Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-09-21


| day evening Half fare on the B. & M.
railroad from Barton and Barton Landing.
Tickets on sale at Pierce's drug Store.
Proposals will be received at the con-
tract office of the Post Office Department,
| Washington, D. c., from now till Dec 1,
1896 for carrying the U. S. mail the next
| four wears over the mail routes of this
State.
| Archie McDougall has been seriously ill
| for some weeks. DIR. Jackson of Barre
was called in council with DR.. Prime, last
week. They express hope that he will
recover. He is somewhat improved al
| ready.
The success OF the first year with Hotel
Barton has been such that the parties who
are running it, Messrs. Elliott & Pattee,
are asking the proprietors to make large
addition to it before the next years bust
ness begins.
Advertisements must be received as
early as Saturday morning to insure their
insertion in next issue of this paper. We
are very accommodating people, but we
cannot do everything in the few hours
Monday before we go to press.
Some of the most comical, if we do not
say absurd things, which have appeared in
print during the campaign have been the
pictures of our worthy governor-elect,
Maj. circuit. If such pictures failed to de-
feat a man we do not know what would do
it,
Next regular meeting of Quimby Post
and W. E. c., Wednesday, 23d. Owing to
the reunion of the 18th Regt. the same day
the Post is requested to meet at $40, SO as
to get through business early and attend
the campfire of that regiment in the even
ing.
Gen. Grout, who spent several days in
Maine on a stumping tour, represents that
he had very pleasant time expoundlng
the doctrines of sound money. A few sill
verites here and there were disposed to be
a little obstrepolous, but most of them
gave very respectful attention.
Owing to the burning out of an arma-
ture on the dynamo at Clyde, Saturday
evening, the electric lights failed here and
at Island Pond. It is expected that re-
pairs will be completed in day or two
This is the first failure in the lights, ex-
cept for a few moments, since they were
started.
4 lady MONITOR reader who knows
whereof she speaks has the following
which she thinks will be of interest to
the readers of this paper: ''The field
buttercup Zone of the varieties of crow
foot) is an excellent remedy for cholera
morbus or summer complaint. Chew the
green leaves of the plant
We failed to mention the playing of the
Barton band at the fair. The boys were |
probably never better organized and the
band never had more good musicians and
good players in it than at this time. They |
did some very acceptable playing. The |
drum corps was also present and their
music was much appreciated.
Harley Humphrey, formerly of Barton,
but now of Newport, was married last
Wednesday to Miss Josie Frasier of New {
port. Mr.. Humphrey has been working
for some time in A. r. CoWles' music
store. He is young man of good habits
and makes many friends wherever he goes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey departed midst
shower of rice for a trip in Canada.
We understand that some Of the people
at Barton Landing are complaining be-
cause the town library has been put in
this village without division Of books,
which place a part in that village. We
have no doubt that some plan win be de-
vised later by which the people of the sis
ter village viii have their full share of the
benefit to be derived from the new books.
T. W. Hazen, for some time principal OF
the Craftsbury Academy, and well-known
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paid the MONITOR Office a pleasant call
last week. He is pursuing a theological
course of study. During the past summer
he crossed the Atlantic and spent some
weeks in England and Scotland, doing
much travel or his bicycle. He represents
his trip as having been very pleasing. Mr..
Hazen preached in Cong. church at Barton
Landing yesterday.
Sunday next is Rally Day throughout
the county in the interest of the Sunday
schools. There viii be special exercises in
all the churches and it is hoped that all
the people Will feel an interest in the mat
ter. This invitation reaches out among
the hills and valleys, and the people ought
to respond to it. It is planned in their in
terests. The whole county viii be can
vassed this week to ascertain who are
and who are not church and Sunday
school attendants.
A very large number attended the union
service at the Methodist church last even
ing. Dr. Gillespie of New York, secretary
OF the Presbyterian Board Of Foreign
Missions, was present and spoke for few
minutes He urged upon the people the
necessity of the older ones being at Sun
day school and seeing that the children
were there, too. The children must also
help to get one another there. There were