Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-04-21


Mr.. and Mrs. B. O.. Spaul6iEg are
visiting relatives in Hardwick and
attending the annual conference.
Harry Marshall of Wells River has
been appointed to the customs service
here and began his labors Monday.
Mrs. Jane Bisbee. sister of Mrs.
Josiah Grout and Benz. Human, died
| in Chicago Wednesday of last week.
Miss Ferol Wellman entertained a
party of her young friends on Tuesday
| evening in honor of her 18th birthday.
| Miss Sally Emery visited her par
ents. Col. and Mrs. Emery, last week,
| returning Friday to Westfield, Mass.
Mrs. C. F. Ranney returned Satur-
| day evening from visit of several
weeks to her son Will in Penacook, N.
H.
Everett Joslyn of the lake road,
| who recently suffered serious attack
of peritonitis, is able to be about
again.
Harlan Sawyer has accepted a posi-
ton as principal of school in Bright
on, Mass, and went there Sunday.
Apr. Is.
Alfred Gale, who came home recent
| ly from Saxtons River for the Easter
vacation. has been unable to return on
| account of illness.
A little daughter of S. E. Hitchcock
| fell Sunday and broke her right arm
just above the elbow. DR.. Adams re-
| duced the fracture.
The youngest son of DR.. H. F. Ham.
| ilton, who has been very i'll with mea-
sizes and complications thereof, is now
considered out of danger.
| The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bailey of Central street is in very poor
health and consultation of physicians
was held the first of last week.
| Mrs. J. S. Tent, who recently I'M
| derwent an operation for appendicitis,
| is recovering very slowly, but with
good prospects for ultimate good
health
Mrs. M. c. Brigham entertained her
mother, Mrs. Charlotte Crafts of Pier
mont, N. H., and her aunt. Mrs. Ann
Works of Bloomington, the first of
this week.
Mrs. K. J. Wright has returned
from long sojourn with friends in
Boston and vicinity. She resumed her
position as organist at the Episcopal
church Sunday.
Mr.. Robinson will vacate the house
on Third street recently purchased by
Lee Drew and will occupy Mr.. Bart
lett's tenement on Green Place. Car
roll Huntington is to move to the ten
ement now occupied by Mr.. st. Ger
main.
Water in the lake is the highest for
years and is still rising. Houses along
the Causeway are flooded and many
lighthouses are in danger. Water is
nearly up to the basement floor of the
Yacht club house and may DO great
damage if the rise continues.
A peculiar accident occurred at the
B. &. M. roundhouse Thursday. An
engine left standing in it's stall gener-
ated sufficient steam to move itself
and being set on the reverse rammed
hole about eight feet square through
the brick wall on the back side of the
house. No further damage resulted.
Train service over this division of
the Boston & Maine railway has been
very irregular for several days owing
to bad washouts between St. Johnsbury
and Wells River. On one night the
Montreal and Boston train was can
celled. Traffic between Newport and
both Montreal and Sherbrooke has so
far been uninterrupted.
The play "All Tangled Up given
by students of the high school Friday
evening was much enjoyed by those
who attended but the audience was
very small-hardly enough to pay ex-
penses. This is very discouraging for
the young people, but was probably
due to two causes too much of the
same sort during long winter and a
growing feeling on the part of those
most interested in the welfare of our
schools that there is too much doing
on the side to distract interest from
regular study. 1t were better to grad.
uate with less pomp and more learning
COVENTRY.
Ernest Crawford has been suffering
with sore hand the past week.
Lyman Bole has gone to Barnet to re-
main while his parents are away.
There were no services in the
churches here Sunday on account of
the absence of the pastors.
Mrs. Clara Branch had the misfor-
tune to lose her purse between J. P.
! Wheelock's and the village on April /.