Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Stone of Fair
Haven, Mass. is visiting at J. b. Dar-
ling's.
Mrs. Alice Allen returned to her
home in Springfield last week We'd
nesday.
Silas Lathe is boarding at the pres
ent time with Mr.. and Mrs. Duran
Nelson.
Mrs. T. ]. Wallace visited her son,
Elmer Wallace, at Newport last week
Wednesday.
Mrs. Olive (Vance) Barnes of Or
ford, N. H., is visiting relatives and
friends in town.
Iras Drown has finished his work
for F. Button and intends to work in
Orleans for a time.
Elijah Stones sister. Mrs. Thomp-
son, returned to her home in Nebraska
one day last week.
Rev. W. R. Stewart of Montpelier
preached at the congregational
church last Sunday.
Miss Ethel O'Rourke visited her par
ents in Newport last week Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. o. Cass of Hardwick, recently
visited friends in town.
Walter Laheur and family has pur-
chased David Laheurs farm and
moved one day last week.
Frank Pierce was at home the lat
ter part of last week but has re.
turned to his work in Jay.
| Mr.. and Mrs. II. 3. Chafey visited
their daughter, Mrs. w. Stevens at
st. Johnsbury quite recently.
| There was social dance at New
tons opera hall last Friday evening.
Everyone reports good time.
9 Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Loomis have
taken the j. d. Kelley farm in Low
! ell for one year and moved last week.
Mrs. Walter Kelley of Pawtucket,
R. l., has been guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. D. Kelley for the past week.
Frank Button bad an auction last
week Tuesday and sold his household
goods. He intends to spend a time in
Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Darling of Ded-
ham, Mass, have been visiting the
past week with his sister, Mrs. Della
! Honey.
! g. M. George. who has been visiting
his nephew, Chas. Abbott, in Buffalo,
N. Y, who is very i'll, has returned
home Mr.. Abbott is better at this
writing.
James Dunn and family have moved
to Craftsbury Mills where Mr.. Dunn
has engaged in work to Martin john
son for the coming year.
last Monday was taken very sick hav-
ing an abscess in his side and taken
home and was operated on the next day
by DR.. Lunge of Newport and Dr. A
M. Goddard Of this town. He has
been very low but is better at this
, writing.
The following is clipped from one of
the Vermont dailies: Thomas J.
Newton. one of Vermont's interesting
characters, is passing his last years
in the little town of Albany on the
Black river. Born in Burlington in
1885, his parents moved to Massacnu-
. setts when he was a small boy. At
! the age of 20 he served as patrolman
{ on the Boston police force and while
. employed in that capacity was murder
ously assaulted and nearly killed with
=. slung shot in the hands of thug
who mistook him for another police
i man. He served in the Civil War and
= in the battle of Gettysburg received
wounds that in latter years resulted
in the loss of his eyesight. For many
years after the war he worked at the
Il trade of stone mason"
: SOUTH ALBANY.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
n hold a church fair the first week in
December.
t William Harvey Of Irasburg ard Jo-
!. seph Grant of Hardwick were in town
last Sunday.
q Mrs. M. B. Anderson visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Williams,
at Barton recently.
v C. W. Williams and son went to Bos-
: ton Friday night. Mrs. Williams is
}. very i'll in hospital there.
Mrs. A. G. Williams of Bridgewater,
{ Mass, is spending the week in town
> visiting friends and relatives.
Rev. C. M. Brinck spent part of
last week in Lowell attending the
special meetings being held there.
: Lyman Armstrong and daughter,
), Gertrude, who have been spending
" two weeks in Bloomington, returned
home last Sunday.