Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-03-15
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j. E. Chapman hasa been having "a
hard cold.
Little Sylvia SmithI..is sickTrwith
bronchial pneumonia.

The V. L. s., has placed "a nice piano
in the new town hail.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Mongeon have
both been i'll with the grip.
Mrs Arthur Trudeau is movingFher
goods into her fathers house. gsase
Glenna and Arnold cleveland have
been III with hard colds the past week.
w. r. Thurber is moving into the
tenement vacated by Arthur Trudeau.
Mrs. C. j. Brooks and little son have
returned to their home in Berlin, N.
H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rowland of Mont
pelier visited their aunt, Mrs. { Marilla
Stevens, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Patten were in
town visiting their mother, Mrs. II. G..
Barrows, Thursday.
Arlene Cleveland is very Ill with
pneumonia at the home of her grand
mother in West Derby.
The friends of Mrs. Florence Tru-
deau ofwill be glad to learn that she
is at home from the hospital in st.
Johnsbury.
The drama, "Red Acre Farm" will
be repeated in the town hall Wedues-
day evening, March 22. All are cor
daily invited.
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Frasier of West
Burke were in town Friday and Satur-
day and attended the play given by
members of the V. I. S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Hermon, Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Whittemore, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. Scott and Miss Kate Ste
vens and others of Orleans were in
town to attend the drama, "Red Acre
Farm There were also some present
from Irasburg, Newport and Newport
Center.
The drama, "Red Acre Farm" was
given under the auspices of the V. [.
S. Friday evening and although the
weather was very bad, the hall was
we'll filled. All took their parts we'll,
but Mrs. Kate Hancock as "JuDior,'' -
N L. LABEL as Jonah" and Walter
Cleveland as "Col. Strut" and ''Santa
Claus" seemed TO bring down the
house Music between acts was fur
! nished by Mrs. George Benware and
furnished refreshments. The receipts
of the evening were $44. so.
A debate was given by the pupils of
the grammar school Monday after
noon, March 9th. Resolved: That
Washington did more for his country
than Lincoln" Roy Shippee was the
first on the affirmative and Albert
Wilder the first on the negative. Rev.
G. q. Claris, Mrs. George Benware and
Miss Gertrude Taylor acted as judges.
They decided that Washington did
more for his country than Lincoln.
= Several of the ladies' of the village
| encouraged the young debaters by
their presence.
Mitchell Gonyeau has moved into the
Greenwood house.
Mrs. Celia Perkins has gone to Hyde
Park to visit relatives.
Miss Marjorie Sinclair has finished
her school in Troy and is at home.
. Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Curtis are the
! parents Of daughter born Monday.
Clarence Hodgeman's henhouse was
! destroyed by fire one day last week.
: : Tom Fisher of Irasburg visited al
y y Edgar Laclair's the last of the week.
Miss Alice Laclair has finished he1
Y school in Westfeld and returned home,
"a Levi Tatro has bought David Bur
IS gess's tenement house and taken pos
!. session.
IS Mrs. Edwin Durose of West Charles
q ton is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rober
;; Farman.
# The G.. E. society will have a st
). Patrick's social and box party Friday
" evening at the home of Mrs. N. E
Winget.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Mason of Enosburg
e Miss Lima Deary Of Holyoke, Mass.
O and Moses Deary of Medford. Mass
;. were here Saturday to attend thei
II mothers funeral.
r Mrs. Eugene Grant of Hudson. N
IL H., Mr.. and Mrs. George Durivage OF
Nashua, N. H., Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sheperd of Irasburg and Miss Id:
Durivage of Orleans were here Sunda,
to attend the funeral of their father
Ransom Durivage.
Ransom Durivage, age n, diet
early Thursday morning after being ii
III health for number OF years. HI
, had spent the greatest part of his life
. in this town. His first wife was Jean
cite Goodrich of this place who die6
;. many years ago. About thirty years
ago he married Miss Carrie Thornton,
who survives him and five children
IL by his former marriage. Frank and
George of Nashua, N. H.. Mrs. Eugene
7. Grant of Hudson, N. H., Miss Ida
Durivage of Orleans and Mrs Charles
Shepherd of Irasburg. Funeral ser
e vices were held at the home Sunday
/ afternoon, Miss Ina Morgan officiating.
The death of Mrs. Deary occurred
e Thursday morning at the home of Mr..
Is and Mrs. Simeon Sheltra, where Kr.
and Mrs. Deary had been boarding
,, since last summer. Mrs. Deary was
r born in Berkshire rs years ago. She