Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-11-06
NEWPORT

Russell Hight was at home from Nc
Gill college, Montreal, last week.
B. S. Curtis has a contract to raise
and repair church at West Albany.
C. F. Hodgeman of Lowell was a
visitor in town Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray E. Hunt are the
parents of son, Edwin Parker, born
Wednesday, Oct. 80.
Barbara Brown, daughter of C. A.
Brown, has been entertaining German
measles the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hackett are re-
joicing over the advent of a baby girl,
born Sunday, Nov. 3rd.
C. F. Bigelow is in Boston this week
in the interests of the holiday prepare
lions for the Bigelow Pharmacy.
The village school was not in session
Friday, the teachers being engaged in
visiting other schools in this vicinity.
Robert Clarke of Chicago was the
guest last week of his brother, Harry
| G. Clarke, and his sister, Mrs. c. A.
Davis.
Mrs. L. B. Wellman and Children and
Miss Elsie Parker visited in Lowell
several days last week, returning
| Sunday.
Supt. E. A. Hamilton will hold the
annual teachers examinations at the
schoolhouse in Newport on Thursday
and Friday, Nov IA and Is.
Benz. Watkins, who recently suffered
fracture of two toes, is able to be out
and to walk by the aid of cane j.
F. Lambert's injured hand is mending
slowly.
No entries were taken at the Custom
house on Saturday of last week, the
office being closed by official order on
account of the death of Vice President
Sherman.
The annual sale, conducted by the
Ladies' Guild of St. Marks church
will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at
School hall. Useful ssand fancy articles
will be offered. LID ,.ran
Conductor Eben Conner of the C. P.
railway has moved to Sherbrooke, va
eating Miss Richmond's tenement on
Central street, which has been rented
to FL. Kelley.
Rev. G. D. Lance, Rev. L. A. Ed
wards, w. w. True and J. R. Aiken
were speakers at a Progressive rally
held at West Charleston on Wednesday
evening of last week.
Mrs. Nathan Green, who has been i'll
for many months, died at her home in
Batesville. Oct. 22. Burial was in
Lowell, her former home. Mr.. and
Mrs Green moved to Newport about
three years ago.
The first number in the entertain.
ment course of the Asbury Brother,
hood occurs Thursday evening, Nov. Z
Muscanto's Russian orchestra with
Medora Haskell, reader. The course
this year will be at Lanes opera
: house.
The regular monthly meeting Of
Lakeside chapter, No. 27, D. E. S., was
heldfon Monday evening. After the
regular business was transacted, in the
absence of degree work, entertainment
was furnished and light lunch
served.
Prin. E. S. Watson and several O.
the high school boys were in Hanover
N. H., Saturday for the purpose of OBJ
, serving Dartmouth college at clos,
range and they, inadvertently, took il
the Dartmouth Amherst football game
which resulted in shut-out for Am
herst, the score being 60 to O.
''The Fortune Hunter" which ap
peared at Lanes opera hall recently
was pronounced the best show of tn
!. season so far. A great future attrac
bo &c oh
here the very last of this month, tn
10Th, and gives an evenings perform
q ance. All lovers of good music will b
. there. s2,sasrrr<s = ssssssss - -rx, ~
= The Halloween supper served by tn
Ladies' Social union at the Congregs
}, tional church last week was we'll al
e tended, as is usually the case. TIL
# dining room was decorated in true Ha
d loween style, white ghosts and witche
n abounded and black cats grinned frol
j. unexpected places. No one SCENE
q too nervous however to do justice
a the menu.
The special meeting of the Yacl
. club on Tuesday evening of last wee
was so poorly attended that the pr
posed business could notIbe transacte
as nearly everyone was at the Pr
gressive rally at Lanes opera hous
y The address of the speaker, Hon. l
- B. Austin, was interesting, though tt
W general opinion seems to be that
- was no very great aid to the cause. j.
$ The young son of Mr.. and Mrs
F. Paulin of Third street died We
suddenly Friday night Of Bright
disease Mr.. and Mrs. Paulin a
" newly resident here and had no clio
J friends or acquaintance in TOW
e and this was their only child, maxim
D the circumstances more than ordinari
ed sad. The funeral was held Sund
p at ST. Mary's Catholic church and /
or boys escorted the funeral party fro
" the house t. the church. i The funel
II arrangements were in charge of B.