Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-09

Landing yesterday in exchange with
Rev. Wright who preached here.
At I'll. P. Cooks auction sale his
COWS sold at an average price of
S2s.75 and other property at good
prices.
1t is expected hat Rev. S. G.. Lewis
of Newport Center will deliver an ad-
dress before the Epworth League on
Tuesday evening. A general invita-
ton extended.
We were misinformed in regard to
the amount OF money willed to the
Cong. church of this village. 1t seems
the sum is $4,000, not $4,000, as the
MONITOR had it last week.
Eben S. Woodland, having sold his
farm in the Mountain district, has
bought a small place in West Charles
ton and will move there soon. Amt
you going away from home, Eben?
Amos Tower has bought an interest
in the depot store business of George
Tower. George will be off looking
after his Mount Mansfield lumber bus
mess much of the time for the next
few months.
Mrs. Hartwell, mother of Warren
Hartwell, is keeping house for Mr..
Davis people while they are at the
Fair. Misses Sadie Gaskill and Hattie
Walters spent Sabbath before last in
town, guests Of Mrs. Hartwell.
Myrtle Scott starts for the Worlds
Fair to-day. She will go with the
Glover party which leaves this after
noon. May they have fine weather
for the trip. Several of u towns
Fair visitors are expected home this
week.
Those who are interested in getting
a new and permanent industry in this
village, which will be guaranteed to
put twenty or more men at work con-
stantly, are invited to meet at the
MONITOR Office this evening. This is
something that deserves attending to
at once.
Charles Preston and Seldom Bick-
lord are grading up around their
houses.-C. E. Wilkie is preparing to
lay a heavy bank wall in front of his
housed. r. Hunt proposes to i'm
prove his buildings by moving the
wall on the railroad side Of his house
farther away toward the track.
Andrew Twombly of Westmore will
move into the village, occupying for
the present the house where Guy E.
Rowell lives. Mr.. Twombly will build
a goodsset Of buildings when he can
fnda good building site. Mr.. Twom-
bly's peop1eshave lived in the place
an9Me r pleased to welcome them
back
0. D. Owen has commenced the
erection of his third house on the Jen-
ness lot; this with the one built on
high street will make four good houses
built in one season by n man, whose
business in mercantile lines claims
the attention ofhimself and three or
four clerks.-Geo. Nye has his house
up and expects to have it ready for
occupancy before Thanksgiving
Henry Gay is building a house 26x4s
feet, two stories high.
James Young, for some time a clerk
in the Barron & Hamblet store, has
bought a farm in Bloomington and
will move there soon. MI. Young has
been a very efficient and popular clerk,
and himself and wife have many
friends here who will dislike to have
them &c away. Put it down as a cir
cumstance worthy of note, that one
young man has been found who is
willing to give up the counter for the
farm. If there were more who were
of the same mind it would be better
for this State.
The meeting held on Wednesday
evening last to deliberate in regard
to holding a singing school under the
tuition OF Harry May Of st. %Johnsbury
was decided to have a ticket school, the
price Of tickets to be $1.0O The pros
pect seems good for raising money to
support a school twenty weeks or
more. There is need of a school
here and the opportunity is a good
one for those interested in music. A
colnmitte Miss Gertrude Skinner,
Mrs, Burdick, Fred Whitcher and
Chas. Baldwin will sell tickets. The
prices set are, 81 for single tickets;
50 for three tickets for one family !;
$3.50 for a family Of four.
Mrs. William White, who has lived
with her husband in a howell on the