Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-05-05
LOCAL NEW s.
Barton.

Barton.
The sugar season was at least one
|hird off from the average yield.
sGrace Murkland has a new adj. to-
Nay which the ladies will wish to read.
Six persons united with the Con-
sregational church IN this place yes
|erday.
Mr.. Percival is out with a big
'sEureka" ad. this week and would
lie to have Euread'er.
c. B. Leland, is going to build a
hrn, but he has already SO many
" don't know where to put it.
j. G. Bartlett takes down one barn,
Doves another and puts on an addi-
Hon with basement under the whole.
James F. Taylor has been danger
hhsly sick for some days and is liza
He not to recover unless he gets i'm
hediate help.
Cheney's Clothing Store is full of
lew attractions, in the way of cloth
'ng, silk hats, nobby straw hats, and
bew goods of all kinds.
The regular meeting Of the G.. A.
Post will be held here on Thursday
yening of this week. All members
Requested to be present.
There will be considerable repair
.hg, painting and improvement about
he village this season, but not a
great amount of building.
n n. M. SCOTS folks recently found
! perfectly formed egg, about the size
u sparrow's egg, inside a common
ems egg. 1t is not known just what
he hen was trying to do.
j. n. Smith is getting material to-
sether toward completing the inside
ID his house on Park street. Melvin
lliot is thinking of building on his
BIT in the upper part of the village.
Mrs. Jones wishes to sell her resi-
ence on Main street. This is a de-
irable place, and ought to find a
ready sale while there is such call
or tenements and houses. See the
advertisement.
At the reorganization of the NJ. E.
unday school j. II. Wallace was
hosen superintendent; T. p. Cor
on, assistant supt.; Mrs. p. L.
Webster, treasurer; Maud Murk-
and, librarian.
The selectmen Of the town of Barton
vill meet at the Office of w. 1. Robinson
Pm Monday, May u, at 10 O'Clock, a. M,
10 settle with highway surveyors.
j. p. BALDWIN,
L. l.. CHANDLER, SeleCtmen.
G.. w. BRIDGMAN,
We hope the village trustees vii
VI bike some steps toward making thor.
hugh repair of the street leading from
he lower end of the village to the
epot. If there is place in towr
hat needs money expended on it, i
s this.
Scion G. Currier has gone into thu
Employ of B. L. Babbitt & Co., tn,
bic soap manufacturers of New York
IS commercial traveller, and viii
make his routes in Vermont and New
Hampshire. Mr.. Currier is faith
ul business man and we bespeak
success in this line.
G.. d. Phelps, who sold the steam
cooking apparatus in this vicinity
was here last week and delivered hi
steamers. They are a very usefu
md convenient thing which ever.
family ought to have. Any part.
pot supplied can obtain one by ap
plying to this office.
The village schools close this week
'rhe two lower schools will have rhe
.orical exercises at the school hous
kriday afternoon the two highe
trades at Robinson's hall, Frida
vening, beginning at seven O'Clock
Recitations, singing and dialogues
admission 10 cts. to pay rent of tn
Aall.
We shall send for another lot {
ants on Wednesday, and those dC
ring anything found in the cat;
cgues can obtain them at cheapC
htes than by buying in small lo
Ind paying their own express. I'll
hst lot was very satisfactory, Il
plants being large, clean and thrift.
Hand in the orders Tuesday if poss
BILE.
At a meeting called for the pu
pose on Saturday evening, arrang
ments were made for the o.
servance of Decoration Day
this place. Hon. Hugh Henry W
be the orator of the day, band W
be procured and the occasion MAJ
of interest. All veterans and othe
in this part of the county are invlt
to participate.
Our readers will note the advC
. tisement of Mrs. Farrant of Newpol
relative to plants, flowers, etc. NJ,
Farrant and sons are carrying on t
business of plant and seed cultu
quite as extensively as it was do
previous TO her husbands deaf
Their wagons will be on the road
soon as the weather will permit I
carrying of plants.
We have lately sent some gen
Eluns to some of our delinquent 81
scribers, who live out of the coun
to which only few respond. No