Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-03-19
NEWPORT

NEWPORT
Mrs. E. L. Moore is sick with ma
laria.
Carl Hicks is taking Cummings place
in E. Lane & Sons store.
Mrs w. H. jerks of st. Johnsbury
visited in town last week.
Harrison Cooling of West Derby died
Monday night of diabetes.
John Wilson has been visiting in
Canaan, N. H., during the past week.
The annual village meeting has been
called for Friday evening, March %, at
school hall.
Esther Spauldjng of Lyndonville is
employed in the Passumpsic Telephone
exchange here.
Frontier encampment worked the
Royal Purple degree upon two candi
dates Friday night.
The Rebekahs gave a select St. Pat
rick's masquerade, promenade and
dance Monday evening.
Harley Sperry moved his household
goods from the Blodgett tenement to
North Troy this week.
Mrs. Raymond Sisco was in Boston
last week in the interests Of Mrs.
Flint's millinery store.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rowland and
sister, Rachel Rowland, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. Sidney Slice.
A. auckland. who has been off duty
from Lanes store six weeks by reason
of sickness, has returned to work.
Mrs. F. f. Miles was called to
Stanstead last week by reason of the
sickness and death of her mother
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cunningham at
tended the funeral of her mother at
Hanover, N. H Friday, March 7.
The Brotherhood of Railway clerks
give their second annual Easter Dance,
March Is. The Regal orchestra plays.
E. E. Puffer, bookkeeper for the
Frost Veneer Seating Company, was in
Eastman. P. O., last week. looking up
logs.
Russell Humphrey has gone to Man.
chester, N. H., with his grandfather,
VIM. Cobb, to spend the school vaca-
ton.
Humphreys Novelty Store window
IS devoted to remarkably neat and
attractive display of Easter postcards,
very artistic.
E. F. Humphreys younger children
are spending the two weeks school va
cation with their aunt, Miss Mabel
Cobb, at Barton.
The annual meeting of the Young
Mems Improvement club will be held
Tuesday evening, April 1st, at it's
rooms in the Hall block.
William Green, of this place, a la
borer, has filed a petition in bankrupt
cy and gives his liabilities as S426 81
and his assets as 500, all exempt
Francis Robinson closes his clerkshiI
with True & Blanchard Company this
week and goes to Boston to accept q
position in large hardware establish
ment.
The services at which Evangelist L.
E. Smith preached and sang last Sun
day were we'll attended and appreci.
ated. He left Sunday night for Brock
ton, Mass.
The preludes of spring have beenlir
evidence the past week. The 'cawH
Of the sable-hued songster and DUNG
America" monopolizing the sidewalks
, playing marbles.
, Mildred Kennison met with painful
accident one day last week. While
passing J. Policies store, block of ict
fell from the roof. striking her on thu
!, head and cutting bad cash.
,. The date Of the Southern play to b.
given by the Ladies' social union ha
l been changed to Thursday evening
March Fl. as the village meeting oc
e ours the evening of the 18th.
The N G. L. basket ball team go
II Danville and st. Johnsbury this weel
: for a game in each place. They bea
s Co. D, here Wednesday night by
strong lead and play the Hardwick Re
serves here tonight
e Frank Patterson fell on the ice an
" broke his leg Friday morning. His as
:, sociate in the sale of sugar makers
! tools for the Monarch Evaporation Com
- pany. F. L. True, will cover Mr.. Pal
I terson's territory as much as possible
Is Wagons are out and the ice breakin
;. up about the shores of the lake, wit
- March but half spent, are certainl
/ record breaking experiences for NORTH
ern Vermont but as Peter MacQuee
q figured it out, the cause for the pas
q seasons change of climate was tn
:. cutting of hole through Centr:
= America for the Panama Canal and lie
- ting hot wave through the Pacif,
y We feel easier to know that problem
II settled.