Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-05-24

Barton.
H. T. Seaver is painting his build
ings.
The fruit trees are blossoming full
this spring.
H. E. Folsom hires his father TO
run one of his meat carts.
Mrs. DIR. Prime, who has been WIS.,
itlng friends in Knowlton, Que, is
expected home this week.
Mr.. Seymour, artist, will make his
summer headquarters here. He spent
the winter in Jacksonville, Florida.
The village trustees are getting
out lot of granite curbing, and will
put brick sidewalk in front of the
Owen and Nelson blocks.
d. d. Bean has returned from
Penn yam, N. Y, and has been
looking for good opportunity to
purchase a desirable residence here.
Six persons united with the Cong
church yesterday. Quite large num-
Der more will unite with the church
ere long; these are some of the
fruits of the late revival.
Company f., Sd VT. Regt., will
hold a reunion on Morrisville Fair
Ground, June oath. 1t will be a
picnic gathering. 1t is hoped that
every living member of this old COM
pany will be present.
The Lyndon Union is prodding
some one to put in pair(? of hay
scales in that village. Wouldn't one
article of this sort do as well as a
"pair?" This is on the principle OF
a pair of stairs and PAIR of bars.
M. j. Smith, marble and granite
worker, goes to New York tonight
to set up some work from his shop
81 which goes into cemetery there. II
is no small compliment to Mr.. Smiths
work that it goes to the city of New
York.
Sargent Jewell, who moved intt
the o. Dryer house east of the vii
lage last fall, died on Wednesday
and bis funeral was attended Fridal
morning, the remains being carried
TO Sutton for burial. Mr.. Jewel
was an Industrious, honest man. anC
had many friends wherever he lived
Horace Pierce has purchased !.
large stuffed deer, which was shot an(
mounted in Colorado, and brough
East by MI. Campbell of Albany
+ The animal is put up in perfect form
and as he stands in the large shov
window of the drug store, looks al
most as natural as life. The fgur
attracts much attention.
S. N. Fisk is building his new barr
some fifty rods or more south o
his buildings, with the evident pur
pose of putting a new house near
/ ere long. The old barn, built man
years ago by 10. Lord, then the hes
barn building in town, is being take
down and will make a part of the ne,
barn when regretted.
Note the change of time in railroa
timetable. The Air Line day ex
press goes on to day arriving a
Newport from the north at l o'cloc
p. NJ, at Barton 1.3O. Returnin
the train leaves Lyndonville at 3.32
Barton Alb. Newport 4.4O. Th
mail trains time south is only slight
y changed; north it is "a minute
later. The mixed train runs abou
as heretofore.
A grand army post was organize
here on Friday night, between thirt
and forty charter members bein
present. A set of experienced an
capable officers were elected: +
g. Collision, commander E. \
Randall, senior vice; E. H. Wei
Bter, junior vice; M. M. Whitne,
quarter master; O. V. Joslyn, adj
,ant; B. f. Emerson, chaplain
A. Grow, officer of the day; A.
Folsom, officer guard; j. G.. Ora
surgeon VIM. Drumming, S. M. 4
5. Clogston, @. NJ. S.;
Dryer, guard. Meetings will
eld on each Wednesday eve, in Il
week OF the full moon, and probab