Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-01-29
EVANSVILLE

Mrs. Henry Prescott is on the sick
list.
Martin Teller is visiting at HEM
Trescott's.
Mr.. and Mrs, l, P. Chase visited !,
Orleans last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Young are -.
parents of daughter.
F. S. Foster of Littleton, N. H w.,
in town last week in the interest ~
the Pike, Mfg, Co.
W. S. Mcdowell and U. W. Spencer
attended the funeral of Harry Bss
sett of Orleans, Sunday.
Four of the Labounty children ara
being cared for at the Simmons
home during the illness of then
mother.
Mr.. and Louis Emerson of Orleans
and Miss Nellie Emerson of Glare.
mont, N. H., visited their father
Lawrence Emerson, Sunday.
Mrs. Claude Houston, who has been
caring tor Wallace Houston's family
in Irasburg, has returned home ana
Mrs. Hilliard is caring for them.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Mcdowell. Mr.
and Mrs. H. P. Leland and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Aldrich attended the
farmers meeting at Browningtop
Center Wednesday evening.
Through the efforts of c. W. Skin
ner and II. G. Converse and the gen
crosby of the townspeople a large
sum of money was raised for billie"
Stevens, whose barn burned recently
Services at the M. E. church at
1915. First half hour, praise ser
vice. Subject of sermon, 'At the
Crossing" Sunday school at Y. The
Sunday school is increasing in inter
est. Everybody invited to all the
services.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will serve
an oyster supper at the church Wed
nesday evening, Feb: 9Th. Supper
committee, Jennie Converse, Mabel
Converse, Viada Carpenter and Lila
Hunt Entertainment committee
Mrs. I. P. Chase. Everybody invited
Mrs. Frank Lapierre received
letter from her brother, George Grow
of California, enclosing the follow
ing clipping, which will be of interest
to the Barton and Bloomington read
ers: The funeral of Mrs. Ella Shrews-
bury, who died during the fire that
destroyed the Scofield home Thurs
day afternoon will take place this
morning at 8 o'clock. Burial will be
in Santa Barbara cemetery, Rev
Shirley R. Shaw, officiating. Mrs
Shrewsbury will be laid by the side
of her husband who died many years
ago. The services will be private. The
coroner's jury, summoned to inquire
into the cause of her death, rendered
its verdict yesterday morning at
Gagnier's chapel. Jacob Shoupe,
deputy coroner, conducted the IN
quest. W. H. Higgins was foreman
of the jury. The verdict was that
death resulted from suffocation. Fire
Chief J. P. Endsley yesterday morn,
ing made a careful examination OF
the Scofeld premises at 318 Ana
pamu street and states that the room
in which Mrs. Shrewsbury met her
death, caught fire from an overheated
stove. He said all evidence points to
made a big fire and then leaned back
in her chair, crossed her feet, and
composed herself to rest, possibly
slept. Walls were of wood and had
been repeatedly vanished Varnish
the chief says, makes smoke as heavy
and dense as OIL AS the invalid
slept, he thinks, the walls became
greatly heated, so that when they
finally ignited they did so with rap
idity. He says he saw Mrs Shrews-
bury when they first opened the door
and that she was resting in an att
tude of ease. He could not reach her
then, but is certain she was dead
and that her end had been painless