Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-11-27
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Mrs A. K. Story is In poor health at the
home of her parents in Massac husetts, and
will not return here until after Thanks
giving.
Mrs. Ella shattuck of Bakersfield and
Niss Carrie soules of Richford were the
guests of DR.. and Mrs. J. M. Blake over
Sunday.
Annie Wright has hired to E. w. Barron
for one year to work in his store in place
o, Mabel Dodge, who goes to Barton
Landing.
Harry Hibbard has hired out to H. F. |
Pillsbury to look after his business and |
bookkeeping at Lang Mill at South Barton |
this winter.
professional trip through Maine COM
mencing this week, and will be gone about
three weeks.
A party OF about twenty guests met at
Ed. MerriIl's last Wednesday evening and
enjoyed a pleasant social entertainment.
Refreshments we're served.
Mrs. w. w. Reirden went to Montreal
Tuesday for the removal of numerous
growth from the right shoulder. She is
gaining rapidly and is expected home
soon.
DR.. and Mrs. j. M. Dutton, who have
been visiting at Fl. c. Pierce's, soon go to
Westfield, Mass, to settle. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dutton have just returned from the Pacific
coast.
On another page we publish the first of
alseries of letters from Mrs. j. N. Webster
on the western trip of the party which left
here few weeks ago. We invite everyone
to read it.
The weather the past week has been fine
and the roads almost like pavements. This
morning, however, the sky looks like snow
and the air is cooler, which foretells the
coming Thanksgiving sleighing.
II. w. Doyle has moved his family to the
Murkland house on Water Street. The
new blacksmith who will work for Mr..
Pope will occupy the house on South
Church Street vacated by Mr.. Doyle.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post Office Nov. 27. Please say
advertised when calling for these letters:
Mary Bedican, Reginald Moulton, Arthur
Rivard, Mrs. Delma Scffian, Elmer Tripp.
For the benefit of those families where
there are cases of measles we would refer
the head of such family to Act 113, Laws
of 1902 Section II, in which is the state
ment that II cases of contagious or in
fectious diseases occur in family and the
same are not reported to some physician or
the health officer the head OF such family
is liable to fine of not less than S1O and
not over $50, with costs.
The Woman's Literary Club will hold
their fair for the bepefit of the public
reading room Thursday and Friday
= December 7th and 8th. The committees
4 have worked long and faithfully to make
this sale success and it is hoped their ef-
forts will meet with generous response
u from the people. The articles contributed
5. for the fair will be called for the last o
d this week or early in the coming week.
IL Principal H. j. Stannard has the pas
u month been drilling the scholars in th
le High and Graded school to leavet the build
d, ing in the shortest possible time in case
le fire as provided by law enacted by the las
Legislature, with the result the 300 scholar
were out OF the building in II minute
from the time the bell sounded, and il
five minutes from the time the bell sound
ed the scholars had been out of the build
and were back in their seats ready 10
work.
u Mrs. .Lovina Gates, wife of the late F.
r Gates, who has been sick in bed sine
a October 3, died last Wednesday. She wa
born Dec Il, 1923. She has lived In Bar
ton, Westmore and vicinity for a goo
g many years. After her husband die
orc about ten years ago she lived with her SO
q George in Bristol, and remained with hir
until his death, when she came here an
has lived with her daughter, Mrs. @.
Rash. For manysyears she was an activ
sek stirring, hard-working woman, but {
late years she has been enfeebled by ag
at and for the last two years she has bee
ay. much out of health. The funeral was bel
,eet at the house last Friday, Rev. w. G. JohI
ng. son officiating The remains were take
to Westmore and inferred in the cemetel
beside her husband. She leaves daugl
- ter, Mrs. Rash, and q son, E. E. Gates
California, to mourn her loss.
Life insurance Is something that is a
a., tracing great deal of attention through
out the country at present andon page tv
we publish letter from the editor of Il
Burlington Daily News on the matter.
ni'' good many in this section are sending the
proxies to Thomas w. Lawson OF Bostt
My in order that he may have their power
hort vote and when be has secured a suficie
number of proxies he will himself els
ass new officers tO, the "Big Three In NJ
, as York. Whatevef you may do with 70
voting power you should at least post yor
ron, self on the question of life insurance.
a. g would also call attention to an article
the Boston Journal of Saturday which te
of methods taken BY policy holders to
!. the people walked up in the matter.
"oH' you know the conditions in these co