Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-04-06
BARRON.

Barton.
DIR. j. f. Skinner is very seriously ill
and his recovery is doubtful.
Pity the poor dogs that are hid away
till after the listers make their rounds
The Chautauqua meeting Will be held
with Mrs. NJ. F. Prime, this evening.
P.L. Webster and family were in Gov
entry most of last week on saccharine
vacation.
Ask your merchants for Lamoille crack
ers: they are rich and crispy and of SUI
perior quality.
There are some interesting announce
ments in our advertising columns this
week. Read.
J.B. Meade, student in Boston Uni
versfty, preached a very good discourse
at the NJ E. church yesterday.
Mrs. Fred NJ Hunt has moved home to
reside with her parents in Newport Cen
ter. Hunt is still in ''durance vile"
jim Young the popular clerk at Barron
& Hamblets says, ''99 out of 100 who
once use Brussels soap continue its use.
The ladies of the Ocean Star Club will
have a maple sugar festival at the Keat-
ing building, Thursday evening, April 8.
There was a small attendance at the
Fast Day services, owing towel, people
do not seem TO get out to this sort of ser
vice.
The amount Of sugar already made
promises profitable sugar season. We
hear of some parties who have already
made three pounds to a bucket.
t. w. Drew sets the first example of
house painting for the season. We hope
the disease will be as contagious and
prevalent as the measles have been.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid Society and
friends meet with Mrs. Geo. A. Blake on
Wednesday afternoon and evening. Cen
tlemen invited to tea, and cordial invit-
alton extended to all.
The snow storm, which ragged here dur
ing the last of the week. was much heav-
Ter south of here than here. Snow is
reported to have fallen to the depth of Is
inches in many localities.
Leone Freeman hitched up a four horse
team on Friday and took large party of
young people up to COrt. Woodlands to a
sugaring OFF. The storm was on and the
snow well buried up the party, but they
enjoyed it all the same.
viii some of our readers in the north
east part of the county tell US the where
abours of one Edgar Moore, who took the
MONITOR, and ran off and left it uncalled
for in the office. He belongs to that class
of fellows who need advertising.
Some of our local capitalists, who put
some money into a western bank ARE con-
soling themselves over the loss of the
capital invested, by the fact that the sum
was no larger and that they had received
a few dividends before the bank ''burst-
ed
After eight or ten days of fine weather,
a snow storm of several inches in depth
accompanied by high winds set in on
Thursday night which lasted all day Fri
day. A few sunny days do not make
exceedingly muddy.
O. A. White has bought the Geo ID.
White farm in Bloomington, and George
will remain on the farm. Mr.. White has
put in over five million feet of lumber in
his lob in Maine. He has let the Job of
running logs down the river, which was
a part OF his own contract, to Hotatio
Devereaux.
Department Commander Morgan of the
G. A. Il. appoints as his senior AideDe-
Camp. John S. Drenan of HardWick.
Among the Aides are J. n. Webster oil
Barton and c. w. Wheeler of Irasburgh
As assistant inspectors, Inspector Gates
names b. o. Aiken of Albany and L. A
Lund of Bloomington.
Unclaimed letters in Barton post office,
April 4 Geo. Aselin, Mr.. A Bon, Mrs
Susan S. Clark. James B. Cook, Mrs. E
& Chandler, Mrs. Ellen Chandler, Frank
: Davis. George Eaton, Horace Gage
Miss Amelia Hammel, Benjamin Morrison
Mr. Donate Orlando, Mrs. Charles Pierse
po, Mr. Webster, Z. w, Wnrtel, O.
Ten letters, with white, No. envelopes
oeither stamped nor addressed.
states Attorney Miles was at Coventry
on Thursday engaged in the prosecution
of two young fellows who were engaged
in the despicabIe thieving business o
staaling calf skins. The hides weEe stol
en- from Mr.. Trudeau. One Oh inc eos'
was bound up, but escaped the ofhce2
The other is known, but the officer cal
not conveniently at this time put III
hand on him. They are both at large