Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-06-26

| Rev. +. w. Lewis, george barnes,
Eber Humphrey and Mary Blake at
tended the Epworth League conven-
ton at StJohnsbury Center last week.
Frank A. Davis of Chicago, brother
of Geo. Davis of this village, has been
visiting here the past week. Mr.. Da-
Wis is in d medical college in the Elk
position City.
| Olympic Encampment, No. II, have
been invited to Newport July IA, and
are expected to work the r. 2. de-
gree. All members are expected to
be at the next communication, July 8.
Rev. Joseph Hamilton, presiding ell
der. will preach and administer the
Sacrament at the Methodist Episcopal
Church next Sabbath, morning service.
Quarterly Conference Saturday even
ing.
The Methodist Society Sunday
School and friends will go to Mem
phremagog on an excursion next Fri
day, leaving here on the noon train,
returning at O'Clock in the even
ing.
1t is reported that the Telephone
Co. is to erect line from Lyndon
vile, via West Burke and So. Barton
to this place. This will supply the
tmissing link'' in this section and be
a great convenience.
J. ". Murkland has bought out the
coal, iron, steel and heavy hardware
goods Of Geo. M. Tower, and takes the
stock to his own shop on Water St.,
where he will keep on sale for cash a
good line of these goods.
DR.. Leon White and wife and Mrs.
DR.. Turner, of Boston, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer 2. Smith of ST. Johns
bury have been in town on visit the
past week. Miss Mary Rawson,
daughter of E. E. Rawson, is in town.
The Boston papers have announced
the marriage engagement of DR.. A. T.
Boswell and Miss Lizzie M. Needham
of Boston, DR.. BusweH is a Barton
boy and we hope he will do asswell in
this venture as he has in his profess
sion.
Carroll F. Davis and family were in
town last week, visiting among their
many friends. Mr.. Davis has not for
gotten how to handle the violin bow
We are glad to learn that Mr.. Davis
has a very pleasant and profitable
business in his Montana home
E. Elmer Webster graduated at
Montpelier Seminary last week, re-
ceiving first honors. Mr.. Webster, be-
sides his ordinary work, edited the
Seminary paper, the Pt@ra5c. He
spent little time on concert tour
with the Seminary Glee and Banjo
Club.
The people are getting impatient to
have the work about the new depot
finished and the thing opened. 1t
would, doubtless, been completed long
before, had it not been for the deep
freezing under the building during
the winter, which nearly destroyed
the foundation.
Quite large number from this vii
lage went to st. Johnsbury last Friday
to attend the graduating exercises of
the Academy. Misses Ida and Mabel
Miles, Mae Robinson, Gertrude Skin
ner and Florence Currier from this
place are among the graduates, each
taking high rank. N0N
FL. w. Sargent of-this village shows
us San Francisco, Cal, paper, the
Examiner, which contains 1913 pages.
1t is called the Worlds Fair number,
aud was gotten out in the interests of
California. It claims to be the largest
paper issue ever got out. There GER
tainly ought to have been nothing
larger.
There is a change of time in the
running Of trains, both on the Pas
sumpsic and Lake Champlain divisions
of the railroads, commencing to-day:
The day mail train on this road, both
morning and evening is few minutes
earlier; the air line trains earlier both
ways also the accommodation trains
both ways. The New York Express
goes on, leaving Newport at SIS a.
NJ; mixed train leaves Newport at
7:3O p. N. going south. See time ia
bles.
limo. @. Kimball, Esq, with wife
and daughter, have arrived from New
York to spend some weeks in town.
They will board at the American
House and room at the E. F. Dutton
residence. Mr.. KimbalPs people al
ways find a royal welcome in this vii
lage. They spent parto the winter