Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-04-30
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for sale. w. G. Taplin, Irasburgh.
tsarGOn-
Frogs, swallows and base ball.
The roads seem inclined to ''settle"
early this spring.
The Literary Club will meet with Mrs.
Z. G. Shaw, Wednesday evening.
H.F. Pillsbury and family left Florida
April 25th, and expect to reach home
to-day.
Mrs. Anna (Bartlett) Kimball of Water
vile, P. @, is visiting friends in this and
adjoining towns.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong. church
will meet in the vestry on Wednesday
afternoon. All invited to tea at O'Clock.
The school house in Dist. No. has
recently been painted. Miss Ida Hitch
cock is to teach the spring term of
school.
Rev. J. II. Wallace and family spent
few days here last week. Mr.. Wallace
went to his new appointment at West
Concord last Friday.
Barron & Hamblet have 25 tons of
hay four miles from this village that they
offer at six dollars a ton. They will de-
liver it at reasonable rates.
n. NJ. Scott has just received a car
load of nice oats, suitable for seed or
feed. Store well filled up with gram,
-four aud all goods in his line.
Saturday and Sunday were hot days,
and the snow melted rapidly. All the
streams were high, and considerable dam
age has been done here and there by the
freshet.
Seeds Seedsi All kinds of field and
garden seeds at Barron & Hamblet's;
also forks, shovels, hoes and other tools.
Wanted, maple sugar in exchange for
goods.
Mr.. Cases people, west of the village,
always put a large number of the people
of the village and vicinity under obliga-
tion TO them for cordial invitations to
their sugar orchard. Large parties were
over there last week.
''Uncle Toms Cabin Mason & Nor
gan's troupe, will give this old and inter-
esting story at Opera Hall stage, Friday
evening of this week. The company
claims TO have travelled ten successive
years and ought to be good.
At the teachers examination last Sat
urday, the five whose average was the
highest were Luella S. Humphrey, Lila
A. White, Ada NJ. Buswell, Cora E.
Murkland and Marion NJ. Currier. Quite
large class was present.
There will be a democratic caucus at
school-hOuse hall on Thursday evening
next for the purpose of choosing dele
gates to attend the state Democratic con-
vention to be held at Montpelier May 10.
good attendance desired.
PER ORDER COMMITTEE.
Mrs. w. Z. Twombly was in Boston
last week buying goods for Mrs. Largis'
millinery store. Mrs. Largis will have
an opening next Thursday and Friday,
and invites the ladies to come in and see
her fine stock of summer millinery. See
adj. next week.
Dana Graves, who lived in the north
part of the town, died last week, after
long and distressing illness. Funeral
services by Rev. w. n. Roberts. The re-
mains were placed in the Barton Landing
receiving tomb, and will be buried at
West Glover. Mr.. Graves was a kind
neighbor and respected citizen.
Will our correspondents and others who
are so careful to record the death of a
neighbours pig, COW or horse, give us the
day of the death, the details regarding
the last sickness, and such obituary po-
etry as may seem appropriate; This
would add greatly to the interest the
\ general reader would have in a sad and
important event of this character.
The following officers were elected at
Crystal Lake Lodge, No. 50, L. o. G. T.,
for the next quarter: w. c. T., Mrs. j.
A. Pearson; w. V. T., Miss Cora Murk-
land; w. Sec, Miss Marion Currier; F.
Sec, Henry Gay; Marshall Geo. Smith
W Treas, Miss Blanche Murkland; w
\ Chap, Miss Carrie Gage; Guard, Mrs
Bigelow; Sentinel. Avery Bigelow.
We hope a large number will attend the
G. A. meeting tomorrow afternoon at
2115 o'clock, when DR.. Branch of Newport
will deliver his popular lecture, EYER
mont in the Rebellion" DIR. Branch is a
very pleasing speaker. The ladies will
furnish supper from to Z o'clock after
which there will be promenade. The
Post and Relief Corps hope the attend
ance will be such as to replenish their
treasures.
There was current report in The vii |
lage and vicinity some days since that
Abel Humphrey, citizen living a couple |
of miles down the river, had died of
heart disease. We are glad to see Mr.. |
Humphrey on the streets, alive and usual |
" well. We understand that the story |
was SO circulated that somebody living |
little distance away wrote Mrs Hum
phrey soliciting the privilege of settling |
the estate. Mrs. Humphrey concludes to
let her husband manage his affairs for |
the present.
E. t. Wilson, artist, who has tried |
his hand at violin making for many years.
recently made an instrument that for |
beauty of form and finish, and purity |
and power OF tone can not well be du-
plicated Mr.. Wilson has been expert |
menting on device for modulating and
smoothing the tones of the instrument.
which promises to be very great im-
provement. +. G. Shaw, also violin
maker and an excellent musician, be-
lieves that Wilson has made discovery
which will prove very valuable. Get
patent Mr.. w. and grow rich and ia
nous
Those who propose to patronize the
new creamery met on Saturday and per-
fected permanent organization by
choosing the following officers: Pres
ident, c. II DwineIl secretary, Geo III.
Blake; treasurer, II X. Dewey; agent
and selling committee, DIR. r. B. Skin