Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-23


lsiness at the old stand the first of
week
e Union Bobbin Works and John NJ.
j Co. Granite Works have had tele-
les put into their offices.
thur West has been home from Man
ter, \. H., on short business trip. He
the life insurance business in that
: and Mrs. G. H. Flint, Miss Gilman
Miss Pickel will be in New York this
looking after new goods and the lat
tyles in millinery and dressmaking.
hude Wright has gone to his home in
lille to recuperate from the effects OF
humps. Mrs. D. w. Blanchard and
Thrasher have gone to Boston on a
p. Davis has been engaged by the r.
o. to carry the mail from the mail and
less trains to the new post-ofice, 1t
o. so far that it requires team to car
Fank P. Gates has engaged to j. M.
& Co. as travelling salesman to rep
hit that Co. in the interest of marble
granite. This firm is now employing
ZEN.
gentleman from Bellows Falls has been
! to adjust the losses caused by the fire
koot's block last Monday morning. The
BRENT parties have been settled with on
on goods. The matter of damage on
k has been left out to G. D. Story of
port and Mr.. Bragg of st. Johnsbury
| has. Briggs has moved his family back
ito his farm; he will run his black
lin shop as heretofore Frank Well
! e has moved into one of Theo. CIRCUITS
ements on Coventry St.-Rev. E. A.
rye has shipped his goods to Willaman-
Conn. where he goes next week to his
/ field of Iabor.-Ruck &. Moore have
Er block, bought of CasweIl, nearly
hy and will move into it next week.
Orleans Trust Co. have moved into the
In formerly used as post-offlce IN the
hange block.-M. T. Hamilton & Son
be found in E. Lane & Sons block.
helps & Oben have moved into their
I rooms in the Lawrence block.
ompetent authority says the new post
ce recently installed by Postmaster
dy is one of the best arranged In
state. 1t certainly is an office of which
nv patron may well feel proud. The
&c is located in the east side of the Field
1oh ND
m 2Ox5O feet in dimensions. The room
eiIed with North Carolina pine, and
nscoated with domestic spruce, while
floor is maple. Ample light is obtain
through the two large front show win
IS. An elegant English bronze cleo
Ter carrying four lamps hangs from
ceiling midway the entrance and gen.
delivery window. Heat is obtained
n a furnace in the basement. The OF
cabinet contains 10 large lock boxes,
nedium, 21O small, and 800 call. 1t is
d oak and stands seven feet high with
q transom sash between the top and
ing, taking floor space 7x15 feet. The
no and general delivery window occu-
the octagon front, and the schedule OF
ming and closing of mails is consplcu-
w posted on each side. The call boxes
their delivery are on the west alcoVe,
at the end is situated the money order
dow. The postmaster's room is htted
h every convenience for facilitating
k. among them being a patent gas
, rack holding eighteen sacks, and some
v distributing boxes. The expense OF
office and fittings was $1,000, the cab
alone costing $3.50. Postmaster Bra
assistants are d. w. Jenness, former
at East Hardwick and Levi
lev, recently clerk for three years IN the
wood, n. Y, post-office. -PdHadaunt.
wport Center
,dee Rogers has been confined to the
Sc by sickness, but is now on the gain.
arley Perkins, who went to Boston re-
,ly to consult physician, has returned
lie.
d. Proper has engaged to work for
les in Irasburgh, and will go there
hiIo Keith has moved into Davidson
<ins' house.-John S. Rogers has NOV
O Eli Sherman's farm.
enry c. Squires has rented the Z.
IN blacksmith shop, and has hired
xander Benoit to take charge of the
D.
-ank Richards and wife of Philadel-
|. who came to attend the funeral of
/. Fred Hildreth, have returned home,
Mr.. Hildreth has gone with them to
a short time.
RS. Samuel Page, who has been in Can
visiting her sick daughter, has return
home.-G. W. Rogers and wife have
e to johnson to visit their daughter,
bel, who is attending the normal
,ol there.-Ulysses Harris has gone to
ntpelier on business.-Mrs. Lewis
nford of n. III. is here visiting her
.nts and friends.
rth Troy.
II. Wakeman's folks say, sit is girl"
F. Osborne has moved to EnOsburgh,
re- he has hOuoht q livery buSineSS