Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-05-10

paint on his house.
Mrs H. d. Phillips, whose illness we
reported few weeks ago, is recovering.
Rev. g. s. Hamilton has rented San
ders' corner block and moved in. Man
ley Bailey has moved into the house va
Gated by Hamilton.
Our village sends three lady school
teachers out of town, Miss Kate Hyde
teaches in johnson, Miss Abbie Frasier
in Burke, and Miss Myra COwles in
Lowell
Barton.
Newell Burnham has lots of good hay
for sale.
o. D. Owen goes to market this week.
Look out for piles of new goods at his
store in few days.
The adjourned term of the County
Court, held for convenience at Newport,
was short and sweet. closing on Friday.
At the rate the Canadians are leaving
the Provinces, there will be no need of
taking any census in Canada this season.
The selectmen of Barton will meet at
W. /. Robinson's Office Tuesday, May 18th
at 8 o'clock A. M. to settle with highway
surveyors. Per Order Selectmen.
The excitement and rivalry between
butter buyers. is bringing farmers in
from all directions to dispose of their
butter here.
Will that man who stole the bag of
potatoes from Mr.. Whitcher's last Sat-
urday night, please bring back the bag,
as it doesn't belong to Mr.. Whitcher?
Yesterday was red hot day for May
80 degrees in the shade. The night
was remarkable for the amount of light
ming, but it did no materially cool the at
mOsphere.
Now is the time for mechanics and
mill men to send their files to James
Mutt of st. Johnsbury, to be recut.
The new file he is now getting up is
ahead of any file ever sold in Vermont.
Try him.
Those who wish to use the columns of
this paper for local news puffs and
other gratis advertising, should remem-
Der that the publisher while trying to
be accommodating and liberal, lives, if
he lives at all, on subscriptions and adj
vertising patronage. Paid advertising
will be taken at low rates, none other
is now desired.
Do not forget the entertainment al
RObinson's Hall on Tuesday evening.
Great pains have been taken to make
the operate performance success, and
inasmuch as large number of the chill
dren of the village are engaged in it
the citizens ought to show their appre
citation of it by attending Tickets
sold at S. G. Curriers'.
]. B. Freeman has box of the cele
brated oleomargarine, or grease butter
which is assuming the place of the gen
uine article. 1t is a notorious fact tha
the counterfeit is so very like butter tina
many dairymen call it good article o
butter. After being told that it is cleo
margarine, they usually remark {"
thoght it tasted a little like tarler."
The entertainment given by H. G
Blaisdell on Tuesday evening, was called
by many the best thing they ever attend
ed in this town. The reading by Mis-
Backus was above criticism, and ellciteC
great praise. Mr.. Blaisdell's playing i
too good to be fairly appreciated by al
audience not educated to classic music
The other parties who took part in th
entertainment did themselves credit.
Miss Amy Belknap teaches at Mil
Brook, Westmore. Miss Lettie Bea
teaches in the Hiram Cass district Bal
ton, Miss Ida Young teaches in Evan,
vile, Miss Gertie Baxter teaches in th
Geo. Blckford district, Miss Nettie Ia,
Tor teaches in the Deveraux distric
Miss Matte Hamblett of the Iandin
teaches in the Geo. Heath district, Mi,
Ella Trip teaches in the Trip di
trict, Miss Laura BickfOrd teaches in IL
Taylor district, and Miss Bates teach,
in the West district.
James Lewis died yesterday mornir
after an illness Of several weeks. M
Lewis was an eccentric citizen, but h
loss will be felt. Since coming to tn
town he has lived by himself, occupyir
home that would have had no col
forts for ordinary men. He has been
very useful citizen, and there is no m;
that will fill the peculiar sphere he b
occupied. He has been the most ipdu
triOus man in this vicinity. He b
planned to burn a kiln of brick Il
season, and had put up stock of
sufficient for the wants of the wht