Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-01-20

VIM. Hawley of the Boston & Maine
freight office is confined to his homo
with an attack of rheumatic fever.
He is said to be rather on the gain,
but will undoubtedly be laid up long
time.
The overall factory of B. F. Moore
Son is again running. though bust
ness is not very brisk. The Frost
Veneer Seating Co. is still running on
short time but business is picking up
to some extent. The mills of Prouty
& Miller are on full time as usual.
Mrs. F. M. Sherman was very pleas
antly surprised on Saturday when
about 80 of her friends appeared at her
home and spent <the time from 5
O'Clock till. Up. m. The party was ten
dered in honor of Mrs. Sherman's
birthday and several pieces of fine cut
glass were left as souvenirs OF the
occasion.
Plans are in preparation by Baxter
Post, G. a. R.. for the proper obser-
walton of the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln,
which occurs on February IL. This
date has been made q state holiday
by the legislature from this year. II
possible the program when completed
will appear in these columns.
Both Swift & Co. and the Newport
Ice Co. are busy filling their ice
houses. The ice, while not of as gooe
quality as in some previous years
is about 18 inches in thickness. Swift
& Co. have storage for about 6O0(
tons and usually cut about 200 tons
which is piled outside for use during
the cold weather, the icing of bee
cars being necessary even In freezing
weather.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Franz
; Griffin on the lake road was the plac
I appointed for q social by the Ladies
Aid society of the Methodist churcl
and accordingly on Tuesday evening
Jan. ~. members Of the society wit
their friends met at appointed place
and embarked in teams for stray
: ride. The evening was exceedingly
: cold and stormy but the party was
large that extra teams had to be pre-
vided and together with neighbors o
. Mr.. and Mrs. Griffin totaled about lie
The evening was very pleasantly spent
Refreshments were served and liter
n ary program furnished, the main feat
d ure of which was reading by Mrs
Lance from the book Capt January.
The party returned to Newport at
2 seasonable hour much pleased wit
. Lake road hospitality
While the current week seems to
= especially full of various meeting
r. and entertainments it is to be hope
4 that many, particularly those most il
rerested in the schools, will endeavo
to attend the Teachers Institute an
l. New Vermont meeting to be held a
q day Friday and in the evening. TT
i exercises are to begin at 10 O'Clock
m. at New School hall and continr
# through the day. Exercises in aritl
10 | metic, language ana geography, :
=. well as nature studies and prlmal
work, will be IN order, several teac
ers from our own school takir
ay part. Miss Mary l.. Tracy of Johnst
I'd normal school. Miss Della F. Grifh
as director of the st. Johnsbury museum
C. F. Palmer, superintendent
N. schools at st. Johnsbury, and Mas
r. S. Stone, state superintendent of ed
re- cation, will be present and take il
at portant parts in the institute. In t
evening the 'New Vermont" meets
is to be held. Supt. Stone. Edit
BE- Frank L. Greene Of the st. Alba
he Messenger and Editor w. G. Belkp
en- of Bellows Fails will be the speake
les There are also literary features q
a short musical program. A spec
a invitation is extended to all to after
i'll.