Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31

Henry Dubois has gone to wheeloqk k to
work for Taplin & Rowen on numbering
job there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Brown of Lyndon
vile spent Christmas with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs j. H. Brown.
Miss Sarah Carroll and Claude Clifford
were married at Newport Wednesday, also
Miss Mamie Carroll and Lester Stewart.
Henry Govro's family were all together
on Christmas, the first time for five years.
Altogether there we're fifteen members.
The irregular meeting of the Valley Lodge,
NO. lO6, F. & A. M will be held next Thurs
day evening. Work in the third degree.
/ Remember the Thespians' play, 1.-THE
Old New Hampshire Homestead" at the
opera house on the evening of January 1.
Ina Miles had the misfortune to break
ner collar bone while sliding recently, her
sled coming in contact with a telephone
pole.
Delone Andrus has work at st. Johns
bury with the New England Telephone
company and will commence work there
to-day.
Mrs. H. Beede fell down stairs last We'd
nesday and was badly hurt although no
bones were fractured and she appears to be
gaining rapidly.
Miss Ann Jones and Miss Jennie Locke
have returned from Montreal where Miss
Jones has been for medical treatment.
Miss Jones Is doing well.
Bernice Wheeler was home from Boston
over Christmas. 1t is reported that her
father, Clarence Wheeler, will go to Bos-
ton to work during the winter.
Mrs. M. F. Gay, who has been spending
several months in Boston and Som erville g
Mass, has returned and is visiting friends
in this place and Bloomington.
Leon Batchelder of st. Johnsbury, one OF
the best flute players in the vicinity, is to
assist Madam Brooks orchestra on Tues
day evening at the Thespian entertain
ment.
About twenty of the young people here
/ went to Irasburg Thursday evening for 9
surprise birthday party for Ida Goss. A
: very pleasant evening was spent with then
young friend.
Appropriate Christmas exercises in both
r the churches were held last Monday even
ing and were very pleasant. The children
were made happy by the exercises and re-
mem brances from Santa Claus.
It is reported that Addison Fletcher
who has been bookkeeper for the E. L
= Chandler Co. for several years, has bough
NJ P Adams interest in the hardwar
Il store of Whipple, French & Co.
Wh1pple, French & Go. will have sever
men this week taking an inventory OF thei
effects, and expect it will take them tw'
weeks to complete the job, the store be1nl
! closed only Tuesday and Wednesday how
ever.
u Quite a number of the band boys her
are rehearsing with the Newport band a
d Newport preparatory to the Uncle san
|, minstrel entertainment, which is to %
given on the evening of Jan. 10th at New
:, port
it Sunday, Dec. %, water pipe burst
o which supplies the families on the stree
leading to Congo hill, and several families
were without the village water until Weo
nesday. The pipe was lead, and iron pip
|, has been substituted, which will hold tn
water pressure.
b Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Chaffee of Canton
Penn. are visiting his sister, Mrs. u.
IL Stoddard. Mr.. Chaffee was former resi-
dent of this county and unless called Dac
to his work, will spend several weeks l
this and adjoining towns, visiting relative
and old friends.
The Book and Thimble Club met Dec
with Mrs. Shaeffer. Ten mem bers Wer
"a present Papers, ssThe Government c
United States and other American Repun
" lics.n Mrs. Perley. "Indians OF 1estei
dav.u Mrs. Ordway. "Totemism," MI
ye Julia Skinner. s'Indian Of To-day" Mr.
Martin Reading from Cooper, Mr.
in Chamberlain. Adjourned to meet VII
Mrs. Rowell Jan. 2.
ne trhe girls' basket ball team have Il
following games and dates scheduled
in They play here January IL with mohtp'
Iier High School, February with MON
ueIier Seminary, February 10 Win 0to"
ne w team; they will go to Montpelier to pie
III the Seminary team February q, to STOW
'st To play that team February Y, TO Mon
y. pelier to play the Montpelier High Eel
en- ruary %. and to play Spsulding team
sr. Barre February 25.
". SOUTH BARTON.
x. Miss Ella Berry was at her home ne
ire part of last week.
1e. Mrs, Charles Cheney spent Christm
ort with her daughter in LyndonVihe.
is The school children had Christmas q
and exercises here last Friday night, LIZ
ng Il.
,ut Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Drown and chllor
snent Christmas in Lyndonvilie with M
Try browns mother.
OF Henry Hunt has returned to his Wo
and is boarding at e. c. browns. de
ort moved his household goods to his fatne
ew in Barton.
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