Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-03-11

was 00i0Soou TO I'LL the place vacated
by Il. b. Orcutt and Albert Emerson
was aoded to the board. The ballot
ing spirit broke out again in the matter
of the village cemetery sexton, and
VIM. Allchurch was elected to the
place. A tax Of 80 per cent was raised
for highway purposes. The town rails
ed 60 per cent and, on account of the
State School tax, 10 per cent. The mat
ter of accepting the provisions of the
new law relating to town libraries
was taken up and discussed, and it
was voted to accept the provisions of
the law and to raise such a sum of
money annually, as would be required
by the grand list Of the town-proba-
bly, $50 year. 1t was suggested that
! there might be two repositories for
the books, one at the village and one
at Barton Landing, and that an ex
change could be made so that both
villages and the whole town could
have easy access to all the books. The
financial condition of the town is sat-
isfactory. The old board of selectmen
succeeded in settling up nearly every
old claim. There is an open ques-
ton involving between one and two
hundred dollars in the Clement road
matter, and claim is made against
the town by st. Johnsbury over some
expenses on pauper. Otherwise
the coast seems clear.
Barton Landing.
The post office has been improved
by coat of paint inside.
The students are home from Lyndon
Institute on a short vacation.
Ebenezer Winslow is at home for a
short time. He has been teaching in
Corinth.
Quite a number of the people of this
place went to Barton to attend Mr.
Conwell's lecture
Rev. P. N. Granger of West Burke
preached an excellent sermon at M
E. church yesterday.
Dr. Martin, the oculist, can be con-
suited at the hotel in this place from
March 10 until March %.
The Ladies' Aid will give a sugar
supper at Cong. church, Wednesday
evening. All are cordially invited.
Mr.. Watson from Lyndonville is Wis
iting Warren Twombly.-Mr.a and Mrs.
Keeyer have been visiting at Frank
Wheeler's.
E. E. Stafford is having sick SPELL
I. d. R. Collins is better. : John
Young, who has been sick for the past
three weeks, is out again.
Stephen Burbank has been sick two
weeks with nervous prostration, not
typhoid pneumonia, as reported last
Burbank's shop.
Regular meeting of Geo. G. Meade
Post and Corps, Tuesday, March II,
at 2 p. m. Owing to sickness and 9TH
er causes the ice cream supper will be
postponed till next month.
Some of our young people will give
an entertainment in Cong. church at
Westmore, Wednesday, Mar. 10, con-
sisting of music and reading Pro-
ceeds for the benefit of the church.
The village meeting will be held
next Tuesday evening, March II. We
hope this will be largely attended, as
important matters are to come before
it-a water commissioner for three
years to be elected, besides the reg
ular village officers. By attending
this meeting you will hear the report
of your water commissioners, village
trustees, etc.
Notices for school meeting March
10 are posted. We hope there will be
no opposition to accepting the charter
for the graded school and that our
citizens will take lively interest in
our school matters. We have all felt
for some time that something ought
to be done to put our school on a solid
basis. Now that we have opportuni
ty let us unite with a single determin-
alton to do the best that can be done.
An Epworth League convention will
be held here, lin the M. E. church, com
mencing Thursday evening and con-
tinuing through Friday evening. There
will be reception banquet "Feast of
Wisdom" Friday, $3.50, morning
devOtions, Rev. j. Hamilton; 900,
greeting, j. Ell. BARTLETT; reply, Rosa
Cooper; intellectual Christianity
Island Pond Chapter; Symposium:
"Merits and Dement'S of Epworth
League Work." Five minute papers
from each Chapter, opened by Rev..
Hamilton; Chow Can We Make Our
League More Efficient?" Derby Chap
ter, Irasburg Chapter; GA Young
Mans Possibilities" St. Johnsbury
Center Chapter; ga Young Woman's