Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-04-23
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Mrs M. D. Skinner of Bingham, Me-,
is visiting in town..
F. C. Williams and Joseph Gendron
have new automobiles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Brainerd re-
turned to Chester, Mass, today.
st. Marks Guild meets with Mrs
E. S. Watson Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. J. McDermott and children
went to Boston Sunday for visit.
st. Marks Altar Guild will meet
with Winsome Jones Saturday after
noon.
VIM. Richmond has returned from
Wisconsin. Mrs. Richmond will return
later
Clementine Hayes and Blanche
Burns are spending the week in Bos-
ton and Manchester.
Miss Laila and Miss Glen Roundy
visited at their home in West Burke
over Sunday.
Ralph Lyford and Eugene Clifford
have gone to the northwest to look up
the investment situation.
The early anglers report the elusive
trout scarce article at present-not
enough warm weather yet.
The Passumpsic Telephone company
force went to sugaring- off Tuesday
afternoon to the Blanchard farm.
Rev. L. A. Edwards has the German
measles. No service was held at the
Congregational church Sunday evening"
By invitation of Elijah Leavitt, the
village school went to his sugar camp
for a sugaring-of Tuesday afternoon.
The townspeople gave C. F. Ranney
farewell reception and public ban
quet this Wednesday evening in School
hall.
; The Clifford Walker Entertainers
could not appear last week as adver-
: tised because of the illness of Mr.
. Walker.
; Prof. McFarghan of the Stanstead
college faculty, conducted the service
at the Congregational church Sunday
morning.
Miss Grace Cushman, instructor in
the domestic science department of
) Lyndon Institute visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Rawson over Sunday.
Harry Hutchins has been off duty
from the Blake meat market by reason
of the sickness and death of his father
at West Derby last week.
Rev. R. N. Jocelyn. the new Metho-
dist pastor from Biddeford, Me-,
arrived promptly on time and con-
Quoted his first service here Sunday.
Miss Knight, in charge of the
Teachers Training class of Derby
academy, together with her class of IL
pupils visited the grades one day last
week.
p The Mendelssohn Club orchestra
assisted by Mrs. Gertrude Wilson
. soprano soloist. will give concert at
. Rock Island Friday evening, April %
This is their first appearance for 1913
Editor D. w. HiIdreth returned
last week from his winters sojourn il
Sarasota, Fla, and reports having
spent very pleasant three months a
his winter resort and is in the best o.
health.
= Sheriff Hill arrested two Pope boy
and a Sheltra and Mitchell boy O
4 Lowell Monday. for disturbing a schoo
J in Irasburg few weeks ago. The,
appeared before the Municipal cour
n Monday and plead guilty, each payin
o fine of $500 and costs. amounting
% upward of $1,000 apiece
20 Dr. Lance of Portsmouth, N. H.
20 was here Saturday to see his brother
% Rev. C. D. Lance. who remains crit
"a cally i'll. The erysipelas is now in hi
T. neck and his physicians are in hopes
~ prevent it's further spread. DR.. Lane
went to his home in Portsmouth Sur
ar day but returned here Monday nigh
To intending that his brother shall hay
it every attention possible.
I'd Joe Brooks, while working in tt
de ash pit at the round house Frida
afternoon, was struck on the head ar
10 shoulders by locomotive, entirel
ne Severlng one ear and breaking tt
shoulders The cause of the accidel
has not been discovered, as it was nj
known until he was seen crawling o,
- of the pit, covered with blood. F
IL was taken to the hospital at She
brooke. but died Sunday. He was
- years old and unmarried.
'tMamon's Circus" given last Frid
evening in the interests of the SchOt
was one of the best school entertai
ments ever given in town and al
yielded the most financially. T
hall was crowded and the numero
side shows were we'll patronized. 7
teachers, students and their al
) proved thorough mimics in all tt
pertains to regular cicrus. Aft
the nickels had all been garner
from the crowd, the curtain arc
upon the stage features of the =
gram. The humorous. ludicr
burlesque peryaded all events of |