Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-07-31

make two-story building of it.
The trustees of the Academy and
Graded School have hired principal,
Mr. Stannard, and will make full an
nouncements in regard to the coming
term in an advertisement and pros
pectus next week.
Mrs. John G.. Hall has returned from
her trip West and South, after an alb
sence of two years. She visited her
children and many other friends, 60
ing as far as the Pacific coast.
She has been in Baltimore of late at
the home of James w. Hall.
Mrs. Joseph Owen, Mrs. o. D. Owen,
Julia Owen and Mr.. and Mrs. j. N.
Webster returned from the Worlds
Fair last week. Mrs. Webster met
with an accident while entering car
riage which caused her much pain and
Inconvenience, but she is recovering
! from it.
At the village meeting held to see
if the village would instruct the trust
ees to build a cellar on the site where
the engine house is to be moved, the
vote was adverse to the proposition,
and the wall for an ordinary founda-
ton is being laid. The building will be
moved on to it soon.
Regular meeting of Orient Chapter,
No. Is, o. E. S., Friday eve, Aug. 4, at
1880 O'Clock. 1t is expected that the
degrees will be conferred, and it is
earnestly desired that every member
be present, as important business is
to come up at the meeting, which will
need immediate action.
Mrs. Henry Cutler and Mrs. J. B.
Freeman and her little boy, Ernest,
went to Peaks Island, Me-, last week
to be absent about a fortnight. Helen
Kimball and Clara Barnard expect to
60 Tuesday. = Mrs. @. @. Grow has
gone to Bradford and other places on
quite an extended visit.
The Stanstead Live Stock Associa
ton have advertised their fair to come
off August 1924. They put up $4,000
in purses and premiums. Their show
is always an excellent one, both in
exhibits and in racing sports. They
advertise a balloon and parachute
performance for each day.
Geo. Burnham has very accommO-
dating and docile horse on the aver
age, but occasionally he gets ugly and
does vicious act. Recently he put
his hind foot against Georges shin
with SO great emphasis as to leave the
imprint of the three calks in the flesh
"a narrow escape from a broken leg.
While Sam. Nelson was coming down
hill in the hay field with load of
hay on Friday last, the neck yoke
broke, letting the load on to- the hors
es and causing them to run with the
hay. Before they brought up the leg
of one of them was broken and he was
killed to end his misery. Mr.. Nelson
got off the load without injury.
Teachers will remember the matter
of the Summer School, which begins
next Monday. These schools have
been very popular and helpful to the
teachers of this section of the state.
The instructors are among the very
best that can be obtained and the in
struction will be first class. The man
ayers are planning to make the occa-
sion very pleasing in social sense,
and will provide excursions and en-
tertainments for this purpose.
Some one reminds US that certain
item gave the name of the young man
who was instrumental in discovering
and procuring the arrest of the horse
thief, VIM. johnson, as Johnnie Bal
lou, not Johnnie Bullock. Well, let it
be that way then; the compositor al
ways 'sets up" names as nearly as
possible as they are written 1t is Of
ten impossible to tell just what idea
writer had in his head when he per-
petrated piece of manuscript
The ''Crust of Society,"" interpreted
by Mr.. John Stetson's admirable COM
pany, will be the next attraction at
Lanes Opera House, Newport, We'd
nesday eve, Aug. 2. Whenever it has
been presented, the production has
met with the same general praise with
which it was received when it was
presented at the Globe theater, Bos-
ton, few months ago. Tickets may
be ordered by mail or telephone of E.
Lane & Sons. Price, rs, so and 25
cents.
T. G. KimbaI, Esq, who with his
family has been spending some weeks
here, returned home on Saturday. Mr..
Kimhall is ALWAYS planning and doing |