Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-04-30

/ Mrs. Ellen owen ana H0F SlSO0I LID
! gone to Colorado, where they have a
brother residing.
NJ. E. Ladies' Aid at the church
parlors, Wednesday afternoon. Tea
at o'clock.
The Congregational Ladies' Society
is invited to meet with Mrs. +. W.
Barron, Wednesday, May 2.
The village trustees are making an
early start on the work Of getting the
roads and sidewalks in passable con-
dition.
We have been presented with a
sample box of very fine stirred maple
sugar by A. A. Williams of Glover.
Thank you, Mr.. w.
Arthur Wilson of this town made
over 1000 pounds Of sugar from 300
trees. Amasa Sessions Of Coventry
is reported to have made 1900 pounds
from 400 trees.
John Bean and family have moved
to the G. P. Jenness house, recently
purchased. It is reported that Mr..
Bean has bought the O. Ell. Mossman
lot, together with the horse barn,
which adjoins the Jenness lot.
George Reed spent some days in
Boston recently visiting the dog fair,
and spending few days at his old
home He captured a first prize and
got mention on one other dog. Mrs.
Lucy Reed is also in Boston, where
she will spend some weeks among
friends and relatives.
Joseph Owen remains about the
the same; Merton Lewis is somewhat
better and is able to ride out; Mrs. G.
E. Bickford is having a serious illness,
but is reported somewhat better;
Mrs. Wilkie, wife Of Barber Wilkie, is
very sick and liable not to recover;
Mrs. A. M. Olmstead is again very
sick; @. @. Grow is on his back with
bilious trouble.
James Mcfarland has come back to
town with large lot of horses and
colts which he is training and break
him. He has some Of the fast trotters
Of the county and will be heard from
during the fall races. William Car
penter, also, has several colts in
training and is giving them lessons in
speed and good behavior, both in En-
glish and French.
ho hn nof wi
many years. The warm weather in
early March took the snow nearly all
off and opened up the sugar sea son.
The roads, only lightly frozen during
the winter, settled early and the
weather permitted the farmer to
start his springs work two or three
weeks earlier than usual The grass
is as well grown as it averages to be
the fifteenth or twentieth Of May.
Mr.. Webster has printed new cat
alogue of the Academy and Graded
School. Mr.. Stannard, principal, as
sisted by the trustees, has prepared
full course of study for thirteen years,
which gives the pupil thorough
course in the common school and En-
glish studies and full college fit to
those intending to attend college. All
the patrons and those interested in
the school should obtain the cata-
logue.
1t is proposed to hold Grand Army
Fair on the eve Of Memorial Day, in
+I,o Io1 I'll
be exhibited war relics and other ar
ticles Of interest, ancient or modern,
which will make a museum of very
things. To this end every
one interested is asked to contribute
such articles as he may have or
procure that will be rare, curious or
interes ting-the same to be loaned.
Mrs. Freeman made an unusually
pretty display of goods and had her
store beautifully trimmed" at her
millinery opening last week. = Miss
Colburne makes a modest announce
ment in her millinery ad. this week,
ers to call in and see her new stock of
goods. Mrs. BarstoW has had her
rooms painted,papered,e ETC.,
and is prepared to meet her customers
with new goods, a clean room and |
reasonable prices. If the ladies fail in |
head gear this year it will be no fault |
Of the miiliners.
List of unclaimed letters remaining
in the Barton post Office, April 80: L.
Bradley, A. G. Barton, Miss Nellie
Beede, B. R.Bement, Jr., Leda Bauche,
Miss Gertie Carter, 2,Miss Lizzie Can