Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-08-11
LOCAL NEW s.
Barton.

Barton.
There was very heavy rain last
week. Crops are looking well.
r. G.. Baird has pullet that laid
an egg before she was two months
old.
w. p. Smith has taken job of
Mrs. Reed in Charleston of saving
quite large stock of lumber.
The Miles boys, Orange Mossman,
Glib. Ellis and some others are at
Averill Pond on a fishing trip.
Quite large number from this
town and Glover will attend camp
meeting at Lyndonville this week.
Eva Gilman aged 8 years, daugh-
ter of Horace Gilman, has picked
and sold six dollars worth of berries
this season.
Van Ness Spalding who is running
the hotel at White River junction, is
keeping an excellent house, and is
having large run of custom.
G. B. Leland estimates his hay
crop on his home farm at one hum
bred tons. Carl thinks of going west
this fall to look the country over.
VIM. Critchett has moved from
Barton Landing into a tenement in
one of John Twombly's houses.
Meyer Jacobs has moved into the
Mrs. Jones house which he recently
purchased.
From the Canon City Record, (Col-
orado) we learn of the death of a son
of M. P. Felch of Garden Park.
Mrs. Felch was a daughter of Ira
Colburn of Albany, and formerly
we'll known here.
Messrs. Drew & Baldwin have dis.
solved partnership in the lumber bus
mess, Mr.. Drew taking the land be-
longing to the company, and Mr.,
i Baldwin the mill. Mr.. Drew intends
n ITO 90 out of active business.
N NOTICE TO TAXPAYERs.-I will be al
o. H. Austin's Office Barton Landing
Tuesday, Aug. 10th, from 8 O'Clock a. m
until o'clock p. m. to receive taxes
Taxes not paid Sept. 4th will be put intt
the collectors hands and collected &C
cording to law.
Z. +. BUTTON, Toaen Treas.
The selectmen have made out :
check list which is posted in various
N places for examination. 1t is no
correct, as it contains many name
of those not voters, and omits man,
others who are voters let them b.
informed of the errors and they viii
be corrected.
Rev. L. II. Elliot, secretary of tn
Vermont Bible Society, asks the chill
dren in all the Sunday schools in th
state to make thank Offering for tn
Bible on the first Sunday in Septem
Der. He suggests that they earn thu
money and give as many cents al
they are years old.
We note by New York pape
that Edwin G. Woodman, grandson
of John L. Woodman, Esq, of thi
village, was recently married to Mis-
Flora Cook of Boston. Mr.. Wood
man is a highly successful piano am
organ teacher, and is organist of tn
first Presbyterian church, East Bos
Z ton.
Many people in this vicinity wer
panied to hear of the death of Mrs
Marcellus Burnham, which occurre
in Woburn, Mass, recently. Sh
had been In ill health for some tim
but of late was better than heretofore
and her sudden demise was not looE
ed for. She died in a few hours a.
ter the last attack of what we
thought to have been heart disease.
Y Mason Post G.. A. r. will hold
basket picnic festival at Roarin
Brook Park Saturday, Aug. % at l
O'Clock A. NJ All members of I'll
Post and their families are invite
and expected to be present. Thel
will be martial music, speeches, arm
"reminiscences and other pleasant exc
cises. This is the first meeting
what is intended to be an annual +
union of the organization.
We went to Quechee ON Frid.
last with the excursion and enjoy,
the trip very much. The ride doy
the Passampsic and Connecticut Va
leYs is always pleasant one. t
trip took us through Orleans, CT
edonia, Orange and a part of Win
sor counties, one of the most plea
ant that can be taken in the stat
The numerous villages that lie
both sides of the rivers the beautif