Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-01-31
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
c.. l. SHAEFFER Local Editor
c. L. sHAEFFER, Local Editor

Mr.. Wilder is building a small barn
on his property on South street.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Kinney recently
visited their parents in Craftsbury.
Eugene Durham of Springfield,
Mass, is here on account of his
mothers illness.
The Woodmen's working team go
to Irasburg tomorrow evening to lnl-
tiate class of 20.
c. S. Stevens clearance sale of
fine line of goods is presented.
Mrs. Oliver Durham, who has been
very seriously i'll the past two weeks,
is still living but is very low.
The E. L. Chandler company has
purchased new band resaw, which
they will set up in the spring.
Donald Dryer and Lena M. Gilman
were married at Barton by Rev. w.
A. Warner Monday. Congratulations.
Mrs. Geo. B. Adams is entertaining
her father Hiram L. Russell of Cabot,
for few weeks.
Mrs. w. ]. Joslyn. who has been
spending the past ten days in Boston,
and Lynn, Mass, is expected home to-
morrow.
The post-office will be open Sundays
hereafter from 9 to $50 instead of
from to 10. Let everybody take
note of the change. "
Frank Churchill found seven of the
hydrants frozen up yesterday morn
ing and at once took measures to
have them thawed out.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Allchurch left
Saturday night for Boston, where
they are visiting friends and will re-
turn home tomorrow evening.
Mr.. Moore of Bos ton, who has
moved his family into w. J. Joslyn's
house on Cottage street, has been con-
fined to the house with hard cold.
The next Pythian assembly will be
held on Feb. 7th in Pythian hall and
Madam Brooks orchestra. as usual.
will furnish the music. This will be
white Night
A village meeting was held Thurs
VIII ich a vote was taken to authorize
the trustees to hire money to extend
the water sly stem.
Dwinell & Person began Friday re-
modelling the front of the north end
of the Beede block, which when fin
ished will be one of the best business
rooms in the village.
About 80 members of Intervale
Chapter. No. 81, o. E. S.. went to
Irasburg Wednesday evening to at
tend meeting of Cotton Chapter and
an evening of good fellowship was en-
joyed.
J. E. Lyon has moved his barber
shop and pool room into the basement
papered and painted and hardwood
floor laid and makes a very light and
pleasant room.
A case of trover was heard Thurs.
day by Judge Thompson Fisher,
complainant. represented by Lawyer
Aldrich; Watson, defendant, repre-
sented by Lawyer Dane of Newport
Fisher recovered $500 and costs.
Mrs. Ephraim LaValley was the
winner of the prize of $40 in golt
given at the fair recently held in thu
opera house for the benefit of the
Catholic church and in return Mrs
LaValley gave it as donation fo
| the church.
Mr.. Girard. the tailor of Barton
Brown block and will open tailor
This will meet a long felt want o
Orleans and Mr.. Girard will undoubt
eddy have all he can do. ..~
Harold Bean, who has been nigh
man in the depot, left Sunday for Nj
Lean Hospital where he expects t
prepare himself for professional nurs
ing. Walter Sanders has accepte
the position made vacant by Mr.. Bea
and Harley Trip takes on his brott
| er in the grocery store.
Miss Sheppard, teacher of the di
trict school on the Barton road, CAV
DOX party SATURDAY evening.
entertainment was for the purpose {
. raising money for q new organ fl
: the school. Great credit is due Mi
Sheppard for the success with whic
she handled the entertainment.
, Mrs. Louisa Skinner. widow of tt
late Daniel Skinner, died very SUI
denly yesterday morning. of hea
trouble. Mrs. Skinner was in h.
usual good spirits and feeling cor
paratively we'll, when she was stric
en- very suddenly, and before tt
doctor arrived had passed ava
One of her sons. E. G.. Skinner. al
wife are at present in Cuba. M
Skinner passed away last May.
5 present writing the arrangements f
the funeral have not cen made.