Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-05-12
Barton.

Barton
The number of pieces of mail matter
sent out from the post-office here last
week was 1913.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong. church
will meet with Mrs. w. 1. Robinson on
Wednesday, the 14th inst.
The family of Orrin Merrill, who is now
in the asylum at Brattleboro, hear that
his condition. at present, is more favora-
BILE.
There will be a special meeting of the
Sons of Veterans on the evening of May
present.
Our columns were so filed last week as
to prevent the appearance of some of the
local news sent us. The most of the items
appear this week.
The w. c. T. U. meeting will be held
on Tuesday, May 18th, with Mrs. E. G.
Collision, at o'clock p. m. A full at
tendance desirable.
Mrs. Edward Pierce was taken sudden
" and dangerously i'll May Sd with fit
or paralytic shock. She is some better,
though still in critical condition.
Special communication of Orleans lodge
No 80 F. A. NJ. Friday eve, May Is, at
O'Clock sharp. Work NJ. M. degree.
Social time and banquet.
Rev. J. H. Wallace and family made
their friends in this place brief call last
week, when on their way to Richford,
where Mr.. Wallace is to preach this year.
By repeating the message at st. Johns
bury, and Concord, n. H., there is now
telephone communication between New
port and Boston, distance of about 225
miles.
Bishop DeGoesbriand of the Catholic
church was present at the Catholic ser
vice yesteday. Several were confirmed.
The house was decorated with plants and
flowers.
The new business of the Connecticut
General Life Insurance Co. of 1890 thus
far exceeds the amount in the same
months of 1889, or any year of the COM
pany's history.
The water commissioners will COM
mence pretty soon to put the village wa
ter into such places as desire it. There
is a prospect that large number of new
takers will be added this spring.
The r. r. Co. is building a wharf and
convenient siding near the engine house
for the loading of stone. They are also
building a large scow or barge for trans
porting stone from their quarry across the
pond to the wharf.
A heavy rain storm during the first of
the week Tiled the river banks full and
made the land wet and heavy. On Friday
night another heavy rain set in and it is
almost impossible to do farm work. The
weather is cold and the spring backward.
A call has been issued by large num-
Der of temperance women of the state for
"a conference of the Christian women of
Vermont who do not approve of the par
tisan policy of the National w. G. 7. u, "
which is to be held in Montpelier May IA,
free entertainment to be provided.
A friend sends US a very pretty and
appropriate poem read at recent birth
day gathering in honor of the SD birth
day of Mrs. Susan Jenness, mother of
r. H. Jenness of Boston, and formerly
from this locality. The gathering in
cluded large sprinkling of Vermonters,
and was very enjoyable. The length of
the poem forbids its use.
Our readers will have noticed the ad-
vertisement of the Citizens Savings Bank,
st. JohusDury. This bank las already
won good reputation and has very
large list OF depositors We believe it
To be entirely sound, and one of those
home Institutions that are not only safe,
but which are doing business under the
eve or those interested in their welfare.
The call for the republican state con-
yention, to be held at Montpelier June 10,
u out, with request that the primary