very sick.
. Our road commissioner, Mr.. F. P. Davis
was not able to attend the town meeting
he was sick; but his doctor had to fgh
and threaten to keep him in bed. Never
theless he was reelected. His fever, W,
are glad to chronicle, was not of tn,
typhoid type.
The thaw of Thursday flooded the rail
road yard north of the passenger station
to the depth OF eight inches, and it froz'
so suddenly during that night that the
water d i'd not have q chance to drain off
yard were frozen solid to the track
necessitating hard work all day Friday tc
release them.
The ladies' Social Union of the Congre-
gational church will conduct fair at the
church parlors Tuesday and Wednesday o.
this week. Supper served Tuesday even
ing from 100 to 100 clock, to be followed
by an entertainment; supper and enter
tainment rs cents. The saleable articIe
are fancy and domestic articles, home
l made candies, etc.
Twenty. five employees were out o
| q z e N 10 a.
3 week ago on account of sickness. Thi
concern has been very short of help TO
4 several weeks. A member OF the firm
Mr.. Evere tt Moore, has been Tseriously IL
for long time, and even B. F. Moore
sick enough to be off duty il the press Q
, business did not demand his presence.
c. H. Green, the undertaken, is havin
= A. J. White make a hearse according t
plans of his own devising, for use i
winter only. The experience of thi
winter, when Mr.. Green and Mr.. Pratt
: have figured in tip overs, has proven tina
the ordinary bearse is not practical for us
on the rough winter roads of Ney
. warrant that the hearse in process of con
struction will stay right side up. It wi
be the finest and most elaborate vehicle c
its kind in northern Vermont.
NEWPORT CENTER.
n ]. G. Stickney is sick with pneumonia
Leon Lawson is out again, having re
s covered from pneumonia.
Miss Marjorie Erwin is home frol
= Montpelier for three weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Smith of Newpol
visited at Henry L. Smiths last Friday.
George Campbell has moved from Wet
Derby into Ed. Tute's house.
Miss Laura Stickney returned frol
Springfield, Mass, last Friday.
Rev. 1. P. Chase has recovered from b
:, illness so that he went to Barton last Sal
urday. He will make his home with b
son-in- law, E. w. Merrill.
Charles Squires died Sunday, Feb. :