Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-03-29
NEWPORT

w. w. True was in Boston several
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Brown were in
Boston last week.
E. E. Wells of Lyndonville was a
business visitor in town Saturday.
Ex-Gov. Prouty has been confined
to his home by illness for several days.
Engineer Fred Nelson has been off
duty for several days by reason of
having dropped stitch" in his
back.
Engineer Frank Thompson is still
critically ill in Sherbrooke from
effects of his recent attack of pneu-
mOnia.
R. w. Simonds of st. Johnsbury
was in town Friday and attended the
Plumley talk at the Young Mems I'm
provement club in the evening.
Rev. L. A. Edwards, for the past
five years successful pastor in
Cleveland, Ohio, is expected to preach
in the Congregational church on Sun
day, April 2.
Simeon Flint, an aged man, resi-
dent here until short time ago, died
Saturday at the home of his son in
Richford. The funeral was held at
the Methodist church Monday.
C. A. Ramsdell is making extensive
repairs on his residence et the head
of Third street. Several rooms will
window facing north has been built.
Miss Dorothy Richard, lately re-
turned from missionary work in Chilli
was rendered a reception by her
friends at the Methodist church
Thursday evening following the reg
ular prayer meeting.
The Newport High school basket
ball team seem to properly be entitled
to the championship of the state,
their total score for the season being
$50, while the sum of the opponents
is only 297. They lost but one
game, that to Peoples Academy at
Morrisville.
The Entertainment committee of
the Young Mems Improvement club
are perfecting plans for a reception
for the lady friends of its members to
be held on Wednesday evening. April
5. Regular notices will be sent out
as soon as all arrangements are COM
pleted.
Rev. F. w. Lewis, district superin-
tendent, preached at the Methodist
church last Sabbath morning. In the
evening the pastor, Rev. c. D. Lance,
preached the third sermon in his SER
les on "Great Characters about the
Cross" his subject being, IA Name
less Thief
of the Raymond water system are
experiencing much inconvenience
through a shortage of water, some
emit upon their more fortunate neigh
bors. The difficulty results from
leakage in the pipes rather than a
shortage in supply.
The Ladies' social union, at their
meeting in the Congrega church
parlor Thursday afternoon, dis
cussed the new parsonage project.
This is subject in which the men,
bers of the union are especially inter-
ested as they expect to bear a large
portion of the expense incidental to
the purchase of new parsonage.
Miss Kathleen Mcclure, employed
in the Peoples steam laundry was
badly injured Wednesday morning of
last week, when her hand and arm
were drawn into mangling machine
and badly crushed and burned. She
was sent to st. Johnsbury to the hos
pital where it was found necessary
to amputate her arm. Miss Mcclure
came here from Sherbrooke, P. O.,
| where her family reside.
Mrs. D. M. Camp, who has been i'll
with rheumatism for several weeks,
underwent surgical operation for the
removal of cancer at her home We'd
nesday of last week. The operation
was performed by DR.. Armstrong and
stat Of the Montreal General hospital
assisted by DR.. E. E. Whitaker
Mrs. Camp. who is being cared for by
trained nurse from the hospital, is
comfortable and the operation ap-
pears to be highly successful in every
respect.