Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-16

increasing and it is to be hoped that
the gain will be permanent
NEWPORT.
E. C. Blanchard has returned from
his western trip.
The infant child of Olin Hardy was
very sick several days recently.
A son, William Harold, was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Richard Sunday.
Mrs. Simon Hitchcock and Mrs. A.
J Stewart of Troy were in town Mon
day.
Schools in the grades close December
, Is for holiday vacation of two
| weeks.
DIR. E. E. Whitaker has been con-
fined to the house for several days
with severe cold.
Mrs F. C. Blake of Highwater. P.
| @. visited friends in this vicinity the
first Of last week.
C. N. Bailey was at Island Pond
| last week on business connected with
the U. S. customs.
Mrs Ide, who has been visiting at D.
| N. Camps. has gone to Milwaukee,
Wis, for the winter.
Mrs. Vincent Jones entertained her
| sister, Miss Eva Pickle of West
! Charleston. last week.
Miss Flannery of the local list of
West Charleston recently.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Jenne have a new
HcPhail piano purchased through the
agency Of C. H. McCauley.
| Miss Alice Bean has for some time
been the guest of her uncle, DIR. Geo.
| B. Rowell, at Barton Landing.
! The Mothers club met Tuesday with
Mrs. Carrie Chase on Third street. the
occasion being the annual election of
officers.
Alfred Gale, who has been weighing
mail on the Newport-White River
run. concluded his iabors in that
capacity last week.
Officials of the Boston & Maine and
=. P. railways met here Monday to
consider matters pertaining to the
transfer of freight at this point.
Moses Currier, driver of the stage
between Newport and Island Pond,
died very suddenly of heart failure
Saturday at his home in Island Pond.
T. S. Wilcox has the cement founda-
ton for his new house on Cottage street
all completed and will commence the
erection of the superStructure in the
near future.
Mr.. St. German, formerly with the
Newport Fruit Store, has opened a
tailoring establishment in the Central
street rooms recently vacated by B.
F. Hamilton.
Good sleighing prevails in this Sec
tion since Saturdays storm and the
can see. The winter season seems
surely with us.
Mrs. Herbert Wright and little
daughter plan to return to Denver
nv the first of the year. Mr.. Enos
will rent his house to good parties and
make his home there for the winter
at least.
Owing to the scarcity of water and
consequent falling off in the milk sup
ply the creamery here has suspended
operations for time, the milk being
taken care Of at North Troy.
| Mrs. H. C. Humphrey and son How
ard leave Saturday for Springfield,
Mass, where Mr.. Humphrey has been
employed for some time past. They
have rented their home on Green Place
. to Mr.. Weber of the Langmaid bakery.
; Mrs. F. H. Sisco entertained party
of lady friends at her home Thursday
evening, there being three tables at
: five hundred. This game seems fol
the present at least to have superseded
the old standby, whist, in this Sec
: ton.
The heating apparatus at the count,
: Jail has been out of working orde
through the breaking Of one of tn,
large drums. It has been temperate,
: repaired by F. w. Carr and will b.
put in thorough shape as soon as tn
! new parts arrive.
! At the regular communication Q
+ Memphremagog lodge, No. IS, F.
: A. NJ, Tuesday evening, the F.
degree was conferred on two cand
: dates. and there is plenty of wor
= ahead. as the district meeting is to
i held here sometime in January.
i All the stores in town have come OF
: in holiday attire and truly magnif
!: cent display they make. We shout
4 think there were Christmas gifts t
: supply the entire county. and to
: greater or less extent this will b
! true, as large portion Of trade come
:; from surrounding towns. Do you
8 shopping as early as possible.
:! The entertainment and sale by ST
+ Marks society last week was pr
- nounced success. The attendance WI