Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-01-07

track and of having car shifting done
in the most central part of the village
is done away with. The two depots
are large, convenient and credit to
the r. Il. Co. Taplin & Rowell pur-
chased the old depot building, moved
it west the Charles Gibbs buildings.
1t was built into two story building,
verandas were put on to it and it now
comprises one store, good Office, a
harness room, storehouSe, sheds and
three tenements. improvements in
the building estimated at $4,000. The
spool and bobbin mill has been rented
to down country parties, who have
put 80 to 40 men to work, and have
built long storehouse and made 9TH
er improvements. Geo. Ford has
houses for two tenements each; cost
estimated at $4,000. Beede Locke
erected new barn, completing good
set Of buildings. J. Brennan and Mr..
Ordway finished their new houses.
Brown & Skinner did a good job of
repairs inside their mill. E. L. Chan
der put in a new boiler and did ex-
tensive repairs throughout his mills.
He also finished a very convenient
and costly business Office. Glenn
Dodge put up a good barn and Mr..
Scott made repairs on hir barn. @. E.
Joslyn has built a coal and wood shed
for the convenience of the Austin
block, which he has purchased. Mr..
Guild has raised up the store leased
by w. @. Twombly, built cellar un-
der the entire building, and put the
building in fine and convenient shape.
The front storeroom is enlarged, new
shelving, etc., being put in. Brennan
Bros. raised up their shop, moved it
six feet, put a good stone founda-
ton under it, shingled it and have it
in shipshape for their business. w.
G. Twombly raised up the old tin shop
building and put in two good stores,
a double veranda, with three or more
tenements in the upper stories. This
was the old school house building,
in 1855. AS the building now is it is
one of the noted improvements in
our village. We note the erection of
a barn by Mr.. Bennett, also one by
Mr.. Sylvester. There has been a
great amount of inside repairing done,
painting, papering, etc. e. d. Stat
ford and Geo. Martin have papered
123 rooms since early spring. Ten
sets of buildings were painted out
side. We have doubtless omitted
some work done, but on the whole
the year proved a very satisfactory
one. There has been quite a stir in
real estate matters. Geo. Bush sold
his house to Bine Dean; T. H. Con-
ner sold to Mrs. Simpson; the Austin
estate sold their block to Capt. JOS
lyn; Collins French bought the Lewis
Ford house and land, etc. Several
houses are projected for the year '95.
A little history in regard to this viii
lage may be of interest in this con-
nection. The following buildings
made up the village in 1910: One ho-
tel, built by Mr.. Cook, which is now
the back store part of the II. S. Web
ster store building; a saw mill where
the Burbank shop stands; the Heber
Parker house, built by Abraham
Smith; the Drew house, started by
John Little and finished by Orrin Gut
Ter; the Daniel Buchanan house, built
by A Smith; the Dean Rogers house,
built by Bine Deans grandfather; the
Lewis Simpson house, built by Park
er Virgins; the o. D. Durham house,
built by Joseph Colley; the Irwin Con-
ner house, built by Paul McNeal; the
DR.. Stevens house, built by a Mr..
French; the Geo. Smith house, as he
bought it, built by Eben Wilson; also
a house that once stood near the site
of the Haselton buildings and owned
by D. Stafford from 1916 to 1855; the
JOS Bartlett house, built by Mr.. Cook.
A village map in 1853 showed II
houses. In 1860 there were 10 houses
Or sets of buildings; in 1894 there are
1873 houses, two blacksmith shops, two
carriage houses, two paint shops, four
teen stores, one moulding and sound
ing board mill, two large churches,
grist- mill, one large and well-kept
hotel, a large spool factory, with sew
eral offices, etc., not mentioned. The
following are some of our places of
business: E.L.Chandler is doing more
business than in years past in his mills.
His sounding board mill, box mill, saw
mill and moulding mill are all doing
good BUSINESS and he employs large
force of men, working on full time.