Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-10-26

the past ten days at A. H. Stoddard' S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Percival and son
of Barton, have been visiting at G.
II. Coburn's during the past week.
Judge and Mrs. ]. F. Ruggles took
an automobile trip to ST. Johnsbury,
Montpelier and other points last
week.
Mrs. Charles Hanson of Littleton
was in town last week visiting Mrs.
Mary Bailey and calling on other
friends.
Several from this village attended
the Baptist quarterly meeting held
in Sutton, Wednesday and Thursday
of last week.
PIynn Bolton left last week for
New York where he enters the New
York Homeopathy Medical school and
Flower hospital.
Carl Hamilton, who has been living
at A. H. Stoddard's for the past three
years, has gone to Concord to reside
with his sister.
Mrs. Mary Batchelder Shorey of
Barton, who recently suffered shock,
is able to he here visiting at Court
nSy bdCCnoiQoF' s.
Mrs. Clara Burke, who las been
spending the summer with her daugh-
ter in Rhode Island, returned home on
Monday of this week.
Rev. Mr.. Williams attended the st.
Johnsbury District Preachers meet
ing held at Sheffield on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathewson of Wheel
Ock were recent guests at W. g. Ain
gers. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Burns of
Lyndonville were guests there Sun
day.
w. E. Hall was found dead in bed
Monday forenoon. He was at West
Burke Sunday and at the Geo. Fair
banks farm, which he recently pur-
chased His death was a great
! shock to his friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Marshall and
son Frank recently visited in Thet-
ford and White River Junction also
going to Lake Morey to see friends
and visit points of interest. making
a five days trip from home in their E.
M. F. auto.
The district meeting Of the w. R. C.
is at Lyndonville to-day Wednesday,.
! Quite a delegation from here attend
cd and did some of the work. The In
! spector, Mrs. Kate D. Lee of Wells
! River will inspect this corps Thurs
/ day of this week, and all members are
requested to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Bugbee and
son ard Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Coe
( - II
! Clarence Bugbpe OF Newport, in his
automobile. They went to see S. 7.
/ Bugbee, who is an inmate of the asy-
lum there, and found him quite com
Portable, and fully as well as when
they last saw him.
G. S. Nuzzev of Newton, Mass,
was in town last week calling on
! friends. He was the first to drive a
called, some years ago through here.
He showed it in tent at the Barton
and ST. Johnsbury fairs, it then being
quite a drawing card and receiving
500 for the exhibition at each place.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Colby returned
from Derby Line TUESDAY, of last
week bringing with them, Miss King,
and Mrs. and Miss Bryant of that
place. The two older ladies returned
home at once, having only come for
the auto ride, but Miss Bryant re-
NAMED for the remainder Of the
week. with her cousin, Mrs. R. H.
Burke.
News reached here on Saturday of
the sudden death Of Charles Phil
i brook, the lumberman, who is quite
well known in this locality. He was
dreadfully crushed by heavy log roll
ing over him on Friday, living only a
few hours. The funeral took place
Monday forenoon at his late home in
North Newport, N. H., and the burial
was here at West Burke. He leaves
wife, and one daughter, besides a
mother, and many other relatives
The stricken family have the deepest
sympathy of this community in their
great trouble.
ALBERT CHESLEY
! His armor was his honest thought
And simple truth his utmost skill.
Now and then the passing of man
attracts more than the usual amount
of attention. When this occurs, there
mas been something in the personality
or life work of the deceased out of the
ordinary. Such is the case in the re-
cent death of the venerable and much
respected Albert Chesley Of East Burke
His was life of simple living, high
character and great worth. Born at
Barnstead, N. H, in 1928, educated
in the common schools of his early dav,
he developed manhood we'll worth the
time and left at the end of nearly nine
ty years an example we'll worth fol-
lowing. In 1847 he was united in mar
riage to Lydia J. Ayers Of Gilman
ton. n. H., and two years later set
than a quarter of a century he was
the honored postmaster. -Four chill
dren came to bless their happy union,
three Of whom survive him, Miss Ella
y ChesleN Of Ainnaannlis Mrs d