Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-15
Barton.

mOcks, fruits, etc.
Barton.
Mrs. Rand is visiting in Manchester,
nh.
ID. d. Bean and son are here from
Denver, Colorado.
The stone cutters have begun work
on the ''high bridge"
Chautauqua meeting with Mrs. E.
G. Shaw, this evening.
E. E. Rawson of Bennington came
Saturday night and will spend a few
days with his friends here.
WI. Robinson is the first man in
the hay field this year. He was four
days in making his hay.
Charles Graves proposes to move
the barn adjoining his shop building
and convert it into a tenement.
Myrtle Scott, who has been at St.
Johnsbury the last few weeks, is at
home wrestling with the measles.
B. NJ. R. Nelson is slowly improving
-Hezekiah Bickford's people are bet
ter.
Work is being pushed on the w. G.
Brown barn and it is nearly covered.
1t is one of the largest barns in
town.
The Congregational church peo
pie are about to buy a new organ.
They have a Smith American here on
trial.
The correspondent of the Express
has been testing some of those "deli
cious' trout, which the fellows caught
on Sunday.
The weather averages pleasant, but
is dry. Thursday of last week was the
hottest day of the season. The crops
are looking well.
The ladies of the Cong. Society are
preparing an entertainment to be Civ
en- in Opera Hall, Friday evening,
June 20. Do not forget it.
c. F. Percival has put a new wheel
inihis mill to run the shop machinery
which will ere long be put in the ell
and second story of his mill.
DR.. Pearson. the dentist, starts on
his annual vacation Friday, June 26.
His office will be closed until about
the middle of July.
Saturday is becoming the big bust
ness day of the week in this town.
People are here from large number
of towns, visiting the stores and do
ing other business.
Geo. w. Bridgman of Hardwick was
here Saturday, looking after the mat
ter of his farm and other business.
There are lots of people this way who
will not shed tears if he moves back
again.
The ladies of the Methodist Society
will serve strawberries and cream,
cake, coffee, etc. at their vestry rooms
Strawberries and cake, Is cents; cof-
fee cents.
A gentleman was here last week
exhibiting a hose holder and nozzle
is a great Improvement on the old way
of holding hose. The village ought
to buy one or two of the holders.
Regular Communication of Orleans
Lodge, No. So, F. and A NJ, Friday
eve, June 18th, at 7:3O o'clock, p. m
Work on the E. A. degree. All Ma
sons are cordially invited to be pres
ent. By the order of the W. ".
c. w. Briggs, now at ]. w. Murk-
lands machine shop, will start fo1
Springfield, Mass, June "a to take a
position as Pullman car conductor
running from Springfield to Quebec
and Boston. His family will remain
here.
Somebody, Master Ezzu(?) Drown
has left in this office some specimen
hens eggs, four of which weigh one
pound, the two largest weighing 1C
ounces and measuring So X 9, 90 y
go inches. They are the largest eggs
We ever saw.
Our enterprising merchants, o. D
Owen and G.. H. Davis, made things
lively here during some days of last
week retailing sugar. They started
in at the rate of q pounds of granu-
lated sugar for dollar, and as ''the
rum continued, furnished 81 and q
pounds for dollar. All our sour anC
hungry people who have been out O.
sugar are getting sweetened up again
Several members of the Agriculture
Society met here on the 9th inst. il
consultation in regard to the annua
fair. 1t is proposed to guarantee pre-
miums, as was done last year, anC
those who run the fair last year vii
have opportunity to ego inn this year
A committee of three, Amory Dawson
C.. E. Roweu, J. /. Parker are a can
wasting committee. Another meeting
will be held at the American House
June %, to complete arrangements.
There was a very pleasant wedding
party at w. c.. Browns on Tuesday
when his daughter, Minnie, was mar
ried to VIII Wilmot of Lyndonville
There was large gathering of friend
of both bride and groom. There wer,
congratulations, wedding present
and good weather for the happy cou
pie. Mr.. Wilmot was born in thi
town, his parents moving to Lyndon
vile soon after. He is an enginee
on the R. r. and is a young man o
excellent repute. Mrs. Wilmot was
young lady highly esteemed in GU
III he he Il,
helpmeet in their new home at Lyn
donville. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot start
ed Immediately after the marriag
ceremonies on their wedding trip O
some days TO Quebec, Montreal, etc.