Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-08-31

Barron & Hamblet pay 20 cts. per
dozen for fresh eggs.
LosT.-Between Irasburgh and Gov
entry villages, August 25, lady's
black Jersey jacket. Finder please
leave at Wheeler and Locke's store,
Irasburgh. 1t
New fall hats at Mrs. E. L. Bars
tow's; also bargains in summer stock
to close out and make room for new
goods. Ut
To reduce stock will sell goods at
cost and below cost for the next thirty
days. E. F. Burroughs, Glover.
Barton.
Some of our farmers are digging and
and earring their potatoes thus early.
The painters are at work on the
John Heating house south of the vii
lage.
H. d. Phillips house is poisoning
out with new bay windows, Mr.. Heath
doing the job.
The Good Templars held prone
made and ice cream supper at Opera
Hall, Saturday evening.
The coming term of the county
court promises to be of considerable
interest to people in this vicinity.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong,
church will meet with Mrs. E. Foster
next Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 2.
w. c. Brown is putting a big cupola
on his new barn. He will have a bet
ter barn than the one burned year
ago.
Mr.. SpaIding and his new landlord
are making improvements in and
about Crystal Lake House by paint,
soap, etc.
Grace and Blanche Murkland return
ed last Saturday from their trip to
Charleston and Morgan, where they
had been on a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Robinson and son
returned from Montpelier on Thursday
where Mr.. R. went to participate in the
doings of the legislature.
The Benton house and the D. F. Cor
don house are being reshingled. The
Tower Bros. are putting large dor
mer gable into the roof of their block
Misses Mae Robinson, Gertrude
Skinner, Florence Currier, Ida and
Mabel Miles and Ned Baldwin go to St.
Johnsbury this week to attend school.
The Academy and village schools
open tomorrow. The new flag for
the school building has come and will
be put up tonight or tomorrow morn
ing.
Mrs. Chas. Frost of Middleton, Mass.
is visiting friends at Barton and So
Barton.-Mozart Foss of Mass. is also
visiting in town. Fred Collision is
home from Barre on a visit.
A summer musical festival is an
nounced to be held at Littleton, N. H
Sept. 89-1O and II. Carl Mindt, di-
rector with large number of stal
singers and big orchestra. A chorus
of 300 is expected.
G. F. Ranney of Newport will ad
dress the young people at the Cong
church tonight, giving his account O
the Y. P. S. G. E. meeting at Minneap
oils. The lecture will commence at
o'clock. All invited.
Quite a delegation of our people
went to St. Johnsbury to shake hands
with President Harrison. They repor
that st. Johnsbury Outdid herself il
the matter of decoration and enter
tainment for the president and hi
party.
We publish the premium list, etc.
of the county fair, this week. We HOPE
the fair will be successful this year
The managers will do all they can tt
make it so. VIII the people do thei
part? 1t is to be held Sept. 20 and 3
and Oct. 1.
The Masons and their families me
in their hall last Friday evening an
enjoyed a social time intersperse'
with speaking and singing. A banque
was served by the members of Orlean
Lodge, of which one hundred an,
twenty five partook.
Charles Percival is moving his ma
chinery from the Baxter & Grow build
ing to his shop at the sawmill. Tn
water commissioners have run a larg
pipe over the river, which Mr.. Perez
val can use to protect his shops on tn
occasion of a fire.
Mr.. Martin, who for the past min
years was principal of the Academ
in this place, writes the following i
regard to matters pertaining to hi
schools. which will be of interest t
many:
1 taught in Barton twenty eigh
terms, had in my room two hundre
and sixty-four different pupils, not in
Guiding several who attended only
few days. The pupils who went min
complete terms were: Alma Robinson
Annie Duke, Kittie White, Lillia White
Leon White, Henry Young, Willie Hib
bard, Matte Hopkins, Willie Heating
Florence Currier, Ida Miles, Mabe
Miles, Mabel Nelson, Nellie Smith, an
Ned Baldwin; eleven, terms were Kati
Heating, Nellie Heating, Edie Dewey
and George Whitney; twelve terms
Lena Dewey, Margaret Heating
Charles Baldwin, Elmer Webster, Ev
Baxter and Ida Ruggles; thirteen term
Bessie Rowell, Carrie Whitney an
Homer Smith; fourteen terms, Cor
Murkland, George Smith, Nellie Case
fifteen terms, Marion Currier and Jen
ME Wilson; eighteen terms, Mae Rob
inson. The leading names were tie
Marys, nine Minnies, nine Georges
eight Charles, eight Willies, eigh
NeIIies, seven Mabels, six Idas, an
six AIices. The leading initial letter
were forty five names beginning wit
NJ, twenty with c., and twenty-si
with A. The smallest number of pu
pills any term was twenty eight, tn
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