Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-01-28

| in all the western part of that State is
indeed very great. Arrangements
have been made for the proper distri
button of all that may be sent to re-
lieve the sufferers.
The Request which is out every
now and then for the gift OF old pos age
stamps is having another run thro'
letters issued by some woman in Hi
nois. Like all the rest, it is big
fraud Cancelled postage stamps are
utterly worthless and are used only as
counterfeit money is used, to defraud
the government or some Individual.
Keep clear Of all things of this sort.
The storm did not seem to dampen
the ardor of those who had lecture
tickets or wished to hear Byron Will
iams' lecture on "Our Navy His
stereopticon machine and pictures
were good and his lecture was very
finely worded and very lengthy. We
believe it would have been more in
structive and better appreciated by
many if it had contained less oratory
and poetry and more plain descrip-
tions of the pictures on the canvas.
A public Meeting of the Barton
Teachers Association will be held at
the school building at Barton Landing
on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 1: 80 p. m. The
following program has been arranged:
"Importance of an Academic Course"
Supt ]. I'll. BARTLETT; "Suggestions for
Reading and Bhe5oricals," Mrs. @. w.
Tenney; incorporated Graded
Schools" B. F. D. Carpenter; cap
perception" A. D. Virgins; "Incen-
tives to Punctuality and Diligence"
Miss Kate Heating; "School Echoes
from Montpelier" Rev. j. K. Fuller;
Question Box. Allinterested in school
work are cordially invited.
A public installation of the following
officers Of Orient Chapter, No. 10, o.
E. S., will be held in Masonic Hall,
Wednesday evening, Jan. 80, at 7:30
o'clock. G. 7. D. Prouty of Newport,
installing officer. In connection with
been prepared to which the public are
most cordially invited: Horace @.
Pierce, w. P; Laura E. Rand, w. M;
Viola J. JGnness, A. M; Emeline L.
Brown, Treas, Lizzie G. Davis, Sec.;
Ida r. Ruggles, Con-; Lois M. Moss
man, A. Con-; Lizzie Glazier, War;
Henry g. Gay, Sent; F. w. Baldwin,
Chap; Gertie E. Grow, Adah; Alice
@. Hamblet, Ruth; L. Mae Robinson,
Esther; AItaia L. Pierce; Martha;
Susan FL. Currier, Electa. Alternates
Luvia Webster, Nell Y Barron, Mar
ion NJ. Currier, Susan M. Baldwin,
May L. Roweu. Finance Com, Mary
A. Skinner, Nell Y. Barron, Mary J.
Gay. Com. of Relief, Luvia Webster,
Ann T. Baldwin, Mary G. Dutton.
Some one sends US a long, and, to
her, Interesting, account of a mar
riage that occurred in another state
last September giving list of small
details, and asking the MONITOR to
publish it. The local paper is one of
the most accommodating things in
the world. 1t publishes every week a
great deal that the editor knows is
utterly devoid of interest, except to
some individual, or often the smallest
sphere. 1t gratifies the pride of many
who ask favor just to please those
whose vanity is wonderfully larger
than their good sense. It does hun
dred things that cost time and money,
solely to please some who cannot dis
criminate between broth and solid
meat. But there are some things that
get too old before they reach the To-
cal sanctum. The editor, if he can
have his own way, rather publish
events that have occurred in recent
times. Ancient history belongs to
books rather than newspapers. In
the sweep and whirl of things now, a
marriage notice months old is stale.
When you get married again friends,
give us snap account of the affair,
on the day it occurs. But, seriously,
if the friends of paper wish to use
its columns for local or news purpose,
let the matter get there.
Barton Landing.
Ed. Wells has moved to the Math-
eWs house.
Mr.. Drew has moved into A. D.
Mathews tenement.
Wilder Joslyn has gone to Boston
to work in restaurant.
Maynard Skinner is bookkeeping
for True & Blanchard at Newport.
Alvin Harris, who has a job at Oh
colt Falls, has been here on visit