Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-07-01

ter OF West Millbury, Mass, visited her
aunt, Mrs. M. J. Leonard, and cousin, Mrs.
Thomas Smith, Thursday. Miss Clara
Stafford OF Barton Landing also visited
Mrs. Thomas Smith last week.
All schools in town closed Friday. Prof.
Leland Green and pupils spent the day at /
Lake Hosmer. Miss LItchfeld, Miss Nc
Gof and Miss Skinner with pupils held |
a basket picnic in the Wheeler grove. |
Most excellent satisfaction has been given |
in the schools.
School closed June rs. The pupils in the |
fret primary department having no marks
were Vera Carpenter, Flora Gaudette,
Helen Priest, Sarah Priest, Phoebe Simino,
AIva Belrose, Verne Crawford, Harlan
Sears and David Webster. Rosilia Gaud-
cite and Preston Simino each missed one
day; Marjorie Sears and Fred Page each
one and one half days.
| Miss Grace F. Dodge of Barton Landing
and Edward II. Cotton of this place were
united IN marriage June Is by Rev. Josiah
| Poeton. The wedding took place in the
| house where MIR. and Mrs. Cotton will
make their home. Mr.. Cotton built the
house himself and has put into it the skill
and good taste that characterizes his use
of carpenters tools, some of the interior
woodwork being especially fine.
Mrs. Mary A. Leonard Brewster, whose
tragic death was reported in the MONITOR
of last week, was born in Glover, January
IA, 1881, and was therefore rs years old at
the time of her death. She was brought
up in Glover and received most of her ed
ucation there, though she attended Prof.
Twilight's academy in Bloomington, be-
fore the Glover academy was started, re-
turning to her home town to attend the
academy after its inception. She was mar
ried to George B. Brewster of Irasburg
Sept. 26, 1855, and has lived on the Brewster
homestead since. She leaves to mourn her
loss her husband, George B. Brewster, q
! son, DIR. Leonard Brewster, a prominent
dentist in Boston, and daughter, Emily
: who is the wife of Manning Shaw, and
whose home is now in Seattle, Wash
qualities, being possessed of a sunny
r cheerful disposition. She was an ACTIVE
worker in the home and was the moving
A., spirit in many of the affairs OF the home
stead life. She was a large reader and deel
thinker and had philosophy of life pc
culiarly her own, which led her to look OF
] the bright side of life and to live in con
d fidence as respected the development o
the future. The Brewster farm has Away
employed a good deal of help and quite
8 number of the leading farmers of the com
4 80 ixir horc
all of these and many friends beside testif
to the qualities of heart and mind tina
: made Mrs. Brewster more than ordinar.
farmers wife. She had also deeply re
k ligious nature, loving to peer into thing
n of the other world and living in full assur
ID ance Of its great realities. The funeral wa
so held at the home place June %, and was at
tended by large number of relatives an
friends. Among the former were DR.. an
Mrs. Leonard Brewster, her brother, Cha
pin Leonard of Glover, with his son, Viii
y liam Leonard, a second brother, Prentis
Leonard, and Clayton Allen OF Burlington
N Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Brewster and Mr.
Amy Blodgett of Glover. The funeral sery
m ices were conducted by Rev. Mr.. Walsh {
st. Johnsbury, assisted by Rev. Josia
- Poeton of Irasburg. A quartet from tt
choir of the Congregational church sar
some of Mrs. Brewster's favorite hymn
L. Messrs. Chaplin Leonard, Harlow Foss,
w. Wheeler and w. l.. Locke served
v bearers. The sympathies of the enti
community go out to Mr.. Brewster
mo the loss of his wife, w hich he feels the mo
keenIy on accou Mt of his advanced age al
do from the fact that his late wife has mil
istered very tenderly to his needs.
in LOWELL.
Mr.. and Mrs. winget spent Sunday
ro Irasburg.
Miss Mary Newton of Lynn, Mass, is
90 town.
-. Mildred Greenwood has returned fro
Massachusetts,.
nd Mrs. Sheehan is entertaining her ME
from Craftsbury.
bel Mrs. Winget's aunt from Albany is VI
iting her this week.
Try A. Cover spent last week in Newpc
and Barton Landing.
Austin Blake is home for few wee
from New Hampshire.
"a Schools in town close this week for V
- cation OF few weeks.
Bernie Wilson entertained friend frc
- Charleston over Sunday.
his E. J. Sawyer OF MIbury, Mass, is Wis
ing his brother, a. j. Sawyer.
nd A. A. and A. NJ. Aseltine OF Enosbu
ton Falls were recent callers in town.
G. F. Richard had the misfortune to {
the his foot badly with an axe Friday.
by Misses Linnie and Ethel Newton {