Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-03-04

I N1SlG Oly LuplC buCd LII PLho' W.. IL,
uext Saturday evening, March 9,when
i the r. P. degree will be conferred. A
full attendance of members and Patri
archs is desired.
J. e. Lucier, the blind cornetist and
! composer, may be seen and heard at
Opera Hall, Wednesday evening nex5.
| When the Luciers were here last year
they gave a concert that every one
| praised who attended.
| From the report of the school dis
| trict clerk, J. A. Pearson,we get these
facts: Population of the district, 11O1;
deaths the past year, 20; births, II;
| No. of children of school age, 276;
increase in population during the past
year, SO.
| The NJ. E. Aid meeting, with Mrs.
Hezekiah Bickford, last Wednesday,
was pleasant affair. Mrs. Bickford,
though in feeble health, entertained
her company royalty. Mr.. Bickford
is in very poor health and his mind is
almost entirely obscured.
aged 10 years, passed away after
long illness on Thursday last, the fun
eral being held at the Catholic church
on Saturday, a large congregation be-
ing present. He was bright, pleas
ant boy, much beloved by large cir
Gle of friends.
0. D. Owen is making changes in
his store which will give him more
room in the large salesroom. : DR..
Pearson is making improvements in
his dental rooms.-D. D. Bean is thor
oughly repairing the Percival tene-
ment in his block; Mr.. Percival has
moved his goods to Glover.
The addition that Melvin Elliott has
made in the rear of his tin shop has
made him fine work shop and base
ment, and gives him large front
salesroom. His stock of stoves and
! goods has been largely increased. E.
n. Randall is getting out lot of sugar
evaporators and sugar utensils.
The new residence just being COM
pleted by L. M. Hubbard, is one of
the best finished houses within in
the county. 1t is Well-planned and
very pretty and convenient. 1t is
heated with hot water, furnished with
closets and all modern conveniences.
1t has been furnished with new furni-
ture, carpets, etc. The wood finish in
the house is as fine as the best furni-
| ture. We wish himself and family a
great deal OF pleasure in their new
| home rs IS d vi -
The village corporation meeting oc-
ours next week, Tuesday, and in the
nature of the case, it will be an i'm
portant one. Besides the selection
of board of officers, the subject of
electric lighting, the purchase of
stone crusher and other road machin
cry, the building of more permanent
sidewalks and other important things
must be considered. To us the thing
needing most attention is the putting
of Main street highway in passable
condition.
Geo.Goad had a leg broken below his
knee and was otherwise hurt on Satur-
day night by runaway accident. He
keeps a spirited horse, which he drives
from his place to his work daily, and
when he hitched up to go home the
| horse got the advantage of him and
ran down Main street to the Owen
block, where he brought up against
hitching post, throwing Mr.. Goad out
upon the granite curbing stone. 1t is
a very unfortunate accident. Mr..
Goad has large family dependent on
his daily labors.
From the town officers report we
condense the following: Debt report
ed last year, $1469.05; grand list, &c.,
520.86; tax raised 1894, town, so per
cent, highway, so, school, Is, school
directors, 40; total, 1855 per cent.
Town officers expenses, 1857 3; the
liquor sales amount to So, 49S so, at a
paofit of 1894. So. The selectmen paid
out $708.28 to build a new road and
| bridge to the new freight depot at
Barton Landing; the @. Ell. Valley
road cost 500; rebuilding and repairs
on bridges, $347.03; cost of new town
safe, 1904. The road commissioner
expended $2,5s3.13; the town farm
and personal property is inventoried
at 81, 738.45 The cost of supporting
the poor was $1874.73. The expense
per week of supporting the poor on
the farm was $3.11. The cost of sup
porting the schools in the town dis
trict was $4,000; town district seems
to be indebted to the town proper
] - i IL