Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-19
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Miss Matte Holdridge has been
quite i'll the past week.
Several from here attended the cir
Gus at Newport Thursday.
Mrs. Ed. Howe of Newport visited
her son George last week.
George Kennlson suffered an attack
of appendicitis last week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. C. D. Mason Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Gilman visit
ed friends in Troy last week.
D. J. Huntington visited his sister
in Newport Center last week.
G. w. Phillips and son Roy attended
the regatta at Barton Friday.
A daughter arrived at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George August 9.
Rev. E. E. Wells and family spent
two days at Willoughby last week.
Will Wright of West Burke visited
his sister, Mrs. H. H. Pike, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Taylor of Troy
visited his sister, Mrs. George Besaw,
last week.
C. H. Woodward is suffering from
an injury received by stepping on
rusty nail.
Mrs. Nellie Brahana of Lowell spent
the past week with MIR. and Mrs. ID.
A. Brahana.
Mrs. Moses White and Mrs. H. B.
Chamberlin have been on the sick list
the past week.
Mrs. William Brewster of Barton
Landing spent Sunday with her son,
P. H. Brewster.
Misses Myra and Florence Douglass
of Coventry visited their sister, Mrs.
w. H. Winget, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Green ofFrank
lin Center were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
C. T. Collins last week.
Misses Mini Lanou and Ida Goss
spent the past week with friends in
Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Alma Wheeler and children of
Barton visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Parker, last week.
Mrs. Fred Pierce and Mrs. Charles
| Winget of Albany were in town last
week to attend the church fair.
Henry Macia, who has been in poor
health for several months, has gone to
Barre to take the osteopathic treat
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Page and Mr..
and Mrs. M. M. Taplin of Barton Land
ing were in town last week to attend
the church fair.
Mrs. Joseph Scofield of Lyndonville
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l..
Locke last week.
4 VIM. Webster. who is staying with
his brother Charles, fell from the high
beams in the barn Monday and dislo-
Gated his shoulder.
/ Leon Damon with a gang of men is
putting new abutments at the Black
river bridge. Two of the other covered
bridges have been newly singled.
Among those who attended camp
meeting at Lyndonville last week were
Rev. E. E. Wells, E. N. Knapp. Mrs.
Lucy Healey and daughter Nettie,
and Miss Iva Allen.
Regular meeting of the M. w. of A.
Thursday evening. Every member is
earnestly requested to be present as
there is special business. A banquet
will be served after the meeting.
Friday evening friends and neighbors
to the number of Is, brother Masons,
gathered at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
} E. A. Pike to help him celebrate his
5Oth birthday. A good time was en-.
joyed by all and refreshments of sand
wiches, doughnuts, coffee and fruit
were served. A purse of money was
left as token of esteem.
The event and attraction of the week
was the fair given by the ladies OF
the Congregational church and others
Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. II anC
L., at the courthouse hall, which was
a pronounced success. The total re.
} ceipts were $359.03, expenses $40. 49,
leaving the net proceeds $318. 70. Oh
this amount $24. SO was given from
friends in money. The booths were
all arranged in exquisite good taste
and attractive in their ornamental array
of crepe paper. The remembrance
booth. lovely in pink, green and white
was we'll filled with choice gifts from
, absent friends, who were once interest
: ed in the church and town. and from
their timely gifts it is assumed that
they still cherish pleasant memories OF
. the old associations. This booth was
in charge of Mrs. ]. C. Carpenter
Miss Mary Wheeler and Miss Susar
, Cunningham of Lyndon who contribut
ed materially to the sale. The fancy
goods both was in charge of Mrs. Her
: mon and Miss Leah Cole. This bootf
: represented large amount of work
in it's brilliant attire of red roses
! green leaves and white trimmings. TIL.
2 lemonade we'll came next under fancy
Japanese umbrella, with Miss Leon;
Wheeler in japanese costume waiting
i to serve the thirsty pilgrim. TIL,
a Larkin booth in lilac tone came next
t filled with full line of goods from tn,
F. 81 y -,