Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

from them, but otherwise no violence
was done.
The Passumpsic Railroad Co. are
advertising cheap excursions to New
port and Bay View Park this week
commencing Tuesday and closing
Saturday. The entertainment will
consist of the new and popular ope-
ras ssIolanthe' and ssPatience' COM
posed by Gilbert and Sullivan, au-
thors of ''Pinafore." The operas will
be given at Bay View every after
noon except Tuesday and at New
port every evening except Thursday.
The fare Is very low and excursion
tickets include round trip car and
boat fare and admission to the opera.
Tickets from Barton only 20 cents,
and correspondingly low from other
points. Parties from ST. Johnsbury
north should go up Friday on a
train which leaves there at Gam.
Barton Landing.
The Ladies' Aid Society give a
hulled-corn festival on Wednesday
eve, Sept. 18th. Mrs. Wallace of
Boston will favor the audience by
singing, and there will be other pleas
ing exercises. All are cordially in
vited. The proceeds will be used
towards the purchase of a bell for
the church.
A few friends were invited to the
house of George Ford, Tuesday even
ing, to hear some musical selections
rendered by Mrs. Jennette Wallace
of Boston. The occasion was one
of pleasure.
c. B. Ordway sold his large black
horse, purchased of G. III. Green,
for 5000 to Norman Smith of the
Village, to be used for trucking.
Messrs. Skinner & Brown have
nearly completed extensive repairs
on their store-house near the r. r.
crossing. By running car load of
grain to the platform it is taken by
the. means of elevators to the second
floor, run into a Fairbanks hopper
scale, weighed and sent to the receiv-
ing bin, which has capacity of 5000
bushels. The work is done by horse
power. Glad to note the improve
ment.
Bloomington
Frank Caron has gone to work for
j. G. Bartlett.
Clarence Wiley is attending school
at the Wesleyan College, Stanstead,
P. @.
There will be a Methodist quarter
ly meeting at the Center, Sunday,
Sept. 16.
Mrs. n. J. Morehouse and her
daughter Ola, are visiting their
friends in Stowe.
Stephen Burrows and Florence
Randall whose sickness was noticed
in the Monitor, are both GONZALES
cent.
There are prayer meetings in the
church at the Centre Saturday and
Sunday evenings. Class meetings,
Tuesday evening of each week.
Miss Angie Gibson who taught a
successful term of school in East
Bloomington the past summer, is
now teaching in the Trip district in
Barton.
Edwin Wheeler has had two felons
on his right hand this simmer, the
last one was opened the first of Aug.
and he has not been able to nse his
hand since.
Will Smith had a housewarmine
some evenings since at which large
number were present and a very
pleasant time enjoyed. A purse OF
silver was left as a present.
Miss Carrie Days friends gladly
welcome her home, after an absence
of over year. She teaches tn {
school in Rev. J. A. Gibson's dis.
trict, commencing Sept. 10.
Moses Foss was quite badly hurt
recently by being thrown from loaC
of oats. He suffered a broken arm
and dlslocated joint. Buzzell Spen.
Ger who came to assist Mr.. Foss thu
same day of his accident, got into
some trouble with his team in back
ing out of the barn and had both legs
badly damned.
West Charleston.
The New York children have beer
sent home. Some of them were re
luctant about going, preferring Yer
mont to New York.
Schools in most of the district
commenced Sept. 3rd. Abbie E
Cowles teaches in the Sawyer district
Lura Bruce in the Gay district ant
Stella Blood at the center.
Elmore Foster, son of Lemuel ant
Mary Foster, died Sept. 1st. Littl
Gilmore had been sick for nearl7
three years, confined to the hous,
most of the time. He was an exam
pie of great patience and won the re
spect of all who ministered TO hi
wants, by his gentle and sweet dis
position.
East Charleston.
The mop growers have gathered
their hops. Some pieces are heav,
and others light.