Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-09-01
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
L.. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor
Sunday, August %, to attend the flu.
neral of G. Ernest Watson, a relative
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor

Sunday, August %, to attend the fu-
neral of G. Ernest Watson, a relative,
Edwin Kinsley, an employee of the
Frost Veneer Seating Company, cut
one hand on board saw last week
Tuesday. 1t required fourteen stitches
to close the wound
w. S. Bean is visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Bean. Mr.. Bean
was formerly clerk to the late Sena-
tor Proctor and is now private Sec
rotary to Senator Carroll S. Page.
The ladies of the Reading Circle
were entertained on Thursday by
Mrs. G. H. Newland at her cottage
at Eagle Point. The party made the
trip in the steamer Yioco. Chartered
for the occasion.
j. f. Lambert s new tenement on Bay
View street is nearing completion and
work is progressing rapidly on A. F.
Scott's building. l. A. White has the
cellar eXcavated for building on his
lot on Main street.
Frank Patterson has commenced his
annual tour of the fairs of this section
in the interests of True & Blanchard
sugar apparatus. He is assisted this
year by Guy Wakeman.
Work on the new federal building is
nearly completed and the unsightly
wooden coops are thing of the past.
True and Blanchard are the contract
ors and they still have job of concret-
ing in the basement of the building
which is not yet completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Cummings, who
eral weeks, returned to their home in
Gary, Ind, Thursday. They were &C.
companied by Mrs. Benjamin Riley
and children, who go for a visit to
Mrs. Riley's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
R. 'Huse.
Rev. A. A. and Miss Minnie Murch
were given pleasant surprise party
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. G. w.
Cook on Tuesday evening, August "a.
The party was planned and carried out
by members of St. Marks Friendly
society, of which organization Miss
Murch has been president for a long
time.
The erecting of fagpo!e in the
schoolhouse yard, as planned at the
close of the school year, has been de-
ferred, as it has been found difficult
to decide what kind Of pole to set
and just where to set it. AS pole or
the building is not ornamental it will
be set in the yard, and will probably
be made of steel piping.
Elmer Ware, a yard brakeman fol-
the Boston & Maine railroad was quite
seriously injured Thursday morning,
through the sudden releasing of Z
brake he was setting up. Mr.. Ware
was thrown against a window in one
of the cars Of the G. P local and re.
ceived cut on the arm which re-
quired several stitches to close.
The eleventh semi-annual district
meeting of the Jr. 0. u. A. NJ. was
entertained by West Derby council al
School hall in this village Friday, Au
gust 27. Music was furnished by the
Newport band. The meeting was ad.
dressed by w. Fl. Jeffrey. state coun.
sellor. The evening session was taken
up by degree work with banquet at
it's close.
Arthur True is in Hanover, N. H.
where he has just undergone an oper.
alton at the hospital there. Mr.. True
was suffering from the effects of ar
old fever sore on his leg, and fears
were entertained that the knee joint
was affected. We are glad to learr
that this did not prove to be true anc
that ultimate complete recovery is
to be expected.
We copy from the Burlington Free
Press the following item which will bt
of interest to many of our readers
GA delightful occasion was the wed
ding Of Irving Cobb of Rutland ant
Miss Mabel Ruggles of Westford, Tues
day afternoon, at the home of tn
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Rug
giles. Only the immediate relatives O.
the parties were present. The ceremon.
was performed by Rev. R. C. Flag,
: of Newport, the BRIDES pastor dur
ing her residence in that place, where
she has been very successful teache
:. for the past two years. The home O
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruggles, under tn
, shade of venerable elms and NAPLES
was appropriately decorated wit
golden-rod and house plants in bloom
During the ceremony the piano wa
played impressively by Horace E. H
Ruggles, of Reno, New, brother O
the bride. The greetings given wer
many and sincere and valuable pres
ents were bestowed. After a brie
wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Cobb wi
= make their home in Rutland, wher
Mr.. Cobb is employed as bookkeeper
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