Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-29

| Cif it does not rain) for the purpose of
repairing hydrants, etc., and would
recommend that they save water to
last through the day. WATER Com.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Shaw have re-
turned from the West in good health.
They made several stops on their way
to Vermont, visiting the Worlds Fair,
etc. They intend to locate in Wor-
cester, Mass, and will move there as
soon as they can arrange their bust
ness here. They will sell part of
their household furniture at auction
next Saturday.
The following are the officers of
Crystal Lake Lodge I. o. G.. T. for the
present quarter. @. t., @. III. Wiley;
V. T., Geo. Barnes; Sec., Harry Simp-
son; F. S., Eugene Bryant; Treas,
Ed. White; M, Harley Ferrill; Chap,
Clara Mcfarland; S. J. T., Mrs. Chas.
Grow; G., John Bryant; Sent, Mar
tin Drumming; A. S., Mabel Vance; L.
M, Cora Bradley; P. @. T., Bert
Vance.
| I0 lOAU dlAOdl DAOOUl1l$, VI uLO Va
leans Co. Veterans Association will
be held at North Troy June 9Th. A
cordial invitation is given to all vet
Grams of this county, with their wives
and children; also the Woman's Re
lief Corps and the Sons of Veterans.
The people of Troy will entertain all
free of charge. The Newport Band
| will be in attendance. Arrangements
| with the railroads and names of
speakers will be announced next week.
1t is sincerely hoped that all the cold
boys'' will turn out and make this
meeting long to be remembered.
J. w. CURRIER, Pres.
The Memorial Day procession will
form in the school-house yard, head
ed by the Barton Cornet band, and
move promptly at 1:30 O'Clock under
the the direction of Hon. Horace @.
Pierce, marshall. All soldiers of the
late war;. secret orders and Sabbath
school children, everybody, are invit-
ed stot form a part of the procession
and march, testhescemetery to assist
in the decorating services. The line
will be in command of Capt.E, G. Col
liston. Returning to the Opera House,
there will be singing, instrument
al music and a Memorial address
by Gen. VIM. w. Circuit.
Rev. E. M. Smith, D. D., of Maine
has accepted the Principalship of the
hn%h faf 1%
Montpelier. He is an alumnus of
Wesleyan University at Middletown,
Conn. He graduated at the head of
his class, and was retained two years
as an instructor in his Alma Mater.
He has been President of the Semina-
ry at Kents Hill eleven years, and has
made an excellent reputation as a
scholar and educator. The Seminary
at Montpelier and it's friends every
where are to be congratulated on
having secured so able man to take
charge of the school.
The village trustees have completed
their part of the work on the stone
culvert near the old depot. j. w.
Murkland has the foundation all in
for his new foundry and expects to
put up the building soon.-The plumb
ing is nearly completed in the new de-
pot.-The Peerless Manufacturing Co.
have put fire escapes on to their fac
tory.-G. A. Drew has the frame up
for new dry house. G. E. Boswell
is covering the roof with iron.-W.
w. Miles has commenced extensive
repairs on his house.-The @. F. Per-
cival Manufacturing Co. have improv-
ed the looks and convenience of their
office by the addition of two new
desks, etc. They are about to erect
two new buildings to accommodate
their increasing upholstery business.
Not many nights ago three young
ladies of this village went out on the
lake and "paddled their own canoe"
down to Stanley Point and back. AS
they were coming in, pulling their
very best, the boat struck a section of
the old dam just above the boat hous-
es,and before they could say ''Whales!
sea serpents and other hob goblins,n
in concert, it was amidships across the
top of the dam, which was just little
under water, and there it stuck.
Paddle and push and teeter and ioggle
as best they could, it wouldn't bulge
an inch. Notwithstanding they were
nearly frightened out of their wits at |
first, they were full of pluck, and the
clock in the steeple struck ten, elev-
en- and twelve, and sounded over
against the lodges and echoed back
in mournful melody before they gave