Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-11-23

Barton.
Homer Smith spent the Sabbath in
town.
Post Office closed Thanksgiving Day
from 10 a. m. to p. m.
Mrs. Chas. Robinson of st. Johns
bury visited in town last week.
Elmer Webster and Francis Jewell
are home from Montpelier Seminary.
Rev. Edward T. Root will preach
again at the Cong. church next Sab
bath.
Bro Butterfield of the Palladium
made the MONITOR office a pleasant
call on Saturday.
Mrs. Judkins has gone to E. Licking
ton, Mass, to spend the winter with
her children.
Leon White is home from Hanover,
cal lecture course.
Thanksgiving services will be held
at the Methodist church on Thurs
day evening.
Miss Mae Robinson stayed at home
from st. Johnsbury school last week
on account of i'll health.
Prices of butter, cheese, eggs and
poultry are keeping up well, with no
prospect of falling at present.
Mrs. G. A. Drew obtained a gener
Gus contribution from the Kimballs to
apply on the organ debt at Cong.
church.
Cora Murkland is home from Mon
term of school and returns for the
winter.
The Chautauqua Circle will meet
with Mrs. P L. Webster tonight
instead of Mrs. E. I'll. Webster as it
was expected.
Horace Pierce and wife are in Bos-
ton and will return this week. Mr..
Pierce is preparing to stock up heavi-
ly for Christmas.
Mabel Clogston goes to st. Johns
bury twice week to take music les
sons, and has a class of music scholars
here. She is a natural musician
The Rutland Weekly Herald is max
ing extraordinary efforts to obtain a
good footing in all the towns of the
state. 1t is large, newsy and wide
awake paper, at only S1.OO a year.
Henry Fairbrother is going to New
port temporarily to work for his broth
er but will be back in due season to
put up his winters stock of ice. Mr..
Fairbrother turns out to be a first
class slice" man.
We ought to have noted a fortnight
since the presence here, as guests of
w. L. Robinson and Geo. Reeds fami-
lies, Mr.. and Mrs Clark Smith of
Brighton, Mass. Mrs. Smith is sis
ter of Mrs. Lucy Reed.
Special communication of Orleans
Lodge, No. 80, F. and A. NJ, is order
ed to be held Friday eve, Nov 81, for
the purpose of comforting the NJ. NJ.
degree. All NJ. M. in good standing
are invited to be present.
A. P. BEAN, W. NJ.
A CARD.-We wish to extend our
thanks TO the clergymen who officiat-
ed, the singers and organist, who rem
dered such beautiful music, and all
others who assisted in the funeral ser
vices of our beloved mother.
Scion JACKSON,
MRS. LEWIS SdEAD,
Mrs. A. K. STORY,
Mrs. n. d. MARTIN.
The POSTS bandbox party at Pages
hall was we'll ATTENDED on Wednesday
evening. The address of L. B. Harris
on army life and prison experience
was intensely interesting. Mr.. Harri.
entered the army when a mere boy
and served three years or more, pass
ing about year in rebel prisons.
The sad accident of last week sug
gests the idea of having police reg
ulator for this village, which shall max,
it unlawful to use firearms within thu
corporate limits. There is a certain
fascination for boys in guns, but tn
but the danger that attends their US
is such that a village ought to b
protected from them.
Alexander Trip was badly huI
some davs ago by falling from lodg
ed tree which he was cutting off in tn
woods. He fell distance of seve
or eight feet, striking on his back an
shoulders. His shoulder was badly in
jured and he was Jared and hurt in
ternally. He was in very bad cor
dition for several days, but is some
what better.
Owing to the accidental shooting
Lena McFarlane, on Friday afternoon
the school exhibition was postpone
until later. Lena had parts in til
speaking exercises, and there was sue
excitement and feeling among h,
classmates and throughout the scho
that it was deemed best to postpo1