Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-06-19


mother.
Elmer Webster and Francis Jewell
will spend some time away, going out
on a concert tour with the Montpelier
Seminary troupe.
JIG. Page has painted his tenement
house on High street in bright colors.
The Peerless factory is receiving
new coat of paint.
The cutters in the Peerless factory
cut 5000 yards of cloth last week.
The factory is turning out about 200
dozen garments daily.
George Baldwin started on his re-
turn trip to California on Wednesday
last. He will visit Chicago and other
points before crossing the Rockies.
Rev Albert Gregory of Danville
preached very excellent sermon at
the M. E. church yesterday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gregory are visiting in Glover
and vicinity.
H. G. Pierce, III. T. Seaver and G. P.
Jenness attended the Masonic meet
ing at Burlington last week and re-
port a large attendance and very
enjoyable gathering.
A. G. Jewell, who for the past four
wears has been foreman at the Ground
house, in Newport, has worked the
full time without losing a single days
pay, frequently putting in extra time.
The Odd Girls will give lawn party
at the M. E. church next Friday even
ing, when ice cream, cake, etc, will be
served The members of the society
are expected to furnish for the tables
without farther notice. For particu-
lars see small bills.
Philip Shields says he will sell his
place below the village and buy
small farm if he can, SO that he can
have some work for his boys. He has
built over his house, put up good
barn and improved the premises
greatly inthe last few years.
Several from this place and vicinity
will attend the .Epworth League con-
vention to be held at ST. Johnsbury
Center June 20 ann 81, commencing at
1870 p. NJ, Tuesday, and closing We'd
nesday noon. The Air Line afternoon
train south will stop at the Center.
While some are making complaints
about the roads, we judge that the
commissioner, Mr.. Durham, is doing
all that he can to get them in a COM
Portable condition. It must be re-
membered that it takes time to go
over hundred miles of highway.
The promotion of Homer E. Smith
to be cashier of the First National
Bank OF st. Johnsbury is a great COM
pliment to his efficiency, ability
and honesty 1t was only few
years ago that he left the bank
here to accept position in the ST.
Johnsbury bank as clerk.
Why not put watering troughs in
some convenient places in this viii
lage? With water running in all di-
rections, it is slackness, as we'll as
cruelty, to have no public watering
places for horses. If the trustees or
water commissioners will not put in
drinking places, let contribution be
taken up and the work done on that
plan.
The Manchester, N. H, daily Mirror
has a pleasant and complimentary no
tice of the marriage of Mr.. Edwin @.
Gould Of that city to Nellie M. Rowell.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Gould are highly
spokenrof and the congratulations and
good wishes of many friends were ex-
tended them. Mrs. Gould's friends in
this village will cheerfully unite in the
good wishes extended.
A town meeting is to be held next
next Tuesday, at 10 a. M, for the pur-
pose OF raising money for highway
and other purposes. An article is in
serted to see if the length of the
school terms shall be extended from
26 weeks, and also to see if the town
will vote to make up the shortage
found on the account of James Bus
well, whereby he was in arrears with
the town about 500.
Considerable interest has been felt
here in the Borden trial, which is be-
ing held in New Bedford, Mass, where
Lizzie Borden is being tried for the
murder of her parents. Those who
have read the case up as it has devel-
oped have come to about the conclu-
sion that the N. Y. Tribune reaches:
stThe Commonwealth does not seem
to prove that the girl committed the
crime, but nobody can see how any
body else could have done it.''