Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-07
Barton.

Barton
Singing convention at Newport this
week.
Mr.. Cowles' singing school on Thurs
day night.
Mr.. E. G. Shaw and wife, who have
been to Boston, are home again.
Sixty took supper at the NJ. E. Ladies'
Aid sociable last Wednesday night.
The Chautauqua Circle will meet with
Mrs. P. L. Webster, Monday evening.
Union meetings will be held here on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in OBJ
servance of the Week of Prayer.
Mrs. L. B. Badger is hard sick with a
fever-Benj. jerome has had the dipth-
eria.-Sophia Drew has been quite ill., but
is somewhat better.
Mrs n. G. Ufford has rented her farm
to Mr.. Conant of Westfeld, and will
move to this village in February.
Rev. Mr.. Wright of Montpelier, preach
ed at the NJ. E. church yesterday after
noon to n large congregation. He is an
able and pleasing speaker.
Fred Robinson has sold lot of chair
factory wood from his big sugar place
to the Haywood Chair Co., and it will
be cut and drawn this winter, if it hap
pens to snow, by and by.
There will be passenger car on the
morning freight train, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday mornings for the con-
venience of those who attend the singing
convention at Newport. 1t leaves this
place at O'Clock.
The members of the Orleans Comfy
Agricultural Society are requested to
meet at the American House, Barton,
Tuesday, Jan. 10, at l O'Clock p. m, to
elect officers for the coming year, and at
tend to other proper business.
c. p. OWEN, Sec.
We are indebted to Ernest Peterson
for files of China papers. They are print
ed in English and afford interesting read
ing. They are filled brim full of read
inc matter-not an advertisement or {
notice of Ladies Aid meeting in them
But it is not TO be wondered that they
are behind the times away in that pagan
region.
The weather since Dec. 23d has beer
most agreeable, and pleasant most of thu
time. Friday last was as warm as earl.
November and the sky as soft as summer
1t may be that the Indian Summer which
was so eagerly looked for during tn
autumn months went to the wrong DIES
tination somewhere, and called on it
way back.
The MONITOR list is standing up grand
" over the new year, for which we thanl
our old and many new subscribers. w
will let our club list stand for little, an
will furnish all the papers at lowest rates
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are liable soon to be removed from tn
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ALBANY
Simeon Richardson was recently quit
badly hurt while drawing wood.
w. j. Campbell has moved to his re
Gently purchased farm in Burke.
Osin Delano is home from his cattl
drive. He reports rather u hard year.
Dr. Campbell who has been confine
TO the house two weeks, is out again
Mrs. Mary Darling and Ezra Butler al
improving. No new cases of diphtheri
reported.
Barton Landing.
F. c. Brown is home from Boston.
Capt. S. b fuckers spring pig weighe
z557 pounds
The Ex-Thespians viii play '.Neighbo
lakewood" at Barton ere long.
Daniel Skinner and Joseph Bartlett a
both recovering from their illness.
e. II. Colley took in two foxes Frida
Don't ask Z. ID. why he didn't kill
fox Tuesday at % paces-didnt shoot
At the village meeting, Byron Clemer
f. \. Stafford and III. w. Whipple we
chosen trustees; j. ii. Clark, Heber Par
er and Carl French engineers for fire CO
C. +. JOslyn, treasurer.
There will be "A public installation
tie officers of Geo G. Meade Post and [