Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-20

spring.
1t is said that the Peerless Go. are
contemplating the building of large
storehouse and two or three dwelling
houses this season.
At their last business meeting, the
Epworth League voted to have liter
airy exercises to Immediately follow
the Tuesday evening devotional meet
ings.
The Thespians are coming Tuesday
evening next, and the best seats are
selling rapidly. There is nothing. that
comes along that draws like Mr.. Hill
dreth's plays.
George Tower has finished up his
Job, sold his teams and returned from
Lamoille county, where he did big
lumber job The past winter. lie SOLD
his land there some weeks ago.
The water commissioners have re-
Gently completed a map, giving COM
plete geography of the village water
works, showing where the pipes, ny
drants. gates and shut offs are locat-
ed, that they may be found without
inconvenience.
It is reported that O. D. Owen will
put up two new houses this spring on
the Jenness lot he purchased last fall.
These with the Katen double tene-
ment building and the A. F. French
residence will put four good houses
on So Church street.
The entertainment given by the
Sons of Veterans fell on very stormy
night, but was fairly we'll attended.
The concert and the music were first
class and were much enjoyed. 1T is
presumed that there was little prom
enading before the thing closed up.
Rev. Mr. Harris, Episcopal mission
airy, held an Episcopal service at the
M. E. church yesterday afternoon,
quite congregation attending. In
his remarks he spoke of the creed of
that church and some of the particu-
lar tenets of that branch, He is a very
pleasant speaker.
endar, at half past three o'clock this
morning, with the thermometer away
down below the zero mark. The sun
has an immense job on his hands for
the next month, if he drives away the
cold, melts out the ice and brings the
balmy air that is SO much longed for.
Elmer Webster has been home on
a short vacation from Montpelier sem
mary, where he has nearly completed
his preparatory studies. Himself and
several other students organized
concert troupe and spent several days
on concert tour. The papers speak
Of their concert as having been very
good.
Clayton Butler came nearer passing
into the next world a few nights since
than he cared to, when he was under
taking to uncouple the helping en-
CINE at the Summit from the regular
engine on a freight train. Somehow
he lost his foothold and fell between
the engines and escaped only by be-
ing thrown outside the track by the
pilot of the hind engine. The train
was under quite rapid motion.
AS will be seen in another column,
Mr.. Williams makes some pertinent
and interesting inquiries in regard to
the disposition of such school moneys
as shall remain in school district treas
uries after their affairs are settled at
the next school meeting. AS is sug-
gested, the law is left in such a state
that it will require the courts or the
lawyers to solve tia very difficult
thing to do when there is neilaw.
On the night of the recent village
meeting, held at school-house
hall, several men filed the room full
of tobacco smoke and fumes, and
others squirted tobacco juice over
ing necessary. If men must be
nasty with tobacco they ought to have
sense of propriety enough so that they
will not go into school house and
render it unfit for use until somebody
cleans up after them.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Chester Tracy of Belle Plain, Iowa,
recently from this town, who says the
winter there has been unusually cold
and snowy, with sleighing since the
middle of December. He has recently
sold his farm and bought another
place some miles distant and moved
thereon. He represents that in his
moving he had one hundred and thir-
ty, twoho loads. We Judge that he
must have accumulated not little to
have that amount of goods, produce,