Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-03
Newport News Page.
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
l. B.. WELLMAN, LOCAL.
NEWPORT
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor

North Troy Sunday.
Miss Alice LaClair of Lowell is
teaching in the Lane district.
Geo. I. Whitney of Bellows Falls
was in town last week on business.
Henry Schoolcraft was at home Sun
day from his work in Springfield,
Mass.
E. B. True has been suffering from
lameness and hard cold for the past
few days.
Mrs. G.. H. Newland has returned
from Boston, after an absence of sew
eral weeks.
w. M. Batchelder has been very i'll
for several days with heart trouble,
but was improving at last report.
New steel ceilings are being placed
in the Orleans Trust Company offic-
es and the store of A. G. Goodwin.
Milo Hines, F. 3. Lambert and
A. P. Sweet of Lowell were business
visitors in town last week Thursday.
F.. w. Thompson continues to i'm
prove in health, though it will be a
long time before he is able to go to
work again.
E. C. Bean and Miss Winifred E.
Hallam of Capeton were married at
the Methodist parsonage April 26 by
Rev. C. D. Lance.
The village school resumed its
sessions Monday, the work of putting
up the fire escapes which prolonged
the vacation, having been completed.
Attorneys H. A. Black and Colby
Stoddard have formed law partner
ship with offices at Orleans. Mr..
Black will continue his practice here
as in the past.
The property in the west end.
known as the Hall house has been
sold by H. d. Hall and Stephen Keith
| to Mrs. Sawyer Carter, the reported
price being 5000.
Rev. Mr.. Warringer of Montreal
gave two very interesting sermons at
the Congregational church on Sunday:
He is expected to occupy this pulpit
next Sunday also.
The State Library commission is to
hold a meeting here on May II. This
meeting is one of four to be held in
the state this year in the interests of
Library management.
There is to be sale at auction of
the personal property of the late
Mrs. Emily T. Whitney, at the Whit
I ney storehouse. on Thursday of this
week. at o'clock o. m.
Wayne Davis. until quite recently,
a clerk in the Offices of the Boston
and Maine railroad here, has gone to
Boston where he has position as
shipper in large bakery.
Mrs. Samantha Bowley, widow OF
the late Alvin Bowley, died at the
home of P. A. Green Thursday. She
was 76 years of age and had long
been a resident of this village.
Mrs. F. M. Sherman is very ill. the
result of an attack of asthma, which
following the severe sickness with
pneumonia, experienced last winter
leaves her in very weak condition.
A. A. Griggs will officiate as chauf-
feur for O. c. Miller this season and
has taken a room at the Young Men's
Improvement club. The club has still
two or three good rooms which are
rentable.
Glen Cross, died of tuberculosis,
April 81 at Nashua, N. II. He was
the son of the late Arnold Cross, for
many years gateman at the Boston
and Maine station, and was an indus
trious young man.
The ice is all out of South Bay, but
remains quite firm down the lake.
Indications are that it will be some
time yet before navigation opens.
So far, the damage from ice, has
been less than usual.
Ex-Gov. G. H. Prouty went to Bos.
ton Friday with the expectation OF
returning via automobile. If the
present dry weather continues the
roads ought soon to be in condition
for extensive touring.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Field have re-
turned, having spent the last three
months in the middle west. Mr.
Field has entirely recovered his
health and expects soon to take ur
his work as railway mail clerk on tn,
White River Junction-Springfeld run
C. A. Ramsdell is completing tn
recent changes in his residence, tn
plasterers having been at work tn
past few days. A house at Nortl
Troy, belonging to Mr.. Ramsdell, wa
| badly damaged by fire last week.
Mrs. J. E. Foster is in Harvich
Mass, called thither by the death o
| her father, Capt. D. F. Weeks, whic
occurred April II. Mrs. Foster wa
in Harwich several weeks recently
but on account of improvement in tn
4 health of her father, had returne
Il home.
The Memphremagog Yacht club wi
open it's clubhouse for the season Sat
4 urday Of this week. The services Q
i P. R. West have been secured a
4 steward. Mr.. West, who formerl
served the club in this capacity
/ comes from Vancouver, B. c., for thi
Il purpose.
i The rooms on the second floor o
/ the Exchange block are soon to b
= occupied by the Passumpsic. Telephon
/ company as Offices and the local e1
/ change 1t is rumored that all tn