Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-13
Barton.


Rum did tit does it every time.
wv. Hall spent few days at home
recently.
Fred Baldwin has gone West and
will visit Dakota before his return.
Wet U. meeting at NJ. E. vestry
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A
full attendance desired.
frankie Ufford and his mother are
here on a visit from Portland, Me-,
and will spend several weeks in town.
Rev. John Forrest will preach in the
school-house in the Devereaux dis
trict on Sunday, July 10, at ? O'Clock
p. m.
Regular communication of Orleans
Lodge, No. 80, of F. and A. NJ, Friday
evening, at 7:3O o'clock. Work on
the Fellow Craft degree.
The ladies of the Chautauqua Circle
and friends are to have a basket pic
mic in the new Park next Thursday af-
ternoon at o'clock
The clouds rolled by after the 4th
was duly passed, and the weather was
excellent for hay making during the
last of the week. The hay crop is good.
Benz. Mossman and his granddaugh
ter, Miss Gertrude Mossman, have re-
turned from their visit to Massachu-
sets. Gertrude is suffering from a
felon on finger.
Among summer guests and visitors
who have arrived af late are Mrs. Jen-
ME Joslyn of Lebanon, Mrs. Mary
Robinson and sister from Jacksonville
and Ellis Goodan of Bennington.
E. B. Robinson is keeping larger
and better variety of early fruit, veg
etables, ETC., than has been kept in
any store in this place for many years.
He is having a good sale of these arti-
cles
H. E. Robinson of Westmore bro't
a fish, caught at Willoughby by Sid
ney Clapper, to this place last week
that weighed IL pounds. 1t was fine
specimen of the lake trout. 1t went
into the Teller market.
The Epworth League will give an
ice cream social next Wednesday ev
ening in the vestry rooms of the M.
E. church. Refreshments will be
served from to O'Clock. Old and
young invited. Ice cream and cake,
10 cents.
Melvin Drown of South Barton, an
experienced brick layer, has been here
putting the brick work under the vii
lage school house. Schuyler Bickford
is finishing up the job, Mr. Drown's
business being such that he could not
remain longer.
Henry Gay is having his Twombly
tenement house shingled and other
wise repaired Charles Graves has
let the job to move his building on to
the cellar and new site to Charles Bus
WE'LL. @. Page has begun to spread
paint on his big block.
We see it stated in Caledonia coun-
ty paper that Prof. Thomas Martin.
for several years principal of Barton
academy, is to become principal of the
McIndoes Falls academy. Mr.. Martin
has a happy faculty of making his
schools run smoothly and is a thor
Ough teacher.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis, who is running a
a model garden, presents the EDITORS
family with some fine beets grown this
year. He also shows a specimens of
last years production, which have
been kept in sawdust and are as hard
and sound as when first dug from the
ground.
Mr. King and family from New Jer-
sey, who have spent several summers
here, arrived last week and make
their home as heretofore with r. &.
TwOmbly. Mr.. Corey, friend of Mr..
King, who has also made his summer
outing here for several years, is ex-
pected soon. These gentlemen and
their families always find a cordial
welcome here.
A water motor has been put into the
MONITOR Office to run the press. A
stream of water not larger than a pine
stem does the work, with a surplus
of power. The motor was furnished
by Geo. w, Buzzell, agent, and is a
fine working wheel. The old horse
"Dan," which for the last ten years or