Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-12-14

Geo. H. Davis store for reward.
Barton.
All Cutler is canvassing for Christ
mas books.
Remember Mrs. Clarence Fisk's
auction tomorrow at 10 O'Clock.
F. w. Baldwin, Esq, was in Bangor,
Maine, last week on legal business.
The Chautauquans meet with Mrs.
F. w. Baldwin, this Monday evening.
Work has been suspended on the
high BRIDGE stone job for the win
ter.
The young ladies will give leap
year promenade in Opera Hall, Friday
evening, Jan. 1.
Regular meeting of Orient Chapter,
No. Is, o. E. s., Friday eve, Dec. IS,
at 7 o'clock, sharp.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong.
church will meet with Mrs. L. P. Case
on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. Is.
A large delegation of Odd Fellows
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meeting at Island Pond last week, and
report a very pleasant day spent.
Our readers should not fail to read
the large and attractive Christmas ad-
vertisements in this issue, supplement
and all. Go to the stores and see for
yourselves.
Willie Ross is home from R. l., and
proposes to sell out his personal prop
erty, ETC., at his house east of the vii
lage, next Saturday afternoon, at
auction. See bills.
The premises of Mrs. J. F. Skinner
have been improved in looks by the
removal of fences. This reminds US
that we did not mention the fact that
her buildings had been repaired dur
ing the present season.
The MONITOR acknowledges the re-
ceipt of a nice bouquet of pansies pick
ed from an out-of-door garden, by
Katie Cameron of East Albany. The
plucking of pansy blossoms on the
high hills of Vermont the middle of
December, is thing worthy of men
ton.
Neighbor circuit of the Express init
mates that the MONITOR is undertake
ing to do little Dragging in state
ment made in this paper. o, no! We
were merely trying to state fact, and
If that doesn't prove true, we have
made false statement 'FWait and
see.''
For the information of some of our
far away readers, we state that last
week was one of the most beautiful
and pleasant-the season of the year
considerable all the year. The roads
were perfect, the skies soft as October,
and the air just cold enough to be
agreeable.
The lyceum and literary entertain
ment, postponed at the close of the
fall term of school, will be given by
the students at Opera Hall on Satur-
day evening of this week. 1t promis
es to be of much interest and deserves
large attendance. A small admis-
oACAA Ii OO SAelA W pay
If our readers have not found and
read the prospectus for The Press, that
bright and lively New York paper
which is making so great success in
the world, they should read it in this pa
per. The Weekly Press goes on our list
at -, including the MONITOR; the
Daily Press and MONITOR for $40.
Our supplement this week relieves
our regular columns of a pressure in
the line of Christmas advertising, and
gives our readers the presidents mess
age in full, extra. Our readers will
also find in the supplement this week
an account of improvements made in
two of our leading villages the past
season.
Carrie Whitney is assisting in
the primary department of the vii
lage schools, the attendance in that
department being very large. Elmer
Webster, Frank Ufford and Lena Dew
ey are reciting to Mr.. Wiley in class
les this term, Mr.. Webster continu-
ing his course and preparation for
graduating at Montpelier a few terms
hence.
The revival meetings at NJ church
will continue this week, except Satur-
day evening. Rev. I'D. Beeman, pres
ident of the Montpelier Seminary, will
be present one or more evenings. He
preached yesterday, forenoon and ev-
ening. The meetings have already
awakened considerable interest, and
there is a prospect of still better things
this week. A cordial Invitation is
extended to all Christian people to
assist in the work.
Our young readers will be interest
ed in prospectuses of several chiIdren's
and young peoples magazines print
ed in the supplement pages of
this paper. They will find the
BGbylGRd, that beautiful little month
ly which delights the baby, both by
its pictures and its baby stories. Ev-
cry mother of promising baby should
please and instruct her child with this
little monthly. Our Little Men and
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along and prepares him for ''Pdnsy,"
whose writings are a delight and a
blessing to both young and old. For
those of fifteen years and upwards
nothing can be better than st. Nicho-
las. 1t is rich in illustrations, in mat
tiers of special interest to the young of
both sexes. and most useful as a thing
of instruction and pleasure.
We have received a kind invitation