Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-10

game with a score of BAIT. The game
played last week with the Alumni
was one of the seasons best and add
ed another victory for N. H. S.
Rudolph Bigelow accompanied Err
nest Smith to Garden City, L. l., Tues
day of last week and entered St.
Pauls school.
Leo Lontine and Orien Duchesneau,
who have been visiting their parents
here, have returned to St. Charles
college at Sherbrooke.
Miss Hamilton, teacher in the fifth
grade has been absent because of ill
ness. Mrs. Gerald Buzzel has served
as substitute teacher.
Rev. H. B. Rankin with about a
dozen boys go to Burlington Friday
to attend the Conference of Older
Boys of Vermont Jan. IL to IA.
Mrs. B. C. Young has gone to Sara
toga, N. Y, to be with her father, G.
W.. Macarthur, who has been sick
for some time and who is failing.
Several cottages have been broken
into in Farrant's grove. The mania
prevail with the cold of winter.
Mrs. Harry Hall has resigned her
position in the store of F. D. Flint.
She will remain through the inven-
tory season to assist in this work.
Charles Hitchcock died at his home
on Pine Hill Wednesday night after
long illness. The funeral was held
Got nd I,1,. io1 Of fo1I
Mrs. A. G. Goodwin and daughter,
Lucille, are in Littleton on a visit
which is heightened by an attack Of
chicken poX and the usual quaran-
tine.
The proprietors of the Raymond
hotel are making improvements with
paint and hope to make the hotel
pleasant and homelike for their
guests.
R. E. Deuel., county agent, left Sun
day night for Exeter, N. H., where
he will spend the week looking over
the territory he has been asked to
supervise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harvey have
returned from a stay of several
weeks in Montreal. They are stop
ping with Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Scott
for few days.
Mrs. l.. H. McIver and children
have returned from Plymouth, N. H.,
where they spent the holidays. Mrs.
Davis, mother of Mrs. McIver accom-
panied them and will remain until
March.
Owing to the plan to have all state
offices in Montpelier, Hon. F. G.. Will
liams has transferred the equipment
of the bank examiners office there
and Mrs. Williams will spend the win
ter in Montpelier.
J. R. Akin was in attendance at the
kers' association held in St. Adams
and other requisites manufactured in
Newport were displayed.
Frank Anell met with serious &C
cident Thursday morning while oper-
ating a twin saw at the Orleans Bob
bin Company mill, nearly severing
his left hand just above the knuckles
DR.. Gould was called and dressed the
wound.
The remains of Robert p Strople,
| formerly resident of this vicinity,
who died recently in Wrentham,
Mass, passed through here Thursday
noon enroute for Beebe, P. O., for
burial. Austin Beebe accompanied
the funeral party from Newport.
The annual meeting of the New
port board of trade was held Tues
| club rooms. The meeting was very
interesting and was we'll attended.
The following are the officers for the
year: President, w. w. True; vice
president, G. A. Brown; secretary, L.
B. Wellman; governing board, O. G.
Miller, L. F. Kay and ]. R. Akin.
A skating rink is in process of con-
struction on the Memphremagog
| House lot. This may seem strange
to some when we may go to the lake
and scrape as large place as we
please, but this is convenient loca-
ton and there is no danger of drown
ing accidents. Anyone wishing to
help this cause along may do so by
stepping into the store of Blodgett &
Burgess where there is subscrip-
ton paper.
Saturday morning the family OF
Charles Hamlin were nearly over
come by coal-gas fumes from the fur
mace. Awakening a little after 4
o'clock Mr.. Hamlin called to his wife
but getting no reply, he started to in
vestigate, feeling very strange. He
found Mrs. Hamlin on the floor ir
the bathroom unconscious. He opened
the window and tore off the storm
window and the fresh air soon re.
stored consciousness.