Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-07

end Of the village has bought out the
/ livery at Hotel Barton, and will run
that livery with the feed stable, con-
trolling the business at both ends OF
the village.
Mrs. Lila (White) Meade has been
home of late visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. o. A. White. Mr.. White
will go to Massachusetts this week to
visit friends. He has an uncle there
in very poor health who wishes him
to come and see him.
Barton people feel a genuine sor-
row in the death of Orson V. Percival
of Glover. He was a resident here
for some years and is well-known by
most of the people of the town and
many in the county. MONITOR read
ers will miss his writings in this pa
per.
MONITOR readers will always re-
member that we are pleased to pub
llsh all items of local or general inter-
est which are sent us. We cannot be
in all localities, nor can we learn
everything, but we print the news. 1t
is an easy thing for our readers to
drop o letter or card telling US what
they know and would like to see in
print.
One of our venturesome boys, who
was experimenting on the thickness
of the ice near the outlet one day
last week found it to be very thin,
with a depth of water beneath it
which he could not fathom. A man
who happened to be near showed a
ladder out toward him while he kept
hallooing. "Hurry up, Pm getting
cold!" He was hauled out, just in
season to save an obituary notice.
The liquor agency will be moved
from z. a. Belknap's to the town
clerks office. Business in that To-
cality is liable to increase. Mr.. Hub
bard will be surprised at the number
of accidents, the amount of sickness,
equine and human, and other misfor-
tunes which call for liquor. The
town agency should not be response
bic for great deal of liquor drinking,
even if it takes considerable stamina
to stand up against appeals.
E. A. Sanborn, a partner of r. A.
Cowles, is on East from Seattle for
short time, and made the MONITOR
office a pleasant call last week. He
had an experience last year which
was Of interest and value to himself.
He was among the thousand adven-
5urers from the Pacific States who
went to Alaska on gold hunting ex-
They found some gold, 1
plenty of hardships and rlots of ex-o
oerience. ht# Il 5l0G 5lUbiGNul1
Much to the annoyance of the
public and people general
Y, some parents in our village are
permitting their children, some of
hem old enough to be otherwise en-
oloyed to loiter around the passenger |
station, inside and out. This practice |
s attended with much danger and |
iome means must be adopted to- pre- |
vent it. Parents are requested to see
% it that their children are kept away /
rom the depot that they may save
urther trouble.
The lecture on "Chips from many
Shops" by Rev r. S. Macarthur DID.
If New York last Friday evening, was
much enjoyed by all present. DR..
has a fine voice, is a pleas
ng speaker and was master of his au-
Hence from the first. The lecture was
istened to by a large company who
would give DR.. Macarthur warm re-
,eption If he ever speaks here again.
The next entertainment Of the lecture
course will be given by the Royal
english Hand Bell Ringers of London
Friday evening, Jan. 29th.
For some time things have been
going wrong at the Crystal Lake
House, owing to the fact that the
andlord has been dabbling in beer or
liquors, and has let lot of disrepu-
able characters control affairs to a
arge extent. He has permitted
gambling and card playing, used
ome liquor him&Elf, and matters have
come to a bad state. Some nights
ince himself and several others were
playing and carousing in the old
cellar dive hole, when his wife re-
nonstrated and tried to drive the
rev out. They refused to go, when
he threw a bod of coal downstairs
imong the crowd. The husband was
offended at such.an indignity and
came up and seized his wife, choking
% q nainhhor.2s where she has sincal