Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-01-18

LosT.-Between L. w. Fosters, Clio
err, and Newport village, wallet con-
lining a sum of money. The finder will
e generously rewarded by addressing
ienry Tittemore, Glover village, Vt.
Barton.
Ed. Lavine, an insane pauper, was
4 ent to Brattleboro this morning.
The Barton National Bank has de-
Jared 2 per cent semi-annual divi-
lend, payable Feb. IL. The surplus
md profits amount to 81, 1904.
Remember that postmaster Owl
bell has made arrangements for q
night mail to Boston and points be-
ow. Mail closes at his office at 9
b. m.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
with Mrs. j. N. Smith next Wednes-
day afternoon and evening, all are
cordially invited. Gentlemen are
especially invited to supper.
John N. Smith wishes to inform
the public that he is prepared to fur
|nish all customers with ice at his
cutting near his ice house on Bell
Water. Come and get it while the
weather and the ice are good.
We congratulate Mr.. Leith Of the
Crystal Lake House on his marriage.
George is SAID to have run the best
hotel IN this part of the state without
a wife. We have right to expect
much greater things hereafter.
We had ample means all through
the convention for entertaining a
barge number more than made appli-
cation for places. We hope that no
mistakes were made, and that every
body found a meal and q home that
needed one.
Willie Graves has lately repaired
the rooms where the town clerks Of
flee formerly was, and invites his
friends to call in and see him. His
relatives and friends dropped into his
residence on Saturday evening and
made HIM a pleasant birthday visit.
At the annual meeting of the Bar
ton National Bank, Amory Dawson,
B. M. r. Nelson, L. H. Thompson,
W. H. Blasdell, w. w. Grout, j. f.
Dwinell and John Bailey were chos-
en- directors. At subsequent meet
ing A. Dawson was chosen
president, B. M. r. Nelson,
vice Pres. and H. X. Dewey, cashier.
G. A. Drew had the misfortune
some days since to cut his fingers on
a circular saw. He afterwards took
cold in the wound and was laid up
with his hand several days. 1t came
in an unfortunate time-most aftlic-
rtions do we suppose-as he was
greatly driven in his shop for sash
and door work, for Mr.. Owen and
many others.
Last Tuesday will have record. as
"a cold day. In the morning the Their
mometer ranged, according to loca-
tion, from % 10 "a below zero; at
noon from ~ to 16, and at night "a
degrees. 1t was clear all day. 1t
made pretty cold day to start up a
singing convention to be attended
by parties who were obliged to come
from many parts of the county by
team.
Mr.. Shaw of this place has formed
partnership with James Robb,. a
dealer in pianos and organs, and they
have hired store in the Robinson
block, and put in lot of organs, pi-
amos and musical merchandise. They
intend to keep good stock of every
thing in their line, and hope to COM
mand large patronage. We bespeak
for them good trade. Mr.. Robb
will be on the road considerable as
piano tuner and salesman. Give
them a call.
On Thursday morning, just as the
singers were assembling in Robin
sons hall for the convention, some
one discovered fire in j. A. Pear
sons dentist rooms, in the same
block, and H. C. Pierce ran across
the street with pail of water and
extingnished the fire almost before
any one knew of it. There was a
slight commotion with those in the
hall, but no scare or stampede for the
doors. The fire caught in some un-
known manner in the workroom of the
dentist, blazed up from near the
floor TO the top of the window, doing
slight damage. 1t was fortunate
discovery and providential escape
from what might have been a very
serious affair to life and property.
The room adjoined the passage way
from the hall, and if the flames had
broken into the hall way egress that
way would have been cut off
and the means of escape from the
hall only by ladders. There has al
ways been talk of erecting outside
stairs-a thing which ought not to