Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-08-17

man, with responses by y. IL. DWln-
ell and Rev. G. w. Morse, and by
comrades Currier, Nye, Hastings,
Cook, Collision, Marnock, Austin,
Stone, Grow and Blake, and a timely
and eloquent address from Hon. O.
III. Austin, constituted, in chief, the
exercises of the day. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: president, Geo. w. Bridgman,
vice presidents, Thos. Hastings and
Martin Abbott; secretary, VIM. Will
liams; treasurer, Geo. FL. Blake
executive committee, the president
corresponding and conference secre-
tary, E. H. Nye.
Albany.
Mrs. Polly Hovey is failing.
Rev. A. j. Hovey and family are
spending their vacation in town;
Rev. Mr.. Watson former pastor of
the Cong'l church, is also here on
visit.
Mrs. Lewis Hovey and daughter
from Iowa, are here visiting friends,
also Mrs. Lucina Skinner and son,
and Mrs. Eunice Smith and daughte
from Montpelier.
East Albany.
The Free Will Baptist S. S. at f.
Albany, and the S. S. at South AL
bany will unite in holding picnic in
the grove south of the new church at
f. Albany August goth. The Crafts
bury band is expected to furnish mu-
sic.
South Barton
Miss Josephine Garland, who has
been teaching in the Boston Public
Schools during the past year, and
since then attending the National
Teachers Convention and the Sum-
mer School of Methods at Saratoga,
is stopping with her sister, Mrs.
Oliver Willard, for brief season of
rest.
Barton Landing.
Mrs. Seaver, a sister of Mrs. F..
O. Drew, and from Lawrence, Mass.
80 years of age, is visiting here.
The selectmen commenced tearing
up the old bridge Saturday, and will
construct temporary one to accom-
modate travel.
The side walk on Church street is
impossible: it would be credit to
our trustees if they would repair the
more travelled walks before building
new ones.
Lawyer Carpenters trouble has
turned into bloody dysentery.-Dr
Wright's little boy, Freddie, is hav
ing long pull with typhoid fever
they are both more comfortable a
this writing.
Mrs. L. w. Hildreth's father, Mr.
Basford from Maine, whom she has
not seen for thirty years, is visiting
her, with his son j. L. Basford o
Boston. This makes four genera
tons on each side of the household
living under one roof. Mr.. j. L
Basford is the owner and manufac
turer of one of the best lung medi
cines IN the world, and all Athlete,
with any trouble with the throat @
lungs can procure bottle of tn
medicine at D. W. Hildreth's dru
store.
BrOSvnin2tOn
The meeting house in this place
being shingled.
Mrs A. 2. Alexander continues t
fail, without hopes of recovery.
Geo. Smith is raising up his sho
and putting a basement underneath.
H. J. Brewster is building his fs
pond, Mr.. Twombly having the job
Willis Fletcher got two of his fiji
gers badly sawed while working in
, mill for Chandler & French, /;
Newport Center.
Charles Parker's horse ran ava
at Barton Landing recently, knocl
, ing down a street lamp, smashir
the wagon and making lively seer
: generally.
5 P. M. Dutton who recently lie
e this town has good situation und,
= the employ Of the firm of A. B. &
III. French, Hartford, Vt. We wi:
. him success and prosperity.
e Charles Wheeler has recent
/ bought building lot at Ayers Fla
i of H. G. Aver, for 1925, for t
8 purpose of building a wholesale al
f retail general store, 25x50 feet, tv
D stories high, and has already col
a menced building operations.
il Evansville.
6 S. R. Potter has bought of Charl
o Brooks 20 acres of land, paying 81
!, for the same.
k The stone mill is closed for she
f time for repairs. A new grinder a
: new gang of saws will be put in.
Rufus Trip has started me
;. cart, and in the future we shall L
q have to depend npon other villag
/ for out meat.
Coventry.
) John Chapman is quite low vi
!, lung trouble.
u Miss Emeline Mitchell is hol
; from Massachusetts.
IS B. F. Tower and his daughter, NJ
d Stowell, have gone to Rochester OF
!. visit.
o
n Mrs. Henry Nichols has gone