Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-09-24
Barton

FL
Myron w. Joslyn has been in town for
" brief visit.
Mrs. B.M.R. Nelson has a sister and
her daughter visiting her from the West.
Fred Rand has let his farm on the hill
and his family will move into the R. B..
Skinner house in this village.
Heath and Baird have completed the
stone culvert they have been putting in,
and the east road is again open for travel.
Miss Katie Heating is teaching the
fall term of school in district No. 8.
There is a good attendance and a good
school.
There were some sort of exercises up
among the boat houses, yesterday, in
B which the parties were baptized by i'm
mersion.
The weather promises to be warm and
pleasant for the opening of the fair. We
hope our people will do what they can to
make it successful.
Chas. Smith of Mahanoy City, Penn, is
here on a brief stay, having been sum-
moned by the death of his brother-in-law,
the late Joseph Evans.
The band give promenade on Tuesday
night and a promenade and dance on We'd
nesday night of this week. Bigelow's or
chestra will play Wednesday night.
Rev. VIM. A. Robinson and wife of
a Homer, n. Y, are spending a few days in
town. Mr.. Robinson preached a very
able sermon at the Cong. church yester-
tlay.
We are sorry 10 learn that the visit of
Mrs. Mary Ann Blake to Boston to obtain
hospital treatment did not result in good.
She returns to her old home and is grad
ually failing.
Ed. Bodwel has gone West. He will
stop for a time in Omaha, Neb., where
bis brother-in-law, John L. Carr, resides,
and then push back where he can ''grow
Tpp with the country"
Co. d., Sixth Vermont Regt., will hold
their next annual reunion at Grand Army
!. Hall, Barton, Vt, Friday, Oct. 8, after
noon and evening. Mr.. Willie Ufford,
now of Springfield, Mass, will deliver
the address.
Chas. F. Percival proposes to set up a
few electric lamps about his block after
the fair is over. He believes twenty arc
flights could be run in this village at a cost
30 low that they could be afforded by the
corporation.
W Frank Loveweli and A J. Smith are
making brOoms in the room under the
pOst-office. Mr.. Lovewell is an old broom
haker and the brooms they are making are
hrst-class in every respect. We hope
they will find the business remunerative
Miss Falora Sargent, who has bought
the Rice place in the Devereaux district,
has been putting the buildings in good
repair and proposes another year to move
The barns across the road. She has OPP
AneG a singing school at the school house,
Which promises to be of benefit to the
N people in that district.
A. A Earle has another libel suit
This time he is attacked by a woman,
Mrs. Boutelle of White River Junction,
ThO sues him for $4,000 on account of
ln unfortunate item in regard to her
business affairs. The disposition to say
omething cunning and Earlish, has led
Mr. Earle into considerable trouble in
this world.
Geo. w. Jenness, Scion Currier, John
3. Skinner and DIR. r. B. Skinner have
been putting on new shingle, topping out
their chimneys, and doing other repairs
bbout their buildings. The Tower Bros
have been reshingling the old grist-miH,
and putting u passage way between the
NJ bld and new mills for the purpose of
making new storage rooms.
The American House, owned and for
he last year run by ]. G. Orne, has been
eased to Allen A. Brown of Westmore.
dr. Orne has put the house in excellent
epair, run it well, and built up the pat
onage during his administration, and we
ire sorry TO have him leave it. Mr.. Brown
las had considerable experience in hotel
matters and we hope he will be able to
I'm first-class house
By the breaking apart of a freight train
" While going from the summit to Lyndon
lille. eighteen drawbars were broken by
he collision occasioned when the rear part
N anne up with the forward portion of the
rain, which was slowed up" or stopped
wait for the rear division to catch up.
n accident at Wentworth, n. H., caused
delay of six hours with the Air Line
xpress Tuesday morning.
III. A. Gazier, who went TO Omaha, n eb..
Jas returned. He was much pleased with
he western country, and believes it
GOD place for such rs have money to
lake Start with, and for those with u
God trade OF profession The ordinary
lborer is as not well off as in the East. J.