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


ness.
The Sons of Temperance have newly
kalsomined, painted and papered the YES
try to the M. Z. church, where they hold
their meetings.
Miss Dawson of Walden is visiting
her relatives here.-Ida Green from St.
Johnsbury IS visiting at her sisters, Mrs.
r. A. Simpson.-A. l.. Adams and wife,
who have been visiting at Mr.. Leavitt's,
returned to Nashua, N. H., last Tuesday.
L. S. Collins is having his buildings
newly painted.-N. H. Bullard, Tolman
Simpson & Co., Mrs. S. Smith, t. II.
harrington, John Barr, land c. 0. Dawson
are going to have their buildings paint
ed, which will make great Improvement
in the appearance of the village.
Holland
II. T. Bryant from New York has been
home on visit.
Augusta Ames is in town. She came
home to take care of her mother, who is
sick.
Judge Fletcher is the first man who
has finished harvesting in town, having
finished the Both ult.
J. c. Robinson of Island Pond has been
child born in Holland, and ought, as he
does, to find a hearty welcome here. He
was born Jan. %, 1904. G. C. Kimball
and wife are off on a visiting tour.
1rsssburGh.
Carrie Stanford is at Olcutt Falls Wis
iting.
Tomorrow TUESDAY, Sept. 80 is the
last day to get discount on taxes.
J. S. Shepard has taken the mail route
between Barton Landing and Albany.
w. L. Russell has returned from Chel-
sea, Mass, his daughter coming with him.
Village schools commence to-day: E.
W. Merrill in higher, Jennie Locke in
lower department
The ladies of the Cong. church give a
party at Court House hall, Friday even
ing next.
Improvement has been made at the M.
E. parsonage by removing the fence,
| trees, etc.
Geo. X. Hill has much improved the
looks of his house by painting, Archie
McDougall Of Barton doing the job.-Dr.
Templeton is also painting his house.
Jay
Charles Lucier attended the national
encampment meeting at Milwaukee.
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bankment on the new road recently and
came out much the worse for the acct
dent. Why not keep up guard rails as
the law demands?
Morgan Center
Elbridge Blake is at home sick with
fever.
Edgar Sawyer and wife of Holliston,
Mass, are visiting his father A. G. Saw
yer.
Lowell.
Julia (Shufelt) Stokes is in town visit
ing.
Rev. Mr. Roses family have arrived and
gone to housekeeping.
Mrs. r. Kinsley is called to Fletcher
to attend her mothers funeral
Hereafter the Good Templars will hold
their meetings Friday evenings.
Hazen Post and friends, to the number
of 80, held picnic on Jay Peak, Aug. %.
Mrs. Quincy has gone to Mass. to Ike ep
house for DR.. Caldwell.-Fred Blake has
gone to Cincinnati to finish his medical
studies.
Newport.
Mrs. Pratt and daughter have returned
from Berkshire. ~ %
Dan. Chase, the man who was accident
ally shot at Charles Batchelder's recently,
seems in fair way to recover.
d. M.Blsbee moves to Stanstead, where
he has the place of station agent, Mr..
Ready taking his place, as night operat-
orS.
Officers j. G. Stickney found man ly-
ing down in the street embracing a cou-
pie of liquor bottles the other night, and
concluded that he would be in a safer sit
uation in the COOLER The officers of
the law looked into the matter.
New port Center.
Thos Crowley has sold his house near
the Chandler & Skinner mill to Eben Bal
ley for 1885.
DR.. Erwin is thoroughly repairing the
buildings on the place he bought of l..
Farrer.-Lyman Herrick and I'll. f. Bart
lett are repairing their houses.
Village schools commence to-day,
Misses Jones and Hadock teachers. The
committee have removed the partition be-
tween the two rooms in the lower de-
partment.
The chair-stock mill, owned by Chan
dler & Skinner, situated near the railroad
track, was burned on Tuesday mornin g
last. Loss about 81 900. Two fiat cars
standing on the track were burned
Geo. w. and N. S. Rogers attended the
quarterly meeting at E. Charleston, and
N. S. Rogers was appointed a delegate to
the yearly meeting of the Free Baptist
church, to be held at Huntington, VT,
Sept. 12-15.
Rev G. w. Morse and Miss Nettie G.
Sleeper were married in church last We'd
nesday evening by Rev. J. Morse, assisted
by Presiding Elder Donaldson and Rev.
Mr. Vance. After the ceremony at the
church the newly welded pair held re-
ception at the residence of the brides
father, G. L. Sleeper, where cakes, ice
cream, ETC., were served to about sixty
friends and relatives. Presents to the
amount of 500 were left by the friends
( Miss Sleeper was one of our finest young
ladies and will be missed in many places
especially in church work and L. o. Gil
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
! St. j OhnSbUry.
The eleventh annual reunion of Co. d
1st VT Cavalry, will be held on the Fail
ground on Wednesday, Sept II, at Il
O'Clock, M, with headquarters at Flora
hall. All members, with their families
are invited to join in picnic dinner al