Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-08-02
Local News
IRASBURC.

the past week.
W. H. Winget is having his barn
newly shingled.
Mrs. VIM. Bennett is visiting her
daughter in Newport Glen.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Mason Saturday, July 20.
Mr.. and. Mrs. H. H. Pike spent the
past week in Stowe and Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Collins visited
his father, G. T. Collins, over Sunday.
Rev. Z. A. Adams and Rev. G. L.
Wells preached in exchange Sunday.
Misses Nellie Healey and Iva Allen
visited friends in Newport over Sun
day.
Arthur Roright of Bellows Falls is
spending a few days with his family
here.
The band will give an open air con-
cert on the common next Saturday
evening.
George Messier's son Truman was
quite severely injured by an angry
bull one day last week.
E. N. Knapp was called to Brattle-
boro Monday night by the serious ILL
ness of his sister Mary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Macia Of
West Derby spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. Forrest Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Miles of Barton
have been spending the past week on
their farm here doing the haying.
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day and purchased 40 H. P. Over
! land touring car of J. H. Stewart.
Mrs. P. II. Brewster and son Ell
wood of Billerica, Mass. are visiting
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Shep-
ard.
Mrs. M. B. Drew and children of
Franklin, N. H., are visiting her hus
bands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l. s..
Drew.
Mrs. Grace Leyenburger and little
daughter Of New York have come to
spend the month of August with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Tinker.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Fisher and Mrs.
Ralph Quimbv and sister. Mrs. Tama
Blodgett, and son took trip around
Lake Memphremagog one day last
week.
Dr.. E. w. Gaynor and family spent
Tuesday at the home of her father, S.
W. Beauclerk, on their way home to
| Boston from Grand Isle where they
have been spending the past month.
A pleasant evening was spent at
the grange social held at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Tinker Friday
evening. Although the evening was a
rainy one goodly number attended.
Beginning next Sunday the services
at the Congregational church for the
ensuing three months will be held as
follows: Sunday school at 80 p. M. :,
church service at 2:30 p. m. This
change in the hour is made to enable
the pastor to attend Sunday school.
Fred Watson died at the home of
his wife's parents in Albany Monday,
July "a, at the age of as years, after
long and painful illness with tubercu-
losis. The funeral services were
held in the M. E. church Wednesday
at o'clock, Rev. l.. G. Wells officiat-
ing. The M. w. of A. of which he
was member, attended in body and
conducted services at the grave. Mr..
Watson had lived in this town for sew
eral years and was an honest hard
working man and a kind husband and
| father. He leaves to mourn his loss
a wife and five children. who have
the sympathy of the community.
WELLS REUNION.
A reunion of people bearing the
name of Wells and some of their rela-
tives of other names was held on
Thursday. July 9th, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Wells. About hf-
ty people gathered from far and near
to enjoy the event. and even a care
less observer would have seen that
they succeeded in finding enjoyment.
Some of these relatives had been, sep
arated for years and some had never
met; so it busy day for visiting.
Dinner was served on the picnic plan
except to a few of the older ones and
the host and his family, who had a
table in the house. The sandwiches
were served on a pewter plate which
is supposed to be over three hundred
years old. Four people seated at this
table, Mrs. Anna B. Wells, Mrs. Mar
ian Muxley and Mr.. and Mrs. David
Sylvester found that the sum of their
ages was three hundred and twenty
eight years. Mrs. Wells is ninety
one years of age and is we'll pre-
served in mind and body for one sc
old. She has thirty three great
grandchildren. The day was spent by
the young folks in out-of-door games
while their elders talked over ole
times. Among the guests from out
of town were Mrs. Julia A. Robbins
of Grasmere, N. H., Mrs. Oscar
Loveland of Bloomington, Harley
Clough and Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Baire
of Orleans. John Lower of Browning
ton and Miss Mabel Teller of Barton.
The day will long be remembered by
our tribesmen.