Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-01-21

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them to those who write for them, as
long as they last.
Landlord Cheney has cleaned out a
class OF help that has given his place
some notoriety in the wrong dlrec-
ton. Now, Charles, clean out your
card tables, drive out the Ioafers,
throw out your jugs and beer bottles,
if you have any, aud your patronage
and favor will increase.
The State Encampment, G.. A. R.,
will be held at Brattleboro Jan. 3O-31.
Ssdgwick Corps, w. r. O., tender a
reception on Tuesday evening, Jan.
30. There will be campfire on We'd
nesday evening, at which Gen. Law
Ter of Illinois, Commander in hief,
will be present. The railroads issue
! half fare tickets.
Our people will do we'll to attend
the Sunday School convention which
assemblies o-morroW forenoon. Many
Of the able pastors and Sunday School
people have parts on the progra NJ
and the sessions will be of interest.
Rev. Mr.. lyric of st. Johnsbury will
give an address Tuesday evening. Let
the latch strings hang out!
At the recent annual meeting of the
stockholders Of the B arton Nation al
Bank, the old board of directors were
re-chosen, and the same officers as
heretofore elected. The bank declares
semi annual dividend Of 3 per cent
and increased the surplus fund $500.
The past few months have been very
favorable ones in the business of the
bank.
Will MONITOR subscribers examine
the labels on their papers and see if
they stand where they ought to. We
have made many changes in the list
in the last month and there may be
mistakes which We shall be glad to
correct. We have lots of figures left
and would like to place the combina
ton, 81 Jan, 49, after about 1000
names more before April.
1t is reported that @. J. Uford is
talking of putting up a large carriage
factory in this village, where himself
and one or both Of his sons will carry
on the business of carriage manufac
turing. Mr.. Uford is experienced
both in the making and the selling of
carriages, and to use his own term, is
enterprise it will move right along.
Did you notice that curious phenom-
enon with the sun on Tuesday even
ing atabout sunset? The sky was hazy
with vapors and d stream of light a
little wider than the sun and as red as
the sun itself shot up toward the ze-
NTH twenty Or thirty degrees, pre-
senting a line or stream Of fiery light
that was as beautiful as it was re-
markable. It was probably of the
''sun-dog' character, but took form
such as is rarely seen.
It looks as though the project that
Barron & Ham5let have had in view
for some time would materialize this
season and that they would put up a
large store on the site Of their old |
one. Mr.. Barron has bought build
ing lot of II. o. Whitcher, where the |
old building can be moved if neces
sary, giving them clean site on which
to put up the new building. They
have been sadly in need of more room
for some time and will put uo a fine /
At regular meeting of Olympic
No. II, held in Odd |
Fellows hall, Jan. 18th, D. D. @. r.
Fisk Installed the following officers:
J. B. Freeman, @. A; @. w. Preston,
s. W; Fred Rand, Fl. P; w. Fl. Ark
ley, Scribe; II. D. Phillips, Treas;
A. E. Clark, J. w; G. R. Fisk, G.; F.
R. Burdick, o. s.; J. T. Wells, j. S.;
J. NJ. Barnard, 1st W; E. D. Burns, I'd
w; A. NJ. Fowler, Sd W.; D. r. Hunt,
4th W; A. Walcott, 1st G. T.; e. @.
Martin, I'd G. T.
H. A. Jameson Of Boulder, Califor-
MIA, writes us in regard to matters
there and among other things states
that the rainy season commenced
there Sept. 29, and that since that
time the amount OF rainfall has been
5115 inches; the coolest weather has
been little below freezing. Lumber
ng and getting out railroad ties is the
business in that section. There are
40 vineyards and orchards among
jhe mountains, but in the valleys low
or down much land is devoted to
ruit growing. The times are. rather
hard.
One of the agents Of the Express