Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-27


were, perhaps, more finely attired
than any party that ever assembled
in town, and the gentlemen were out
in dress and other fine suits, while the
younger people and not a few chill
dren were in novel and beautiful
attire. The Masonic fraternity were
in part clad in costumes indicating
rank, Office and degree. The patriarch
Joined hands with the child in the
promenade procession and there was
a sociability that was agreeable to all.
The music, Blair's orchestra, was all
that could be esired. Altogether
it was an entertainment most enioya-
BILE to all present.
Barton Landing.
D. c. French and wife have returned
from a trip to Florida.
Almira Trip is home from Boston
on account of i'll health.
Justin B. Ford has moved to Barton
and his wife and daughter work in the
Peerless.
The students of Lyndon Institute re-
turned last Monday morning for the
spring term.
Geo. Bush, our enterprising book
agent, is waiting for large lot Of
books to be delivered in Albany and
Craftsbury.
Will Sylvester will build a new
house on School St., east of Mr..
Howe's. He is drawing the stone for
cellar.
o. H. Austin will put up a house for
two families on the Bloomington road,
where the A. Joslyn barn has been re-
moved.
The lumber for w. d. Twombly's
house is nearly all on the lot. Next
month building will start in at about
the same rate as last spring.
There will be meeting Of the Geo.
G. Meade Post and w. R. c., Tuesday,
March s, at 1870 p. m. Let all the
members be present, if possible.
The Thespians played to good
house at Barton. They were much
pleased with the treatment they re-
ceived at the American House. The
supper was very nice and was finely
served.
A. Joslyn has taken down the barn
west of E. d. Stafford's house and will
put it up near his residence. The old
barn was built by Mrs. Parker Wig
gins father in 1882 land has been NOV
ed twice before.
DIR. Martin closes his engagement at
this place this week and goes to New
port. 1t is reported that he has had a
large business and that as. far as
known, his work has given the best of
satisfaction.
Maynard Skinner goes to Spring
field, Mass, next Tuesday to work in
the same place with Ray Carpenter,
in the machinist business. Very sor-
ry to lose so fine a young man. He
has clerked for E. E. Stafford the last
two years.
Frank Skinner and his son, on the
old William Twombly place, g
mile from this village, show their
enterprise and determination tic
be up to the times, and put on the
market as good an article of maple
sugar and syrup as can be produced;
have entirely restocked their fine
sugar grove of 1900 trees, with new
apparatus, tin buckets and sap reese
voir, and new Climax evaporation
and Murkland arch and sugaring off
pan. They gather their sap with
teams, run it through strainer into
the reservoir, thence conducted by
pipe to evaporation from evaporation to
conducted by syphon to syruping- of
pan and from that to sugaring- of
pan. 1t occurs to us that it will be a
good place to go to a sugaring off.
South Barton.
Remember the annual school meet
| ing Tuesday night.
Andrew Folsom has gone back to
Lawrence, Mass, to work.
Clarence Coburn has moved on to
the place he purchased of VIM. Allard
frankie Kimballs best hen cackles
over an egg measuring 615 x g inches
Nathaniel Folsom is better at this
writing, than he was one week ago
Joe Folsom is also better.
Albany.
Will Miller is very sick with pneu.
monia.
Horace Way has gone to Maine te
work in a saw mill.
Miss Clara Snow of Lowell Mass.
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