Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-09-03

color and put up, as any loyal, royal
man should, the glorious old stars and
stripes and the Harrison and Morton
badge Some brother democrat happen
ed to notice Royal strutting about under
republican colors and directed his at
tention to the fact. Royal took the
badge off and threw it away much to his
own chagrin; but the crowd enjoyed his
Notifying predicament, just the same.
BrONvnin&LOn
Mrs. Anna (AtwelD Croker has been
here visiting.
Ben Boden's little girl is quite sick
with typhoid fever.
DR.. Tinkham and wife are in town
spendind few days.
Miss Nellie Townsend teaches the
school on Barton mountain.
Charlie Seavey has gone to Elkhart,
Indiana, to work on the railroad.
1. A. Wyman has returned from Mich
igan where he has been visiting friends.
A. J. Twombly's little boy has beeD
very sick, but WIS slightly improving at
last accounts.
A Harrison and Morton flag will be
raised tonight. Judge Austin and Maj
Grout will address the meeting.
The shop formerly occupied by Henry
Fairbrother of late owned by Stephen
Burrows, was destroyed by fire on Sun
day night. Cyrus Heath's buildings were
in great danger, but timely efforts on
the part of those present saved them.
The meeting of the Orleans County His
torical Society on Thursday, proved to be
an occasion of much interest: After a
pleasant social visit and picnic-dinner
on the old Common-the church was well
filed and the principal paper, very in
teresting historical sketch of the old
Academy, by Hon. E. A. Stewart of New
port was read; very pleasant sketches of
former students who became prominent
in business or professional life were Civ
en-; letters received from Pres. Strong of
Carlton college, G. w. Eaton, mayor of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mr.. Tarbell, Supt of
schools of Providence, r. l., and other
former students, were read; personal rec
objections were given, and remarks were
made by Tyler Stewart, L. G.. Smith, 0.
H. Austin, a teacher there in 1859 and
1861, DIR. Currier and others. No doubt
Judge Stewards paper will be published,
as it will interest .all old students.
Evansville.
The fall term of school here commences
Monday, with Miss Carrie Day for teach
er.
Dennison Gallup's little boy died on
the morning of the Goth, ult., after an i'll
ness of few hours. The funeral, which
took place last Monday, was largely at
tended.
Mrs. N. d. Leonard has a campaign
pin of 1910, bearing the engraving of
a log cabin, barrel of cider and pitch
er, also the union flag and the motto,
Harrison and Reform
South Albany.
The second quarterly meeting of the
w. M. church will be held, D. ", on
cordial invitation is extended to all Chris
tian friends. E. MATTHEWS, Pastor.
East Albany.
John Sylvester, eighty-five years of age,
recently fell from a high hay NOW, down
through pitching hole into the manager,
and escaped without broken bones.
Hop picking last week.
Hollis Allen is able to be out again.
Benz. Brown, Sen. has purchased the
Edward Howe farm.
Burbank & Williams new engine for
their mill has arrived.
Ray Webster recently fell and broke
his arm and dislocated his elbow.
The village school house is being re-
paired and the fence on the north side
rebuilt.
w. C. Johnson of Barton Landing has
placed very neat monument on S.
Collins lot in the cemetery.
The Harrison and Morton flag raising
eran voters of 1910 raised the flag.
Mrs. j. W. Muzzey and Mrs Niles
have been quite sick the past week.
Mrs. Eddie Niles is in very poor health
and Mrs. Deacon Pearson is vey i'll.
B. F. Tower has a brother and his wife
visiting him.-Alvin Smith from Boston
is in town visiting friends; also J. R.
Gray's family from Aver, Mass, are in
town.
Mertie Keller and Clara Barrows teach
the village schools; Minnie Owen teach
es at the Centre, Cora Bean in the Fuller
district. Myra Douglass in the Clark
Bailey district, and Emma Church in the
Ware district.
Ora ftSbulr<.
Riley Silver recently sold horse for
s21O.
Mrs. Olin W. Marsh and Miss Sadie
Webb from Mass. are visiting at w. T.
Marsh's.
The Craftsbury Sunday schools spent
their annual picnic day on the Morrisville
campmeeting grounds.
DIR. Editor: In your issue of Aug Is,
we see that some one has misinformed
you in regard to the facts pertaining to
our contemplated debate on the tariff
These are the facts: When Prof. O'Sulli-
van was here the Sd of Aug. he expressed
himself as willing to meet speaker from
the other side, to discuss the tariff in
open debate. When G. I. Howard got
home from the west he got hold of it and
as chairman of the republican town COM
nittee, challenged our town committee
to meet them in open debate at any time
between that date and the September
election. We accepted the challenge and
set the time for the 21st, with T. II.
Brown Of Rutland as speaker and notified
them to that effect. They set to work to
get some one to meet him, but could get
no satisfactory answer; it ran along until
the day before the county convention at
Barton, when just before leaving for Bar
ton, Amory Dawson and Geo. t. How
ard called on Mr.. Kaiser, one of our COM
mittee and said that if they got no |