Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-01

There will be a regular meeting of
the Knights of Pythias next Tuesday
evening. Work in 1st and End rank.
There will be moving pictures, prom
anade and box party given by the NJ. w.
of A. next Tuesday night, April 2, in their
hall.
Arthur Rogers has moved into one of the
E. L. Chandler Company's tenement houses
and hired to work for the Company for a
year.
Charles Stafford, who has been clerk for
o. w. Locke for some time, goes to New
port to work for Lane & Davis in the near
future.
Mrs. Will Knapp and little daughter
from Newport are stopping a few weeks
, with her mother at the home of her uncle,
Walter Colby.
The regular annual meeting of Iutervale
Chapter, No. 81, o. E. s.. will be held next
Thursday evening and the officers for the
year elected.
Mrs. Geo. Cole has received her $1,000
insurance money from the Modern Wood
men of America, in which company Mr..
Coles life was insured.
Miss Doris Spafford, who has been liv-
ing with her grandparents at Barnet, will
make her home with her mother, Mrs. L. E.
| Spafford, in the future.
| Misses Bassett and Pudvah returne d
| from Boston, where they have been spend
ing some time in the interests of their
millinery business, last Monday.
About thirty of the Masons OF this place
went to Newport last Tuesday and work
| ed the third degree. A fine banquet an d
a general good time is reported.
The fire wardens were about the village
several days recently looking after the
chimneys, stove-pipes, ashes, etc. They
found some scary places which will be
made safe.
Vern Howard of Monroe, N. H, will be
gin clerking for B. o. Smith in his grocery
March 10. Ralph Lawson, who has been
in B. Q. Smiths store goes to Newport
Center to work in a meat market
The Village Improvement society will
hold their annual meeting for the election
OF officers at the Congregational church
Vestry Friday evening, April 5. All mem
oars as Well as officers are requested 20 be
present.
The Village improvement Society have
secured Prof. Leonard as director of the
seminary Girls" to be given Apr. 10 and
70 The first rehearsal will be held Mon
day evening, Apr. 8, at the Cong'l vegtry.
Singers are cordially invited TO be preG41lt.
Henry Bennett met with a mishap last
Wednesday while driving his colt. The
colt became unmanageable and put both
forward feet through Z. s. Gibbs shop
front window. Mr.. Gibb was Interrupted
in IS shoemaking and made one or two
handsprings and got away, though his
hand was cut with glass from the window.
Charles thinks when the next horse comes
into that window he shan't be there. Both
OF the thills of the sleigh, were broken but
no serious damage was done.
On Saturday. the 23rd inst, occurred the
death OF Stephen Emerson Wiley. Mr..
Wiley has been falling during the winter,
and though he suffered no pain he grad
ually grew weaker until the end. Mr.
Wiley was born in Sheffield on Aug. TO-
Sutton and Sheffield, but later went tc
Manchester, N. H., and lived there a few
years. Later he came back and lived in
Barton and Bloomington, until he moved
here. He was married on April 26, 1852. tt
Euphemie Wilson of Sutton. The fruit:
OF this marriage were two children, both Of
J whom died. His first wife died on Marct
4, 1869. On March s, 1875, he married Miss
Lydia r. Hutchinson of Orange, who sur
wives him. Mr.. Wiley was an honest, up
right, conscientious mana man respected
wherever he was known on account of hi
sterling integrity and manly qualities
He was kind and neighborly, thrifty anC
industrious. He was a member of tn,
{ M. E. church for number of years, anC
looked forward to a bright future. H
leaves his wife, two brothers, Lysias 3. O
t Barre and Aaron of this place, his sisters
Q Mrs. Ann Gustin OF st. Johnsbury, Mrs
Susan Bloss of Manchester, N. H., Mrs
:. Hannah Taft of St. Johnsbury and Mrs
4 Linnie NJ. Young of Milford, N. II. Ais,
two grandchildren, Dora E. Wiley ant
, GlennE. Wiley of this place. The funera
was held Tuesday, Rev. w. r. Davenpor
officiating, and the body was placed in tn
tomb.
CARD OF THANKs-We wish to thanl
the friends and neig b bors who so kindI,
assisted us at the death and burial of
kind, loving husband and grandfather
: May the same loving sympathy be their
le in their sorrows and bereavements.
MRS STEPHEN WILEY,
DORA WILEY,
l. GLENN WILEY.
i The girls basket ball game played her
last Monday evening by the local team ant
g the Spaulding High School girIs'team from
! Barre was the most exciting one OF tn
season. About 450 people witnessed tn
J. game and things were lively from start t.
le finish. One reason of the intense interes
was the fact that it was the championship
"a game for the league. And another cause @
"a | the deep interest was that the two team