Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-23
ed The weary legislators will sit at
their own tables on Thursday.

their own tables on Thursday.
Our Centennial picture edition has
been printed on one side and woulo
have been issued ere this if we could
have got our pictures ready. We are
expecting the balance of the cuts
soon.
FL. F. Pillsbury took in over zoe
skunk skins, beside quite large
number of fox and mink skins, last
week. Will Magoon of Glover brought
in 1OS skunk skins. Pillsbury's Boston
buver looks for a low market this
year.
H. F. Pillsbury has finished his
work at the o. & G. steam mill for
the winter, and come to this village
where he may spend most of the
winter His brother, j. M. Pillsbury,
comes with him. They are at Mrs.
Jewell's at present.
The House sat down on the
Woman's Suffrage bill on Friday last,
after a discussion Of some length
The Solons are little afraid that it
will be unsafe to give the women a
chance at the polls and at the offices,
which are already too few to suit
many.
The attempt to get a high license
bill with local option attachment met
with an overwhelming defeat in the
House last week. The few friends of
the measure and the three or four
papers which favor it ought to move
over in to New York State where
such a thing can live. Vermont eli
mate is not suited to the open saloon.
We understand that the Beedle
Orchestra of Keene, n. H., are think
ing of putting in concert here dur
ing the winter. Mr.. Beedle's name is
always guarantee of good enter
tainment Will A. Darlington, bust
ness manager of the troupe, is also
we'll known in this section and there
are many who will be pleased to have
them come to the county during the
winter.
The papers of the country were
giving details last week of the trans
mission of electric power from Nj
agara Fails to Buffalo, distance Of
ed great thing in electric matters.
We see by the description that they
have almost identically the same sort
of plant, except as to size, as that
which runs to this villoge and to Is
land Pond from Clyde. They use the
system, high potential
transmission, and have this system
throughout.
Since the people over at the Clyde
electric station got in their new dy-
namo they have become very aristo-
cratic. The man at the telephone
end at this place put his mouth to
the instrument when they gave him a
charge that knocked him down in
at another place the party
who was handling the phone was
Illuminated with shower of sparks
which was startling to those who saw
it and uncomfortable to him. 1t is
supposed that there must have been
some connection somewhere between
the telephone and the electric wires.
no serious damage was
done.
Barton Landing.
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The literary society will meet Dec.
9TH.
Miss Eva Grow returned home last
Mrs. Mary Twombly has been very
low the past week.
j. B. Winget and wife are in Cana
da for weeks visit.
s. G. Kimball was in Boston and
New York last week.
Mrs. Fanny Smith, who has been
very sick,is now improving.
Chandler has his smoke stack up,
and will soon be able to blow his
Miss May Bassett has been i'll for
two weeks and unable to attend to
business.
Mrs. E. A. Miller spent part of
last week in Boston purchasing goods
for her store.
Our primary schools gave a very
entertainment Thursday
evening at the vestry.
Thanksgiving services, Thursday
evening at the M. E. church, with
address by Rev. j. K Fuller.
The mileage thief was found in
Montreal and arrested. Al the