Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-08-18
Barton

Barton
School begins next Monday.
Arthur Drew injured his leg last week.
J. P. Cobb is ill-threatened with
fever.
Campmeeting at Lyndonville begins
tomorrow.
]. B. Skinner, from Topeka, Kan, is
visiting friends in this vicinity.
Cd. Owen has improved the roof of
his block wit h a new coat of paint.
There was quite a frost in some locali-
ties in this section last Friday morning.
Guy Rowell. from Manchester, N. H.,
is spending his vacation here with his
parents.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis and family, who spent
last week in Lancaster, N. H., returned
Friday p. m.
Twenty-Five from Quimby Post of this
town reported in Boston at the Encamp-
ment last week.
Archie, little son of Philip Shields,
had his foot and ankle badly injured by a
stone falling on him.
1t is thought by some that the hose
ought to be turned on that High Street
man without delay.
Miss Hattie n. Webster of Boston came
home with ]. N. Webster last Thursday,
on his return from the Encampment.
Walter Heating, lately in the employ of
the railroad at this station, has been APP
pointed agent at Hiram, Maine, on the
Maine Central.
Mrs. d. S. Townsend has completed
the canvass of this town for the Vermont
Bible Society. We expect report of her
work soon for publication.
Heavy showers Yesterday afternoon
and last night have laid the dust and
washed the face of Nature, and everything
is looking greatly refreshed. The wealth
er last week was very fine.
Geo. A. Smith, the Longest Scribe
on the Woonsocket, r. l., Reporter, made
the MONITOR office pleasant call last
Saturday. He has been connected with
that office for the past fifteen years.
The parties from this village, includ-
ing the families of J. w. Murkand, Geo.
Katen, Henry Gay, H. T. Seaver and 9TH
ers, who have been camping at Willough-
by for several weeks, have returned home
and report a very pleasant sojourn beside
that beautiful lake.
The usual meeting of the /. T. L. is
postponed one week. Members of the
Legion, not otherwise provided for, will
be furnished conveyance to and from
the convention to be held at Glover, Tues
day, Aug. 10Th. Will start from school
house yard at 10 o'clock a. m.
The meeting of the board of civil au.
thority to revise the check list, adjourned
to Saturday, August 23d, at 2 O'Clock p.
m, at towns clerks office. Let every one
that is eligible to vote in freeman's meet.
ing see that his name is on the check list
and every one that has a right to vote
and has not taken the freeman's oath, be
sure and be present and do SO.
The Barton and West Burke ball teams
played a match game, at West Burke
last Friday, resulting as follows.
Innings l s 8
Barton ....... 1 4 3 l S-3(
West Burke -. O O 2 O 2-S
Batteries, -Hitchcock-Keating
West Burke-Perkins-Da ]. Stafford
II. Stafford. Time-2 h. 40 m. Umpires-
Robinson and Chase.
The Barton ball team went to Glove
Saturday and played the Glover team
defeating them by the following score
Innings 800. 2 3 8
Glover go. 20 90 -
Barton 49,. l 4 o 0 90 /!
Batteries Observation-Disclosures
--King-Sherburne Time 81
Umpire-Robinson.
The Orleans Co. Fair Association wa
organized at the American House, Aug
Is. Its object was to get a few reliabl
men to pledge themselves to pay all pre-
miums offered by said company at an
coming fair or fairs TO be held at Barton
The following paper was drawn up an
signed by those present:
I'VE, the undersigned, who have here
unto put our names to this paper, hereb
agree TO associate ourselves together 70
the purpose of holding fair in the cour
ty OF Orleans this present year and in fl
ture years, if the members of this assoc
alton so vote; and the name of this a.
sociation shall be called The Orleans Ce
Fair Association (Signed by) II. {
Cleveland, j. c. Orne, A. P. Bean, C. ]
Bean, n. N. Scott, w. E. Curtis, H. E
Somers, A. w. Norcross, Harlow Eos,
Jas. A. Gallagher, Edwin Boynton, c. 1
Baker, Z. c. Rowell & Sons, VIM. "
Rowell, John Bean, T. c. Williams, Jns
Parker. o. Fl. Mossman, F. W. Baldwin