Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-04-20
NEWPORT.

Boston Saturday night.
Postmaster Blanchard recently spent
several days in Boston and vicinity.
Mrs. Florence Perkins of Lebanon N.
H., visited last week at H. T. Robbins. ,
C. A. Brown has sold his cottage at
the Bluff to Mrs. Dickson of Richmond,
Que.
Miss Mary Daley, who has been seri-
ously i'll with rheumatic fever, is slow
ly gaining.
Miss Lettie Foster expects to teach
in the school.at Westfeld village the
coming term.
See Henry D. Elliott's big auction ad-
vertisement on page six of this paper.
Fifty good young cows.
Mrs. A. R. Wells intends soon to
move to Richford where she will make
her home in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos P. Skinner of
Orleans visited relatives and friends in
own several days last week.
Mrs. c.. S. Robinson of Prospect
street is having her residence shingled.
H. o. Smith has the contract.
Col. C.S. Emery was one of the speak
ers at the Morrill, memorial exercises
at Montpelier last week Thursday.
Mrs. D. J. McDermott and children
are visiting in Arlington, Mass, where
Mrs. McDermott's father is very i'll.
Mrs. Edes is visiting at the home of
Judge and Mrs. Alfred and will soon
open her cottage at the Bluffs, for the
summer.
DR.. Geo. B. Hyde, who was in town
some weeks ago in the interests of
mining properties in Mexico, was here
again Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin, who have
! been visiting their daughter, Mrs. g..
| F. Root, have returned to their home
in Allston, Mass.
Work has been begun on the lot at the
corner of Main and School streets on
which C. F. Bigelow expects to erect a
residence this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. M. Parker and
mans the first of the week. Mrs. Par
ker and daughter will remain few
days.
Gov. G. H. Prouty was in Montpelier
Thursday in charge of the ceremonies
attendant upon the observance of the
Tooth anniversary of the birth of the
late Senator Justin s. Morrill,.
Large quantities of coal are being re.
ceived by local merchants and many
are availing themselves of spring prices
to lay in their next winters stock
Of fuel.
A high board fence has been placed
about Che lot at corner Of Main anC
School streets, to remain during the
excavation ana curbing of the cellar OF
Mr.. Bigelow's few house.
Lynn M. Hayes, state supervisor of
the census, held nesting here Tues.
day, April II for the instruction of the
census enumerators in This county.
The meeting was held in the, Federal
Building.
State Road Commissioner C. w. Gates
of Franklin met the commissioners 81
the county here last Wednesday.
There was a good attendance. That
these meetings are productive of much
good there can be no doubt.
Willis D. Drew, for several months
past in the employ of Lane & Dwinel
closed his labors with that concern Sat
urday and has returned to his home in
Montpelier where he has employment
as clerk in the store of the Capito
Hardware Company.
C. A. Wheeler has moved to Enfield
N. H. The residence of Mr.. Wheeler
on School street which was recently pur
chased by L. H. McIver, is being re
paired quite extensively and the barr
has been moved back, as it occupied
land sold to DIR. Badger.
A warning is posted for a specia
meeting of the village forTuesday even
ing, April k26, to elect Water Com
mission to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of E. B. True and to see
if the village will vote to bond it.
treasurer and collector of water rents
A curbing and sidewalk has beer
lad on Prospect street around the
frontage of st. Mary's Catholic church
which greatly adds to the pleasure of {
walk on that slightly place as we'll as
being a great convenience to the reg
ular attendants of the church.
AS the early express train pulled int
the station Thursday morning the bag
gage car jumped from the rails at the
switch just north of the station anc
the car wheels cut through the ties Of
the platform. No one was injured
This is the second time within a yeal
that car has been derailed at this
point.
E. B. True has resigned his position
as superintendent of the water system
of this village and in the future the
outside work will be looked after By
G. l.. Drown while Trustee D. R. Stet
son will collect the rents. Mr.. True
has been an efficient officer during his
term of service and many will regre-
his resignation.
Invitations are out for the weddine
of Miss Helen B. Davidson and Bart
lett Walton, which occurs April Both, a
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