Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-03-02
Barton


Town meeting tomorrow.
Fourteen below zero this morning.
Homer Smith from st. Johnsbury was
home day or two recently.
The Chautauqua meeting will be held
with Mrs. F. w. Baldwin, this evening.
Three persons united with the Congre-
gational church yesterday on confession
of faith.
The Odd Girls are invited to meet with
Sara D. Stone next Friday afternoon and
evening, March 6.
Who is to run the ice business here
this season? Somebody ought to be look
ing after the job soon.
The signs, as some read them, are ia
vorable for good sugar season. 1t will
be well to be ready for it.
1t was rain, ice and arnica last week,
with more "bumps" than are laid down
on most chronological charts.
Just think of it! bars OF the famous
Brussels soap Ono rosin) for so cents, at
Barron & Hamblet's.
The Nelson store is being repaired with
reference, it is said, to having it stocked
with new goods by Geo. H. Davis.
Myrtle Scott, who learned type setting
in the MONITOR office, goes to st. Johns
bury to work in the Californian Office.
Mrs. H. A. Folsom of st. Johnsbury,
daughter of D. P. Gordon of this village,
is at home for the present on account of
i'll health.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis people have been af-
ficted with sickness for several weeks.
Their babe has been critically i'll for
some time, but appears a little better.
The Springfield, Mass, Fire and Ma
rine Insurance Co. have appointed j. N.
Webster agent for this town and vicinity
BILE agent.
The last market reports show that there
is little scarcity of good butter and that
prices are slightly advanced. Cheese,
eggs, potatoes and hay are just holding
their own. ---'s
The big meteor which exploded down
in Maine last Monday morning was
seen by different persons in this section.
Some who saw the light of it supposed it
to be lightning.
Several of our musical people attended
the convention at Barton Landing last
week. Mrs. Prime had a prominent part
as soloist, and Wesley Batchelder led the
orchestra. The young people and few
of the older ones attended the concert
Thursday evening.
A. r. Cowles and j. p. Cobb and fami-
lies expect to leave town this week. Mr..
Cowles starts his new music store at New
port and Mr.. Cobb, agent, a music store
at Morrisville. The good wishes of many
will follow them.
A thunder cloud, which seemed to have
been blown from some warmer cline,
reached this county late Saturday even
ing, and lightning flashes were seen. 1t
was showing at the time. The thermom-
eter was at zero in the morning, and it is
evident the thunder was soon frozen out.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' So
ciety of the Cong. church will be held at
the yestry on Wednesday, the 4th inst
Supper will be served at 6 O'Clock. Gen
tlemen are invited. At 80 p. m. mn-
steal and literary entertainment will be
given by "The Lady Minstrel Club and
other talent. Admission, 10 cents; chill
dren, 10.
Mrs. Susan (KimbalD Brown, wife of
Mr.. j. w. Brown of Bedford, N. H., both
former residents of this town, who came
10 attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs
Barnard, spent few days visiting old
friends and relatives. Mrs. Brown and
Miss Helen Kimba1l of this village are the
only remaining members CT the family of
the late Dana and Abigail Barnard Kip-
ball.