Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-12-18
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Mrs. E. F. Humphrey is dangerously
i'll with pneumonia.
Edison Hope was in St. Johnsbury
and HardWick last week.
L. NJ. Kinsley of Orleans was a
visitor in town Thursday.
Miss Winona Billings is spending a
vacation of ten days in Quebec.
Ara Griggs returned the first of last
week from his trip to Cleveland, 0.
Mrs. C. T. Bean and VIM. S. Bean
have returned from Ann ArbOr, Mich.
Alvah Rich of Glover was the guest
of his nephew, A NJ. Rich, several
days last week.
There will be no more dances under
the management of the Railway
Clerks until after the holidays.
F. C. Griffin of the Lake Road has
traded his farm for the one on the
Burlington road known as the Prouty
farm.
Mrs. E. A. Hamilton entertains the
Ladies' Reading circle this (Wednes-
day. afternoon at her home on Third
street.
Morris Farman is visiting his par
ents in Lowell. He will probably go
soon to Kansas, where he usually
spends the winter.
NJ. c.. Buck of the local customs
Office is taking a weeks vacation. Fl.
E. Day Of Beecher Falls is filling the
temporary vacancy.
Mrs. C. N Parker and children Of
SomerviJle, Mass, visited relatives in
town several days last week going to
Lowell Friday, where they are to
reside in the future.
c.. w. Richmond attended the annual
meeting of the state grange at
Rutland last week. He received the
appointment as chairman of the COM
mittee on agriculture.
Gordon Hayes, who is working as
passenger brakeman for the Boston
! & Maine between Boston and Port
land, recently visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hayes.
| School in the grades closed Friday,
Dec. 13, for the holiday vacation and
will not reconvene until Jan. 2. The
high school will close this week Friday
and begin again on Jan. 2.
The young people are enjoying some
skating on the Prouty & Miller bay,
and the rink on School St. is fast
being made ready for use. The lake
! is frozen as far as Owls Head.
C. H. Green has been quite i'll for
several days, the result Of very hard
cold and slight facial shock resulting
therefrom He is improving at pres
ent and expects soon to be about his
business as usual.
Ephraim J. Smith has concluded his
labors as private secretary to Con-
gresham Frank PIumley and will
associated with F. G.. Williams. Mr..
week.
DR.. and Mrs. B. D. Longe are
absent from town on a western trir
which will take them to Chicago
Denver and the Pacific coast The
doctor will take some postgraduate
instruction in his profession before
returning.
Local trappers have caught over one
thousand muskrats about the lake thi
season and the price realized has beer
above fifty cents per skin. The de
mand for fur of this kind has been OF
the increase for several years and tn
price is high.
The Board of Trade at a meetin,
held at the office of Root & Blanch
ard last week, voted to sell the Ian
leased by Prouty & Miller for thei
, south mill to the Boston & Main
| railroad, for use in the propose
enlargement of their yards here
The motor boat "Island Queen
b owned by John ROGUE was destroye
by fire at C.. R. Moore's camp recently
The fire was caused by an overture
. lantern which ignited the oily wood G
the boat near the motor. Mr.. Rocqu
carried some insurance SO that hi
y loss is not total.
" The Lyman II. Howe Travel Fe!
N tival appears at Lanes Thursda
IS evening, Dec. 10, under the auspice
IL Of the Asbury Brotherhood. tt
r. entertainment will begin at 8 80 !
:. M, trife later than usual, so as NJ
RI to interfere with any who may wis
t to attend the midweek prayer meetir
t. of the several churches before goir
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