Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-03-23
BLOOMINGTON


for some time.
| Mrs. Parma Wright is visiting in
Orleans for several days.
Helen Newton has been quite sick
with the grip the past week.
! w. j. Stone has had electric lights
installed upstairs in his house.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mason spent
Sunday at her fathers, Mr.. Case
wants.
| Harold Halves is spending his va
cation at home from his school in
Lowell, Mass.
The young child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Gilbert has been very sick for
a few days.
Mrs. Minnie Nichols spent several
days with her daughter, Rose Gill
bert, recently.
Miss Helen Dutton visited in town
and attended the wedding anniversary
Wednesday night.
| Forty from Orleans enjoyed a nice
feast of sugar in. George Going's sug
ar place one day last week.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Newton, ST., will be glad to welcome
them home from their long stay in
Longvalley, N. J.
! Ralph Dutton and Evelyn Adams
have been spending their vacations
with Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Newton and
enjoying week in sugaring.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hagar and
daughter, Marion, are visiting rela-
tives here and attended the anniver-
sary of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Hitchins.
About 70 friends gathered at the
Ladies Aid society's rooms last We'd
niversaries of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Young and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hitch
ms. Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchins having
been married 35 years and Mr.. and
Mrs. Young 33 years. All enjoyed q
fine supper of oysters and nice cakes
The evening was spent with remarks
by the brides and grooms and all join
ed in old familiar songs and went
home feeling that they had enjoyed
a profitable evening.
MORGAN CENTER
Mrs. Fl. R. Elliott is very ill.,
D: G. Finn is repairing A. o. Ell
LOFTS mill.
Gerald Gihnour is working for B.
j. Williams.
Sugar makers are having an unus-
ually large run Of sap.
Willard -Ca!kins had the misfortune
to seriously injure his hand recent
ly.
Mr.. Story &c Derby has purchased
of Albert Musgrove the VIM. Des-
lauriers farm about one mile from the
Center.
EVANSVILLE
Emery Larock remains very ill.,
w. J. Monteith started his mill on
Monday.
Those having books from the Ii
brary please return them before Ap-
ril LIST.
O., is working for his brother, Uric
Choiniere.
| Chester Barney spent the week.
end with his mother, Mrs. Harry Lee,
at Barton village.
Clarence Emerson of Claremont, N.
H., is stopping with his father, L. c..
Emerson, for a time.
! Mrs. James Carroll and sons, EN-
cry and Quentin, are guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Larock.
S. j. Kittle was home from his
work in Charleston for few days
the latter part of the week.
A. R. Drown and Ernest Wright of
Bloomington Center are working for
w. j. Monteith in the sawmill.
G. R. Fletcher is carrying on Tom
Neddow's sugar place and H. M. Dun
ham is carrying on U. w. Browns.
All ladies are invited to call at
Mrs. Smiths millinery rooms Thurs
day and Friday to see the ladies',
misses and children's new spring
hats. adv
The Ladies' Auxiliary will hold a
social at Mrs. Freda McDowell's home
Friday evening, March 25. Ladies
please bring cake and everyone is cor
daily invited.
| Mrs. Harley Converse was pleas
antly surprised Saturday evening
when neighbors and friends to the
number of 90 arrived to help her eel
citrate her birthday. Refreshments
were served and very pleasant So
cial evening was spent.
JOHN L. MARSHALL
John L. Marshall, a lifelong res
ident of this town died of hardening
of the arteries at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Nellie OsgOod, of
Bradford, March 18th. He was the
oldest son of John and Rachel Heath
Marshall and was born in Barnet De-
Icember 20, 1916, and when a small
boy his parents moved to this town.
August 10, 1866 he married Tirzah
Spencer. Eight children were born
of this union, only three of whom
survive him, Alison and Mrs. Nellie
Osgood, both of Bradford, and Mrs.
Gladys Houston, of this place, besides
several grandchildren and great
grandchildren. He also leaves two
brothers, Will, of Lowell, Mass, and
Moses, who lives in the West, and one
sister, Katy, who also lives in the
West and host of friends who will
miss Uncle Johns hearty handclasp.
When young man he was severely
injured by stone falling on him at
the milestone quarry and suffered
from the effects of it all the remain
der of his life. Although thus affiict-
ed he possessed very strong charac.
ter and indomitable courage. He was
a member of the Methodist church
| here for the last so years. He was