Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-22
Barton.
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Are these "dog" days?

How the crops are growing!
Heavy rains all through the country
last week.
Go up TO the Park to morrow and
help improve it.
McDougan & Elliott are painting the
Henry Gay residence.
The Chautauqua meeting will be
held with Mrs. Nj. F. Prime this even
ing.
DIR. Pearson's dental rooms will be
closed after Friday of this week until
the middle of July.
BF. Peterson has been at Glover
of late painting houses for Mr.. Nc
Gaffey and for Mr.. Stanton.
Remember the entertainment to be
given at the Opera Hall Friday even
ing. 1t will be first class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Owen have gone
to Middletown, Conn, where Mrs.
Ovens son, Geo. Bickford, graduates.
E. G. Elliott has nicely painted his
house. - Mr.. Gilman will dress the
DIR. r. B. Skinner house in new coat
of paint.
Wanted-a few good laborers and
mechanics in this village. 1t is diff
cult to find men to do the work requir-
ed to be done here.
The school trustees expect to raise
the school building about three feet
this week, preparatory to putting a
furnace in the basement.
1t was Ezra Drown, son of G. L.
Drown, who sent in the big eggs we
spoke about last week. We could not
quite read the name on the box
Mr.. Hammond, at the old L. Fair
brother store, has recently fitted up a
nice room where he will supply ice
cream on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
We ought to have stated in our
items last week that Mr.. and Mrs. D.
D. Bean had arrived from the West.
but did not learn that Mrs. B. had re-
turned.
Commencement exercises at John
son Normal school began yesterday
and will continue until Thursday ev-
ening of this week. The reunion OF
alumni will occur on Thursday, at 2
p. m.
Regular meeting of Orient Chapter
No. -, o. E. S. Friday eve, June 26th,
at o'clock. Will the members please
be punctual, that the business of the
Chapter may be attended to in time
for the entertainment.
The entertainment given by the
Guy Bros. on Saturday evening was
fairly well attended. 1t is said to have
been excellent of its kind Some OF
the performers were fine artists-as
the phrase goes = and all did their
parts well.
We learn that E. E. Rawson, who
has been spending a few days in this
vicinity, came from Bennington with
the remains of his mother, who died
in the family of Mr.. Rawson last week
She was the wife of the late Dea. Raw
son of Lyndon.
Benz. Jerome and Ezra Martin have
been spreading shingles on the Mrs
johnson house, one of the Geo. Ka-
ten tenement houses and others are
waiting for them. Mr.. Jerome will
help put the R. S. Twombly residence
in repair before the arrival of Mr.
Twombly's summer boarders.
IaY Gnala,, lo.,
Boston. He found the work there as
a drug store clerk hard and disagree
able and his health would not permit
him to stay longer. He will get po-
sition in some locality where he is not
obliged to work days, nights and Sun
days.
We suppose nearly every reader Of
the MONITOR peruses the Talmage ser
mon every week. If any of our sub
scribers or readers failed to read the
sermon published in these columns or
the 18th last Monday we advise
them to read the discourse. The great
preacher always hits the email on the
head' when he aims at it.
VIM. Barclay of Greensboro hands
us a specimen of his maple sugar
which is almost up to the Comstock
specimen which we have in this office
Mr.. Barclay has supplied himself with
the very best sugar utensils and makes
an article which he sells readily al
81 a gallon. The specimen shown us
of the drained sugar is almost white
The boys who caught those ''deli-
cious" trout, which the correspondent
of the Express dilated upon, now de-
clare that they were not caught or
Sunday, though they returned on Sun
day morning from their fishing trip
Well, we are glad of it. 1t would be
too bad to wound the feelings and rep
utation of so good and pious a person
as the ordinary correspondent by get
ting her to puff up Sunday caught
trout.
ID. ID. Bean, who is home from Col
orado on short visit and rest with
his family, made this office a call or
Saturday. He has been engaged il
the loan business in company with c.
H DwineH and Mr.. Aver, and they
have done exceedingly well. Recently
Mr.. Dwinell had opportunity to sell
out at good figures and sold Some
members of his family have not en-
joyed very good health and he is IL
able to return East ere long.
The selectmen have fenced the
Brown park near the depot in this vii
Iage, graded up good road to it anc
made it easy to reach. 1t is now pro
posed to make "bee" for tomorrow
Tuesday, if the weather
is rainy Tuesday-for the purpose %
blowing, leveling down the knobs, etc