Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-03
WEST CHARLESTON

friends wish he might.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Nye of Barton
visited here over Sunday.
Mrs. Nathan Allen and Miss Ella
Alton are both gaining slowly.
II. H. Tracy and. John Coffey are
repairing George w. Browns barn.
Ed. Eastman has returned with
nice lot of horses and several mules.
A. II. Kidder and Junior Nc
Namara have been ill the past week.
Mr.. Labounty has finished work for
J. B. Gray and moved back to Salem
Derby.
A number from here attended the
camp meeting at Beebe during the
past week.
Henry Calkins has been entertain
ing his niece. Mrs. Louise Stoddard of
West Burke.
Mrs. Harper Pickel and little
daughter of Farnham, P. O., are Wis
iting in town.
Harry Dane has had a veranda add.
edssto his house, Alden Mudgett being
the carpenter.
Mrs. George Calkins had as guests
Saturday Mrs. Scion Gray and chill
dren of Morgan.
Ollie Magoon and sister of Jay Wis.
tied their cousin. Luke Faufaw. and
family last week.
Mrs. Nellie Allen and children of
West Stewartstown, N. H., are here
visiting her mother, MRS. Bracket.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calkins and two chill
dren of Newport visited their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodes. last Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lenney of
Georgeville, P. O., visited her broth
err, Osmond Brown, ard family last
week.
The Children's Day exercises at the
were well attended and pronounced
very good.
Charles Hildreth was taken sudden
ly worse and did not go to Salem,
Mass, with his daughter, Mrs. vii.
ley, as planned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Rexford and
little son and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Baldwin of Derby spent Sunday at
George Calkins'.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Foster of Man
ing his mother, Mrs. Mary Foster,
and other relatives.
Ruby. Rawson and Merle Calkins of
Westmore and Mr.. and Mrs. George
George Calkins' last Monday.
Leslie Skinner of Island Pond was
a visitor at P. Pickel's Sunday and
Mrs. Skinner and two children re-
turned home with him that night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Heath received
news Saturday of the death of their
daughter Mrs. Victor Leary. She
leaves five children. besides the hus-
band, to whom our sympathy is given.
After long and painful illness of
heart disease Mrs. J. W. Cook died on
the evening of June Is. She was a
faithful member of the Baptist
church here and all her suffering
was borne with true Christian pa
thence. She was tenderly cared for
by her husband and daughters, Mrs.
Parker Kelley of East Charleston
and Miss Lois, who remains at home,
who with the feeble father, Tracy
Pratt of this place, sister, Mrs.
Mary Bradbury of Lowell, Mass,
and other relatives, nave the SYM
patty Of the community in their be- |
Mrs. Cook was Ada
Pratt and was born in Morgan, Sep
TENDER 1863 In 1884 she was mar
RED to John w. Cook of this place
and has since lived here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Cook,
making large circle of sincere
friends. She was a home loving
woman and a devoted mother. The !
funeral was held at the home the fol-
owing Tuesday afternoon, a former
pastor, Rev. J. W. Burgin of New
port Center, officiating, assisted by
Rev. o. S. Bancroft Of this place. |
The male quartette, Rev. A. B. Ross, |
J. w. Brown, Geo. Cummings and H.
H. Tracy. rendered some appropriate
music. The floral tributes were many
and beautiful. Amid the sunshine
and showers, symbolical of the joys
and sorrows of life, she was laid at
'est by the side of an infant son in
he cemetery here. Relatives and
friends from out of town attended the
funeral.