Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

IL. W. NIetSh VI AAeeANtNiN 10 oOSShSo
a large amount of granite and marble
work in this county this season. lie
has just set two granite monuments
in the village cemetery, one for w.
II. Martin and one for j. B. Free
man; the work is nicely done and
the stone of excellent quality. Mr..
Mack set a handsome marble head
stone for the late III. w. Chafey of
Albany last week and is preparing an
elegant granite monument to be set
at Irasburgh.
Thomas Baker, Jr., who is well
remembered here, writes us from
Fargo, Dakota, that he has recently
formed very agreeable copartner-
ship with Miss Julia M. Root of Fox
Lake, Wis, the new firm name being
Mr.. & Mrs. Thomas Baker. (See
marriages.) Mr.. Baker is doing a
successful law business in company
with another gentleman, and occu-
pies new home recently built by
himself. We see no reason why he
should not be satisfied and happy.
He has great faith in the West and
expects that his city will have pop
ulation of Is, 900 when it is ten years
old.
The Fox Minstrels showed here on
Tuesday night to small audience.
Some of the singing was excellent,
the orchestra was fine and the cornet
playing first-rate, but there was too
much burnt cork, too much low talk
and too great an effort to create
cheap applause. Strange that some
of these show people cannot learn
that it is no improvement to an ordi-
nary Yankee to smut him over with
cork to personify niger. 1t is
really abusive to the negroes; and
again, when a combination con-
sists of good musicians and fairly
good actors, why not sing some of
the higher, better class of music and
do some acting which is respectable
and elevating? There is a kind of
appreciation that does not spat hands
OF applaud by boisterous demonstra-
tions.
Mr.. Editor We feel it a duty to call
the attention of the people of the village
to matters pertaining to your fire compa-
ny and other things relative to your pres
ent condition, should a serious fire occur
in your limits. Some time since, as you
know, you purchased good hand fire.
engine with a supply of hose, hose car
rage, ETC., and erected a very good en-
| CINE house. The engine has been used
efficiently on one or two occasions. The
fire company, which at first consisted of
quite a large number-on paper-has
dwindled down to about dozen men,
bers. This is owing to several causes,
among which may be named, first, a dis
position on the part Of large number of
property holders to do nothing toward
maintaining the company, and to do very
little at the time of fires on the brakes
| in tho yi1Iaua fhrnn0h tho
has failed to do some things about the
engine house, small and inexpensive in
themselves, which would please and con-
venience the fire company and tend to in
crease its membership and encourage
some by feeble recognition OF services
rendered gratis, on the engine and with
the engine. One thing, which all may
not know, is the fact that only small
portion Of the village is at present pro-
tected by the engine, for the reason that
there is no adequate supply of water il
places where the large and most valuable
buildings are located. This is true Of al
that part of the village known as the
'Esquare." There are no cisterns or res
ervoirs large enough to supply the engine
ten minutes in all that locality. Othel
sections might be protected if two o.
three hundred feet more of hose was pur
chased. This would, in ordinary times
make it possible to protect much more O
the village from water supplied at tn
river. In very cold weather so long
: string of hose could not be made availa
interest ought to be felt in maintainin.
an efficient company which could at al
r times be.relied upon to take care of tn
engine and to promptly bring it to a fir
and put it in operation; volunteer hel
/ might assist in working it, but is Of littl
e use in getting it ready for operation
Then let there be some way provided
get water from the brook near J. T
Baldwin's and perhaps from one or tw
q reservoirs elsewhere, and lastly let tn
e fire company understand that the villag
people are willing to recognize and az
preciate their services already performed
if they are not called upon to remunerat
]. them for time and labor spent. Let m
b suggest that in time of fire everybod
Y come prepared with pals, as heretofore
the "pail brigade can do service Away
and may do much before the engine gel
to work. j. W. MURKLAND,
: Foreman of Engine Company al
1t Village Fire Warden.
ir Barton Landing.
o A. c. Parker, agent for the Farm
o er's Mutual Insurance Co., inform
the members of that company, tn;
f the assessments are now in his han(
% for collection.
e Eight car loads Of potatoes wei
|. shipped from this station last weel
" and a car load of holses this NOR
) ing. Fifty cents per bushel is tt
prevailing price for potatoes.
IL Mrs. David Flanders dislocate
II her ankle by jumping out of a wage
l. at the depot on Tuesday.-Henl
l. Smiths little boy fell and broke b
r arm last week. Mrs. Solomon Ro
W lnson of Bloomington, was throw
N from a wagon last Tuesday and I