Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-09-14
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
L. B. WEILMAN Local Editor
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Edit,

Mr.. and Mrs. S. C, Kimball of Han
ford, Cal, are in camp at Eagle Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kimball were formerly
residents of Orleans.
E. w. Langmaid went the first of
the week to Concord, N. H., where he
has purchased a small farm and will
make his future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Dwinell returned
the first of this week from their out
ing at the Scott's Fish and Game club
at Trois Pistole, P. @.
Miss Kate Williams goes to Toronto.
Ont, to spend year with her sister.
Mrs. FullingtOn and while there will
take a business course in college.
Joseph Hall and Mrs. VIM. Hall
and two children of Wingham, Ont,
are visiting Mr.. Halls daughter, Mrs.
E. L. Richard, on Highland avenue.
At the adjourned meeting of the
Congregational church society last Fri
day evening, the resignation of the
pastor, Rev. DR.. R. C. Flagg, was
accepted.
Mrs. Augusta Hit and Miss Irene
Hit, who have been in camp at Miles
cottage for several weeks, left by
automobile Wednesday for their nome
Delhi, N. Y.
William NJ. Batchelder has gone to
Assinippi, Mass, where he expects to
make his home in the future. Mr..
Batchelder expects to engage in the
real estate business.
Captain C. A. Davis, first lieutenant
K. L. Corey and six privates of Co.
L., are taking part in the regimental
rifle competition for the 1st infantry at
Northfield, September II to Is inclu-
sive.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. W. Lawson and Mr..
and Mrs. B. o. Spalding are taking an
automobile trip through Franklin
county and will visit Miss Blanche
Spalding at Pittsford before they re-
turn.
Mrs. Margaret Clark has closed her
boarding house for the month of
September, and will visit friends and
relatives in MASSACHUSETTS and New
York. She intends also to visit Mont
real and Quebec before returning.
Martin F. Ansel, governor of South
Carolina, was the guest of Gov. and
Mrs. G.. H. Prouty recently. Gov.
Ansel came north to attend the Deep
| Waterways convention at Providence.
r. L, which Gov. Prouty also attend
ed.
Miss Loretta Cummings, teacher
of drawing in Newport graded school
and at Barton last year, has gone to
Chicago where SKI has similar posi-
ton in the same capacity. Miss Cum
mings will also study under compe-
| tent teachers while there.
There was a large attendance from
! Newport at Barton fair Thursday,
though about 100 who were intending
to go in the afternoon. missed the
train. The wet weather of the other
fair days, precluded anyone's attend
ing with any degree of enjoyment.
DR.. and Mrs. McKleay, who some
months ago went to the Canadian
northwest, have returned and are stop
ping at the Newport House for the
present. The doctor will open an
office here as soon as he is able to find
suitable quarters and hopes to be able
to rebuild his practice. The doctor S
friends hope for his success.
Memphremagog lodge, No. 65, F.
and A. NJ, and Cleveland Chapter,
No. 20, r. A. NJ, have resumed their
regular meetings after the summer
suspension. The lodge rooms in the
Lane and Dwineli block are not yet
ready for occupancy, but the work is
being pushed as fast as possible and
will probably be completed within
two weeks.
A large excursion from Magog and
intermediate Canadian points along
the lake was brought in Monday by
the steamer Lady of the Lake on her
last trip of the season. For time
our streets were thronged with stran-
gers, who while trying to see all the
sights, found time to patronize local
merchants, mostly however in the
line of eatables.
: Through the breaking of side roc
on the engine, the Boston, ontrea
express of Wednesday morning was
delayed near Coventry for about forty
E five minutes. The train left Boston
. in three sections, some thirty-fou
cars in all. and the accident occurred
to the second section. Fortunately
: no one was Injured though the trail
: was running very fast when the acct
dent happened.
The steamer LADY of the Lake, ,
I made her last regular trip of the sea.
S son Saturday. She went to Magos
, Sunday, however, and brought in al
excursion from that place Monday
The steamer Authemis, will however
continue to run for some time, thu
giving excursionists a chance to view
y the lake shore scenery during the au
tumn. which is really the most beau
- tiful in the year.
Owing to the wet weather, and
general apathy on the part of the vot
ers there was small attendance cleo
tion day, less than one fourth of tn
voting strength of the town being a
the polls. Should the number of del
egates in county convention two year
hence be based on this vote, Newport
will really have little to say. and ca
hardly do her share in shaping politi
cal events. A contest for town rer