Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-08
ALBANY.

Albany.
By order of selectmen all taxes must be
paid January Is. For convenience of tax
payers 1 will be at East Albany, Jan. Is;
South Albany, Jan. l6; at home, Jan. II.
All taxes not settled by this date will be
collected as the law directs, and this is
any notice. GEO. A. BILL, Collector.
The lectures by Rev. Mr.. Worthing
were well attended and much appre-
4 ,ciated. He took us first into the sa-
cred fields of Palestine, thence into
the darkness of Egypt, thence, by
sudden transition, into the dazzling
sunlight of Italy, thence to pictur-
esque Switzerland. thence to fashion
able Paris, and finally left us in the
society of old John Bull. Altogether
it was an interesting trip.
Barton
1t is George Frost this time.
If you want to 90 to Dakota read
advertisement relative to farms and
homes in another column.
WaIton's Vermont Registers for
sale in this office at II cents each.
Will be sent by mail for 13 cents.
Mrs. Hayes, wife of Henry Hayes
who recently moved on to the Jasper
johnson place in this town, died on
Saturday last.
The Hartford grocery in the Keat-
ing building is closed and the goods
will be sold at auction by Geo. W.
Jenness, sheriff.
The three last days of last week
were very cold, the thermometer be-
ING at zero or below at noon and
from Is to 20 degrees during the
night.
AS will be seen by reference to
marriages Miss Emma Hunt was
married last week. We understand
she goes to Littleton, n. H., to re-
side.
Geo. w. Bridgman has let his
farm to H. A. Glazier for the coming
year. Mr.. Bridgman's health is
not very good and he will take a lit
tie rest, and perhaps make trip west.
S. M. Worthley has dry wood for
sale. G.. B. Leland would like to
have the man who took his bundle
out of the Robinson store, at the late
auction, return the same to this office.
Hon. Justus Dart, State Supt. of
Education, will be in this county and
vicinity, the week of the 22d of Jan.
holding educational meetings. He is
expected at Barton Jan. %. More
full announcements hereafter.
Duncan McDougall is spending a
few weeks at the country residence of
L. d. Miles on the highlands of Al
lbany. He has cool retreat, but
reports his asthma trouble improved
by the dry and bracing air of that
region.
Amos Scott having hired the w.
F. Robinson store has put in stock
of entirely new goods, bought for
cash. He will be assisted by Chaplin
Leonard of Glover, an experienced
clerk and salesman, and hopes to be
able to please such patrons as give
him a call.
Some days since an unsophisticated
woman, who was evidently unac
quainted with the modern system Of
warming by furnaces, happened tc
step into one of our stores and right
over the floor register. Uttering s
wild scream, she exclaimed: ''Why
[ stepped right on to that refriger
atOr !"
Services will be held at the NJ. E
Il church each night this week, eXcep
Monday night, and it is expected
that meetings will continue all O
Al next week. Rev. MI. Ford of ST
& Adams will be present on Saturda,
evening of this week to remain some
days. He will be assisted by sever
al al of +bsc oo,,,+x,
The annual village meeting wa
held last Monday evening. B,
reports from the officers it APP
pears that the village is out of deb
with small balance in the treasury
During the past year no new i'm
provements were undertaken and tn
expenses were comparatively light
The new officers are as follows
Moderator, w. w. Miles; clerk, 6
FL. Blake; trustees, j. J. Hill, II
d. Bickford, Geo. W. Jenness
treasurer, J. P. Baldwin; collector
J. j. Hill. The article relative t
the purchasing of a ''town" cloc
was passed over, it being though
better to give every man the priv
lege of having his own kind of time
A sum of 10 per cent over and aboy
the per cent voted by the town is t
be raised and appropriated for vi
lage purposes, under the direction {
the trustees. The necessity of pr
viding better supply of water, f,
fire purposes, was discussed and
is hoped that the trustees will deci(
to build reservoirs in localiti
where the fire engine might be nee,
ed. The trustees were instructed
procure the ringing of one of Il
church bells at IL m. and 8. D. /
We presume the trustees are in i