Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-03-19

teams coming into the village with su-
gar on the first day of May on run
ners. Before the next week had end
ed there was big thunder shower
and within a fortnight considerable
spring work had been done =,
The village meeting, held on Tues
day evening, was rather more lively
tran usual, certain uptown fellows
try ing to control the meeting, with
the seeming attempt to ignore all
Their sections. The trustees report
showed quite a large sum 'expended
last year in sewerage and in work
made necessary by the new depot and
the change in the line of railroad; also
in tools for concrete work, lamps, etc.
The present indebtedness, including
expenses in moving the Catholic
church, is something over 5000.
The water commissioners report
shows that the present water rentals
amount to about 81 ,450, the increase
in the rentals last year being some
Uu4ilS CVOI tpOUO. uO uctA IdlSOQ lOA
the year will be As per cent-the same
having been voted by the town. Five
per cent of this will go into the state
fund, only small portion of it being
received back to the village. There
was about the usual colloquy on the
inefficiency Of our street lighting ma
chinery, and a disposition shown to
brighten up a little for the year to
come. It was voted to have the re-
ports OF the village officers printed in
the future. The following officers
were elected: Moderator, j. P. Bald
win; clerk, Fl. T. Seaver; trustees, g.
E. Hamblet, III. T. Seaver, J. P.Bald-
win; treasurer, I'll. @. Pierce; collect
or, o. V. Joslyn; auditors, B. M. r.
Nelson, o. D. Owen, F. w. Baldwin;
wardens, J. N. Webster, E. F. DuUton,
W. G. Brown; water commissioner to
serve three years, B. B. Jerome.
One day week before last we'll
dressed man appeared at n. d. Mar
tins livery stable, saying that him
self and brother wanted to hire team
to go to Westmore. The team was
hitched up and the men went away,
not returning as agreed. Mr.. Martin
began to suspect that the men were
either thieves or beats, and inquiry
revealed the fact that the men and
team were seen in Evansville E, going
northward. Geo. w. Ewins, Mr.. Mar
tins hOstler, was sent north in pur-
suit, and the result shows that he
has done very handsome piece of
detective work in the capture of the
thieves. He went to Rock Island,
where the men stopped over night,
the team not having been entered at
the custom Office. Ewins followed on
to Sherbrooke and got another scent
of his men going still farther north.
At Windsor, he found that they had
traded the sleigh for wagon, push
ing on toward Richmond, where he
got track of them again, finding they
had traded the wagon and harness
for $40, shipping the horse by rail to
Montreal. By this time Ewins was
close on them, and after finding that
the horse had been delivered to the
railroad stock yard, and taken thence
to some unknown place, he hunted
the livery stables, finding the
animal at last in a sales stable, the
sale set for the afternoon. He con-
Guided that the men would be back
soon to look after the horse, and was
not surprised to see the one who hired
the team in Barton come in. Ewins
had employed a detective, who was
close at hand, and when the hostler
followed the thief out of the stable, it
was not long before he whistled up
his companion, when Ewins bounced
upon them, Selling both by their col
lars; quite a melee occurred, but
the detective followed on and
with the aid of the police the men
we're soon hurried off to Jail. Ewins
let them remain over night, when he
visited them with an officer and after
some coaxing made them acknowl-
edge their crimes. They were taken
into court and were in the hands Of
the court when the hostler- detective
started back with his horse to gather
up his sleigh and harness, all of which
was done and the team brought home
asst week. Mr.. Ewins did as thorough |
l piece of detective work as is often
lone, and he better drop the card and
brush and enter profession which
will ensure better pay, and more in
;eresting and exciting jobs. The
ian and Geo. Roome; they claim to
AVE come from Lynn, Mass.