Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-22


to return here later to do other Jobs
The Island Pond people are asking
to rent a part of the power at the
Clyde works to light that place. This
is a perfectly feasible thing, and some
arrangement ought to be made which
would be advantageous to that vi
lage and this.
Ell. j. Stannard, who has been to his
old home in New York State the past
few weeks, returned last week on
business matters, but will go back
soon, returning in August to begin
another years work as principal OF
the academy.
Fred III. Pillsbury has taken the
agency for the Yost typewriter, one
of the very best machines made, and
he would be pleased to show it to any
party who is thinking of buying a
typewriter. One of the machines can
be seen in this office.
The entertainment given by Miss
Kinds and others on Tuesday evening
last, was well attended and much en-
joyed. The program was lengthy and
varied, calling out talent in different
directions, but every part was per-
formed satisfactorily.
The village trustees are removing
sand and gravel from the railroad
dump at the Salisbury brook culvert
and putting it into the highway on
Main street. If the mud material on
that street can be buried it will be a
gre at advantage to the road.
@. F. Percival and @. G. Baldwin of
the Percival Manufacturing Co., start
Monday for Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, etc., to purchase stock
and material for fall and Christmas
trade. They are expecting busy
time in their shops, and will put in a
larger force of help to do the work.
L. M. Clement presents this Office
with one of his photographs of the
Summer School. He succeeded in
getting an almost perfect likeness of
nearly every face in the group, and
this, of course, means that the picture
in the aggregate is handsome. Mr..
Clement is very successful in his out
door pictures.
Mrs. S. M. Cheney of Stanstead is
occupying her cottage at Silver Cove.
The Kimball cottage has been COM
pleted. 1t is two story ten room
cottage, the largest at the Cove.
Several other parties are expected
later. This is becoming quite-a popu-
lar resort, and will be more so when
the cottages already planned are
completed.
Charles Roberts of Lowell, Mass, is
here looking up his old birthplace, land
trying to find old acquaintances. He
was born in the house now owned by
VIM. Collision, July %, 1825-just 20
years ago and is here to celebrate
the anniversary of his birth, after an
absence of SO years: He expresses
much pleasure in visiting his old
town and is delighted with the seen
cry here.
Ernest Gonzenbach, an electrician,
is here and will commence wiring
houses for the electric lights. 1t will
be good thing to get this sort of
work done early, "to avoid the rush"
Mr.. Buzzen and his help at Clyde are
using his new steam drill on the lodges
in the water course, etc., with much
success. The people interested in the
big job ought to go out and see what
is being done.
On circus day a High street man,
known Whereabouts as Comrade Dan,
removed the nut from his buggy
wheel, lest wagon thief the thing
should steal. Unmindful of the miss
ing nut, next day he hitched his nag
in the zone horse shay'' and started
out at reckless speed, hard clinging
to the foaming steed. Alas! the wheel
came off, the shay capsized, and Dan
was dumped and bad surprised. Next
time when trap for wagon thief is set,
he'll be more mindful of himself, you
bet.
Complaint is made that there is con-
siderable thieving being done about
the upper section of this village. A
few nights ago the Mossman grist mill
was broken into and sum of money
taken from the money drawer. The
burglars secured access to the mill
through one of the office windows.
In some manner the dog, which is kept
in the mill nights, was hypnotized and
kept out of the office until the door
could be closed against him. The front
part of the money drawer was bored