Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-04-25
ment bears the expense of weighing.
Barron & Hamblett pay Is cts. per
dozen for fresh eggs.
Barton.

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try it again
Chautauqua meeting, this evening,
with Mrs. E. G. Shaw.
The creamery commences business
this morning. Mr.. Person deserves
good patronage.
Tie Congregational Ladies' Society
will meet with Miss Julia Johnson,
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Freeman, @. w. Heath and DR..
Newell have had some pretty signs
lettered on the windows of their shops
and offices.
J. N. Webster visited Boston last
week, and his wife, who has been Wis
iting in Washington and Boston, re-
turned with him.
Our thanks to William G. Hawkins
for samples of stirred and drained
sugar. They are among the very best
ever brought to this Office.
G. A. Kelton of Glover shows us
sample of maple honey which would
be hard to beat in any year. He has
sold large quantity of his honey at
so cents gallon.
A. F. French expects to move his
family to this town ere long. He is a
desirable citizen and an experienced
wood worker, and we are glad to well
come him to Barton.
At the late M. E. conference the in
vitation to hold the next annual ses-
sion at this place was accepted, and
the next conference session will be
held in Barton about the Goth of April
1898.
The sap, which had been waiting
for suitable weather to run, commenc-
ed flowing some ten days ago, and for
week or more every sugar maker
was busy. The crop will be quite
large, after all.
Martin Drumming and Barbara Cass
were married on Wednesday last and
started off on a brief wedding trip.
The good wishes of many friends at
tend them on the matrimonial journey.
A meeting will be held at w. w.
Miles office tomorrow (Tuesday)
night at s O'Clock to organize hose
company for the west side of the vii
lage. Let all interested be present.
The trustees have placed hose and
hose cart in that section of the village
and they demand that hose company
be formed.
Some days since Ell. F. Pillsbury
came near losing his Jacksonville,
Fla. residence by a fire on an adjoin-
] ing street, which was SO hot as to burn
his front-yard fence and to severely
scorch his house. His goods were re-
moved from the house and the prem
Uses and goods considerably damaged.
He was insured.
1t looks as though some of those
fellows who have had experience at
Rutland polishing marble were pre-
! pairing to go there again. Another
set are getting ready to graduate in
the local courts and take term in the
high school at the Work House. 1t
will be profitable job, just as the
season for business sets in.
An item in Caledonia county pa
per states that valuable barn, etc.,
at Barnet was recently saved by the
use of the "new fire engine.n The
i engine referred to was the one re-
Gently purchased of this village. The
machine, as we all know, proved a
; 6x off ri oc
Of fire, and we are glad to know that
it is still in good working order. "a
About forty of the young people in
this vicinity gave Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Blake very agreeable surprise last
Tuesday evening, and the kind and
cordial manner in which they were
received added much to the enjoy
ment of the evening. New sugar was
beautifully served, and the time pass
ed swiftly and pleasantly to all. Some
beautiful gifts were left as mementos
of the happy occasion.
A special train will be run over the
Passumpsic road to the democratic
state convention to be held at Mont
pelier on May 5, leaving Newport at
6 a. M, st. Johnsbury at 7:40, and ar
irving at Montpelier not later than
10 am. AnextraE train will be run
over the Lake road so that delegates
from that section of the state may
connect with the Pas sumpsic train
at ST. Johnsbury.
A citizen relates the fact that on
Wednesday night, at about 1870
O'Clock, a large meteor descended from
the upper skies, in a direction about