Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-07-27


Press Excursion, is here with her mother,
spending few days at Hotel Barton.
Marcellus Way of this town will have
/ the sympathy of the public in the affection
| that comes to him from the sad crime
which will imprison his brother for life.
The State Fair will be held at White
River Junction, Sept 8, 8 and 10. Track
purses aggregate $1,000 Entries close
Sept. 1. G. w. Hoffman of that place is
secretary.
DIR. Sedgwick returned from Litchfield
| Conn. last week, where he had been call
| ed to attend the funeral of his only sister,
% years of age, who died from an attack
of gastritis.
| The rains of last week, while they did
not help the hay maker to get in his hay,
did a great deal of good to growing crops.
Hay will be fairly good, while all other
crops are looking we'll.
| F. A. Metcalf, young man from Ac-
worth, n. H., is canvassing in town for
| book entitled ssThe Worlds Progress Mr..
Metcalf is trying in this way to earn mon
ey with which to attend college.
W. B. Smith of Barre, job printer by
trade, who with his wife were doing this
part of the State on a tandem bicycle, drop
ped into the MONITOR office Friday and
stopped to get a good dinner in town.
E.. Wilson has had a very skillful op-
orator and artist in his photo rooms of
late, who is able to do as fine work as is
done by city artists. He is expected to
come here and take possession of the
rooms.
Mr.. J. G. Edgerly, representative of the
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
was in town for short time last week.
Mr.. EdgerIy was formerly connected with
the Boston Globe and afterward with the
Traoeler.
The anxiety that some democrats had IN
regard to McKinley's soundness on the
silver question is settled and SO is the pub
lie mind in regard to the principles of the
great democratic party, as shown by the
Chicago platform.
Those who have not visited Mr.. Johnson
at the new laundry works will do well to
do so. He is nicely fitted up with new
machinery entire, has convenient situa-
ton to do work and is having very good
business for the time he has been under
way. erHs
Those who have been running electric
lights on the meter system are more than
gratified in regard to the expense of run
ming lights at the prices now charged. 1t
is hoped that many others will have their
houses wired before cold weather. Elec-
tricity for Illuminating purposes is not
only brilliant light but great delight.
The Tower Bros. are getting up large
building, which will make them mill,
grain and feed store, and room for large
storage, with atenement and several rooms
in the upper stories. The building will be
an ornament, as well as fine structure for
the business which will be done in it. The
Towers always do good job when they
take hold of thing.
Mrs. Emily @. Masta, widow of Dr.J ohm
Masta, who was in practice in this town
in the latter ffties, is in town from Mass.
brief visit. Capt. Geo. w. Quimby,
who enlisted from this town and was kill
ed at Fredericksburg, Va, and for whom
the G. A. r. Post in this village was nam
ed, was Mrs. Masta's brother. She has al
ways taken deep interest in the welfare
of the Post, (which was named for him.
Bert Lewis, who is home for month or
so, has been negotiating with some of the |
village people with reference to putting in
a local telephone line for the convenience |
of the business men of the place. He pro-
poses to have a central station and run
lines to as many of the business places as
possible. This would be convenience to |
many, and the plant can be set at a com |
paratively low price.
John II. Graham of Melbourne, Canada,
was in town a few days last week, looking |
over the place and renewing acquaintance. I
He resided here from 1850 to 1854 and had
charge of the school in the village and of |
the academy, being it's first teacher. He |
won a reputation as a teacher and gave |
the school quite a start at that time. He |
retains his vigor and his peculiar vivacity |
to this day. He is pleased to note the prog |
ress that has been made in the town since I
his day among US.
Mayor Kathan was in Barton over Sun
day. a guest at Hotel Barton Now he
can not say too much in praise of this ele-
CANT hosiery and it's Importance to the
village in drawing people to it and adver-
Using the place. They built it to benefit
the village, and lease it for less than rea-
sonable interest on the capital invested.
The Mayor regrets that our citizens are
not endowed with the same spirit of en-
terprise that the people of Barton are. He
says that there is more money here than in
Barton, but the people never let dollar
go unless they are sure of getting back
dollar and six cents.-Stanstead Journal. /
Rev. DR.. w. E. Parker of India spoke
at the M. e. church last evening, and gave
a very interesting account of the progress
of missionary work in the northwestern