Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-05-18
Barton.

Sunday.
Mrs. I'll. T. seaver has been in No. Troy
on visit.
Freeman Metcalf is teaching school in
district No. 5.
Florence Currier returned home from
| Chicago Saturday.
When are the village trustees goingto do
their spring cleaning? N@sK
Frank Rice has returned from Barton
Landing, where he has been running job
team.
Regular meeting of Orleans Lodge, No.
55, Friday eve, May %. Work on Master
Masons' degree.
S. E. Standish has moved to West Derby
and Will Wyman has moved into the ten
ement vacated by him.
Chas. Berry and wife were in town last
week on visit to Mrs. Berry's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Belknap.
The wrestling match between Lawyer
Baldwin and Will Heath was called draw
| and the bets were declared off.
Henry Leland has hired G. B. Lelands
farm and has taken possession. G. B. Lee
land is still confined to his bed.
Mr.. Hazen on Church street has a lot of
new timber on the ground preparatory to
adding something to his buildings.
1t is reported that Mr.. Conner, who built
Hotel Barton, has taken the contract to
build the Tower Brothers new block.
On account of theclosing exercises of the
schools June and 5, the w. G. T. U. con-
vention will have to be postponed till June
HIP.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong. church
are invited to meet Wednesday with Mrs.
G. w. Tenney at her pleasant home on
Prospect ST.
Don't forget the free lecture of Miss Ma
bel c. Hartford at the M. E. church on
Wednesday evening of this week lat 1880.
All invited.
E. w. Barron finds that he engaged in
pretty big job when he undertook to
straighten out the tangled affairs of the
Cole & Foster insolvent estate.
Piles were driven on the railroad in this
village where the dirt is to be removed
and the underway made for the new street
to and from the Owen district.
Miss Mamie Rowell has returned from
Boston, where she has been learning dress
making, and will work at her trade at her
home on High ST. for the present.
The remains of the late Whipple Brown
of Bedford, n. H., were brought here for
burial last Friday and inferred in the
Brown family lot'in the'cenletery.h
The Barton academy base ball nine went
to Newport lest Saturday and played a
picked team from that village. Score,
Newport, II; Barton academy, 16.
The State Committee have issued call
for the State convention to be held at Bur-
lington, Wednesday, June IL. Delegates
will be elected on the same basis as to the
convention held at Montpelier, April 90.
The Junior Christian Endeavorers invite
all their friends, young and old, to May
Blossom Social, Tuesday evening, May 10,
in the Congregational church vestry. ADJ 4
mission free. Bouquets and lemonade will |
be sold.
The weather the past week was perfect |
and the farmers have nearly finished their
springs work. Grass is very forward and
is not winter killed. The fruit trees were
never in fuller blossom. Barring the dan
ger of immediate frosts there will be large
fruit crop in this section.
Thomas Chapman, who has been in the
cheese and butter business at Bloomington
Center and elsewhere for some years, has
bought out the butter factory of w w. /
Person and will continue the business here,
making both butter and cheese He is put /
ting up building adjoining the factory in
which to cure and store his cheese.
Sunday Memorial services will be held
at the Methodist church next Sunday at
the usual hour of morning service. 1t will
be union service, Rev. Mr.. Douglass, as
sifted by Rev. Mr.. Ward officiating.
cordial invitation is extended to all.
The Post, Corps and Sons of Veterans will
meet at Post hall, at 10 a. m. Sunday
morning and march in procession to the
church.
Mrs H. F. Pillsbury, whose sickness has
been mentioned in these columns, still re-
mains in Washington dangerously ill. Her
physician recommends her removal to her
home or to the mountains at the earliest
possible day. The attempt will be made to
return home or north early this week, if
her strength will permit. Her case is crit
ical at best.
The Epworth League gave an annivers-
airy program at M. E. church last evening.
consisting of music, short addresses which
related to the institution of the League,
its growth, its work and it's advantages to
the church. Some of the Juniors took
part The singing was specially good and
the addresses by members timely and of
much interest.
A petition is in circulation for the pur-
pose of having highway laid out across
the south line of the Henry Cutler lot to