Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-19
ALBANY.

business trip.
The cornet band is resurrected and
proposes to give a grand entertain
ment in few weeks. Due announce
ment will be made.
Several farmers of this locality will
put in silos the coming summer.
Those that were put in last year are
giving excellent satisfaction.
Citizens of this town are reminded
that all accounts against the town
not presented for settlement previous
to Feb. %, will not be audited but
pass into next years account. The
selectmen and auditors will meet at
J. B. Darlmg's hotel, Tuesday, Feb
ruary 81.
East Albany.
There will be donation visit and
oyster supper for the benefit of Rev.
r. w. Collins at the Free Baptist
parsonage on Wednesday evening,
Feb. 81. All are cordially invited.
Stables will be furnished those who
wish to put up their teams.
Barton.
j. w. Howard, who has been i'll
for some weeks, is just able to get
out of doors.
G.. B. Ellis and wife have returned
from their wedding trip, having Wis
4 tied New York and Boston.
Rev. A. H. Webb spent couple
of days here last week and his many
friends were glad to see him and
hear him speak in the revival meet
ings.
There is prospect of large
school in the academy here this
spring The spring term will COM
mence Monday, March 9th, Mr..
Martin, principal.
G. F. Percival couldn't change his
ad. this week, but he announces that
his stock of wall paper has come,
the largest and best stock he ever
had, and he invites examination.
The member of the Orleans Co. Agri-
cultural society are requested to meet at
Fosters hotel Saturday, Jan. "a, at l
O'Clock p. m. to elect officers and make
arrangements for fair the coming year.
C. P. OWEN, Sec.
Will the school district clerks for
ward their registers to this office, as
soon as they can make out the sta
tistics required? They will be needed
several days previous to March
meeting.
Rev. S. S. Brigham goes to ST..
Adams Bay this week to assist in re-
vival meeting work. Owing to his
absence meetings at his church will
be held only on Thursday and Sat
urday evenings.
By dispatch we learn that Brad
ford was visited by a great fire this
forenoon, which destroyed all the
buildings on the west side of Main
street from Prichard's store to the
bank, entailing loss of 100000.
The first thaw of the winter put in
an appearance on Friday and the
snow was settled considerably. II
was well-nigh impossible to travel on
the hill roads. The effect of the
heightened days and returning sun is
beginning to be felt.
Mrs. Lucinda Graves, aged ovel
"a years, died at the home of hel
son, Dana Graves, last Tuesday
She was the relict of Chase Graves
many years resident of Glover, anc
the remains were carried there fol
burial. We suppose she was thu
oldest person in town. Her husband
was soldier of the war of 1912.
The selectmen will be at the tow
clerks office on the 26th day of Feb
1888, at 8 O'Clock a. M, to settl
with the highway surveyors and al
persons having claims against tn
town of Barton. The board of civi
authority, the listers and town clerl
will meet at the town clerks office OF
the 28th day of Feb. 1888, at o. locl
a. M, for abatement of town taxes
The auditors will meet at town clerk
office on Friday, March I'd, 1888, t
s. settle with town officers.
The winter term of the villag
schools closed on Friday last, wit
public exercises in Robinson's hall
afternoon and evening. The school
have been large during the entir
term, and excellent progress has bee
made in each department, as the eS
aminations showed. On Friday af
ernoon the scholars in the prima1
and intermediate departments with
large number of parents and FRIEND
met at the hall and contended fC
speaking prizes. The little folks d
excellently well, and the committt
found it hard thing to decide tt
question of superiority. In the pl
mary department, the prizes we
awarded to Leon Emond, Ned Bal
win and Mary Blake; in the inte
mediate, Charlie Baldwin, Nell
Smith and Guy Rowell were mark
first and equal, receiving prizes
like; Gerty Skinner and Ida Mil
were marked second and equal, al
Fannie Brigham and Myrtle SEQ
third. In the evening the gramm
and high school scholars spoke. '
can say that without exception, t
recitatiOns were given in q ST,