Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-02-23

S. F. Sargent has been confined to
the house with grip for few days.
Prof. Washer of Irasburg was a
business visitor here the last of the
week.
MIR. and Mrs. L. P. Bean of Burke
have been visiting their son, +. M.
Dean.
G. B. Stoddard of Lowell, Mass. has
been visiting friends and relatives
here.
Several of the young men of Orleans
attended the leap year ball at New
port.
Miss Marie Beauregard of st. Johns
bury is visiting her sister, Mrs. e. A.
~Girard.
Mrs, Ray Leach was taken to ST..
Johnsbury last week for treatment for
appendicitis.
Intervale Chapter o. e. S.. will hold
regular convocation Thursday even
ing Feb. "a.
Mrs. Laura j. Findley of Newport
spent part of last week with her sis.
ter, Mrs. C. w. Magoon.
Mrs. Catherine Hayes has gone to
Chicago for a few months. 1t is ex.
pected she will return July l.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B Rogers. who have
returned to their home in Burlington.
There are uncalled letters at the
postoffice for Harold Cass. Peter Zero,
James Reagan and David Twombly.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Wiley of
Salem, Mass, and C. H. Wiley of
Lyndonville have been visiting at A.
w. Willey's.
The young people and some older
ones enjoyed a fine time at the box
social at the Congree ational churc h
last evening.
Miss Eva Bassett is spending ten
days at the Boston and New York dry
goods and millinery markets. Mrs
Harry Bassett is in charge of the store
during Miss Bassett's absence.
Miss Campbell of the 0. H. S., is sick
with the mumps and Miss Griggs of
Troy is taking her place Owing TO
the prevalence of mumps in the village
the schools will take a two weeks
vacation instead of one. They will
begin again March Is.
John Lawrence was very seriously
injured while working in the woods on
the wood lot of Tom Buzzo in Irasburg
Monday. Full details are lacking,
owing to the fact that as yet Mr..
Lawrence is dangerously i'll. 1t, is
believed the skull is fractured and
internal hemorrhages are feared.
The Dry America rally held here last
week was largely attended and is
generally pronounced as fine contri-
button to the cause of temperance.
Cover Patterson and DR. Swa-
dener made effective addresses in the
opera house Friday night. which were
heard by good audience of voters.
A. R. Wakeman of Barton had a
narrow escape from serious injury here
one morning last week. He lost con-
troll Of a colt he was driving and was
thrown out of his sleigh ard struck
against the curbing around the sidewalk
near the Main street crossing. He
was promptly attended and taken to
his homo.
The Willoughby Fish and Game club
held special meeting at the rooms of
the Orleans club Monday evening and
elected L. M. Kinsley and J. B. Cotton
| as delegates to attend the meeting of
the state Fish an6 Game League at
Burlington next week. They also
! adopted resolution against the revi-
sion of the fish and game laws as sug
gested by the revision committee of
the Vermont statutes.
The fire companies were hustled out
on the double quick Tuesday morning
to attend brisk fire which had started
in the attic of the tenement house
owned fy G. S. Dodge on East street.
The building was occupied by Alfred
Revoir and Amede Grenier and WIS
considerably damaged before the fire
was finally subdued Harry Dickens
was present at the fire and the loss was
adjusted before the fremsn had lef,
the premises.