Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-03-24

The ComStockS, who have hired the @.
w. Bridgman place near this village for
year, will re-rig the sugar place this
spring. They show us sample of ma
pie honey that was made in 1889, which is
very fine, They are in the habit of doing
well what they do in any line.
The annual March meeting, postponed
from March 4, was held on Tuesday last.
There was fair attendance, and the work
of the day was conducted in a fair and
generous spirit. There was ballot for
town clerk, some feeling that the incum-
bent is becoming incapacitated on account
of age and physical infirmties. The aud
itors explained few imperfectiOns in
the printed town reports, when the report
was adopted and ordered put on file. A
few ballots were taken in the election of
a board of selectmen, resulting in the
choice of n NJ. Scott, B. M. r. Nelson
and H. P Cook. The selectmen were
chosen road commissioners. The old and
efficient board of listers, A. ID. Mathews,
E. F. Dutton and j. G. Gray, were re-
elected. The office of overseer of the
poor went begging for some time, but
was finally put in the hands of E. S. Mel
son. The selectmen refused to take the
overseer's duty upon themselves. The
town voted to place the collection of
taxes in the hands of the town treasurer.
| A tax of Is cents on dollar, in excess of
the Is cents which the law requires, was
voted to be expended on the highways,
also 10 per cent school tax and 60 per
cent town taX-S5 per cent. 1t looks as
though this sum is needlessly large. It
was voted to appropriate $25 to each Of
the G. A. r. posts, to be expended in me-
mortal services. The town committee
chosen last year to investigate the right
of the town to appropriate to its uses un-
der the statutes of the state, and the right
of cemetery commissioners to sell lots in
the village cemetery, reported that they
| thought the town had no legal rights with
the grounds, and that the commissioners
had no right to sell lots. The ground is
given to such inhabitants of the town as
require it and use it for burial purposes,
and when so occupied it becomes the
property of such as have members of their
family therein buried. There was consid-
cradle discussion in regard to accepting
the lot of ground near the depot, which
DR.. w. o. Brown willed the town, under
conditions, for a public park. It was
voted to accept the ground. The follow
ing are the officers chosen: Moderator,
F. W. Baldwin; town clerk, James Bus
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Nelson, Fl. P. Cook; road commissioners,
selectmen; auditors, H. X. Dewey, D. c..
French, o. D. Owen; listers, A. d. Math-
ews, E. F. Dutton, j. G. Gray; overseer,
E. S. Nelson; town agent. B. M. r. Mel
son; treasurer, James Boswell; consta-
BILE, o. V. Joslyn; I'd constable, A. c.
Parker; town grand jurors, Geo. H.
Blake, Joseph Bartlett; board of educa-
ton, Thomas Martin court grand jurors,
o. L. Willard, Daniel Skinner; sections,
J. F. Gould, Geo. w. Abbott, Charles
Colby; fence viewers, o. T. Willard, J.
w. Howard, o. V. Joslyn; inspector Of
leather, d. r. Hunt; surveyors of wood
and lumber, o. H. Mossman, d. w. Rob-
inSon, d. c.. French, John Forrest, Jr.
pound keepers, Alex Trip, j. Forrest,
Jr., Jos. Bartlett, w. c.. Brown, Geo. w.
Clark.
Barton Landing.
Horace Hyde and family have returned
from Irasburgh and are occupying the
old house.
The Ex-Thespians will put their new
play upon the stage, at Opera Hall, Bar
ton, April Sd.
Mrs. c. B. Webster from st. Lawrence,
South Dakota, is visiting her relative,
Mrs. Mary Bell of this place.
Mr.. Fullers lecture last Wednesday
evening, was delivered in his usual pleas
ant manner, and proved both interesting
and instructive.
Mr.. Porter, foreman in tie manufacture
of sounding boards at this place, has
rented tenement in Mathews building;
his family arrived here last week from
North Troy.
The Barton Landing Military Band will
play in front of Austin's block Tuesday
evening, providing the weather is warm
enough, for the benefit of the vii
lage people.
The village schools begin to-day with
the same teachers as last year in the
primary and intermediate departments.
An older sister fills Miss Glaciers place
in the large school.
Mr.. G. II. Grimm, manager of the
Grimm Mfg. Co., arrived at Barton
Landing the 21st, and will give his per-
sonal attention to the setting of their
champion Evaporators. Their customers
will find him one of the enterprising
manufacturers of Ohio.
South Barton.
The young people will present the dra-
ma, 1.-THE Mariners Return at the
school-house on Wednesday evening Apr.
2. They will have pleasant entertain
ment and deserve full house.
ALBANY
Ernest Mcclure, who has been in a
drug store at Concord, VT, is home on
| sugar season visit.
Mrs. Fitz, so years of age. is danger
ously sick with pneumonia.-John De-
rusha is sick with erysipelas.
The Good Templars Will have sugar
party with appropriate literary entertain
ment at the school house hall on Friday
evening, March %. Tickets 25 cts a
couple; all invited.
Geo. Mcdonald has returned to the
Montpelier Seminary. = John Norris is
home from Burlington college. He oc-
cupied the desk at the Cong. church Sun
day.-Miss Josie Vance, who is studying
music and painting at the seminary, is
home on a vacation.
East Albany.
The friends and neighbors of Rev. Mr..
Stiles met at his house on March 18th
and made him pound party. They roll
ed in barrel of -four with some other
needed articles, for which the Elder ten
dered his heartfelt thanks. 4 very pleas
ant afternoon and evening were enjoyed
by all.