Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-04-13
Barton.

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little boy at Clarence Woodbury's.
| A bran new baby girl at Lewis Labor's
ing.
F. G. Hicks is visiting for few days al
his home in W. Concord.
Geo. H. Davis was in Boston last week
buying new goods for his store.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs. j
P. Baldwin, Tuesday, April IA, at p. m.
Francis Jewell has finished work at Az
er's Flat and is now at work in Newport.
The weather was very favorable for su-
CARING last week and considerable was
made.
Miss L. C. Colburne goes to New York
to-day to buy new goods for her millinery
store.
Fred Nelson shot seventeen crows at one
shot with a shotgun one day last week.
Who beats?
Olympic Encampment, No. II, I. o. f.,
worked the Royal Purple degree at Lyn-
donville last Thursday evening.
Joseph Webster and wife returned from
Boston Thursday. B. Freeman return
ed from Manchester the first of the week.
Mrs. Elsie Wood arrived here last week
from Minneapolis, Mimi. She is caring
for her sister, Mrs. Leland, who is very
low.
Seven Knights Templars went from here
to Newport last Tuesday evening to attend
the annual inspection of Malta Command
cry.
S. E. Winslow of Barton Landing has
bought half interest in D. D. Beams fur
niture store and will move to this place
soon. .s-a4
Mrs. Wells, mother of Mrs. Ufford and
Mrs. James Buzzell, who is in feeble health,
was removed to her home in Albany last
week.
Several of the Masonic fraternity went
to Glover on Monday last to assist in the
burial services of brother Mason, Ezra
Clark.
Wayland Whitcher was married last
week to Miss Humphrey from Newbury,
who has been at work in the Peerless fac
tory.
Mrs. o. II. Mossman, who is making a
visit in Fitchburg, Mass, on her way home
from Boston, expects to arrive home on
Tuesday.
Mrs. M. E. Freeman has returned from
market with fine stock of new goods from
New York and Boston. She will announce
her opening next week.
About fortyfive couples attended the
Easter ball Monday evening. Ice cream
and cake were served at the bakery A
very pleasant time is reported.
The Misses Miles have returned to Bur-
lington, Maud Mossman to Fitchburg,
Julia Owen to Boston, and Ned Baldwin
and Arthur Virgins to Dartmouth.
Quite company from this village at
tended the sugaring off at the town farm
last Thursday and report pleasant time
and all the good sugar they could eat.8
The sugar party given by the Congrega-a
tional ladies was fairly attended and all
present had their fill of new sugar. and
other good things. Mrs. II. T. Seaver won
the prize for being the best speller.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Douglass and Mr.
and Mrs. G. H. Blake are attending con-
ference at Barre. It is expected that Mr..
Douglass will be returned here. The ed
itor's appointment will be announced later.
There was "a large attendance at the
Cong. church Sunday morning, where
Rev. Mr.. Ward delivered an able and in
teresting sermon. The church was beau
tifully decorated with evergreens, plants,
etc.
Some of the lamps in the over-lighted
sections of the village have been scattered
about town till such time as the trustees
decide fully what system they will adopt. |
Meanwhile let those in the dim regions |
keep dark
IL. f. Pillsbury and the rest of the Yer
mont party, who are spending the winter
season in Florida, expect to start for home |
soon, spending some days in Washington
and arriving here about the time frogs be- I
gin to sing.
One of the finest turnouts in the line of
team seen in this place is owned bv Fill
OIL q Pattee of Hotel Barton. The horses
are Jet black, rangey, and pretty in every
sense; their harnesses are gold-pIated and
the sleigh fine. These parties have several
nice horses and they propose to have some
teams which it will be pleasure to ride
after. They will have new livery in on
Grafton soon