Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-05-27

E. C. Blanchard in company with
friends went to ST. Jobnsbury and
brought home new Hudson Six.
Mrs. w. A. Hines, who has been
visiting her niece, Mrs. Helen Coolidge,
at Mattapan, Mass, has returned.
Mrs. Laura Bartlett left Tuesday
Helen Coolidge, of Mattapan. Mass.
Mrs. F. M. Sherman and Mrs. Ellen
Lane, who have been passing the
winter in California, have returned
The steamer Anthems took an ex-
cursiou party from Stanstead down the
lake Friday about 9 and returning at
p. n.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Sanford arrived
in town Monday for the season and
will soon go to their cottage at Owls
Head.
The first informal dance at the M.
Y. c., which was postponed from May
Is, was held Friday evening with a
good attendance.
Miss Priscilla Joscelyn is rapidly
throat performed Friday by DR.. Gran
dali of st. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Arthur Flanders had the mis-
fortune to fall and injure her left arm,
dislocating the elbow joint and frac-
turing one of the bones.
The pre-Memorial exercises of the
Baxter Post, G. A. R., were held at
the Methodist church, Rev. R. n.
Joscelyn preaching the sermon.
Several automobile parties were in
town from Canadian points Monday,
most of them decorated with the Union
Jack. it being the Queens birthday.
Peter Joslyn, former resident, who
has for many years resided in the
West, is in town for the summec, visit
ing at the home of his brother, Mark
JoslYn.
New mail cars have been placed in
use on the Newport and Springfield
run, trains SO and 81. The cars are Of
the most modern, being of all steel
construction.
Pre-Memorial day exercises will be
held by the high and graded schools
on Friday afternoon at 2.30. 1t is
planned to have the exercises on the
lawn in front of the school building.
O. H. Rawson and Mrs. r. H.
Clement and son, Howard, expect to
leave June I'd for Denver where they
will visit at Mrs. L. E. Humphreys.
They expect to be gone the entire
month.
Mrs. L. M. Downey. who some
weeks ago underwent serious opera
ton at the Deaconess hospital in
Boston, returned home Sunday from
her former home in Saco, Me-, where
she had visited since leaving the hos
pital.
Several of our townsmen and women
have been trying their luck fishing at
Echo pond at East Charleston. All
have had good luck but the biggest
story was that of one party who
stopped fishing a half hour before
necessary because they had all the fish
desired. Next!
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Robbins of Mag
ara Falls. N. Y, are in town visiting
at E. C. Carr's on Central street. Mr..
Robbins, who has been inspector-in-
charge of the immigration bureau at
Niagara Falls, has been transferred to
a similar position at Portland, Ore,
and will take up his new position upon
his return.
Geo. Burbank, while driving up the
causeway in West Derby Sunday after
noon, in some way got mixed up with
an auto from Beebe Plain but it fortu-
nately did not result in anything more
serious than breaking the cross bar
and slightly damaging one wheel. Mr..
Burbank and the owner of the auto did
not seem to agree as to who was to
blame in the matter. but judging from
the conversation during the excitement
both were in measure at fault.
At the I. O. O. F. grand encamp-
ment, which convened at Mont
pelier last week, the local encampment
was represented by. E. z. Jenne.
Harold F. Young and r. A. Young.
Among the officers of the coming year
elected at that time were E. E. Jenne,
Grand Junior Woodland and Harold F.
Young, district deputy. D. r. Stetson
and T. A Stevens were the delegates
to the grand lodge, I. O. O., F.. In the
grand assembly of Rebekahs, Mr.. E. E
Jenne and Mrs. J. B. BLY, were dele
gates and Mrs. c. F. Morrill,. district
) deputy. Others attending from here
were Mrs. John Morrow, Mrs. G. B
Macarthur and Miss Muriel Wells. Al
report a most enjoyable time.