Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-05-13


To LET.-A good and convenient tene
ment in Barton village. Inquire of j. J
Hill. I4tf
Good seed barley and yellow-eyed beans
for sale by Joseph Bartlett, Barton Land
ING. 1920
SEED GRANT, have $50 bushels of
seed oats at 40 cents bushel, and guam
tity of India wheat at my grist-mill, South
Barton. H. B. circuit. 1920
Good seed barley for sale by James
Cameron, East Albany. 1920
Wanted, a first class clapboard sawyer
A man who can saw single preferred.
Call on or address Burbank & Williams,
Coventry.
eff you are waking, call me early, " said
the youthful Queen of the May. But we're
not waking" early just now. The fact
is, we have just purchased a new bed at
Paine's Furniture Co., As Canal street,
Boston, and we are doing some tall
sleeping.
Seed corn and potatoes and Eclipse
Corn Planters fol- sale by E. A. Norton,
Glover.
Corn planted In Glover, Barton and
Greensboro by the day or acre with
Eclipse planter, n. A. Norton, Glover.
Having secured the services of a first
class dress-maker, l would say to the
ladies of Barton and vicinity that we will
audaavor to do draSSmaEip0 in Uav 70
give perfect satisfaction. Please call
Mrs. J. N. Smith, Park street.
\. NJ. Scott is paying cash for maple
sugar. Will take it any day. 20tf
J. C. Hopkins was in town recently and
is advertised as agent for Henry S. the
fine stallion owned by Geo. Owen and
Gen. Grout. This horse is getting noted
reputation from the large number of fast
and gamey colts he is string. He will
make the season at Mr.. Owens stable
here and at Gen. CIRCUITS farm in Kirby.
Lumber and shingle for sale by Harvey
Lewis, West Glover.
Barton.
The curraut worms have come; dose
LHell Will uelleOOTe
Chautauqua Circle meets at printing
office, Tuesday evening.
You will find some interesting matters
in our advertising columns.
The Odd Girls meet with Mrs. Frank
LoveweIl, next Thursday afternoon.
The w. c. T. U. meets with Mrs. F.
Rand, Tuesday afternoon, at O'Clock.
The NJ. E. Ladies' Aid Society meet
with Mrs. Reed, Wednesday afternoon.
Owing to the sickness in his family
Mr.. Cowles postpones singing school one
week.
Gen. Grout gives the Eastern Vermont
Trotting Association $50 to help forward
the work of the association.
Deacon Rawson, father Of E. E. Raw
son, a former resident of this village,
died in Lyndon, May 3.
Uncle Samuel Drew is hard sick with
pneumonia and other troubles, and his re-
covery is very doubtful.
Carrie Whitney proposes TO open pri-
vate school in one of the school rooms,
two weeks from this morning.
The heirs of John Heath, formerly of
this town, who died in the army, may
learn something of pecuniary interest to
them by writing or calling on the editor
of this paper.
Ben. Hubbard, who had his cooper shop
burned out some weeks since, has new
one up and is at work again. Mrs. Hub
bard has knit an oak leaf quilt the past
winter which contains 400 pieces
While the sun was scaldng down on
us during the middle of last week, it was
cold and showing at Denver, Col, and in
other places in the far West. The hot
weather brought out the leaves very fast
here last week.
The Band will give Poverty Prone
made in Opera Hall, Friday eve, May Il.
The Band and all who promenade are ex-
pected to look like a poverty-stricken
company. Open air concert in the band
stand at O'Clock.
1t is not often that weather as hot as
that of Wednesday and Thursday of last
week is experienced in May. The Their
mOmeter indicated from 81 to 81 in the
shade. The lack of rain has made it ex-
ceedingly dry all about and forest and
other fires have ragged in various direc-
lions.
Mrs. Moses Hubbard, whose illness has
been mentioned in these columns, died
;o1 L
day. She was native of this town
Lucinda w. Gould, and spent nearly hel
whole life here. She has been a worthy
member of the Congregational church fol
many years, and was much esteemed fol
her gentleness, kindness and Christian
character. She leaves husband in feeble
health, a son, Lucretius, and daughter
Mrs. G. Graves.
The conhagration at Danville on Thurs
day is only what is liable to occur il
every village where there is no adequate
protection from fire. A fire once started
in any fairly close-built village will run
until it burns out all before it, if the
weather is dry or the wind uufavorable
1t Is only question of time when thi.
and every village inadequately protected
will suffer great, if not irreparable, dam
age from fire. Not on account specially
OF the Danville fire, but on account OF
the great and constant danger of thi.
village, we consider it a thing of wisdom
for the village to take measure at once t.
more adequately protect itself from fire
Some competent and experienced maj
ought to be employed at once to make ex
amihations and estimates of the feasibili
ty and expense of putting in system O
water works here.
The spring term of the village schools
and the Academy closed last week witt
examinations and public exercises at tn
hall on Friday evening. The term ha
been very quiet and useful one, most O
the grades being quite well filled. Th
exercises on Friday evening consisted o
music, Rotations by members from eacI
school, and the presentation of diploma