Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-11-10
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
c. Il. SHAEFFER, Editor
G. Il. sHAEFFER, Local Editor

his farm on the river ROAD TO party
from Stanstead, P. @.
B. F. D. Carpenter recently received
a visit from his cousin, Mrs. H. A.
Clark of Denver, Col.
Ernest Thompson, who had gone to
visit his brother in Wisconsin, returned
to his home last week.
Mr.. Sherburn of Newport was in
town Monday doing repair work on the
New England telephone.
Mrs. w. R. Davenport will enter
tain her mother, Mrs. Susan Thomp-
son of Barre, this winter.
Prof. Fletcher and Miss Lena Will
ley spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Hooker in St. Johnsbury.
Morris Parker has gone to ST. Johns
bury, having been transferred by the
New England Telephone company.
The item last week with reference to
the Epworth League sale should have
read thirty instead of twenty dollars.
Olin C. Miles has rented his house
to Mr.. Mclean. Mr.. Miles has moved
to farm a short distance north of
the village.
There will be special communica-
ton of Valley Lodge, F. and A. NJ,
on Thursday evening. Work in the
LIST degree will be exempliied.
The drawing of the seats for the lee
ture course took place in the Opera
house last evening and was very sat-
isfactory. Over 400 tickets were sold.
The Pythian Sisters have planned
for series of assemblies during the
winter months. These assemblies
proved to be very popular the past
winter.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the M.
E. church will give their annual chick
en- d nner this evening at the church
from 5 80 until all are served. Every
one is cordially invited.
Mrs. L B. Wellman and her moth
er, Mrs. V. M. Parker of Lowell Wis.,
tied Mrs. H. B. Smith and Mrs. H. D.
Stannard Friday. Mrs. Wellman is
one of the judges at the baby show.
The play "Union Depot" given by
the high school, including many of the
scholars of the lower grades, and
others was we'll received and we'll rem
dered. A fairly good audience was in
attendance.
Era Thayer has closed his labors at
North Troy and has gone to his home
in Jamestown. N. Y. He expects te
be back again by the holidays to re-
Ter company's veneer mill.
Mrs. B. O. Spalding of Newport,
who is taking care of her grandson
Donald Dickens, was taken with Sc
we're attack of pleurisy Tuesday
Donald has held his own the past few
days and unless other complications
arise he will soon be on a fair way o.
recovery.
The serious accidents causing tn,
death Of three football players thu
past few weeks and the gripping O.
several others has caused the disband
ing of the Orleans High School team
The parents of several of the young
men refused their permission to play
The team was giving good accoun
Of itself winning both games with tn
Lyndonville team and playing the st
Johnsbury team to standstill
equally dividing the honors. Prof
Fletcher deserves great credit for tn,
development of first class team.
Mr.. Tinkham, representing the
Howard Clock company of Boston
was in town Monday on business. Tn
tower of the Congregational churc
was examined and it was found that
four and one half foot dial could b
I po40 n,
Tinkham received an order from Skin
ner French accompany for one of the
best tower clocks with an illuminatin
dial. The tower will be placed
readiness as soon as possible and tn
clock installed. This will fill lor
felt want of the village and Skinne
French & Company are to be congra
ulated for their generosity and civ
pride. Who ill be next?
BROWNINCTON.
. Geo. Virgins has gone to Georg
vile to work.
Mabel Tinlham of Burlington is vi
iting friends in town.
Bert Pike has moved from Irasbu1
to Geo. Twombly's farm.
+ Schools at the village, the Cente
+. and the north district closed Frida
i; The Ladies' Aid society will me
: Thursday with Mrs. Chas. Joslyn f
+ dinner.
! Lawrence Kelley has gone to We
!: Burke to spend the week with |
I grandparents.
? Mrs. Nichols has been moved to t
! home of Mrs. Loveland, where she W
be cared for during the winter.
Mrs. E. S. Kelley returned Frid
: from Portland, Maine, where 5
i had been to bury her father in B
10. View cemetery.