Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-04-17
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c. T. Bean has been i'll with grip
the past week.
Mrs. VIM. Richmond visited in
Lowell last week.
Ex-Gov. 6. H. Prouty returned
Saturday from Bermuda.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Heyer were re-
cent visitors in North Troy.
Telegraph operator Harry Hunter is
at work again after weeks illness.
Mrs. Carl Richards visited at her
old home in Lebanon, N. H.. recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. .Irvin Stephenson of
Lowell were visitors in town Satur-
day.
Mrs. w. N. Kline has returned
from Montreal, where she spent the
winter.
The Mothers club met Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Henry Burgess
on North avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hill are the par
ents of a daughter. weight ten
pounds, born Friday, April IL.
Miss Hilda Mansfield of Johnson. for
merly teacher in our school, visit
|
Mrs. O. H. Rawson, who has spent
the winter with her daughter in Den
yer. Colo, is expected home soon.
Mrs. G. D. Pratt entertained the
social club at the home of Mrs. w. B.
Bullock last week Monday evening.
Rufus Percy has returned from
Concord, N. H., and is at present
working here for the Boston & Maine
railroad.
Maurice Blanchard and friend from
Dartmouth college, who spent the
Easter vacation here, have returned to
Hanover.
Ed. Hope has sold his interest in the
Newport Ice Company to Mr.. Handy
and will soon go to the Canadian
northwest.
Miss Agnes Bailey, who has been
visiting at E. j.. Prouty''s for week.
returned Saturday to her home in
Lowell, Mass.
f. C. Blanchard. G.. J. Obep, S.
G. Scott and Ed. Hope started Tues
day night on business trip to Winni
peg and the northwest.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Farr, who have
spent the winter with Mr.. and Mrs. C.
L. M. Bugbee, have returned to theil
home in East Hardwick.
Miss Dorothea Shepard gave party
to the young friends on Wednesday
evening at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Shepard.
The American Clothing store is fit
ting up three rooms lately used as
Photographic studio for their use
thereby better accommodating their in
creasing business.
c. F. Ranney is taking a vacation
of a week from his duties at the Gus
tom House and will make a trip t,
Washington, D. c., after visiting his
son at Penacook, N. H.
The Woman's Home Missionary
union will hold it's annual meeting.
with Mrs. E. E. Whitaker on Friday
April 10. Supper will be served al
six o'clock and the gentlemen are in
vited.
I The water in the lake has riser
some thing like two feet in the pas
ten days and is still rising. There i.
as yet little evidence Of the breaking
up of the ice except at the mouth o
the rivers.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. Merton C. Grandy O
Burlington visited O. c. Miller
last week. Mr. Grandy returned
home Tuesday. Mrs. Miller, who i:
in very poor health has not been a
| well Of late.
| Painters are at work on the tene
ments of L. Colodny in the west en-
and they will soon be ready for &C
cupancy. It is reported that Mr.
/ Colodny will build other tenements i
/ that locality.
II Members of the High school tt
gether with the pupils of the eight
grade were given a half holiday O
Wednesday of last week to go on
sugaring expedition to the orchard @
| John Brigham where all were "swee1
Il ened" to the limit.
III Cleveland Chapter, No. 20, r. A
NJ M, held it's annual meeting at Masor
HI ic hall Friday evening, April IL. Th
III officers of last year were reelected
III Interest in the Chapter work is il
IE work ahead. Lunch was served
N the dining room after the meeting.
III Special attention to the village BY
H laws is requested by the trustee
HI notably the sections governing IL
N disposal of refuse, the obstruction
III sidewalks and street crossings and e.
M pectorating on the walks or in publ
III buildings. Permission is given
Nh dump refuse at the rear of the Il
- houses on Coventry road.
VI. The concert and ball given by t