Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-31

firm has been in business three years
and have employed from 20 to 81
hands a good share of the time.
Charles Brown has returned from a
commercial school in Boston, where
he graduated. Anna Green has re-
turned from Boston, where she has
been taking music lessons. Arthur
West is home from Dartmouth Col
lege to spend the holidays.
In the last issue of the MONITOR an
error was made in the estimated val
ue of the improvements of this vii
lage. 1t should have been $4,000.
The last So, 900 made it rather expen-
sive for what was done, as was the
81, 100 for sidewalks, sewers, etc., and
$500 for the gravel bank.
James K. Joslyn, former resident
of this town, has arrived here from n.
Dakota to spend the winter with his
brother, Mark.-G. B.Young of Mimi
eapolis, Mimi, is home on visit
j. w. Holbrook, wife and son, of BOs-
ton, are here on a visit.-James Kerr
of Chelsea, Mass, formerly of this
town, spent a few days in town last
week.
The fire alarm sounded at IL a. m.
Wednesday, calling out the fire Go.
The fire proved to be at the Drew
block at the east end of Main St., but
was soon conquered by the use of the
Emergency Hand Fire Extinguisher,
which many of our citizens have sup
piled themselves with. The fire caught
from sparks from the burning out of
a chimney.
At the special village meeting, held
here Thursday night, after hearing the
report of the committee on water, land
voting to accept the charter in regard
to water supply, granted by the last
legislature, a discussion of the best
way to furnish the village with water
was entered into by a good number.
When the vote was taken it stood 50
to % in favor of taking water from
the Derby pond.
will be the appearance of the Lotus
Glee Club, the first concert in the
present course, on Friday evening,
January IL. This is without question
one of the finest concert companies in
New England and will present one of
the finest programs ever offered here.
The Club will be assisted by Miss Vora
Burpee, reader, and Miss Nellie Dean,
pianist Each of these artists stands
in the front rank in their profession.
1t will be a rare entertainment, which
all who can, should enjoy. Admission,
50 cts; reserved seats, so cts; on
sale at Ranney's.
WestfieId.
w. G. Farman and Long Tom Gil
bert purchased lot of timber land in
Lowell.
Ed. Partlow recently cut pine
tree for Willard Farman that contain
ed over three thousand feet of lumber.
There is talk of getting the Rev. A.
P. Solandt, Bl. D., to deliver bis illus
trated lecture on America here,
some time during the winter. b..
Christmas passed of quietly. There
was no public Christmas tree, no pub
lie ball, no public drunk; nobody was
born, nobody married, and nobody
died.
Miss Addie Stoddard of Enosburgh
is visiting friends in town. Mr.. S. A.
Hitchcock of the Express and Stan
dard has been in this section looking
after the interests of the journal.
News has been received of the death
of Miss Mary @. Woodbury., the evan
gelist. She held meetings in the Meth.
Church here in the fall of 1913. She
will be remembered as a woman of
great piety.
o. P. Wright visited in ST. Johns
bury recently. Sara Hitchcock
who has been staying with Mrs. Bet
sey Stebbins for some weeks, has re-
turned to her home in Albany Miss
Edna Smith visited in Newport last
week Nelson Martin and wife are
Visiting relatives in Boston. Max
Miller was home from Bakersfield
over Christmas.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
West Burke.
S. G. Otis has moved into the house
|Dn his Johnson farm.
Mrs. S. K. Huse has been visiting
her aunt, Mrs. P. n. Clark.
Myrtle Aldrich was home from
Seminary to spend the