Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-03-15

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Broken Suits and Heavy Pants, at
Cheney's Clothing Store.
Barton.
Methodist Ladies' aid meet with
Mrs. B. D. Stone on Wednesday af-
\ ternoon.
Regular meeting of Mason Post,
No. 16, G.. A. r., at Barton, Thurs
day evening. March IS.
Regular Meeting of Orleans Lodge
No. So, F. and A. M, Friday,
March 10Th, at 100 O'Clock.
The adjourned meeting of the
Quarterly Conference of the M. E.
church will be on Saturday at 2 p. m.
Daniel Owen and wife passed their
golden wedding last Friday and
friends and relatives made them
pleasant visit in honor of the occa-
sion.
The second volume of Grants
4 Personal Memoirs will be ready for
a delivery in April. Those who have
n read the first volume will be anxious
to see it.
The listers of the county will meet
at Newport March goth, at 10 a. M,
for the purpose of comparing notes
and fixing upon certain uniform
prices for personal property.
There will be meeting of the list
ers at Hills Hotel, Irasburgh, on
Saturday, March 20, at 10 o'clock
a. m. for the purpose of making uni
form prices for the appraisement of
stock. etc.
We have received two notices for
listers meeting, as will be seen In
this column, each from responsible
listers, and we will not undertake to
adjust the difference in localities.
Possibly the two meetings can be
held by the use of the telephone and
work properly done.
DR.. VIM. Coburn and family who
have been stopping at c. H. Owl
nell's sone weeks 60 to Penn Yam
n. Y. to day where Mr.. Coburn goes
in company with leading hameo-
pathie physician with promise of an
excellent practice. Mrs. D. d. Bean
will accompany them. .
We have shifted the MONITOR office
and job printing establishment across
the street to the O. D. Owen new
block where Mr.. Webster and our
selves can be found. 1t has taken
hll our time, with quite an amount of
help to accomplish the work and gel
put one paper in the week.
Revs. j. r. Bartlett and A. J
Hough propose to publish a paper
called the Hinerdnt during the week
of the Methodist Conference, which
will contain all news pertaining tt
the conference and much other in
teresting matter. 1t will be solo
for the low price of 25 cents anC
will be cheap.
News is received that Harvey
Allen formerly of this town, but late
bf Craftsbury, is dead and his re
mains will be brought here for bura
to- morrow, Tuesday, at 2.30 o'clock
W afternoon. We do not learn the
cause of Mr.. Aliens sudden death
He was reported on visit at st
Johnshury during last week.
There will be an entertainment ant
sugar party at Opera Hall on Thurs
lay evening of this week under th,
auspices of the M. f. ladies. TIL,
Entertainment will consist of songs
Phoruses prepared by Mr.. Shaw anC
wife and others, and dialogues, cha
fades, etc. Much time has been spen
n preparation and the musical an
literary exercises will be very good
The sugar will be ne1U if new can b
obtained, otherwise better than ney
rom an excellent supply Of the GRO
bf 'S5. The proceeds will go towar'
he rebuilding of the brick church
hnd the gathering ought to be a larg
bne, both on account of the enter
ainment and the object.
An aged lady friend sent us
eopy of the New England Coz
rant, a fac simile of the first pape
printed by Benjamin Franklin. TIL
original paper was printed in Boston
Feb. IL, 1928. The printed sheet
+wo pages is 6 by 10 inches. TIL
EDITOR did not seem to find quit
Enough to ill it as it was. In Frank
ms salutatory he informs his read
Prs that ''the design of the pape
Will be to entertain the town wit
he most comical and entertainin
Incidents in human life." He the
strikes out and gives a speech dc
ivered by the King of England
our brief items of news, a shi
hews article and two brief adyertis,
nents. The editor in those days di
pot trouble himself lest he might 70