Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-06


Harris Shufelt came up from Camp
Devens, Mass, Friday, being called
to his home in Lowell by the illness
of his father, Leonard Shufelt.
George Page, one Of Uncle Sans
buglers in the navy, was home from
Norfolk, Va, last week.
L. P. Eemieux, who occupied M.
H. Dodge's farm near Bakers mill,
has moved to South Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Welcome and
two children spent the weekend with
relatives at South Bolton, P. @.
Roland Labonte of East Hill and
Isaac Choiniere, who has farm near
Troy village, have exchanged farms.
Miss Alice Elkins went to Newport
I Friday for short visit to her sis
ter, who is employed in the Searles
jewelry store.
Peter John of Boston, the con-
tractor for the cheese output of the
H. P. Hood & Sons creamery in this
place was in town last week.
H. B. Parkhurst has received from
the Orleans Trust Co., of Newport, a
deed of the building lot at the corner
of Main and South streets.
Miss Blanche Labonte, who has
been in Berlin, N. H., for some time,
arrived home Saturday.
CHI. Willard has resumed his du-
ties as conductor on the Oxford Mt.
Railway after five weeks absence on
account of the severe illness of Mrs.
Willard.
The section of platform at the
north end Of the railway station that
was ripped up by the derailment of a
snow pillow a few days ago, has been
repaired.
Alphord Brunette of Marieville, P.
O., was a business visitor here Sat-
urday Mr. Brunette is negotiating
for the purchase of large farm in a
nearby town.
William Barrett of ST. Adams was
business visitor in North Troy and
vicinity the last of the week, during
which time he wrote several con-
tracts for cemetery memorials.
Norman McIver of Vershire spent
a few days last week in North Troy
and hereabout. MI McIver has rented
his large farm in Vershire and will
move to this village about the first Of
March.
The eight-months- daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding in the south
part of the town, in some unknown
way had the socket Of her left Shout
der broken recently. The child's in
ability to use her left arm attracted
the attention of her mother and led
to the discovery of the fracture.
The rainstorm of Tuesday morn
ing turned to snow during the fore
noon and became raging blizzard
that continued the remainder of the
day. The wind reached a velocity of
at least go miles an hour, carrying
cloud of snow with it that made the
landscape practically invisible. For
On Friday evening, March 8, there
will be at Frontier hall a patriotic en-
tertainment given by the pupils of
the high school. This entertainment
will consist of the play entitled, "The
Girls Over Here" followed by a box
social and good time. The proceeds
will go to pay for the school Victrola
and for other activities of the school.
Watch for handbills.
Thursday evening, Feb. 21st, Mr..
Reynolds, and Mr.. Pike, representa-
tives from the Theodore n. Vail
school, Lyndonville, gave an illus
trated talk on the school and what it
is doing for the boys of Vermont. 1t
is an agricultural school supported
by the state of Vermont primarily
for the Vermont boy, and offers a
great opportunity to boys who really
desire to become successful tillers of
the soil.
J. G. Bessette, who occupies farm
on the road leading west from the
Coburn store in Jay, had the misfor-
tune to get his horse into a ditch con-
tanning about four feet of water,
while driving between his premises
and Jay village Wednesday Of last
week Before he could extricate the
animal or obtain assistance to get it
out the animal had become SO chilled
| by twenty minutes exposure to the
icy flood, that it died on the spot.
Wednesday evening, Feb. Goth, the
Friendly class of the Congregational
Sunday school observed gentlemen's
night at the home of Prin. and Mrs.
Norris D. Blake There was a large
attendance, although the weather
man was rather unkind in his dis
tribution of weather. A musical and
literary program was rendered after
which dainty lunch was served. The
remainder Of the evening was spent
in playing games and visiting. All
voted the occasion pleasant one and
decided to hold others later.
E. c.. Benware went fox hunting
one day last week with his hound.
The dog was still on the trail of fox
when Benware came home in the af-
ternoon and was missing for three
days. Later, Charles Harvey came
across the dog with a fox trap at
tached to one of his forelegs, and took
him to his owner. It is evident that
the dog had been in the trap for
three days, and in his frantic efforts
to get away had succeeded in break
ing the chain. The dogs foot was