Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-04

Miss Cora Hill Of this place and Omer
Hall OF Holland were married Feb. 2.
Congratulations.
NEWPORT.
Mrs. Archie Wells visited friends at
North Troy last week.
Mrs. A. J. Crawford of Westfield is visit
ing her brother, 5. E. Hitchcock.
Mrs. Geo. R. Watson of Lowell visited
her brother, A. J. Miller, recently.
Mrs. Cattsnach, who has been visiting
her son John I'm Montpelier, has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Huntington enter
tanned their friends at whist at the New
port House parlors on Tuesday evening.
Advance flyers are out announcing the
drama, "Mr. Bob" to be given March 10
by nembe Of the graduating class at the
high school.
Fred Lsmoreaux, clerk for Davis & Liv-
ingstone, has closed his labors there and is
reported to have purchased a store at
Derby Line.
The girls basket ball team met defeat at
the hands of the Barton Landing girls in a
roughly played game on Friday evening.
The score was 20 to A.
Mr. Cutler, who has occupied the Bogue
house this winter, is moving to keene, n.
H. Mr.. Macklin, the insurance man, will
move into the tenement thus vacated.
The n. E. Bell Telephone Co. have their
construction force putting up cables this
week. A sixty pair cable will be run to
: Bstesvllle and one OF 80 wires to West
Derby.
Heman Gaylor was arrested by Officer
ainman on Tuesday and lodged in jail
g On Wednesday he plead guilty to charge
j of intoxication and paid the usual fines
and costs.
8 Col Z. Nj. Mansur and A. G. Sleeper
l attended the encampment OF the IT, a. X
O at Rutland last week. Mr.. Sleeper wa:
elected senior vice commander for the de-
g partment OF Vermont.
d A meeting of the w. c. 7. U. in memor!
:. of Frances E. Willard was held with Mrs
= R. ]. Christie on Thursday afternoon. Tn
memb ers OF the Mothers club were also
IS present by speclHl lnNllaelon'
?. Two moving picture shows came to tow
y last week, the first on Wednesday evening
:, and the other on Saturday. 1t seems tina
p interest in this particular form OF amuse
% ment would wane after time.
Much trouble was experienced last weel
from a shortage in the water supply, du
3, to a leak In the main on the causeway
lie This leak has been repaired and now ther
s. is plenty OF water, but many residents ar
p troubled by frozen pipes.
y The store of FL. A. Humphrey has bee
> closed by his creditors. Mr.. Humphrey
an enterprising man who has many friend
here. His financial difficulty is cause
largely by too elastic credit business
All hope that he may be able to arrang
his money matters so as to be able to d
y business again at the old stand.
The talk on the Holy Land given befol
III Malta Commandery Wednesday eveniD
o by Rev. w. A. Warner of Barton was muc
enjoyed by all who were privileged
i'll attend. Mr.. Warner is always an intel
k esting speaker and the knowledge gleane
from an actual trip to this part of tt
nv world renders his talk especially pleasing
tn Frank Bemis, whose serious illness WI
reported last week, died Monday, Feb
he at 800 o'clock p. NJ, from auto-infectic
Nv, and iaundice. The funeral services we
held at the Congregational church WEE
rm nesday, Feb. q, under the auspices
he Evening Star Lodge, No. 81, 1. o. o. F., Il
officiating clergyman being Rev. N
Emery of Derby Line. The interment W
I' in Pine Grove Cemetery. Frank E. BEN
was the son of o. A. and Laura l.. Lothr'
Bemis and was born in Plainfeld Octoh
ng q, 1866, the eldest Of five children.
rs began his life work at Barton in t
Tell o,,9,I,,y ofIu Uol,ooe He later work
'au for F. K. Powell OF Barton and j.
Foster OF Newport, but has been in t
ing employ of Homer Thrasher contip uous
FRS. for the past IS years, and was witho
'me doubt the most experienced clothing a
inns mems furnis hing salesman in Northe
ok Vermont. On May 2, 1905, Mr.. Ben
to married Miss Dora H. Blanchard, wi
and with his parents and four brothers, ST
rty wives him. The father and three brothe
all of whom are prominent business n
of Eastern Massachusetts,, were present
IN he funeral. Mr.. Bemis was of kind a
genial disposition and had many frier
In this immediate vicinity. He was
member of Memphremagog Lodge, No.
F and A M: Lakeside Chapter. No q.