Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-14
Barton.

Barton.
Charles Abbott is home from Maine.
John Bryant is teaching school in Dist.
No. 4.
Our merchants are all well stocked for
Christmas.
G. o. Clifford and wife have moved into
the Waldo Mossman tenement.
The Odd Girls will meet with Mrs. C. w.
Preston on Friday afternoon, Dec. IS.
Work in the third degree at the Masonic
meeting next Friday evening. Banquet
later in evening.
John Rosebrook and wife of West
Burke visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Bow
man over Sunday.
Annual Post meeting for election of Of
fcers next Wednesday evening. Annual
Corps meeting at o'clock p. m.
The first snow of an amout to make fair
sleighing fell in the morning Of Dec. 9,
and almost everybody tried it the first
day.
1t is reported that Miss Gertie Moss
man, who recently left here for California
in a poor State of health, is much sirriL
proved already.
The MONITOR is receiving many COM
pliments on the picture edition we are now
circulating. 1t was very costly and diff
ficult job to do in the. ordinary printing
Office.
Fred Dwyer and Miss Lottie Folsom
were married last Thursday evening by
Rev. w. E. Douglass. They have the best
wishes of their friends; may they live
long and happy life.
Mrs. G. r. Pattee and daughter 0. Hotel
Barton have returned from their visit to
Plymouth and Woodsville, N. H., and
Mrs. ]. r. Elliott, also of Hotel Barton,
has gone to Ohio, where she expects to
spend some time.
We received cake of new sugar Sat-
urday from M. J.. Chaffee of Albany. Mr..
Chaffee made the sugar from sap run Nov.
10TH He stated that the sap was
not very sweet, as it took about eighty
pounds of sap to make one pound of
sugar.
There is some talk of getting Beedle's
orchestra of Keene, N. H., here to hold
musical convention in JAM, and all those
interested in the project are requested to
meet at Hotel Barton this evening at
O'Clock. A special invitation extended to
the ladies to be present.
The village schools started up last week,
with unusually large number in the
academy department from outside the dis
trict. Among these are Ethel Gardiner of
Wells River; Howard Foster, of West
more; Arthur Cutler, of Nashua, n. H.;
two sons of William Merriam, and twos
sons of Martin Abbott of Glover, and
George Sherburne from District No. 4.
The masquerade promenade and dance
held at Opera hall Friday evening under
the auspices of Potter's orchestra was
largely attended. There were 7nany par
Elephants from the adjoining towns. The
costumes were well gotten up, some of
them very elaborate, and others grotesque
in the extreme. The boys of the orchestra
realized a good dividend from the re-
ceipts.
We are panied to learn of the death of
she who was Nellie Townsend, a former
employee of this Office. She was the
daughter of Stephen Townsend Of Brown
ington, who died few months since. She
went to Boston few years since, worked
in a printing Office some time, and was
lately married. She was a young lady OF
amiable and beautiful character and dis
position, and her death is lamented by
all who knew her.
Our advertisers have demanded a great
amount of space this week, really more
than we could possibly give them, and we
are obliged to omit several, among them is
q large ad for o. ID. Owen. He would
like to have it stated in large letters that