Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-01

man in the mechanical line.
J. S. Smith and wife, formerly of
Irasburgh, both of whom are in poor
health, have moved to Geo. L. Nor
toms, where they will remain for the
present. Mrs Smith is an invalid and
confined to her bed.
D. M. Camp and Egbert Robinson
were here from Newport on Tuesday
to attend the funeral Of MI. Robinson.
Miss Gertrude Skinner came home
from Springfield, Mass, on account of
the death of her uncle.
The Barton Teachers Association
will meet at the Academy at Barton,
Saturday, April 6, at a. m. The prin-
cipal part of the program will be
discussion of new text books. All
interested are invited to be present.
The evidence produced at the hear
ing held at Glover, last week, confirms
the belief already entertained by
many, that Holloway was the victim
of conspiracy between his wife and
Chase, and that he was foully murder
! ed
The Lyndon Union gives an account
of some death which resulted from
information of the bowels" There
! seems, at present, to be no danger of
the death of the compositor, who set
the item, from information of the
brain.
hnC hi n in
the third story of O. D. Ovens block,
where he will do shoemaking, repair
ing, etc., also saw filing. He is an ex
perienced man in either line and
ought to get business to keep his time
employed.
Mr.. Emerson of the Peerless Co.
was in town last week in the line of
business. The company will take up
a new line of work here, that of max
ing ladies' wrappers, which they ex-
pect will require quite large addition
to their help.
All persons interested in the Barton
Lecture Course are requested to meet
at the schoolhouse on Tuesday even
ing, April 2, at 1880, for the purpose
of hearing the reports of the present
committee, and the election of new
committee. II. j. STANNARD, Sec.
The poverty party held at the Cong.
church vestry, Friday evening, was
largely attended and much enjoyed.
The poverty costumes showed great
variety and much taste and skill both
in style and material. Miss Augusta
Cutler won the lady's prize, @. w.
Tenney the gentleman's. The enter
tainment Melted over SIC.
DR.. Sproule, who has spent some
weeks at Newport, as specialist and
physician, has gone to. the Avenue
House, ST. Johnsbury, to remain thro'
the month of April. He had great
run of business while at Newport, and,
SO far as our observation and the tes
tin1ony of patients from this town
goes, did some excellent work.
j. B. Freeman was quite Sc
riously hurt by heavy load of four
feet wood overturningjin the road near
j. P. Telfer's on Tuesday last. The
sled slowed into the ditch and turned
over, the wood falling on to Mr.. Free
man and holding him down until help
arrived to extricate him. His horses
were restless and he had to hold for
dear life to keep them from drawing
him still further under the load. He
was very badly jammed and bruised,
b7t no n No honoc hroIzo,,
The village school meeting, held last
Tuesday evening, was unusually large,
but quiet and satisfactory. The audit
ors' report showed the financial condi-
ton of the district to be satisfactory. A
school tax of 45 per cent on the list
was voted. Some discussion was had
over the matter of truancy in the dis
trict and the trustees were instructed
to see that the laws relating to truancy
and instruction were carried out. Fol
lowing are the officers: Moderator,
F. W. Baldwin; clerk, j. A. Pearson;
treasurer, Ell. G. Pierce; collector, o.
'. JOslyn; trustees, F. W. Baldwin,
j. n. Webster, Mrs. FL. T. Seaver. It
was voted to have 36 weeks of school
the coming year-an increase of three
weeks over the past years.
1t doesn't require electric lights,
night or day, to see the necessity of
costly job Of work on Main street. The
natural condition of this road is bad
enough, but it has been made worse
in the last years by material that has
been put on to it from the clay bed
about the new depot and otherwheres.
Not to doubt the wisdom of the vii
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