Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-12-22

of the sleigh from under Mr.. Owens
shed Saturday night, will leave the same
at H. c. Pierces, it may save worse
trouble.
The Orleans Co. Fair Association will
meet at American House Barton, on Mon
day, Dec. 30 at l O'Clock P. NJ. All men,
bers and all parties interested requested
to be present. JNO. l. PARKER. Secretary.
The annual communication of Orleans
Lodge, No. %, +. and A. NJ, will be held
Friday eve, Dec. 20, att O'Clock, sharp.
As this is the annual election of officers,
it is important that every member be
present.
According to the almanac, winter be-
began yesterday afternoon. There had
been several days of wintry weather pre-
viously, if memory serves US rightly. Four
months more will bring US out toward
bare ground.
Regular meeting of Grout Camp, No.
40, S. of v, Friday evening, Dec. Goth
As the election of officers for the ensuing
year will occur at this meeting, all men,
bers are requested to be present.
F. A. DIVER, Capt.
Martin w. Wheelock of Montpelier has
issued a neat little pamphlet containing
the new election law, and the new school
law which he will mail out TO such as de-
sire at 5 cents copy. 1t is a very handy
little book aud ought to be in the hands
of town and school officers.
! We hope our subscribers who wish to
obtain club papers through this office
will forward their orders previous to
Jan. l. We get all papers at our marked
club rates to subscribers everywhere, eX-
! cept the As cent weeklies which we can
send at that price only to VERMONT sub
scribers.
The outlook for the farmer who has
anything to sell at this time is not very
dubious. Good dairy butter is selling
in Boston market as high as % cents a
pound cheese at about 10 cents a pound;
eggs at % to 80 cents dozen; good tur-
keys at II cents; good chickens from 10
to IA cents; potatoes at from 80 cents to
S1.OO per bushel.
Uncle Samuel Nelson, father of B. M.
R. Nelson of this village, fell on the floor
one day last week and broke his leg. We |
understand it is at or near the place where |
the limb was broken some years since.
Mr.. Nelson is quite aged and this is the
third fracture he has suffered in the last
few years. He was still on crutches from
the effects of a fall which caused the |
fracture of a hip.
J. n. Smith who came home from Lynn,
Mass, intending to settle up his small |
debts and dispose Of his house and build |
ings, failed to realize as much as he ex-
pected from the sale of his personal prop |
ertY and was obliged,in order to stop the
cost and annoyance made by several
small creditors, to go into insolvency. If |
his house and premises can be sold for a
reasonable sum, he will pay all his debts. |
We forgot to mention the pleasant and
interesting entertainment given by the
Cong. ladies at Opera Hall on the evening
of Jan. Is. We are not quite numerous
enough to attend all the entertainments
that occur in this busy city and its sub
urbS. The columns are always open to
such things as will be of interest to our
readers and we desire to publish them,
though we sometimes fail to get the prop
err information in season to do so.
A heavy snow and wind storm pre-
vailed here during Thursday and Friday,
badly blocking up the roads and making
an almost complete suspension of bust
ness. December is getting record this
year that will dspel the belief expressed
| by some during the last few years, that
the winter seasons are growing warmer
| There was a tremendous storm during
the week all over Eastern United States.
Snow fell to Il great depth and the winds
piled it up in drifts.
NJ Dingman and wife will leave to-
night "wednesday for Portland, Oregon,
via the Canadian Pacific Railway, Puget
| Sound, &C. Mr.. Dingman was formerly
| proprietor and manager of the Crystal
Lake House, Barton, VT, but has been
stationed" at Rock Island during the
past few months. John Bishop Of New
port House returned to his haunt some
three weeks ago. Thus by to night we
will have lost the last of the delegation
of Vermont hotel keepers.-StGnstead
Journal.
We understand that the r. r. Co. will
next season build the big, stone, arch
| bridge below this village. This job has
been under contemplation some time. Ii
will require several thousand cubic feet of
stone aud will keep large gang of help
busy for several months. The managers
of this road seem to understand that it Is
cheaper, even at considerable expense, to
prevent accidents than to pay the cost OF
them. We hear further that there is
talk of repairing or building a new depot.
The old, dark, small and dirty depot in
use here was built more than thirty years
ago, when business and the times de-
manded much less than now. The old
depot is really nuisance to the public
and discredit to live and progressive
corporation like the Boston & Maine R. R.
Co. They will doubtless take hold of
this matter ere long.
Barton Landing.
Herbert Leland has moved into the S.
| ID. Graves house.
Mr.. Mays singing school is in flour
ishing condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Chandler start next
week for California on a visit.
Will Richardson has moved into the
house lately vacated by Arthur Fair
| brother.
The Thespians are learning new play,
written by ID. w. Hildreth, which they
will put on the stage soon.
Christmas tree and exercises at Cong.
church Wednesday evening, and at M. E.
church, Thursday evening.
Chase Norris, an old time resident of
Bloomington, who has resided for the
last fifteen years in Reno, Cal, is visiting
friends in this vicinity.
l.. d. Bartlett has finished saving out