Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-06-29

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Johnsbury, 20 cts; Hyde Park, $1.64;
! Wells River, 81 OF. A reduced rate will be
given from White River Junction and 9TH
er points,
Everybody is invited to attend the Ep-
worth League convention this week, be-
ginning Tuesday evening and ending
Wednesday evening. The program prom
ises an interesting meeting. The address
es. on Tuesday evening, by Rev. w. S.
Smithers, and on Wednesday evening, by
DIR. Durren of Nashua, N. H., will be of
special interest
Mr.. Chas. Case of Chicago will give an il
Illustrated lecture in the Cong. church, Fri
day evening, July 3. The lecture will be
under the auspices of the Y. P. S. G. E. :;
subject, ssScenes in England, Scotland,
France, Switzerland and Italy" Come out
and enjoy treat and help swell the piano
| fund Lecture at o'clock; admission, %
| cents.
It is announced that Representatives
Grout and Powers have been invited to
attend the rally to be held here on Tues
day afternoon, June 30th, which will fol-
low the county convention to be held that
| day. Maj. Circuit has also been invited,
and the speaking promises to be of unusu
| al interest. The matters of politics ought
! to interest every voter this year.
Considerable work is being done about
| the cemetery by the commissioners and
| others, much to it's improved appearance.
| 1t is hoped that those who have lots there
will put them in a condition which will
h he nv nd
The commissioners are not doing special
and extra work on lots where the owners
are able to put them in order themselves.
Our village is pretty well honored this
week in the presence of the ST. Johnsbury
District Epworth League Convention,
which is held here Tuesday evening and
Wednesday; the Republican County Con-
vention, which is to be held on Tuesday;
and the meeting of the Vermont Press As
ISOLATION, which will be here Wednesday
evening and Thursday forenoon, going
hence to Willoughby lake.
Mention was made of the putting of
5000 small trout in Crystal Lake last week.
The Fish Commissioner, Mr.. Bailey, was
to much trouble, owing to the lateness of
of the season, in getting them at all.
They were comparatively large and ought
to be heard from within few years The
commissioners are putting lot of fish into
the waters of this county and their efforts
to stock the streams and ponds in this ia
vored section ought to meet with success
At largely attended and animated vii
lage meeting, held last Friday evening, it
was voted Y to Sc, MOTTO rescind former
vote, authorizing the trustees to put in
certain system of arc ighting to complete
the street lighting of this village. This
means that practically new arc system
must be added to the present plant, which
will cost, if it shall be done $1,000, adding
that to the debt. The vote was carried
by class who not familiar with the
luxury of paying heavy debts and heavy
taxes.
Last Friday, as Frank Roberts of West
field was driving down mill hill, his horse
became frightened and unmanageable and
overturned the wagon, throwing Mr.. Rob-
erts out. The horse then ran, but brought
up suddenly in the river near the Percival
dam, from which he was4ished out with
but. little damage saturday, Fred Com
stocks horse took a flying trip from his
slaughter house to the village, colliding
with an electric light pole near the depot,
smashing the wagon into kindling wood,
after which he was stopped without fur
Their damage.
Frank P. Ufford recently completed his
four years. course at Cornell University,
Ithaca, n. Y, and received the degree of
Bachelor of Philosophy. He has been hon.
ored by being chosen for the following po-
sitions: Chairman of committee to revise
the class constitution; president of Cor
nell civil service reform club; editor in
chief of Christian association Bulletin.
He was one of the eight contestants in de-
bate for the '94 memorial prize ;srepresent-
ed Cornell as alternate in the.Cornell Penn-
sylvania debate; was e,of the six con-
testants for the Woodford prize for orato-
ry; chairman of class day committee, and
historian of the class. His graduating the
sis was entitled 1.-THE Development of the
Oficesof States Attorney" He maintain
ed high standing in the law department,
and was elected member of Phi Beta Kap-
pa Society, in itself an evidence of general
high standing.
Among the best farms in this town and
county is one in the southwestern part of
of the town, owned by E. r. Cook. 1t is
mostly of north can't, but the soil is ex-
cellent and the grass in field and pasture
is always heavy. The NOW and tillage
fields cover fifty acres which are in a condi-
tion to be easily cultivated and harvested
by machinery. A year ago Mr.. Cook made
great Improvement in his barn, turning a
large barn around and adding to it, max
ing one of the largest, most convenient and
best in every sense in this whole section.
The barn is IA feet long, AZ feet wide, has
two floors, basement, stable room for