Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-09-22
Orleans News Page
News and Views from This
Hustling Village
6c C. l. sHAEFFER, Local Editor
C. L. SHAEFFER, Local Edito,

Irving Alexander goes to Skinner,
Me-. Saturday to scale logs for Skin
ner & French.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chalmers Of st.
Johnsbury spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. o. H. Page.
Ground was broken on Tuesday
morning for the new park to be built
in postoffice square.
Karl Webster spent Monday in West
Burke visiting his great grandmother,
Mrs. Almena Davis.
F. G. Brown, Loren Alden and Tom
Landon were called to Newport last
week to serve as Jurors.
Tom Colburn has rented Mrs. Emma
Perley's tenement and will take pos
session the first of October.
Geo: Todd, who is here on a visit
from Gulfport, Miss, has been call
ing on friends the past week
Mrs. Byron Clement of Suncook, N.
H., attended the funeral of her sis
ter, Mrs Metcalf, on Sunday.
Mrs. George Hunt left Thursday for
Barre, Montpelier and Plainfield for
two weeks visit with friends.
A merry group of relatives from
lrasburg and surrounding country
called at W. ]. Joslyn's Monday.
Regular services in the M. E. church
next Sunday at the usual hours.
Prayer service on Friday evening.
F. M. Churchill goes to the state
fair Tuesday and from there to Water
bury and Stowe returning Monday.
Mrs. Patten, who spent the summer
with he1 sister, Mrs. A. H. Gardyne,
left for her home in Boston, Tuesday.
Charles Clarke and daughter, Ger
trude left Tuesday morning for a car
riage drive to johnson. returning Sat.
urday.
Mrs. L. E. Spafford and daughter
Doris, who have been spending the
past two weeks in Boston, arrive home
tonight.
Edward Dutton and mother of Con-
cord, N. H., were here to attend the
funeral of Mrs. buttons sister, Mrs.
Metcalf.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Page took Mr..
and Mrs. James Wiley to St. Johns
bury to their early home in their auto
Saturday.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union met this week Tuesday with
Mrs. A. o. Joslyn. There was good
attendance.
Mrs. Oliver A. Dwyer and son
Charles have returned from two
weeks visit in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Rogers of AL
bany, and Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers
OF Newport spent tuesday with Mr..
and Mrs J. B. Rogers.
L. A. Grow, Daniel Skinner and L.
S. Nye attended the annual reunion
of the Sd Vt. regiment at St. Johns.
bury Tuesday, the 18th.
| At the annual meeting of the Or
leans County Medical association hello
at Newport last Thursday, DR.. R. M
Wells was elected president.
George Lucius Keller and Miss Ida
May Pratt both of Beebe, P. O., were
married Saturday evening at the M
E. parsonage by Rev. Davenport.
Remember that Fred Pierce, the
town treasurer, will be at the Vale,
House to collect taxes on Friday, Sep
TENDER "a, from 9 a. m to p. m.
We failed to make mention las
week of one of the winners of thi
place at the Barton fair. Dave Garter
was the recipient of three blue ribbons
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Moulton of Lis
: bon, N. H., Jacob Dali of New Yorl
and Mrs. Moulton of Cripple Creek
: Co., spent Sunday at the Valley House
EraThayer is entertaining his motbe
. of New York at present. Mr.. an,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thayer, his mothe
and brother and friends are spendin,
. the week at Willoughby.
The officers Of the county Sunda,
school association of this place. ar
, Mrs. Kelley. kre-elected secretary AM
Rev. Davenport, who is superintendent
of temperance for the county.
The high school foot ball team will
play the Derby academy team at Der
by Saturday afternoon September rs
The following Saturday October 2, tn
same teams will play here on the att
letic Park.
: The Dramatic club of the hig
! school will present the play "Down i
Maine" in the opera hall Friday ever
ing for the benefit of the high schot
football team. Let us give them
rousing good audience for they deserv
it.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Walker of Jew
i EFT City, Conn.,, are visiting friends
i: town. Mr.. Walker has not been he1
+ for II years and says he finds We,
! many changes. Mr.. Walker is a nepl