Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-03-05
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The Literary Club will meet with Mrs.
G. IL. Blake, Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Sanford May has moved back
from the village on to the farm.
The new sugar crop is liable to be late
this year, as the old crop is completely
exhausted.
The ladies will furnish good dinner in
Mr.. Pages dining rooms, near the hall
where town meeting is held, tomorrow.
Members of the G. A R. Post went OF
the Glover cemetery to assist in the bur-
ial of Homer Bradley's remains.
The annual meeting of the ladies' socie-
ty of the Cong. church will be held at the
vestry on Wednesday afternoon. Gen
tlemen invited TO tea.
Rev. a. H. Webb of Northfeld, a form
er pastor here, will deliver a humorous
lecture at the new church, Wednesday
evening. Everybody will wish to hear
Mr.. Webb. Admission 10 cents.
We learn that George Whitcher, who
went to Southern California in the early
winter, is improved in health, is gaining
flesh and feels quite well. Wayland, his
brother, has job in Pasadena, also Harry
Scott.
The Thespians will play Bound by an
Oath" at Opera hall on Friday evening of
this week. The popularity of the Thes
plans and of the new play will insure a
good house. Tickets on sale at Pierces
drug store after Wednesday morning.
Carroll F. Davis and family are home
from Montana on a visit, and their nu-
merous friends in the town and county
are much pleased to see them. Mr. Da-
Wis went to Oregon from this town seven
years ago, remained there a few years
and then moved up into the new and grow
ing regions through which the Northern
Pacific railroad passed. He made his pitch
in MissOula, smart little town in IA min
ing and grazing region, went into leather
and shoe finding business, and, we judge
has found the business very remunerative.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis are in excellent
health, and they bring back with them a
bright little boy of six years that came to
live with them after they went to the Pa
.cifc coast.
From the published pamphlet report of
the Selectmen, auditors, etc, we con-
dense the following: Cost of highways
for the year including repairs, new bridg-
es, snow rollers and quite large sum
inherited from last years road breaking,
is S2,447 4S. The rolling of the roads the
present winter to date, $500; about $50
has been paid out the present winter for
breaking roads not run over by the roll
ers. The expenses of the town the past
year in round numbers are about as fol-
lows: Miscellaneous, 5000; officers eX-
penses the previous year, paid this year,
(this includes the seectmen, the listers,
the auditors, the overSeer, the town clerk,
the treasurer, and other minor bills)
$500; the highways and bridges, 50, $50
the support of the poor, $3.50; the town
raised $500 for school purposes, or with
the interest on surplus fund, 81 1876. The
liquor business was quite large and the
receipts were nominally just equal to the
expenses. The town received from the
Huntington fund for school purposes,
SIS 60. The expense of the poor the past
year is much less than it has been for
many years, and the ''poOr farm" is dem
.onstrating the fact that the expense OF
maintaining the poor is much lesSened,
while the farm is affording a comfortable
home for the unfortunate. 1t would seem
from the figures that the whole expense
the past year, including interest on farm
property, is but 81 900. The farm prop
ertY is appraised at 50, 800. The known
liabilities OF the town are 81 ,643, the
available assets such as to make the tota
Indebtedness of the town less than 81 900
S572 was paid by the town To pay county
expenses and Indebtedness; the State ta1
paid, sI,OSO- Dog owners paid in SI46 Z;
and the dogs did damage to sheer
amounting TO S7s. From the above i
will be seen that the financial standing o
the town is good: the selectmen have 81
managed business as to largely reduc,
the debt. The town begins the new yea
heretofore.
Burton landing.
S. d. Graves, who has been sick sine
last August, is no better
John Trip is getting out timber for
new barn which he intends to build in tn
spring.
Rev. A H. Webb will lecture at the NJ
f. church Friday evening. March 8, OF
Yankee Peculiarities.
II. c. Dudley has already received sew
eral orders for maple sugar from Yer
monters living in the far West.
The Ladies' Aid Society of The NJ