Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-08-13
the corrections made.

CONGRATULATIONS OF his IrlouOS III Uuli
town. He is clean, bright, young
lawyer, and would win if a republican
Geo. III. Davis and family and Hor
ace Pierce and family are away on g
carriage drive through the White
Mountains.-F. K. Powell and family
have gone to Massachusetts on an ex-
tended visit.
The Barton Landing boys invited
the Barton base ball nine down there
on Friday and scalped them at the
rate of five to nine. Our boys vii
try to return the compliment wher
the return game is played.
The friends of Henry A. WinshiI
of Bradford, the well-known hard
ware dealer, will learn of his failure
with regret. He has done large
business for many years and has been
considered an honest and thrifty bus
mess man.
Mrs. Jennie Williamson, who has
been here on a visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Wilson, has return
ed to her home in Lowell, Massachu
setts.-Miss Nellie Wright, who has
been stopping at E. FL. Webster's,
has returned to Troy.
The village seems to have gone out
on a vacation since the Summer
School adjourned and the Peerless
Factory shut down for repairs. If the
general depression in business the
country over does not sadly effect us
there will be livelier times soon.
The republicans are requested to
meet in caucus at Sewers Hall on
Saturday, Aug. Is, at O'Clock p. M,
to nominate a candidate for townirep-
and to select list of can
didates for justices of the peace.
Per Order Republican ToaOn Com.
The EpworUh League will give a
lawn party at M. E. church to-mor-
row (Tuesday) evening. The Barton
Cornet Band will be present and ice
cream, cake, etc., will be served. Re-
freshments, Is cents; to be served
from to 9 o'clock. All invited.
The democratic voters in the town
of Barton are requested to meet in
caucus at the American House, Bar
ton, Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock to
place in nomination a candidate for
town representative and to transact
other business Per Order Conn.,
A proposition is out for an excur-
sion of Sunday School children and
people to Lyndonville, on Thursday,
Aug! % .sq This Is Sunday School Day
at the campmeeting and prominent
speakers will give addresses and the
occasion will be one of much interest.
Dr. and Mrs. Leon White and DIR.
and Mrs Turner of Boston have been
visiting at J. w. Murkland's. Mr..
and Mrs. I. G. Copeland of Boston
are visiting friends in this town and
GIover.-Geo. Whitney, a former res
ident of this town, has been here on a
visit.
The directors of the Fair Associa-
ton are commencing a thorough job
of repairs, etc., about the fair ground
today. New fence will be built, the
grounds enlarged, a new poultry house
put up, and a thorough preparation
made for the coming fair. Bills and
will soon appear.
Thomas King has painted and plac-
ed the letters COT. G. K" on the new
drinking fountain which was given
the town by Timothy g. Kimball last
year, just previous to his death. Mr..
initials had reputation in
New York and wherever he was
known, and it was thought proper to
write them on the fountain.
Some mention has been made of the
condition Of the highways in adjoin-
ing towns. While the roads in Bar
ton are, perhaps, not all that might
be desired in all places, it is probably
true that they were never in better
condition the town over than they are
now. Mr.. Durham, commissioner,
seems to exercise good judgment in
road-making.
Geo. M. Hamilton, who came here
from West Charleston some time since
and bought a livery stable business,
has failed up and run away, leaving
creditors behind and his wife and
child unprovided for. He is said to
have been running a rig otherwise,
which would give him a place in
Windsor. He was last heard from at
Rock Island, P. @.
Smith & Drown recently received
polished granite monument from
Scotland. They have been getting
stone of late from Quincy, Mass,