Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-08

See adj The Barton Pant.
Barton.
A few more tomato plants at this Of
flee They are good ones.
The w. c. T. U. meets at Cong. yes
try Tuesday next, at o'clock p. m.
The Chautauqua meeting will be held
with Mrs. J. n. Webster, this evening.
The Good Templars had a straw
berry supper and large gathering on
Saturday night.
The past week was pleasant but
cold. There were slight frosts on
Friday and Saturday mornings.
There will be an auction sale of the
personal property on the Jesse Wig
gins place next Saturday afternoon.
See posters.
Mr.. Welch, who recently moved
here with Mr.. Terrill of n. H., is work
ing at the carpenters trade in st.
Johnsbury for the present.
Benz. Jerome and Ezra Martin, hav-
ing completed the roof repairs on the
Joslyn residence, are covering some
of Scion Curriers' buildings with new
cedar.
The butter buyers were paying from
Is to Is cents a pound in this place
Saturday. The reports from the city
markets are little more favorable
than one week ago.
Mrs. B. NJ. r. Nelson has returned
from the West, where she went to
care for her mother. Her mother
passed. away few days since. Mr..
Nelson is somewhat better.
Mary Blake is visiting in Montpelier
and Barre. - Cora Murkland was in
Coventry last week visiting.-Maud
Murkland is at home getting ready
for her trip to Europe.
At the special village school meet
ing held on Tuesday evening last. w.
l. Robinson was chosen trustee in the
place of H. K. Dewey, who refused to
serve. Mr.. Robinson will make an eff
ficient trustee.
The summer meeting of the Sunday
School Association will be held at Al
bany on Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week. From the program we
Judge that it will be a "modeI' con-
vention.
E. E. Lidden was called to St.Johns-
bury on Saturday on account of the
sudden death of his mother Mrs. Lid
dell spent some time here last summer
and is kindly remembered by all who
knew her.
The Odd Girls are invited to meet
with Mrs. o. H. Mossman next Friday
afternoon. 1t is hoped that every
member will be present at an early
hour as there is sewing to be done by
the society.
The Tower Bros. are continuing
their work of repairs on the pOst-of-
flee block. They will fit up shoe
shop room for Mr.. Kendrick and give
the postmaster another room for his
office purposes.
Comrades E. G. Collision and o
Dwyer went to Lyndon Decoration
Day as representative of this g. w
Quimby POST to place flag on the
grave of Liuet. Quimby whose remains
are buried there. They report inter
esting exercises at that place.
Unclaimed letters in Barton post-of
flee June l, Miss Lulu 1. Allen, Mr.. r
S. Clark, L. L. Drew, Orrin Gray, Id;
NJ. Hayes, ]. A. Knowlton, Mrs. Geo
Leavitt, Mr.. Charles Leblans, Mr.. 7
w Morey, Mary Rathburn, Mrs. E. F
Robinson, Hattie Stevens, Mrs. Char
les Vance.
Those who receive sample copies O
the AdUdnce for May IS, or who ca
borrow it from their neighbOrs, Wi
find twenty-sev prime articles b
as many prominent Sunday Schoc
workers on different phases of S.
work This will be useful reading
all interested in Sunday Schools.
There will be Children's Day exe1
cises at the NJ. E. church on Sunda
next at o'clock p. m. The exercise
will be interesting and the house wi
be prettily decorated with plants, flow
ers, etc. All friends having plants {
flowers are asked to bring somethin
to help in the matter of decoration.
Mr.. Murkland and his daughter
Grace and Maud, leave here on Wee
nesday morning for Quebec, whel
they will take an Allan line steamer fC
Liverpool, proceeding thence to SEQ
land. Maud expects to spend We;
or more in London, where she w
pursue the study of music.
The funeral of Mrs. DIR. Perry WI
held on Tuesday last, Rev. Mr.. Lew
officiating, and large number attent
ing. The ladies of the Order of Il
Eastern Star were present in boo
to do honor to a respected sister.
beautiful floral star, emblematic
the order, stood beside the renal
and the service was impressive al
solemn.
We hear that j. w. Frasier, forme
" of West Glover, but of late of Co
orado. died in MOntrose May 13, ag
Ga wears. Dir. Frasier was one of t
unfortunate victims of a prematu
discharge of a cannon which to
place al Lyndon some 40 or IS yes
ago when he had one arm blo'
off and his other hand so injured IL
he only saved a finger and thun
With these he became SO expert
work that he could do almost ever
thing that an ordinary man could
on farm or at mechanic work.
went West few years since.