Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-04-07

B. o. SMITH, Prop.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Rogers returned
Tuesday evening from their trip to
Washington, D. C. They left the ex-
cursion party at New York and spent
several days in the city.
There was a very good attendance
at the dance given by the Ku Klux
Klub in the opera hall Friday night.
Madam Brock 8 orchestra of st. Johns
bury furnished the music.
Harry Wellman is spending a few
days at home. On Thursday he begins
his tour of the leading colleges of the
East studying the methods of dor
mltory arrangements for the benefit of
Dartmouth.
Mrs. w. c. Johnson of Bradford and
Mr.. and Mr.. Perley Scnwitzer and lit
tie daughter of Woodsville N. H., are
spending several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. l. D.. R. Collins. Mrs. Johnson
is niece of Mrs. Collins.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Methodist conference will be held at
Hardwick beginning Tuesday, April
ID, and continuing the following week.
Rev. and Mrs. Davenport expect to
leave for Hardwick April Is.
Ebert Cole celebrated his 18th
birthday THURSDAY at his home on
North avenue. Quite number of his
young friends were present and
pleasant evening was spent. He was
the recipient of many presents, among
them being gold watch.
Mrs. Charles Nute's brother, Major
Little of Berlin Falls, N. H., died Sat-
urday. Charles Bellway left Saturday
for Berlin Falls to take the body to
Bath, H. NJ, for burial. Mrs. Mute
and her mother, Mrs. Shampany, left
Monday morning to attend the funeral
The Book and Thimble club met
with Mrs. Carlos Skinner March 81.
There were l6 members and 10 visitors
present. Roll call responded to by an
cient Grecian customs, followed by
selection, 1.-The Enchanted Isle of Sic
lily" read by Mrs. Locke. Paper,
Famous Men in the Age of Pericles,"
by Miss Fiske "Canova, the Father of
Modern Italian Art" read by Mrs.
Whipple; .'The Royal Family in
Greek Life" read by Mrs. Parlin !;
Keats lode on a Grecian Urn" recit-
ed by Mrs. Bean. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. Mathews April IA.
E. ]. Hill of Newport, district dep
uty for the 10th Masonic district visit
ed Valley lodge Thursday evening.
This was the last work done by the old
team as the annual election of officers
will be held on Thursday evening. 1t
was at Thursday evenings meeting
that the deadly, embrace" between
the7focal editors of which the Orleans
Signal speaks took place. No one but
attending Maasons are able to appre-
ciate the item. It transpires that some
of the readers of the Signal really took
| the matter seriously. Now confiden.
TALLY speaking, your local editors were
really the dupes of some evilly minded
| Masons on that eventful night and in
fact they are still suffering in body
and mind, as those evilly disposed car
we'll testify. The only consolation the
local editors have is the fact that they
made two good subjects for the joke
The schools opened the spring tern
Monday with very good attendance,
The former teachers, Misses Sherman
Comstock, Martin, Dwinell. and Austin
were in their places. The school for
merly taught by Miss Myra Douglass
who is still very i'll, will be taught
this term by Miss Gertrude Lyon
Prof. Maxfeld having resigned thu
principalship, the board of trustees
have secured the services of Prof
Fletcher. a graduate of Dartmouth
Mr.. Fletcher comes very highly recon
mended and is an experienced teacher
having taught four years and after
wards taking special course at Dart
mouth. He comes direct from Dart
mouth, having been employed by tn
college to the time of his acceptin,
the principalship here. Mr.. Fletche
has made very good impression an
we bespeak for him the support of tn
. entire community.
The sugar supper at the Congrega
tional vestry last evening was gran
success and the large crowd seemed t
enjoy the supper and the musical pro
gram rendered. The whole was unde
the direct supervision of the chairmen
Messrs. g. D. French and Frank Hal
J assisted by an excellent corps O
workers of the men of the church an
, congregation. The excellency Of tn
work performed reflects great credi
on their home training. The followin
, musical program was rendered: Hig
, school orchestra; solo, Mr.. Cliffor
Hall. accompanied by Prof. Hail o
the guitar; instrumental solo by Kal
Webster on the cello, accompanied b
Mrs. II. S. Webster on the piano; ir
t strumentai solo by Paul French on tn
! violin. accompanied by Gerald French
. the closing number was rendered b
: the high school orchestra. The con
mittee extend hearty thanks to all VIII
: helped make the affair a success.
The annual meeting of the Athleti
association was held in the band ROOF
last evening with the president, H.
Webster, in the chair. c. S. Skinne
WAS elected nreSident for the enSlIin