Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-08-20
THREE VILLAGES
Derby Line, Vt.-Rock Island, P. O.
Stanstead, P. Q.

Stanstead, P. Q.
The churches all return to the regular
program of the winter work next Sabbath.
Gen. John Foster and family have gone
to Block Island for the balance of the sea-
son.
DR.. Henry Rockwell returned from his
vacation Monday, fatter and browner than
ever.
Jerry Hunt is entertaining his cousin
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Manchester
of Cambridge.
Mrs. Leslie Baxter and Misses Charlotte
and Ellen Buttertield are to spend the win
ter abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas: E. Bennett are spend
ing few days among old-time friends at
West Charleston.
Prof. and Mrs. F. B. DEMO OF Bangor,
Me-, are here spending their rest time With
Rev. A. Lee holmes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lunt have gone to
Morrisville to spend few weeks with their
daug hter, Mrs. Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Carpenter and OF
Derby were calling on theiruncle, the Hon.
Chas. Carpenter, Wednesday.
The two heavy rains of the last week
have relieved the situation temporarily in
the matter of water supply.
DIR. Charley Moulton and Jerry Hunt re-
turned from Echo Pond in Charleston
Wednesday with fine catch OF black bass.
Col. Haskells old English gardener, Mr..
Foote, is away on his annual two weeks
rest accompanied by his daughters, Lottie
| and Ethel.
Jerome T. Flint is placing his house back
of his Rock Island drug store in fine con-
dit1on by giving it general oyerhauling,
and new coat of paint outside.
Mr.. aid Mrs. William L. Ball are visit
ing oldfiends in the three villages. Mr..
Ball is ia nianager of the branch OF the
Eastern Township Branch at Winnepeg,
Ma.
Rev. w. M. Harvey received word from
Mrs. Harvey that they had very pleasant
Journey across, neither she or Master Les
lie missed a meal en- route. They are evil
IDENTIFY good sailors.
The Caswells after week at home re-
turned to Lake Park Wednesday. The
travel to and from Cake Park in the sum-
mer would almost warrant the construc-
ton of trolley4tae.
The home baseball team played the
Capleton nine on the home grounds Satur-
day, winning closely played game by a
score OF to 10. The Capleton contingent
are gentlemen and play good ball.
Editor John Holland OF the Stanstead
Journal left Monday for the maritime
provinces for a two weeks outing. John
is hard worker and needed the rest. TIE
Rev: harvey is helping out in the sanctum
The Mosquitoes" our snappy school,
nine, went to Derby Center saturday and
defeated the Derbys in hard fought game
The score was Is to %. Henry Smith die
"great work." He is a coming League
player. >h9
One of the active figures on our streets j:
the venerable DR.. Bugbee, now "a years O
/
less years. His eye is clear and keen anc
, his interest in everything seems to be the
same as 20 years ago, although he has laic
by his medicine case.
The circulation of books from the public
library the past year is between $4,000 and
10000 and 1t speaks in no uncertain way Of
the marked appreciation of the community
for the privilege. There has been a steady
growth in the number of books withdraw
each month These facts denote unusua
conditions that are favorable to the futur,
of the library.
The cause of the shortage in domestic
help seems to be explained by the facts tina
, our shop girls earn from $500 to $500 pc
week, and are enabled to rent rooms anl
i board themselves for about = 90 per week
and the price in families is about 2. 90 PEI
week, and In one vocation they wear tn,
badge of servitude, and in the other the,
are indepe ndent; so said shop woman t.
your correspondent
, Col. Haskell and Major Crawford went t.
Islano Pond Tuesday to examine the wate
. system. They went over in the ColoDel'
auto, and as 1T was the majors first expert
ence in an auto his report of the trip wa
very funny. He said there was only on
l. casualty They STIR OK pig when running
| st 40 miles sud Their, was nothing left bu
? tie iqueai, and Lis trousers seemed to b
travelling away from him, and he had Il
: ride backwards IN order to smoke.
, Rc.ert Parso-a has on exhibition in on