Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-11
BARTON.


Mrs. j. c. Shay visited friends In Derby
over Sunday.
Mrs. E. B. Robinson has been very sick
with measles recently.
Henry Nault had his new shop wire
for electric lights last week.
Frank Dana has closed work at the tub
shop and is to work in the Peerless.
Tower g. Webster unloaded ten cars OF
feed, -four and curn in one week recently.
Edward Frechette has been doing con-
siderable repairing about his buildings re-
Gently.
The woman's Literary Club will meet
with Mrs. All Cutler, Tuesday evening,
Dec. Il.
Mrs. 81. B. BorIand, who has been spend
ing a week in Glover. visiting friends, Is
home again.
The Boston g. Maine z. 3. company
have an expert here putting their scales In
perfect order.
Several of our young people attenoed
the roller skating party at Barton noine
last Thursday evening.
The tub shop is having large number
of orders and is hiring more neip III oroer
TO keep up with the demands.
E. w. Barron has bought another horse
for his delivery team, one horse being In
adequate to do the business.
Fred Chapel has bought an lnterna-
| .;onol ooso,;no epoipe and Is saving wood
for the farmers in this vicinity.
Mrs. Elsie Brewster goes this week to
Barton Landing to spend the winter with
her sister, Mrs. Bertha Sylvester.
Mrs. Minnie Wilmot OF Lyndonville
spent few days with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Brown, recently.
Joseph Weed, who has been occupying
Arthur 8. Drew's house, is moving back to
his former home in Melbourne, Can.
Duff Martelle has secured job as fire.
man on the Boston & Maine r. K. and ex-
poets any time to be called to MI position.
Miss Emily Brewster, who was home
from the normal school at johnson for a
few days recently, has returned to school
again.
MIR. and Mrs. Zelora Marsh OF Glover an
nounce the en- gagement of their daughter
Cora, to Mr.. c. L. Erwin, assistant princi-
pal of the High school, formerly OF Wal
than, Mass.
Mrs. Boardman, who is stopping here
with her daughter, Mrs. A. <. Story, was
called to Sutton, P. O., last Wednesday to
attend he funeral of her sister who died OF
pneumonia on the 9th inst.
Olympic Encampment No. II holds a
special meeting for the purpose OF work.
ing the Golden Rule and Royal Purple de-
grees on the evening of Dec. 21st. All
members are requested to be present.
The members and all friends of the W..
G. t. U. are cordially invited to meet with
Mrs. p. l.. Webster on Tuesday, December
IL, at 8 p. m. Subject: " hat of our boys
and girls? This being q mothers meeting
special invitation is extended to all the
mothers.
The past week has been most beautiful
weather; and business has been lively.
The Transfers have utilized the sno W and
the highways have been full of teams
drawing wood, lumber and hay and doing
other necessary business. Robins have
been seen quite recently and the older
weather prophets predict mild winter.
Many OF the citizens of this village are
expressing gratitude to the Woman's Lit
erary Club for the interest manifested in
the reading room and their efforts to sup
port it, and congratulate them on the sue
cessful issue of their bazaar, whereby
they hays raised handsome sum for its
support.
BARTON LANDING.
Willoughby Grange will hold their next
meeting Thursday night, December 14th
At this meeting there will be election of
officers and every member is requested to
be present.
/ The Book and Thimble Club met with
Mrs. Shaeffer Wednesday afternoon.
Fifteen members and one visitor present.
Roll call was responded to with 'Echoes
from the Kitchen" Miss Eaton conduct
ed the parliamentary drill. This was
followed by paper, Shakespeare's Con-
temporary Writers, by Mrs. Martin; Paper,
Japan, the country, area, location, re-
sources and industries, written by Miss
Jones, read by Mrs. Austin. Adjourned to
meet with Mrs. Austin Dec amber 18th.
Mrs. Sarah (Bruce1 Smith, widow of
Reuben G. Smith, long time resident of
this village, but who passed away twelve
years ago-died at the home OF her son,
Jonas B. Flint, Nov. ri, aged "a years and
9 months Early in life she was left by
the death of her first husband, Henry
Flint, to care alone for three young chill
dren, task that she performed with true
mothers fidelity ard love. But one of
them remains to mourn her loss. Mrs.
Smith was endowed by nature with a
cheerful, sympathetic disposition, which
gained her many true friends ny whom
she will long be remembered. To her
church and its interests she was as loyal as
to hsr family, ever while health lasted
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