Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-05-19
NEWPORT.


present.
w. E. Maloney went to Boston yes
terday afternoon on business.
Geo. H. Flint is seriously i'll with
pneumonia and other troubles.
Former Principal C. L. Cowles was
a business visitor in town last week.
DIR. N. Tittemore of Lowell visited
several days last week at Ira Parker's.
Aaron H. Grout will deliver the Me-
mortal day address at Orleans May 20.
Chas. G. Taylor of the Customs force
has joined the ranks of the motor boat
owners.
Judge H. w. Blake of Island Pond
was in town on business the first of
this week.
z. B. Bowley of the Lake road is
confined to the house by a badly
sprained ankle.
Mrs. Grace Adams is at work for
Mrs. Clara Robinson after an absence
of several weeks.
The Social club spent Wednesday
evening of last week at $500" with
Mrs. Richard Hurst.
Rev. A. A. Murch, pastor of the
Episcopal church, has rendered his res
ignation to take effect July !.
Miss Rosabel Human is assisting in
the graded school during the absence
of Miss Mansfield of the second grade.
Mr.. Lamond is building dwelling
house on Highland avenue near the
house recently erected by "Ted" Re-
voir.
sDr. Robert G. Flagg of Westford
spent last week in town during the Sc
rious illness of his mother, Mrs. R. C..
Flagg.
Col. and Mrs. z. NJ Mansur returned
Thursday from Burlington, where they
attended the state encampment Of the
G. A. r.
L. B. Ward of Canton, Mass, was in
town the first of the week, and has gone
to his cottage at the Mountain house
for the summer.
The farm and personal property of
the late Wilbur F. Holbrook of Lake
road will be sold at auction on Satur-
day of this week.
Editor Hidreth of the Express &
Standard is now the owner of a Max
we'll runabout. recently purchased of
True & Blanchard.
Geo. F. Root returned last week
from Allston, Mass. He reports Mrs.
Root as making good recovery from
her recent operation.
George Foster has purchased the
house on the corner of Central street
and Eastern avenue occupied oy T. S.
Wilcox and E. c. Spaulding.
Mrs. E. L. Tracy has been packing
her household goods preparatory to
moving to Greenville, Me-, where Mr..
Tracy has permanent employment.
The creamery here. until recently
operated by the Franklin County
Creamery association, has been sold
to Hood Bros. of Cambridge, Mass.
The M. Y. C. clubhouse will be
opened for the season this week. c..
S. Emery. A. H. Grout and C. A..
Brown are the new house committee.
Mrs. R. C.. Flagg, who has been Sc.
riously i'll with pneumonia for the past
10 days, has successfully passed the
crisis of the disease and is now ex.
pected to recover.
The old town barn on Coventry road
very nearly found watery grave dur.
ing the recent high water, it being
necessary to wire it to trees across the
road to keep it in place.
The Klark-U Urban Co. played three
nights last week at Lanes to very
good houses. This company usually
draws we'll in this town as they give s
very good show for the money.
The new bell, recently presented tc
the Methodist church society by Mrs
Z. M. Mansur has arrived, and is al
the freight station. The time for put
ting it in place has not yet been an
nounced.
Navigation the whole length of tn,
lake has been open for some time ant
] Capt. Thomas Norton with the steame
{ Oscar G.. has towed in more than
] million feet of logs already for Prout,
& Miller.
Preparations are being made for tn,
, proper observance of Memorial day
: here. Hon. C. A. Prouty is to be the
speaker. A complete program will b,
: printed in these columns next week i
, rrocurable.
I. Burbank & Slice are painting the res
iC1ence of Geo. B. Young on Thirf