Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-08-23

Barton.
T. w. Drew and wife are spend
ing a few days at Willoughby, stop
ping at Gilman's.
The annual meeting of the Pasump-
sic road will be held at Newport We'd
nesday, Sept. s.
Gen. Grout has gone to Caledonia
Springs to remain until about the 1st
of September.
Mr.. Largis remains in about the
same dangerous condition. He must
get help soon if he RECEIVERS.
The crops on the town farm are
reported good, and the expenses on
the farm are not as great as last year.
The "fast boss" business is as
suming proportions in this place, and
several good animals are in training
for the fall racing period.
The St. Johnsbury District Camp
meeting at Lyndonville is to be held
this week commencing to day and
continuing until Saturday morning.
A. A. Earle has been in town and
appears about in usual health, though
he has symptoms of another attack
similar to the one which FRUSTRATED
him some years ago.
There will be a reunion of Co. l.,
10th VT. Vols. at this place, Sept
list. Capt. Noyes will be present
and it is hoped all living members
of the old company will attend.
Horace Graham, Glib. Ellis, W. w.
Miles, and parties from Craftsbury are
having an outing in Canada. They
are up some where on the Quebec
Central intent on catching trout.
The Civil Board will meet again
next Saturday afternoon to perfect
the check list. See that your names
are on the list, and that all names
are on it that ought to be there.
The numerous accidents that are
happening all about with small boats
on the water, should admonish GU
boatmen to be very careful on Crys
tai lake. We notice that many acct
dents occur on Sunday.
The selectmen are. putting 10
bridge over the river near the 0. V
Joslyn shop. 1t had been hoped b.
many that an iron bridge would b.
used, but an ordinary wooden bridg
Us built, considerable old timber 90
ing into the frame work.
There will be a picnic excursion
for Sunday school scholars and 9th
ers to Lyndonville Camp groun(
next Friday. Tickets for adults 81
cents. children under fifteen years O
age 25 cents. Take morning mai
train and return on evening mail
Let all the Sunday school people at
tend.
Speaking of herds grass again
N. M. Lewis brings in bunch o
heads from Glover, measuring TIN
longest ones, quarter of an incl
more than the Irasburgh specimen
and o. Dwyer found single hea'
in the east part of Barton that meas
nres 1lH inches, one inch bette
than the Glover specimen.
The Passumpsic R. r. runs an ex
cursion from Lyndonville to Missis
quot Park, Highgate, on Wednesda,
of this week the rate of fare being
low, only S1.25 from Barton. Th
train leaves here at about s o'clocl
in the morning and returns at p. M
This will make "a nice trip for thos
who want to 60 to the Park.
Mr.. f. d. Conant of East Somel
vile, Mass, who has long been in
successful mercantile business i
Boston, made US call last Friday
He was in trade in Glover abou
thirty-fve years ago, and like man
Vermont young men drifted off int
success ia the cities. He was Dor
in Irasburgh and is pleasantly re
membered by the older people G
this section of the county.
The Orleans Co. Veteran Assoc
alton will hold its annual meetin
and reunion here commencing Tues
day and holding over till Thursda
night. 1t is hoped that all veteran
of the county will be present durin
some or all of those days. The faj
ground will be used and opportunit