Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-12-21
ORLEANS.

Mrs. Harry Lee was taken serious
ly i'll last Friday, but is somewhat i'm
proved. Mrs. Lee is suffering with
heart trouble.
II. D. Stannard spent Monday ia
Lyndonville on business. Today his
business takes him to Craftsbury and
tomorrow to Burlington.
C. S. Skinner left for Skinner, Me-,
Saturday where he and Mrs. Skinner
will spend the Christmas holiC avs
with their sons and families.
Miss Lena Wiley will leave Satur-
day for Concord, N. H., where she is
to be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. III.
Fletcher the ensuing week.
W. E. Barrows and family left yes
terday afternoon for South Lancaster,
Mass, where he has purchased small
place and which will be his future
home.
Miss Lillian Palmer will leave Friday
for Wilder, where she will spend the
holidays with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hall viii accompany her as
guests.
Henry Whiting has charge of the
skating rink this year. The ice is in
pretty good shape and the rink was
opened last Tuesday night with good
attendance.
! Mrs. Sophia Austin and daughter
Grace, who have been spending the
past three months in the vicinity Of
Boston visiting friends, returned to
their home last Friday.
The M. E. Sunday school will have
their Christmas exercises on Saturday
evening. Christmas song service in
the church on Sunday evening.
Everybody co rdially invited.
The Public Service Commission has
granted its permission to the New
England Telephone company for the
purchase of the Peoples company as
told elsewhere in this issue.
Ed. LaFlamme's baby has been
seriously i'll for some time, and at one
time its life was despaired Of The
child is somewhat better and hopes
for recovery are now entertained.
The Christmas exercises of the Con-
gregational Sunday school will be
held in the church Saturday evening
The exercises will begin promptly
at 7 AS aud everybody is most cor
daily invited.
The schools under the direction of
Prof. Fletcher and assisted by the En-
deavor societies packed a Christmas
box and forwarded it to the Kurn
> hattin Home for homeless boys yes
terday.
A Christmas service Of song will be
rendered in the Congregational church
next Sunday morning by the full cho-
rus and orchestra. There will also be
, short sermon by the pastor A cor
I dial invitation is extended to all.
2 Misses Lillian Doe, Marian Ordway,
Vera Churchill, and Earl Twombly,
Alton Doe. Harold Bassett, Henry
Stafford and Harry Bassett arrived
:. home for the Christmas holidays.
Many others are expected this week.
n The E. L. Chandler Company mills
Il viii be closed next Monday. thereby
. giving the men a holiday. TIE COM
q pany will give turkeys to the married
v men, and boys who support their
i mothers, and who have worked fer the
company for so days
d Mrs. L. e. Spaford expects to spend
. next week in New Haven, where she
. will leave her daughter Doris for
treatment with DR.. Bartlett. She
n Will also go to New Rochelle and on
t. her return trip wiIl visit Mrs. Mar
st shall Clement at Springfield. Mass.
All the stores have put on their
e holiday attire and present a fine ap-
Dearance. The show windows are
u beautifully and tastefuiiy decorated
" and invite the passerby to closer in
spection. Call to see your own mer-
lie chants before going elsewhere is 8
" pretty good principle.
lg The Orleans Bakery has established
a fine new oven of the latest improved
r pattern of the Ordway Steel Truss
y Tile oven. It is q splendid piece OF
~ work and will insure the uniformity
w that is so much desired in baking prod
~ ducts. The company is now prepared
to meet the demands Of the public il
every way.
ed The post-office is doing a rusnin,
he business these days. Monday night i
Vd was 20 minutes after closing tim be
on fore all the business of the day wa
accomplished. On Monday the officr
,ol issued SO money orders, 10 more thar
he it ever issued before in one day. Sat
he urday it paid 233 money orders. It i
hv an indica tfon of the, great value o
Iii business that is done in Orleans.
Mrs. F. Hawse and Mrs. J. F
ne PRESTON, WHO nave Oeen visiting Che1
he sister, Mrs. C. S. Glib, expect to re
be main until after the holidays. Prof
KIT 0. E. Glib of Antrim. N. H., arrive
'e- last evening and expects to spend tn
Christmas holidays with his parents
- Prof. Glib has been very we'll like
T wherever he has thus far taught an
Irt is doing excellent work in his presen
49, position.
no The Knights of Pythias held thei
OF regular bi-monthly meeting last eve
ming in Castle hail. One of the impor
tant features of the evening was tn
election of officers the result of which
was as follows: G. c., F. E. Hunt
V. C.,G. I. Moulton Prel., G. C. Por
es ter; M. A, F. W. Hardy; M. of F.
OF A. R. Bennett; M. of E., C. V. Wi
ley keeper of record and seal, B. G
BE- Smith r,oaStar Of ynnr Z 2 A Get.