Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-04-20

These narties have visited this toxu,, fire
uuently and have usually had good houses
They are under the management of DR.
Geo. W. Huntley, one of the most popuIa
men in this line, who hires good actors AM
knows how to put up frst-class enter
tainment.
Mr. Chase of the Lyndon Union had
very timely and useful article under hi
ST. Johnsbury local head last week. which
set forth the advantages arising from what
ever tends to increase such home indus
tries as can already be found in most Yer
mont villages. He referred to what has
been done and is being done in Barton by
the Percival Manufacturing Co., paving
| Mr.. Percival a handsome compliment. II
is probable that few appreciate the effort
that the local papers put forth in the in
terests of a community. Without them
there would be many Sahara spots where
| there are thriving villages.
Our effort to give the MONITOR readers
the appointments" of the pastors of the
M. E. church for this vicinity failed in
few instances from imperfect working
| of the telephone, but they were in the main
correct. We give the following as an ad-
ditional corrected list: Island Pond. A. E.
Atwater; Greensboro Bend, M H. Nor
row; Craftsbury, o. M. Boutwell,; Walden
and So. Walden, M. B. Parounagian; Dan
vile, f. E. Currier; Westfield and jay, A.
Gregory; Lowell, c. w. Robinson; Peach
am, j. Thurston; Groton, w. I. Todd;
Waits River and East Orange, Church
Tabor; Newbury, A. w. Ford
The Bennington Banner had the follow
ing pleasing notice of one of our young la
dies, who has gone out from her home as a
teacher to that town:
The second term of the Kindergarten
has opened with Miss Gertrude Skinner of
Springfield, Mass, as director and Miss
RaWson as pianist and assistant. Miss
Skinner comes with the best recommend
ations, and the members of the Kinder
garten Association feel that the people of
the town will make mistake if the chill
dren of kindergarten age are not placed
under her instruction. A visit to the vii
lage rooms will convince the most skeptic-
al that there is more in the kindergarten
ethan is dreamed of in one philosophy"
The Republican voters of Barton are re-
quested to meet at SeavGr's Opera Hall in
Barton Village on Saturday, April 18th, at
8 O'Clock p. M, to elect four delegates and
four alternates to attend the Republican
State convention to be held at Montpelier,
April 20, for the purpose of choosing four
delegates at large to attend the Republican
National convention, which is to be held
at st. Louis, Mo-, June 10; also to elect
set of delegates and alternates to attend the
second Vt. District convention, which is
to be held at the same place, on the same
day, to elect district delegates to attend the
said National convention.
REPUBLICAN Town COMMITTEE.
The buildings belonging to Edwin NJ
Porter, on the old Ephraim Taylor place,
including house and horse barn, were
burned to the ground1on Thursday last |
from fire which originated about the |
in the ell part of the house. The I
men folks were at work in the sugar place
md the women had gone to the sugar
lamp to attend the sugaring off No one
vas near to give the alarm or to remove
he goods from the house. Mr.. Porter had
ust put in 1000 pounds of sugar and lost,
beside all his household goods, clothing
nd provisions, some farming tools and $50
bushels barley. The house was two-story
building and probably cost g, 800. The to-
al loss must be $500, perhaps more. The
buildings were insured in the Vt. Mutual
nd Mr.. Webster, local agent, had the in
urance adjusted and paid within As hours.
Or. Porter received s., 442.
The average reader would be surprised to
ote the difference between the local pa
er OF to-day and that of the past. In look
1g over a file of the Green Mountain.
reemdn, published in 1S47, there is paper
fter paper in which there is not a single
zeal item, unless the record of death
ould be called such. The paper was pub
shed by Joseph Poland, who is still alive
nd resident of Montpelier. Mr.. Poland's
aper was the staunch defender of the new
BOLTON party, then called the Liberty
arty. It was strongly opposed to the
lex1can war, then being waged, and was
very active force against the prevailing :
ign license doctrine then popular in the
5ate. It took four weeks at that time to
1T sufficient reports of the Septem Der cleo
ons tic predict how the legislature stood
officially. Horace Eaton of Danville,
hig candidate, who was opposed by
aul Dillingham;, democrat, was elected {
overnor, the third party man receiving
,out $500 votes. Mr.. Poland, after the
ectiOn was over made this announcement
his readers: sThe election now being
-er liberal portion of our paper will be
'voted to miscellaneous reading and gen 6
al intelligence, rendering it more attract
e and useful to our readers" L
artOn Landing.
Mrs. Della Gray has rented a tenement d
Collins French's house e
Albert Farman of Westfield has been Wis +
ng friends in this place. L
Mrs. Nina Campbell of Albany is visit
g at J. e. Chamberlin's N
The famous Lucier Minstrels at Valley
luSe hall. Saturday evening a, mil os4L e.