Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-15

Rev. C. H. Merrill, the widely
known Congregational missionary cler-
gyman, of st. Johnsbury, has under
gone a severe operation at Garfield
hospital in Washington snd is recov-
ering. Mr.. Merrill has been visiting
a son and daughter in Washing ton,
the former an electrician in George
Washington University, the other a
teacher in the city schools.
Begins Survey at Windsor
H. G. Estey, who has charge of the
Grand Trunk Railroad extension from
Palmer, Mass, to Providence, r. l.,
has gone to Windsor and with a force
of IL men will begin the preliminary
survey for the Central Vermont road
on the new line from here to Brattle-
boro. The line runs through Windsor.
Weathersfeld, Springfield and Rock
ingham to Bellows Falls and from
there to Brattleboro on the west side
of the Connecticut river.
Organize Chain of Stores.
w. F. Nelson who has conducted
five and ten cent store in Rutland for
years is one of the principal stock
holders in a concern just organized
with a capital Of S10O, 900 to be known
as the F. E. Nelson company and
whose purpose is to conduct a cnain Of
stores in New Hampshire and Yer
mont. Mr.. Nelson who is a brother
of F. E. Nelson will close the kut-
land store and become manager of
the Concord, N. H., store.
Lost on Lake.
L =,
trice and Miss Bucksey, a High
Champlain the other night in a bliz-
the horses and remain where they
were until daylight. Mr. Houghton
went to Alburg to meet his daughter
and her friend and took the ice at Isle
La Motto. A brisk south wind blowing
up about foot of snow made it i'm.
possible to see land and it was sever
in the morning when they reached
shore.
$4,000 for Middlebury.
Andrew Carnegie has sent Presiden
Thomas of Middlebury college a sub
scription of $4,000 towards the 5000,
900 building and endowment funt
which the college is endeavoring tt
secure. The fund was started by
subscription of the general educatio
board of $4,000 conditional upon tn
/, raising of an additional $3.50. 00C
, Subscriptions to date, including $50,
, 900 for gymnasium which will b
, erected next summer and Mr.. Carne
Q gie's subscription, amount to $3.50, 0O(
| leaving SAL 900 to be secured befor
/ the end of the year.
Was Mourned for Dead.
$ Perhaps no stranger tale of war ar
O romance, the vagaries of fate ar
d the extended travels of the god {
: love has been told than that of Hem
II Warboy, farmer of South Williams
!. town, Mass, a native Of Yves
b Charleston this state, who went to W.
t at the age of 20 in the 9th Vt. reg
Al ment in which he had broth
e Charles. another brother, Aaron. Ell
If listing from Maine. He was captur,
,r and exchanged, was struck over I'll
" head with sword in an encount
m with scouting party of Confede
.. ates. took to a swamp and was repor
IS ed "dead or missing" He got in
# line again at Richmond and WI
wounded, but captured a flag, a Co
s federate sabre and piece of she
e. but the strangest part of the tale
" that he left a sweetheart in Charlie
I'd ton who grieved over his death, b.
l. who married before the war close
RI Later Mr.. Warboy married and we
ID to Pownal to live, the same town
h which his first sweetheart had GO
ri and where her husband died. Lat
l. Mr.. Warboy's wife died and within
IS year he was married to his old swee
Ii heart