Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-29


decide which of them you viii make
governor this year.
II any Of our subscribers wish to
stop the MONITOR the process is very
simple. Pay up all arrearages and
ask that it be discontinued. The man
who gets two or three months in ar
rears and then orders it stopped with
out Offering to pay his arrearages, is
dishonest and will find the process Of
stopping the paper slow one.
c. w. Briggs, for sometime in the
employ Of j. w. Murkland as ma
chinest, and later conductor on the
B. & M. r. R., proposes to move to
Springfield, Mass, where he has a
good position as foreman in the fac
tory of the Warwick Cycle Co. He
has particular charge of the tool de-
partment, designing tools for the use
of the factory. The friends Of Mr..
Briggs and family will be sorry to
have them leave.
The moving fever ran high last
DR.. Skinner house into the Horace
Pierce tenement house; Mr.. William
son is expected to move to the Skin
ner house vacated by Mr.. Rand; Q. A.
Abbott and Mrs. Nye moved to the
J. \. Smith house on Park street,
which they lately purchased; John
Brooks moved from the Smith house
to the G. J. Ufford cottage house on
Park street, and Mr.. Owen, former
tenant, to the James Boswell house.
The Good Templars of this place eel
ebrated the 18th anniversary Of or
ganization, Saturday evening. DR.. j.
A. Pearson gave historical epltome
of the Lodge, which was Of great inter
est. He stated the whole number Of
Lodge members to have been 242; the
present number in good standing, 100;
two have died and Il have married.
Miss Cora E. Murkland gave a
fine recitation, and there was music
by the orchestra and a song by Miss
Ethel Bickford, after which cake and
coffee were served, all of which was
greatly enjoyed.
An important matter is to come be-
fore the town on Tuesday in regard to
the exemption of manufacturing prop
erty from taxation for five years or
less. The object Of this is both for
the encouragement and the help of
new industries. Almost all towns in
the state have cheerfully exempted
new manufacturing establishments in
order to encourage their introduction
and growth, on the ground that the
extra number of polls, the erection of
new houses and the growth of bust
ness far more than offset the little
that would seemingly be lost by regu-
lar taxation. The people Of Barton
Landing are making a commendable
effort to start up two manufacturing
concerns, and it is presumed that they
ask for this help, SO called, from the
town. We believe the town will vote
the exemption as matter Of wise
policy.
The quarterly meeting Of the Elev-
ellth District Union, [. o. G. T., will
meet with Crystal Lake Lodge, No. so,
Wednesday, March 16. The following
is the program: 1O:3O, a. M, Opening
in form by the District Chief Templar;
Calling roll of officers; Reading Jour
nal of last meeting; Music by Crystal
Lake Lodge; Address of Welcome, J.
A. Pearson; Response, DR.. @. L. Err
win; Reports of Lodges; Appointment
of committee to locate next Union;
Miscellaneous business; Adjournment.
At 2 p. IN. prayer by Rev. o. D. Clapp,
Grand Chaplain of Vermont; Musical
and literary entertainment by the
different Lodges in the District; Ben
ediction. Private session at 4:30. Ev-
ening session at 7:3O: Address by Rev.
o. D. Clapp Of Woodstock. Letevery
Lodge send three delegates and as
many members as possible. Free en-
tertainment to all Lodge members.
The public are cordially invited to at
tend the afternoon and evening SEES
sions.
From very excellent town report
prepared by the auditors and publish
ed by P. L. Webster we gather the
following: The reported indebted
ness of the town Feb. 10, 1891 was
$345.11. The statement of Feb 10
1892 shows the debt cancelled and a
balance of $42O.16 in the treasury to-
day. This is a good showing. The
tax proper was so cents on dollar;
the state tax was 10 cents; the school