Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-03-01
Barton.


Barton.
The Good Templars will hold their
meeting next Wednesday evening.
w. G. Brown has II shotes, aver
aging 100 pounds each, which he Of
fers for sale.
The ladies' aid of the M. K.
church meet with Mrs. Gordon on
Wednesday afternoon.
All long communications, adver-
tisements, obituaries, etc., must
reach us as early as Saturday morn
ing, if they are to appear the next
week. We 60 to press Monday af-
ternoon aid cannot make the half of
a paper in a few hours Monday morn
ing.
The academy department of the
village school opens with large at
tendance. Among those from out
of town we mention Mamie and Lot
tie Dow from Albany, Nellie Town
send and Katie Pierce from Brown
ington, Lottie Flanders from Coven-
try, Laura Cook from Sheffield,
Myrtle Drew from Sutton and Dan
4 Randall from Evansville.
The County Temperance Society
not having put in nomination can
didate for County Commissioner, the
executive committee of the Society
name Geo. W. McGaffey of Glover
as fit candidate for the place, and
votes will be distributed for this can
didate. This office ought to be filled
with good temperance man who will
attend to the work faithfully. We
have no doubt Mr.. McGaffey will do
it.
One of the worst storms of snow
and wind of this or any other season,
began on Thursday and continues
to rage. Probably about a
foot of snow fell and this and
all that was below 1t was stirred
up by the wind and drifted in all di-
rections. The roads are blocked every
where, and it will be two or three
days before they can be opened. Sc
we're as the storm has been in this To-
cality, it has been worse and done
greater damage IN many other locali-
e ties.
From the auditors report we
gather the following relative 10
the affairs of the town: The total
expense of repairing the highways,
outside the two villages including
the erection of the iron bridge at the
Landing at a cost of about $500,
and few bills that properly belong
ed in last years account, amounted
to $3,476.32. This heavy expense
was occasioned by the working with
machines of a large proportion OF
the roads in town, and a general
over hauling of sluice ways and Gull
verts. The expense seems heavy
but the roads only received needed
repairs. The support of the poor
always a heavy bill in this town,
seems to have been decreased by the
use of the poor farm, though this is
the first year and expensive in some
things that will hereafter cost much
less. The selectmen purchased the
farm to relieve themselves, somewhat,
of the burden of two paupers, at a
cost of $4,000. They were after
wards offered $500 for the proper.
ty, and it is estimated that the farm
is, at least, worth that sum. To
III furnish the house, provide tools, fiji
up the sugar place and put COWS or
the farm, cost $3.50, nearly. The
town now has an invocied property
on the farm and in it of S3611
There is a debt due on the farm Of
about $1,000, leaving about $1,000 ir
the farm and fixtures. A few pau
pers were supported outside thu
farm and their expenses, including
~ heavy doctors bills, were abou
$3.50, and the total expenses of th,
poor, not to include litigation ex
penses, about $3.50. This was
much less than last years expense
and the probabilities are that thu
poor can be maintained cheaper &C
cordingly next year. The town anC
road taxes. 20 cents on a dollar, wa
not sufficient to meet the extraordi
nary expenses occasioned by tn,
heavy outlay on bridges and the fur
nishing of the farm for the keeping
of paupers, and the debt will be con
siderably increased. The towr
ought to raise, including highwa,
taxes (l5 per cent? 80 cents on :
dollar; this with rigid economy il
all directions will provide for cur
rent expenses and go far toward ex
tinguishing the debt.
Barton Landing.
There is considerable talk her
about the matter of public hall
We need one and hope 10 see some
thing done about providing one.
There has been SO much weathe