Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
Barton.

Barton
The Literary Club viii meet at G. H.
Blake's Wednesday evening.
Installation of officers of G. w. Quinn
by Post, No. &c, G. A. R., Wednesday eve,
this week.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong. church
will meet with Mrs. ]. E. Skinner on We'd
nesday afternoon.
There was a jolly party of little people
at J. w. Batchelders Thursday night,
where they met in honor of Leon Batchel-
der's birthday.
o. T. willard will sell a lot of horses,
colts, cows and other property at auction
at Ornes hotel, next Thursday, commence
ing at 10 o'clock.
NJ. w. Alfred A. Hall, G. NJ, is to speak
to the Masons on Masonry in their hall,
Friday evneing, Jan. q. Regular meet
ing at 61a o'clock, sharp.
The large party of friends and neigh
bors who met at Fl. d. Bickfords, We'd
nesday afternoon and evening, report an
enjoyable visit and an A l supper.
1t is expected that Mrs. Mary f. Purple,
elocutionist, will give an entertainment in
Opera Hall, Thursday evening, Feb. 2,
under the auspices of the Good Templars.
The weather the last few days has been
very cold, and the thermometers that were
long enough indicated nearly 40 below
zero yesterday morning. There is a
warmer look this morning.
The open lodge of the Templars Satur-
day night was pretty well attended, the
weather considered. There were music
and reading exercises and an original adj
dress by DIR. Pearson.
If there are any young men in Orleans
Co. who would like scholarship in the
Norwich University, Northfield, they
will learn something to their advantage
by addressing Hon. A. T. Foster, Derby
Line, or the editor OF this paper. The
offer is worth considering.
We learn that Mrs. L. F. (Parker)
Atwood formerly of this place, but now
of Lisbon, n. H., has had a long period
of dangerous illness. She writes that
she is slowly but steadily improving I'M
der the care of DR.. w. A. Thomas, SON.
in-law, formerly of this county.
There will be a total eclipse of the
moon Saturday evening, Jan. %. 1t
will be visible, if the clouds do not OBJ
scuTe the orb. 1t commences at AZ
is total at 8 AZ and remains total till
Z :2l and ends at 8 30. 1t promises to
be considerable of an affair in the eclipse
line.
Quite a large party of young ladies and
gentlemen came over from Albany on
leap year ride, Saturday, put up with
Orne & Robinson, intending to return in
the evening, but they were telephoned
that the roads were drifted full and that
they had better remain until morning.
They visited the Templars lodge in the
evening.
J. y. S NTH is filing his ice house. He
will pnt in an extra quantity to supply
Mr.. Parsons creamery, and to be safe
against the emergencies which run him
out Of ice several weeks too early last
year. Bro. Bishop of the Essex Co.
Herald, describes the ice that is being
put in at Island Pond, is in prime con-
ditiOn and of excellent quality" This
means, we suppose, that it is solidIy
frozen from pure water.
A subscriber in the West, A. C. A. for
merry Of Glover. says: Il know you are
prospecting 10 Orleans County, 1 have
been keeping watch Of matters and | see
another brass band has been formed in
the county, making, believe, fifteen in
all. am I'm the habit of silencing these
Dragging Westerners out here by telling
them that one small county in Vermont
supports fourteen brass bands, and has
material for making a dozen more. am
glad 10 De able to say fifteen, now. You
can beat Rs on brass bands, but we are
ahead on billiards."
MIR. Pearson, who was here ia che in
tereSts Of creamery last fafT, came on
last week, purchased site for the build
ing near the JenneSs brick kiln lot, and has
Bet the job for the erection of building
S6x40 feet. He will remain here "a few
days TO forward the erection of the build
ing and move here soon from Burke. n.
T. The machinery will be put in as
earlY as possible, and It is hoped to have