Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-06-18


betting, engines, etc. He reports bust
ness very dull.
Will Heath has moved his barber
shop business to the west side of Opera
block, fitted up a good room, put out
big sign and will be glad to see his
customers in his new quarters.
Geo. G. Tower is putting in his time
at Cambridge, shipping his lumber,
which is all cut and is being planed
ready for market. His family will
spend a few weeks with him there.
Regular convocation of Orient
Chapter, No. Is, o. E. S., in Masonic
Hall, on the evening of June %, at
1880 O'Clock. All are urged to be pres
ent at the collation. to be served at 6
O'Clock.
Miss Gertrude Skinner returned
last Friday from Springfield, Mass,
where she is taking a Kindergarten
course, accompanied by her mother,
who spent week with her daughter
at that place.
The tenth annual meeting of the
Vermont Woman's Suffrage Associa-
ton will be held in the Congregation
al church, Thursday evening and Fri
day, June % and 20, 1894. Full pro-
gram next week.
Myron Alexander Of Evansville at
tended the circus on Saturday evening,
hitching his team under the Cong.
horse shed. When he returned to
look after his team it was gone, and
he has not yet got track Of it. See his
ad and help him find it if possible.
The democrats selected the follow
ing delegates and alternates to attend
their State and District conventions:
J. P. Baldwin, Fl. P. Cook and DR.. j.
F. Wright; alternates, DR.. M. F.
Prime, M. P. Riordon and E. d. Lo-
throp The alternates are also dis
trict delegates.
A telegram was received here on
Friday evening, stating that Miss Hell
en- Kimball, long seriously ill, was
much worse. 0. D. Owen started Fri
day night for Boston, where she has
been receiving medical treatm ent for
several weeks. He writes back word
that she is in a critical condition.
Harper's circus spent Saturday and
Sunday in town and exhibited to small
audiences on Saturday, day and even
ing. It was a small affair but reported
to be pretty good of the kind. The
thing did not seem TO be a swindling
affair, as many of the seven by nine
shows of this kind are -,-----c --- -- -
.. A. Leach of Argusville, n. Da- .
kota, called on us on Saturday last.
count of the serious sickness of his
father Mr.. Leach represents that
the Orleans county boys in that sec
ton are more than holding their own,
some of them a great deal more, not
the hard times.
At the meeting of the district stew
ards of the M. E. church held at st.
Johnsbury June "A, it was voted to
Presiding Elder, at $4,000 under an
emphatic protest of several prom
inent members of the church who be-
Iieve the salary much higher, service
than that of the pastors
Of the district.
This is time when there is much |
danger from fires and much care |
should be exercised to prevent them. |
We fear our village hose companies
ire not in the best condition for fire
business. Remember the fact that |
one Of the hose carts has been taken |
from it's former place and put into a
room finished for it in the Geo. III. |
Davis shed, south of the Nelson
block.
DIR. Minnie Leavitt will lecture in |
5he M. E. church on Wednesday even
ng of this week on "Scientific Tenn
oerance," illustrating her subject by
5he use of charts. This lady has
ately spoken at the county W.C.T.U. |
and in surrounding towns,
and her lecture is highly spoken of by
5he press and people. She speaks for
4 collection and it is hoped that our
people will give her a good audience.
Fred r. Aldrich of the Brattleboro
Reforn1er was in town last week col
Getting material for the purpose of
getting up an extra edition of that
paper, giving something of the histo-
y, the attractions, the business, in
Guiding cuts of buildings, ETC., Of this
village. The issue will be gotten out
next week. Judging from issues Of
he same kind crotten ont for other