Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-09-02
Barton

Barton
New fall millinery goods at Mrs. Mary
Freeman's Call in.
Rev. Geo. w. Kelley, late pastor of the
Cong. church here, is preaching at Lyn-
don and Lyndonville.
Some of the Caledonia Spring pilgrims
have returned, and report themselves
much improved in health.
The butter market is not particularly
encouraging this week. First quality of
creamery is a little higher.
Caleb Clark, NJ. D., and family have
been visiting his brother, Geo. w. Clark,
in the north part of the town.
Mrs. Geo. Elliott recently sat down in
the dentists chair and had twenty-seven
teeth extracted without taking ether.
Extensive repairs are being made on
the house a the poor farm, and it will be
made much more pleasant and convenient.
Hector Brenau, boy of 16 years, was
killed at Newport Wednesday. He jump
ed on an engine and fell under the wheels.
The weather has been most favorable
for ripening off and harvesting grain for
the last ten days. The grain crop will
be good.
We are pleased to hear that Rev. f. B.
Phelps accepts call to the Cong. church
in Irasburgh. He is well and favorably
known in this county.
j. W. Murkland is having quite drive
i'm his shop and foundry on furnaces just
at present. He has a cheap furnace
which gives excellent satisfaction.
We notice that Mr.. Wilson is preparing
to make life-size pictures, finished in cray
on in the highest style of the art, at
prices so low as to surprise any one.
A honey and pie supper will be furnish
ed by the Ladies' Aid Society at the Cong.
vestry, on Wednesday evening, the 4th
inst, and served from 81 to o'clock.
F. NJ. Hunt of Boston has been in town
looking for tenement and a tailor's
shop He is said to be good tailor. We
think he will find this good point for
business.
Ethel Bickford goes to Lyndon Insti-
tute to-day, where she is engaged to
teach painting, ETC., for the coming year.
Miss Bickford is having good success in
the arts.
NJ D. Scott has moved into the E. A.
Foster house in this village. Mr.. Scott
is a good joiner and mechanic, and those
wanting work done in this line will do
we'll to employ him.
Henry r. Cutler of Glover has purchas-
ed the Gen. Grout house, owned by F. w.
Baldwin, and will make home residence
of it. Mr.. Cutler and wife will find a
cordial welcome in this village.
Will Heath has been prospecting in
some of the Caledonia county towns for
a good place to engage in the BARRIERS
business. He is good barber, and we
wish there was shaving enough in this
town so ten BARRIERS could get rich at it.
Albert w. Collision, son of James r.
Collision, whose sickness we mentioned
recently, passed away quietly on the 18th
ult. The Taunton Gazette had very
complimentary notice of his character.
Mr.. Collision brought the remains to
Bradford for burial.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Branch of the Woman's Board of Mis-
sions will be held at Bellows Falls, Wed
nesday, Sept. %. Each auxiliary is en-
titled to two delegates. The secretary O.
each auxiliary is requested to send her re
port at an early date to Mrs. r. M. Fra
ser, North Craftsbury.
By a collision on the Rutland division
of the Central Vermont r. II. on Frida.
night, conductor, engineer and one pas
senger were killed. The train was an ex