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

barton.
Wilbur Mason is repairing up the
Wood buildings.
Frank Lovewell Is preparing to
build house near VIM. Collisions.
Some very disagreeable dog day
weather last week, cooling and
clearing off on Saturday.
Rev. A. B. Blake and family are
here on their way home from a camp
ing tour at Bolton Springs.
Quite a large number from this
place, also from Glover, attend the
camp-meeting at Lyndonville next
week.
Regular Communication of Orleans
Lodge, No. So, will be held Friday
eve. Aug. DIST. All members are
requested to be present.
Charles Warren, brother of Mrs.
w. H. Martin, came here Saturday
to make her visit, and just as he
reached the door of the house fell
to the floor from shock of paraly-
sis.
The members of the Good Tenn
plars' Lodge with invited friends will
have basket picnic at Fosters grove,
Willoughby Lake, on Wednesday of
this week (should that day be stormy,
the next pleasant day..
The spire on the Congregations
church has been Strengthened up and
the bright work all new gilded, while
the work of repainting and refittine
inside has been considerably advan.
ced in the last ten days.
We wish to call attention to Mr.
Clark's advertisement in another
column of a Grand Concert TO b.
given on Friday evening next, b,
his singing club with the assistance
of able talent from abroad.
Private parties at Lyndonville pro
pose to bring water into that villag
from the Whipple brook to be rented
for domestic purposes, used for by
drants, etc. They expect it to be
paying enterprise. The village, a
least, will be benefited by the pro
ject.
4 Orange Mossman, w. W. Miles
Chas. Jenness, John Twombly, Chas
Percival and families are camp
ing on the east side Of Belle Water
at Silver Cove. They have tents an
ample accommodations, with steam
boats running nearly every hour
w. Murkland, Henry Gay and w
L. Twombly's people are campin
at WiIloughby.
Trains on the Boston & Lowell
II Concord, Passumpsic and Southeas
ern roads are being equipped with
new electric signal, the through trai
between Boston and Montreal bein
the first to use it where several road
form q line. Three trains on til
Boston & Providence have latel
been equipped with it.
Our boys who took the engine
II Newport fire think they have IL
strangest coffee up that way Goo
Templars ever sampled. They tie
a good story of one of the older boy
who drank heartily on one side {
the machine and shifted over on |
the other brake in season to get
second ration when the coffee pa
came down that way. He REMIND
us of the story that is told of Jude
Poland when some friend treated hi
on ''new milk" The judge drar
as long as he could get Il drop out
the cup, and smacking his lips, e.
claimed, Heavens, what COW p
From a Portland Maine, pap
we clip the following relative to
fishing trip in which our friend, T
lery II. Webster, participated
The steamer, Express, took out
persons to Cod Ledge yesterda
each one of whom was DESTROYS
catching the largest fish, and therel
the money prize. The steamer +
turned about O'clock, when it W
found that Mr. Samuel Davidson h.
fish weighing IA pounds and NJ
Il. IL. Webster's weighed only t.
ounces less, SO these two gentlem,
were awarded the prizes.
Rev. A. FL. Webb could not resi-