Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-11-03
NEWPORT.

Philip Blanchard is attending school
in Derby.
DR.. q. B. Gould is moving into Mrs.
Kinne's house on Second street.
E. C. Blanchard is on business
trip to the Canadian Northwest.
Mrs. H. B. Smith and Mrs. H. D.
Stannard of Orleans were in town
Friday.
VIM. Hight is making many neces-
sary repairs to his residence on Pros
pect street.
The Vermont State Horticultural So
ciety holds Its annual meeting here
Nov. 16-17-1S.
Cashier H. T. Robbins of the Ma
tional bank has been quite i'll for sew
eral days, but is improving at present.
The new tenement house of A. j.
work on it is being pushed to the
limit.
Mrs. John Bisbee, who recently un-
derwent surgical operation at Nash
VA, N. H., is at home and continues to
improve.
Mrs. H. B. Parker of North Troy
and Miss Ella Blaisdell of Southern
Pines, N. c., visited last week at l..
j. Parker's.
Chas. Stafford. recently in the en-
ploy of Gilman & Company has gone to
Flint, Mich, where he has more lu-
crative position in the same line of
! business.
The pupils in the fifth and sixth
grades held a Halloween party at
School hall on Friday night. There
was marching masking and much jolli.
fication besides the refreshments.
Free delivery of mail began Monday
Nov. l. AS the service is new both tC
carriers and patrons some little pa
thence on the part of both will be nee.
essary but all will straighten out in
due time and no doubt everything will
be satisfactory.
c. M. Flint is putting in curling
of concrete around the basement door
of his block to keep out the water,
which in times past has proved very
troublesome particularly, in the offices
of w. B. Bullock.
Services were held Sunday morning
in the various churches as usual. II
the evening the meeting was unior
one held at the Congregational church
The speaker was Rev. Geo. F. Wells
field worker for the 1nterdenomina
tional County committee.
Harley Sawyer has given up hi.
position as clerk in the post Office AM
entered the employ of the Boston (
Maine freight office as assistant to tn
brokers' clerk, filling the position re
Gently made vacant through the pro
motion of A. R. Grow.
Whether due to new management O
better business conditions. NOR
freight is moving over the railroa
than for some time, crowding the var
facilities to the utmost. Should heav
traffic continue,i it will be difficult to
the work here without better var
facilities.
A reward of S1OO has been offere
for the arrest and conviction of par
les who broke into the cottage of [
B. Ward near the Mountain house
Offences of this kind have been fri
quent in the past and some of the mi!
creants ought to be apprehended an
summarily dealt with.
The deer season is over and gor
and so far as we are able to learl
Newport has lost none of her either
by accidental shooting, and no gre;
~ amount Of ammunition was wasted
least three deer were shot by residen
y through not in town, as nearly ever
III hunter goes away from home to hun
m 1t is reported that a representive
IN the Quaker Oats company recent
=, visited this town, with the purpose
y determining the advisability Of TIL
er company locating grain elevat
Id here. We are of the opinion that til
70 would be good location and we ne
4 = all the healthy business concerns ,
70 can get.
3 The play, Uuion Depot, given F.
I'd day night at Lanes for the benefit
the senior class in Newport hi
school, was a success in every wa
The audience was large and appreci
tive. The play was mirth provoki
IT from start to finish and all particip