Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-01-25

Mrs S. L. Wheeler has cloted her house
and gone to spend the winter at Preston
Clark's.
Mr.. E. II. Batchelder bad the bad luck
to lose one OF his working team of horses
the past week.
Rev. Thomas Shaw of Island Pond
preached here Sunday, Jan. "a, and there
is talk of engaging him to come here every
Sabbath.
Several from this place attended the
funeral of q. M. Dyer on Thursday at
Island Pond. The service was in charge
of the Masons.
party of young people surprised
Chester Batchelder at his home Thursday
evening, reminding him that it wss his
birthday. A pleasant time was enjoyed.
Much sympathy is expressed here for the
family of Mr.. Hugh Campbell who lost
their home and contents by fire on the
morning of Jan. Goth. The family escaped
in their nightclothes saving nothing.
The ninth grade graduating exercises
will be held at West Charleston Thursday
evening, January 2Sth. Music furnished
by Cota's orchestra. No admission to ex-
ercises. 15c. for promenade which will
follow exercises.
ISLAND POND
Iva Demon has been granted pension CT
S12 90 per month. 1t was secured through
the agency of ]. B. Ripley of Lyndonville.
WEST CHARLESTON.
for
| two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks, (Annie Dwyer),
are rejoicing over the birth of girl baby
born Jan. 4.
The ninth grade graduating exercises
will be held Thurs day evening Jan. 2S, at
Academy hall. No admission to exercises
15c to promenade which will follow exer-
cises. Music furnished by Gotta g orchestra.
The village school closed Friday, Jan. p.
Those in the primary room having missed
no words in spelling were Kathleen Nc
Namara, Eta Armstrong, Mabyn Thrill
and Harold Mcnamara Florence Wilder
missed only two words.
The entertainment Friday evening given
by the eighth grade and assisted by the
village school was much enjoyed by large
and appreciative audience. Although dis
appointed in the music the young people
thoroughly enjoyed the promenade and
box social that followed the exercises.
Many thanks are due Mrs. Horace Wilder
who presided at the organ.
COVENTRY.
Rev. o. E. Aiken has been In town the
, past week.
The Scott Brothers are filling their store
J with new goods.
: VIM. Hancock and wife are home from
their wedding trip.
George Herman has several teams draw
4 ing his logs to his mill.
The bobbin mill has been running and
, the machinery works all right. 1t is ex-
. pected it will soon be running on full time.
Mrs. Eunice Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Goodnough, Mrs. landlord, Mrs. A. D.
Thurber, VIM. Stevens and many others
are ill with the prevailing distemper.
The donation at the M. E church last
, Thursday evening was success. The song
rendered by Miss Lillian Lothrop was very
well received. Miss Lothrop has fine
voice. TIE lecture given by Rev. J. Z.
Brown on "My Acquaintances'' was
listened to with a great deal of interest.
Mr.. Brown is very pleasing speaker. The
!, tables were laden with every good thing
| the la les could devise. Net proc eds
$55 so.
8 The annual roll call OF the Congregation
! al church took place last Wedne sday.
There was a large attendance and the
, general opinion was, that the occasion had
, been a thoroughly enjoyable one. The
annual business meeting OF the church was
held in the forenoon, at which new
: church committee was chosen and other
, business transacted. The committee elect
ed to superintend the affairs of the church,
for the ensuing year is composed of the
following persons, w. E. Niles, Willis
Gorham, Willie BoyntoA and Dea. Hitch
!. cock. The treasurer's report showed q
prosperous condition, the year having
been closed without debt, and bills
paid. The dinner vas served in the yes
: try and over one hundred persons sat
down to tables richly laden with good
things. The ladies of the committee, who
had charge of the dinner are deserving of
praise for the perfection Of arrangements
y whereby one hundred people were enabled
'' to sit down at one time nd partake of so
g magnificent meal. After the repast, and
i while the people were yet seated at the
:, tables, came the exercises, "reminiscences
q and memorial, with the annual roll
;, Mrs. Ellen Ware gave very interesting
e paper relating to Coventry, its church and
people Of thirty five years ago. She told
of the houses in the village, and who lived
in them then, and how they had all but
> two, changed OCCUPANTS within the time
l. which she could re memoer. She told how
the church used to look in the earliest
q days of her remembrance, and of the peo-