Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-04

| as possible Will take the water Wnlle Jne
help is putting it in. At Richford, where
they put in a $4,000 plant, the rents al
ready equal the interest, with prospect
of running ahead in the spring. If those
here who have been fearful of great eX-
pense and heavy taxation on account of
the water will rent it, along with those
who have favored the water project, the
matter of paying for the water works is
ended at once. We will hereafter give
fuller details.
Barton Landing.
Walter Harris has moved to Craftsbury.
f. E. Camp and wife went to So. Roy
alton last week on visit.
Grimes & Wiley report a thriving trade
in their meat business thus far.
Twenty-three tickets were sold at this
station for the excursion to Boston last
week.
There were fifty persons present at the
ladies' sociable at Mrs. Will Brennan's
last Thursday.
George Ford has moved his barber shop
into the room formerly used as drug
store in Austins block.
Charley Hall of Bloomington has rent
ed John Brennans house. = Fred Nye
has sold his house to Irving Conner for
$780,
Chandler, French & Co. are putting an
engine into their box factory to run their
machinery. They expect to do much
larger business than formerly.
The next meeting of Geo. G. Meade
Post will be held at 2 O'Clock p. m. Tues
day. Nov. 9TH. 1t is hoped that all the
comrades will be present.
E. E. Stafford is just home from mar
ket and is offering winter goods this week
including ladies' garments, robes, over
coats, blankets, ETC., a. lowest prices.
Call in and see him.
Mrs. Kenyon will give one of her in
| teresting and profitable ssChalk Talks at
the M. f. church next Tuesday evening,
Nov. >. Let all come. A collection will
| be taken to defray expenses.
church, Barton Landing, on Wednesday
evening, Nov. 6, for the benefit of Geo.
| G. Meade Post & w. r. Corps. Address
| by General Stephen A. Thomas on per
| sonal "reminiscences of Army Life 9th
er speakers are expected to be present
as follows Capt. A. w. Davis, White
River Junction, Capt. E. FL. Nye, New
port, Comrade Perry Porter, West Burke.
Music by Barton Landing Military Band,
and Barton Landing Chorus. Supper,
army bareback and coffee. Everybody
come. Admission, 10 cents; supper, 10
cents; children, half price.
The orders of knights of Pythias in
Vermont still grows in membership and
| influence. On Friday evening, October
18th, O. w. Farrar, ID. S. c., assisted by
Past Chancellors, DR.. c. O. Tinker, VIM.
FL. Gilchrst, George A. Payne, E. G.
| O'Brion, and other brothers of the order
from St. Johnsbury, st. Adams and Nc
Indoes Falls, instituted Philomen Lodge,
No. G, at Barton Landing. Valuable as
sistance was also rendered by Past Chan
cellor Rennes, of Ivanhoe Lodge, Charles
town, Mass. The officers of the new
lodge are as follows: P. c., j. G. Orne
C. c., T. Landon; V. c., E. w. Merrill
P, DR.. J. F. Wright; X. R. S., H. S.
Webster; NJ at A., E. d. Stafford; NJ. OF
E., Fl. w. Buchanan; M. of F., G. S.
Skinner; I. G., H. NJ. Whipple; O. g..
F. f. Slack. There were thirty petition
ers for this lodge, composed of the bust
ness men of one of the most thriving vii
lagos in Vermont. There being no other
fraternity in this vicinity, it will, without
doubt, have steady and substantial growth
The Sir Knights of Vermont Div. No.
Uniform Rank of ST. Johnsbury, attend
ed the institution in uniform. This was
the first appearance of the Division on pa
rade since it's organization. The Sill
Knights made Il fine appearance, their ev-
olutious and manRuvres showing plainly
the care with which the Division has beer
drilled by Captain Tinker and Lieuts
Steele and Stiles. The subordinate lodg
es in the state have received notice from
Supreme Chancellor Gen. VIM. Ward, to
at once forward a petition for Crane
Lodge.
ALBANY.
Geo. Bill is improving quite rapidly
Mrs. Kidder is quite sick with typhoiC
fever.
Mrs. Kenyon, state Supt. of Juvenile
work, will give a chalk talk at the NJ. E
church Friday eve, Nov. 8, at O'Clock
Her chalk talks are interesting to old ano
young. Rev. Mr. Phelps of Irasburgf
will preach at the Cong. church Oct 10
in exchange with the pastor.
East Albany.
A new boy at Will Coursers.
Mrs. Della Moore is visiting friend
in Boston.
Mrs. Jennie (Stiles) Kimball from Low
ell, Mass, is hard sick at Geo. Annis.
Mrs. Abby Clough is quite sick will
typhoid fever.-Emily Smalley is sici
with bilious fever.
L. ID. Miles has been here looking aftel
his farm interests; he has sold off hi
cows and hay and will close the house TO
I the present.
Guy Anderson has sold the stock, tools
produce ETC., and rented his farm to Mr.
Williamson.-Mr. Fuller of Lowell Mass.
2 on whose farm the barns were recent
burned has been here trying to dispose o
the farm.
Augustine Eldridge met with quite St
we're accident a few DAYS ago while driv
ing nail. 1t broke and hit him in tn
: eye, and for number of days he has no
: been able to see anything out of it. 1t
, feared he will lose the sight entirely.
Miss Bertha Mcguire closed a success
full term of eight weeks school in Dis
g No. 8 on Oct. %. Whole number of pu
pills "a; those having neither absent no
: tardy marks are Cora Grant, Mimi