Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-06-04
MORGAN CENTER

The Ladies' Aid society will hold a sale
OF useful and fancy articles, at the Wood
mans hall Friday evening, June s. Sup
per will be served, and cordial invitation
Il extended to all.
The Auxiliary will hold their next meet
ing with Mrs. Nellie CaIkins, Wednesday,
June 6.
The memorial services OF the M. w. A.
will be held at the Union church Sunday,
June 10, at O'Clock p. m. The Hon. p. Fl.
Dale OF Island Pond will give the memorial
address.
During the thunder storm of last FRIDAY
az unoccupied house at the Center, form
erly owned by A. e. Ewens, was badly
damaged by lightning. A large part of
the front wall OF the house was torn out,
doors and windows broken, and going out
through the shed it entered the ground at
the back of the house, striking large ap-
pie tree, tearing 1t in pieces and throwing
solinters OF lumber and tree for several feet.
The phones on the Bell line were also many
of them damaged here, especially at the
central office at j. A. Calkin's.
NEWPORT.
DIR. F. 8. Gray OF Troy was In town
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Miller visited rela-
tives at Lowell last week.
D. M. Camp is placing new front steps of
granite before his residence on Second
Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Richmond are
rejoicing over girl baby weighing eleven
pounds.
Mrs. Isabelle Hill of Lowell visited her
sister, Mrs. Geo. ID. Gilchrist, several days
recently.
G. G. Stannard of Lowell was in town
Tuesday attending the meeting of the r.
F. D. carriers OF the county.
Remember the caucus Saturday evening,
June 9. II you are at all interested in
county politics, get out to the caucus.
Mrs. Sarah M. nborn, who has been
visiting relatives here for some time,
returned Monday to her home in Eden.
Miss Grace Williams has been unable to
teach at the graded school the past two
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There was special meeting of the Y. M.
1. Z. Tuesday evening to consider the
proposition of boat club in connection
with the club.
At special meeting of Memphremagog
, Lodge, No. 65, Tuesday evening, the E. A.
, and F. Z. degrees were conferred on sew
. eral candidates.
Mrs. John Enos, who spent the winter
in the south, is soon to return. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Wright and daughter will
remain indefinitely.
! The farm owned by W. B. Hoyt in the
west part of the town has been purchased
by Frank Kinney of North Troy, who
takes possession soon.
Mr.. Batchelder, who has again been very
i'll at the home of his daughter, Mrs. w.
w. True, is still very low, but is slightly
better at this writing.
This village furnished several candidates
for the hot sands of the A. A. o. Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine at their st. Johnabury
meeting Friday evening, June /.
The game OF ball May 80 between Barton
High School and Newport resulted in q
: score of to 6 in favor of the visitors. The
, Newport town team defeated the Island
Pond team at Island Pond II to 9.
During the summer season the congre.
cations of the several churches here viii
: unite, holding their evening Sunday SER
= vice together, alternating among the three
ia churches.
T. Pre- Memorial exercises were held at tn.
l. graded school Tuesday afternoon, the
OF children carrying out their part in very
creditable manner. Rev. R. G. Flagg CAV,
TO an address to the children.
al AT the meeting of the Mems Sunday
ic Evening Club Sunday evening, May u
be j. w. Redmond and Hon. John Young
b. gave short addresses on "The Higher
is Patriotism" There was special music
Up The club suspends its meetings till thu
'e, first Sunday evening in October.
OF F. P. Davis lost valuable pair of horse
'sI in peculiar manner Wednesday. Tn
BIZ team, which was attached to heavy loaC
49, of ashes, backed into the lake directl.
an behind Mr.. Davis barn and sank in fifteel
oe feet OF water. All attempts on the part o
the driver were fruitless to save them
The horses were valued at S315. The wago
and harnesses have been recovered.
j. 2. Millette, who has been seriously i
at Homer Hildreth's, died "Wednesday
pm Short funeral services were held Thursda
and the remains were taken to his lat
So, home in st. Regis, P. Q. Mr.. Millette wa
an employe Of the G. P. railroad and agen
os- for the Dominion Express Co. here. 1t
said that owing to his ambition he ha
Tho overworked to such an extent that he fel
an easy victim to disease.
ra. Memorial Day was observed here wit
appropriate ceremonies. A procession wa
formed at 1000 a. m. The members c
Baxter Post, escorted by Co. L, VT. Nat
Guards, and the Newport Band, marche
'ry' TO tne cemetery, where the graves c
lew departed cd