Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-07-19
NEWPORT

Miss Sally Emery has been at home
for short vacation.
M. T. Sadlier of Island Pond was
caller in town last week.
Mrs. L. B. Wellman and children
are spending the week in Lowell.
Ira Parker, who has been on visit
to relatives in Lowell, returned home
Thursday.
H. P Hood and sons begin this week
to run milk car from Sherbrooke.
P. G., to Newport.
DR.. L. H. McIver is attending the
convention of the state optical socie-
ty at Burlington this week.
Mrs. H. H. Searles of Bellows Falls
is visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Sheldon Of Prospect street.
W. E. Adams of Seattle. WASH is
! in town and will occupy his cottage at
Farrant's Woods for the summer.
P. J. Farrell and family of Wash
ington, ID. c., are at the Brady resi-
dence for their summer vacation.
Mrs. o. M. Carpenter of Derby
Line was the guest of Miss Helen
Clark Friday and Saturday of last
week.
Mr.. Ashworth and family of Fall
River, Mass, are in camp at the
Bluffs for a month, occupying the
cottage of H. S. Root.
Mrs. G. D. Gilchrist is at her old
home in Eden called there by the
very serious illness of her mother,
Mrs. Sarah M. Sanborn.
T. H. Baldwin, who has been visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Geo. z. Root,
for several days, returned to his home
in Allston, Mass, Saturday.
Miss Grace White of Newton, Mass,
formerly teacher in the kindergarten
of the village school, has been visit
ing her friends the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George C. Sterling
of New York City are spending the
summer in town, guests at the home
of MIR. and Mrs. c. A. Ramsdell.
Mildred and Rouclere's "Princess
Iris appears at Lanes Thursday
evening. The show is said to be
worthy of attendance even in hot
weather.
The attendance at the M. Y. club
dance Friday night was the largest OF
the season, SO far, about 35 couples
being present. besides large number
of lookers-on.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney F. Davis are
in camp at Farrant's. They are enter
tanning Miss Pearl and Theron Mead.
er, who are up from Boston for a va.
cation of several weeks.
J. H. Bartlett. recently transferred
from the u. S. Customs service here
to the immigration service, has ten
dered his resignation from govern
ment employ on account of i'll health
The rains of Saturday and Sunday
contributed somewhat to the scanty
supply of moisture in this vicinity.
Water in the lake is not as low as
might be expected after so long a
drouth.
Rev. C. D. Lance and family left
for Corinth, N. Y, the former home
of Mrs. Lance. for their annual vaca-
ton, their departure being deferred
one day that MIR. Lance might officiate
at the funeral of the late Charles
Brooks.
The dormitory in the Federal Build
ing was vacated by the mail clerks
July Is in compliance with a sweep
ing all similar dormitories. The boys
have secured rooms on Central street
= at the home of Mrs. Lillis Ward.
Through an accident to the Steam
RI err, Oscar C, in which her shaft was
II broken, she was unable to tow he,
| string Of barges and the Steamer An
H themis was chartered for the purpose,
| coming into port Sunday with a tow
cf Ct bon Of
| | Miller.
II A very lifelike impersonation Of
| "Uncle Sam" appeared in the win
dow of the Newport Grocery company
last week in the advertising Interest
of certain brand of tobacco. This
novelty in advertising attracted con
siderable attention and no doubt in
II creased the sales.
II Interest in the Black Arrow Cano,
club is being revived and arrange
II ments have been made for regula
U meetings of the club each week.
II This club was organized three year
ago under the guidance and direction
II of P. R. West and had membership
II of twenty or more.
II B. F. Moore and Company recent,
II secured an order for five hundred
II dozen pairs of their overalls for tn
II workmen on the Panama cana
II While most of the advertising of thi
II enterprising concern is done throug
i the excellence of it's product, the fac
Il tory-is running ali the time to a goo
~ business.
II J. J. Donovan has taken the run o
the Boston Montreal express, unit
| recently held by H. w. Cook. MI
II Cook, who had erected a cottage a
Farrant's and had located his famil
there for the summer, has taken ar
other run, by reason of which chang
he is unable to be there but very Iii
tie of the time.
III The regular meeting of the Civi
- association was held at the Goodric
- Library on Tuesday evening of Las