Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-09-25

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and wife of So. Barton and Mrs. jew
ell start for Chicago and, probably, a
further trip West, on Tuesday.
Among the curiosities which E. T.
Wilson, photographer, has in his pos
sion is an old English "bulls- eye"
watch that was made alb out the year
1880.
Remember the annual pew rental at
the Cong. church Wednesday after
noon, at O'Clock. Let all interested,
and all those wishing for pews be
present.
Just why the r. r. folks do not
move into the new depot and COM
mence business there is beyond the
knowledge of everybody here. Why
not open it up?
All taxes due town treasurer Hub
bard, anu also the village and school
taxes in Dist. No. must be paid on,
or before Monday, Oct. 2, to save the
discount and legal expenses.
The FRUIT Trade Journal of New
York has published an eulosistic
obituary of Timothy G. Kimball, and
also gave the readers Of the journal a
fine picture of the deceased.
Mrs. Marcia (Shedd) King is doing
bookkeeping in the O. D. Owen store.
Helen Kimball, i'll with rheumatism,
is able to be at her counter in the
same store some part Of the time.
With town and village taxes, water
rents and insurance, all falling due
about Oct. 1st, there seems to be an
opportunity of disposing of what
"loose change" is lying about in this
village.
Tt is reported that @. P. Bean will
vacate the American House, which he
has run the past year, Oct. 1. Mr..
Bean has had good run of custom
and his friends will regret his moving
out of the house.
DIR. NJ. F. Prime goes on to to the
new board of Pension Examiners in
this county. He is good physician
and surgeon and an honorable man;
the meritorious pensioner will mot
suffer in his hands. taIsi9t
Among the Worlds FAIR visitors
who have recently gone from this
place are Mr.. and Mrs. III. Pierce,
Miss Pomona and Miss Helen Joslyn,
E. w. Barron and wife, Grace .Murk-
land and Sara Stone. - *
Geo. M. Tower has bought of Chas.
G. Grow the grist mill and shop prop
erty ON the river below the. old gfist
mill, paying in part with goods from
the Wholesale store, hardware, salt,
etc. Mr.. Tower is working his oBdsi-
ness down nearer to a flour and grain
basis.
The terrible accident in Indiana, on
Friday morning, which killed eleven
persons outright, occurred on the
same road, Wabash, on which the
people from this section, who went to
Chicago last week, passed over. 1t
is. fortunate that none of them hap
pened to be on the i'll -fated train.
We notice that. some correspondent
for the. Burlington Earth states that i
there were lie, 900 present on the second
day of the county fair. Evidently, he
felt the necessity Of stating eit1 large,
inasmuch as the crowd, embraced
nearly the "whole earth," SO far as
this particular section was concerned.
o. D. Owen has his new oh0use on
High street nearly finished. - Mr..
Wilkie is putting up a large set of
buildings on the Wyman Lotto. V.
Joslyn is making improvements about
the house on the place he2 Recently
purchased of Mr.. Bean, and wilE5haNe
several rooms to let to the Peerless
factory girls.
The O. E. S. hold their regular
Friday, at which time it is
expected that there will be a large
number present from Island Pond
Chapter. a banquet will be served
promptly at six o'clock, so let every
be on hand, after which it is
there will be speaking, etc. Tt
IS especially desired that every mem
DER of Orient Chapter be present.
About thirty members of Quimby
Post and Relief Corps accepted the
invitation of Capt. and Mrs. Averill
If Westmore, to hold sociable at their
and visited them on Tuesday
asst. They found them all ready to
eceive and to entertain the company |
md spent the day most pleasantly.
The Capt. took the party around the
AXE and the trip was much enjoyed.
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