Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-03-25

by Miss l.. A. Clement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dane of Charleston
are visiting at their daughters, Mrs.
Lyon, and other relatives.
Fred Wheeler has been appointed
station agent at So. Charlestown, N.
H., where he will move soon.
From a partial census taken of this
village, we CLEAN the following: Three
bachelors; three bachelor maids, eight
widowers and thirty nine widows.
The lecture, "Uncle Sans King
dom," by Edward @. Raymond at
Valley House hall, Saturday evening,
was delivered in very able manner.
S. E. Winslow shipped seven good
horses to New Haven last Wednesday.
Some Of them are speedy, and strong
candidates for the 2:3O list. Chas. H.
Jones secured the gem of the lot, an
elegant, fine stepping road mare,
which is beauty.
To better accommodate those COM
! ing from distance to see me, will
hereafter hold my probate courts at
Barton Landing on the third Friday
of each month in the afternoon, in
stead of the forenoon.
E. E. ALFRED, Judge Of Probate.
At the school meeting the 10Th inst,
the charter was accepted by unani-
nous vote for a graded school. Rev.
j. K. Fuller, Mrs. A. D. Chandler and
! p. Guild were elected trustees; M. M.
Taplin, treasurer; III. r. Hall, collect
or; Thirty three weeks of school were
voted, the spring term to be of four
departments, with an assistant in the
primary. Fifty per cent. on the dol
lar was voted for.school purposes. La
dies, to the number of thirty or more,
showed their interest in the school by
attending this meeting.
A hose company of twenty members
was formed last Thursday evening
with the following officers: Captain,
w. D. Twombly; 1st Lieut., w. jos
Ign; I'd Lieut., F. G. Brown; clerk and
Treas, j. H Bartlett; steward, Will
Simpson. Bylaws were adopted and
the regular monthly meeting will be
held the first Tuesday of each month.
Extra meetings for drills will be held
through the summer months. The
company is to be paid by the village
and should be SO thoroughly drilled
that it can do efficient work in case of
fire.
South Barton.
The grip is still in active service.
John Forrest has finished logging
has got in fine lot.
Albert Duke has been here.-Gilbert
Gently.
Ben Doyle, who cut his foot serious
ly in the winter, is able to get about
again.
Mrs. Frank Kimball's sister, Mrs.
Thomas Husband, is very sick in Mass.
and not expected to live.
John Stanley and Adds Barber have
each lost COW, and George French,
in the edge of Sutton, has lost five
head of cattle, and hog this winter.
Albany.
w. Rowen has moved to his place
on Lowell st.
G. Walker is in a critical condition
of health from an enlarged liver.
Maggie Chafey has gone to Lowell,
Mass, on visit.-Mrs. Olive Barnes
and Cora are visiting at Stephen
Vance's.
The Water Company have purchas-
ed three additional springs and will
pipe to the reservoir the coming
spring.
States Attorney Aunis was in town
on Thursday, March 2, and it was ex-
pected that there would be fight in
the case of State VS.. Horace Way, for
intoxication on March 1st. Way, how
ever, pleaded guilty and paid his fine.
Elias Searles recently turned one of
his shoulders out of joint, while per-
forming on a trapeze. When DR..
Campbell returned, he found Elias on
his Office floor, anxiously awaiting
him. The DR.. quickly turned the
shoulder into place again, much to
the comfort of the sufferer.
Bloomington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith went to
Randolph last Thursday.
Harry Heath has rented and moved
into Cyrus Heath's house.
o. A. Denison and his son, A. E.
Denison, lately spent few days with
his sister, Mrs. Bowman of st. Johns