Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-09

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! stopping with her cousin, Charlie
! Putney.
The turkey supper at the M. E.
church was a great success, both as
/ to attendance and excellence of the
( supper.
The next meeting of the W. G. T.
u. will be with Mrs. e. G.. Collision
Tuesday, Nov. 10th, at 8 p. m. A full
| attendance is desired.
The first of a series of dancing
schools will be held in Sewers hall,
Tuesday evening. Miss Myrtle Col
Inns of Woodsville is to be the teacher.
H. F. Pillsbury has nearly finished
his operations at his mill, and himself
and wife will come TO this village
soon where they may remain for the
winter.
Mr.. Phillips, who has been working
at the shoemaker's trade in Owens
block, has moved out and will now be
found in a new room finished off at
the end of IT. d. Phillips house.
Parties who have had pictures to be
to be taken for cuts to be used in our
picture edition have detained the
matter somewhat, but large share Of
the cuts are in and the rest are ex-
pected soon.
The result Of the ballot in this town
on election day was as follows: For
Mckinley electors 421; Bryan 43;
Palmer z; Prohibition 5; Populists 5.
This was somewhat smaller than the
September vote.
Mrs. Nettie Jewell and the little
girl, Annie Brown, who has been in
the family for some time past, have
gone to st. Louis, Mo-, where Carl
Jewell and family reside and where
Annie's mother lives.
Several members OF the I. 0. O. F. |
went 30 Derby Line Thursday to at
tend the meeting Of Dist. No. 5, held
there in the evening G.. NJ. Parker
OF Lyndonville was present, also G.
w. Barton, and D. D. Mckenzie of |
Island Pond.
The Opera hall was well filed with |
people waiting for election returns
Tuesday night. A special operator,
Mr.. Rogan, of Lyndonville, tended /
the wire and took the dispatches +
down as fast as received, and Mr..
Riordan read them to the people.
There is a proposition to form a
Cur,Iou Gobno1 o1ocS in This +
village, after the form suggested by T
the States. S. association and union /
class will be attempted, the meetings I
to be held alternately. on each week,
after the Young Peoples meetings.
The meeting at the NJ. E. church /
last evening, under the auspices of /
the w. @. t. u, was in the interest of I
the Armenians. Several letters from /
people living there were read, show
ing the condition of things there.
About S26 was contributed for their
help.
Warren Simpson has put in a De-
partment bid for the mail route be-
tween this village and So. Albany. He
has put the stage and mail service in
good 1epute since he took it, by
prompt time and good teams. Hope
he may get the route at a good, living
price.
Elmer Robinson has bought out a
livery stable in Newport, and with his
family win move there soon. Mr..
DoIz r4o +C6
with the old American House for
some time SO the business viii not be
new to him. We wish him much sue
cess in his new enterprise.
The children of the village schools
manifested an unusual interest in
election day proceedings. They ap-
peared on the streets at noon time
with flags and performed some pleas
ant things in flag drills. Flags and
simple patriotic ceremonies are very
helpful in instilling the spirit of pat
riotism.
The Barton Town Library is located
in Town Clerks Office and is now
open for citizens OF the town. It will
De open every saturday, anu tHoSo
residing outside of Barton village can
get books any day that the town
clerk is in the Office. Catalogue of
books with the town clerk, also one
with c. Fl. Wiley at Barton Landing.
The Republicans had quite jollif-
cation on Wednesday evening when
they discharged cannon, got out with
torches, burned tar barrels and shout
ed over the result. The requiems
which were prepared for some of their