Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-11-06


WESTFIELD
w. o. Wright saw a flock of wild
geese going south last week.
Miss Orcelia Atwood expects to go
to West Springfield, Mass, this week
for the winter.
John Martin recently visited his
son, Fred, in Morrisville and son,
Clarence, in Mansonville.
Mr.. and Mrs H. w. Shattuck and
Mrs. Roy Shattuck of Burlington
were guests at w d. Bells last week.
Harvey Hendrix has been employed
the greater part of this month as fire.
port.
The mild weather of the last few
days has been a great help in getting
all work done as well as a great saw
ing to woodpiles.
Sunday o. w. Bailey and family,
accompanied by Miss Eva Miller,
motored to Mansonville for the day
with his daughter, Mrs. Guy George.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Gray of Wa
spent Saturday and Sunday at Maur-
ice Gray's, Donald remaining for a
few days.
Thomas Gilbert has sold his farm
to Dennis Dyer, of Lowell, considera-
ton, $11, 800 and immediate possession
given. Mr.. Gilbert and family will
remain on the farm short time as
they are undecided as to future plans.
Thomas Gilbert has received word
that his son-in-law, DR.. D. j. Sheehan,
received promotion to captaincy at
Camp Oglethorpe before leaving for
overseas three weeks ago, where he
arrived safely in due time.
Mrs. George Root of North Troy
ley, last week, Mr.. Root and Mrs. N.
Root coming up for Sunday. Also
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman of Newport
Center visited there that day.
H. E. Gray and family spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with Morris Gray.
Mrs. Gray's parents and family, Mr..
and Mrs. McCuen of Johnson, spent
Sunday with her. Monday Mrs. Nor
ris Gray went to her home in Johnson
for visit.
It is now expected that the regular
church services will be held Sunday
and the quarantine lifted as to all
public gatherings as there are no
new cases of influenza. While there
have been several cases there have
been no fatalities so this town may
consider itself fortunate.
A heavy rain storm began about
5 o'clock Tuesday night and continued
almost without intermission until
early Thursday morning, accompan-
led by high wind. Tuesday eve
ming there was a long and heavy
thunder storm. Among the damages
done by the storm was the blowing
down of a big elm in Troy village af-
fecting telephone lines. The river is
very high, being three feet over the
road near the Boswell place in Troy
and over the road between Troy and
Westfeld and in other places in West
field.
This town now has IA boys in the
army, although some did not enlist
here. There names are: 1sadore
Barre, France; Oscar Berry, Louis
Bell, Milton Bell, Ivan Burnham (the
lington and Harvard; Henry Valley,
Albert Sevigne, Emil Sevigne, Carl
Miller, Clarence Benware, Albert
Sherbert, Glennis Golding, Theodore
Patenaude. Martin, Sherbert and
Patenaude are in. service overseas.
Eugene McAllister got an honorable
discharge from the army Saturday
and arrived home from Camp Dew
ems Sunday morning.
We are permitted to make the fol-
o4o Lot yo1
by Miss Blanche Martin of Hartford,
Conn.,, from her brother, Harvey F.
Martin:
Somewhere in France, Sept. ID.
Dear Blanche: have been transfer
red to a new outfit and moved to
new town, a small one very much like
the first one We were in, only we have
small Y. M. C.. A.. The weather has
been very cool the last few days and
reminds me of home in October.
have been over quite a portion of
France in the past four weeks and
have seen some nice country and some
which I would consider worthless. l
was up very near the front about a
week and have pretty good idea how
they live. I slept in shell hole for
two nights and wos also in q trench
on the reserve line for while. We
are now out for six days rest, or at
least, that is the rumor. We are in
billets instead of tents. Nearly all
these small towns remind me Of some
old barn and the odor is about the
same. suppose you like your work
about as usual. I have not received
any mail from home yet but suppose
this is due to my being on the move
all the time. My address now is 4
12Oth Machine Gun Bn.,
C Co., A. E. F.,
A. P. o. No. 734.