Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-22
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E. W. Merrill, who has been in Boston
] with his daughter for medical treatment
| several days, has returned.
Fred Drown and amlly have moved
from one of Charles Nute's tenements into
/ Mrs. Irving Connor's house.
Mrs. Fl. w. Buchanan, who hes been Wis
! itiug her daug hter, Mrs. W. NJ. Little, in
/ Portland, Me-, he's returned.
H. L. Green got his finger cut of in
| meat cutter while at work for Everett
/ Wiley in the market last week.
! O. w. Locke and a. d. Beede were in
Boston last week on business in oonnec-
! tion with their mercantile business.
A. T. Wilkey, who has been in Montreal
! 1nVictoria hospital.for a surgical operation.
| has returned home somewhat improved.
Mrs Arch Grant, who has been in Bright
look hospital at st. Jobnsbury where she
! underwent surgical operation, is home
much improved.
A merry company gathered at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs F. E. Clough Friday eve
ming and were pleasantly entertained and
served with new sugar.
The scarlet fever scare has abated since
there have not been any cases OF the kind in
the village. What was feared to he case
proved to be nothing contagious.
Elmer Putney has moved from Brown
ington into John Bartlett's tenement.
Ray Morse has moved from John Bartlett's
tenement into Carl Skinner's home.
Joseph HeDpessy has hired out to the
E. l.. Chandler company to work in the
mills and will not return to Lisbon, N. H.,
where he has been living this winter.
Fred Guild, who has been station agent
at Ayers Cliff, has been given the North
Hatley station by the R. r. Company. This
glad to note his success.
Whipple, French & Co. have taken off
the lower piazza in front OF their block so
as to give light to the base ment store which
they are finishing. The upper piazza is
supported by iron rods.
John Freshette got finger taken off
with buzz planer. in the mills last
Wednesday. Joseph Shelley, a Polander,
and John Provoncia were quite badly
cut on the same planer, recently.
Ed. Clough and Ed. Chaffee, who went
to California last fall have returned. They
started home on March 9th, came by way
, OF Panama, stopped to visit the Great Ca
nal, and came home by Cuba. They like
Vermont better than California to live in
A partial list OF the sick in the place is
given below: Mrs Albert Wells, Mrs. G.
M. Preston, quite low, Henry Dubois, Eve
Martin, Mrs. Robert McVfcar, Ralph Har-
ris. A little Preston boy is in hospital
at st. Johnsbury where he suffered an op-
Grafton last week. Eugene Dubois is quite
sick. Malcolm Cotton does not seem to
gain.
I Homer Ford, who started for the Pacific
, coast on the Sth inst, was just in time te
be in the train wreck in Dakota last Mon
8 day. He was in sleeper and escaped in.
). jury although one was killed in his car
. Only the sleeper and one tourist car re-
@ mained on the track, and fire burned the
S other cars. His baggage was burned anG
g a number of persons were killed on the
: train. He telegraphed his parents of hit
9 safety.
!. The installation of Barton Landing Com
J. pany, No. 9, U. K. K of P, took place or
g April II, Col. G. F. D. Tinker of st. Johns
:, bury being the installing officer. The fol-
g lowing are the officers: Capt, FL. L. Moore
1st Lieut., B. o Smith; End Lieut., E. B
Wiley; Recorder, B. A. Scott; Treasurer
E. E. Mathews; Guard, c. E. Clark; Sen
" tinel, c. V. Wiley. This company is sale
RI ho Of ho hest md hrir in,
domain. It numbers thirty five Knights
:, Loyal, wide-awake and full of enthusiasm
for the work. 1t is expected to have fifty
members wearing the uniform of the army
of the Lily before Field Day which will bt
held at st. JohDsbury sometime during the
coming summer.
81 The presentation of s'The Seminary
II Girls" under the auspices OF the Village
W Improvement society on Friday and Sat
ls urday evenings was one of the pleasant
events of the season. The entire performance
was one of Prof. w. B. Lsonard's original
entertainments and was under his -direc-
o tion. That Prof. Leonard has become
popular in Barton Landing is proved by
:. this fourth engagem mt in this place. The
,, chorus of Undergraduates ia th6'Semnary
! Giris'' with their gowns of white presented
! very pretty picture. The graduates ii
!. their various costumes and songs were
: very pleasing. All those " DO took leading
parts did credit both TO themseives and tc
the leader. The. Village Improvement
society may well congratulate themsslve;
on their success which netted them a good
sun for their treasury.
An item appeared in the MONITOR last
:. week on the death of Joshua renDey tc
which we add the following. Mr. Tenney
has made his home with his sister Mrs L
e D. R. Collins since 1896, spending most Of
his time here. He was born in Corinth on
/ February 5, 1917, and lived forty years in