Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-12-11
BARTON LOCAL NOTES

BARTON LOCAL NOTES
Rev. A. B. Blake is recovering from
ten-days illness.
c.. R. Powell of Island Pond was in
town the first of the week.
DR.. Foote, dentist, will be at Moss
mans house Tuesday, Dec. II. adv.
Miss Katherine Wilcox of Morgan
is visiting her aunt, Miss Lydia Col
burne.
Mrs. A. M. Cowles of Irasburg is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. w
Shedd.
Mrs. O. A.. White spent two days
last week calling on friends in St.
Johnsbury.
Mrs. C. H. Morse is entertaining
her niece, Miss Hazel Morse, OF
Charleston.
Noah Brooks broke both bones in
his right leg Saturday, while at work
in the woods.
States Attorney Thompson has
been confined to the house several
days with boils.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. White enter
tanned a dinner party Of nine on
Thanksgiving day.
Shirl Hutchins underwent seri-
GUS operation at Sunshine sanitarium
Monday, but is reported as doing
we'll.
A party of Miss Hala Shedd's
xyo,,rn ok hor Lo,,o
Saturday evening in honor of he1
birthday.
Having rented Barton garage I am
ready for washing and overhauling
your cars. Remember the batteries
H. H. Lapier. adv.
A report from Enosburg Falls
says that Mrs. w. B. Dukeshire re-
Gently fell on the street there, break
ing her arm.
Five new members were admitted
to membership in the Barton I'm
provement club at the December
meeting of the trustees.
A. little more snow has fallen in the
past week and good sleighing is re-
ported everywhere. Good crisp win
ter weather is the rule.
E. j. Rutter, optometrist, will be
at 0. H. Mossman's Thursday and
Friday, the 18th and 18th. Call and
have your eyes examined. 1880
F. w. Cutting underwent serious
operation in hospital in Brookline,
Mass, Friday. Latest advices state
that he is making a satisfactory re-
covery.
Among the Barton boys, who have
been at Camp Devens but have receiv-
ed their discharge and are at home
are Clayton Wilson, Walter Barton
and Ben Ryan.
Miss Laura Case has grown grad
ually worse for the past week and is
in critical condition at Sunshine
sanitarium, where she has been cared
for for several months.
Geo. C.. Lang has sold the little
house on School street which he NOV
ed there about two years ago to Mrs.
Flora Ball of Newark. Mrs. Ball
will take possession soon.
The Barton Improvement Clubs
committee of entertainment for JAN
uary, request all members to reserve
Thursday evening, January 10th, for
the big social event of the month.
The following letters remain un-
called for at the postoffice. Please
say advertised when calling for these
letters. Miss D. Nediter, C. Nebotis,
r. p. Neboter, Frank Greene, w. c..
Grove, M. M. Beiber.
Miss Eva Gilpin returned from New
York Tuesday morning, where she
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nephew, who died Saturday. Mrs
the week.
N. M. Hubbard has traded his place
on Hubbard Hill with George Hum
phrey of West Glover for his farm.
The transaction was completed Tues
day. Mr.. Humphreys people will
move here soon and Mr.. Hubbard will
go to the farm.
Saturdays casualties contained the
name of Arthur T. Buswell of Bos-
ton, among the wounded. He is a
son of DR.. and Mrs. A. T. Buswell
formerly of this place. 1t will be re-
membred that Elmer, a brother, was
recently reported as dead in a Ger
man prison camp.
For the local Red Cross Christmas
Roll Call campaign for 81 and So
memberships, the following commit
tee will act for Barton: Miss Hazel
Mcclellan, Mrs. Harry Connor, Mrs
F. D. Sawyer, Mrs. Harry Perley
Miss Eva Baxter, Miss Doris Witch
er, Miss Hazel Abbott, Miss Mary
Uric.
Crystal Lake Grange held it's regu-
lar meeting Der and elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year: Master, G. L. Nutting; over
seer, C. r. Prescott; lecturer, Emma
Prescott; steward, Fred May; assis-
tant steward, Clyde Jackman; chap
lain Carrie Smith. frea surer Kittie