Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-06-19
BROWNINGTON


Dalton, N. H., last week.
Miss Evelyn Casavant, who has
been quite sick, is improving.
Mrs. LaFrance of Lyndonville Wis
tied at VIM. Reid's last week.
Myrtle Rollins of Newport spent
the weekend at Arthur Davies.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Marsh spent
the weekend in Newport Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Coxen of Barre
visited at Thomas Canning's recent
ly.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. V. Newton of Low
ell visited friends in town over Sun
day.
r. Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Cello of Lowell
visited at F. E. Newton's Saturday
and Sunday.
The many friends Of Lorenzo Grow
will be pleased to know that he is
gaining rapidly.
Several from here who are men,
bers of o. H. S. attended the picnic
at Willoughby Friday.
Several from here attended the
annual meeting of the Agricultural
association at Irasburg last week.
Saturday, Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. New
ton were invited to spend the day at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Crandall
at Bloomington Center. About noon
they received a telephone message
calling them home as they had visi-
tors. On their arrival they found
all their children except Max Newton
of Sheffield, who had gathered to
celebrate their mothers birthday.
Tables had been set and bountiful
dinner provided by the different fam
lilies present, including a large birth
day cake At the conclusion of din
ner little Clifton Newton presented
his grandmother, in behalf of the
husband and nine children, a beauti-
full string of gold beads. The after
noon was spent in pleasant family
reunion, at the close of which they
separated wishing their mother many
happy returns of the day.
BROWNINGTON CENTER
Mrs. Clara Bullock of Morgan is
visiting her nephew, J. C. Bullock.
Mrs. Vietta Wells and son, Carl, Of
Ryegate, were visitors in town Sun
day.
Mrs. E. A. Gallup spent several
days in Willoughby and Sutton re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lower were in
Lowell Thursday to attend the fu
neral of an uncle.
The Red Cross will have a meeting
with Mrs. Smith Friday afternoon,
and anyone who is willing to help
will come early prepared to sew. We
have new line of work to take up.
EVANSVILLE
Ed. Aldrich is repairing his barn.
VIM. Devereaux was in Massachu-
sets last week.
Mrs. Dennison Gallup has gone to
Orleans to work.
Rev. O. B. Scouten expects to move
to Connecticut this week.
Miss Alta Weeks has finished work
for Mrs. Spencer and gone to Orleans
Congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs.
W. H. Bishop on the arrival of ten
pound boy.
Ralph Skinner has bought one of
his fathers farms known as the Job
Drown place.
There will be a dance in Mellow
the benefit of the Red Cross. AL
drich's orchestra will furnish music.
Red Cross ladies please bring cake.
The junior Red Cross of the school
will give promenade at the M. w.
Admission 10 and Is cents: Supper
of ice cream and cake will be served
for 10 cents. Ladies please bring I'M
frosted cake unless otherwise re-
quested. Come and help the Red
Cross.
The following pupils of Evansville
school have thrift stamps: Alice La
Dor 10, David Gallup 10, Donald La
rock 8,-Esther Kittle 9, Walter Mar
shall 8, Sara and Thelma Randall 8
each, Forrest Randall 6, Beatrice La
Dor 3, and Frances Mcdowell g. War
wick Hunt has two war savings
stamps and Lynford and Glendon
Foster have one each.
MRS. JANE A. GROW.
Jane A. Currier was born in the
town of Random, now Brighton, Es-
sex county, March "a, 1884 Her
parents, Amos and Clarinda Currier
were the first married couple in Ran
dom, and here they lived all THEN
lives. Jane was the second child in a
family of IL children, six boys anC
six girls, and all but one lived tt
grow up. On March 1, 1853, she was
married to Lorenzo Grow of Holland
by Rev. J. 7: Howard of West
Charleston. They made their home
in Holland, then Barton, Their
Charleston, living a short time ir
Pond. 1t was forest then and Mr.
Grow camped, after driving stakes
where he made shanty, living in il
while he built log house later anC
cleared 20 acres of land for little
farm. While cutting the trees anc
clearing the land, his wife was spin
ming flax that was raised on their
land and weaving the cloth to clothe
tho fa liz Tbi. che did 11,atil tLox