Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-09-28

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LoweIItown, Me-, tonight on their annual
fishing and hunting expedition.
All members of Crescent Lodge No. Al, I.
| O. o. F.. are requested to be present at
special meeting to be held Tuesday even
| ing, the 18th. Per order of Sec.
All members of the literary society,
1.-THE Round Table," are requested to
| meet at the school-house, next Tuesday
| evening at o'clock Per order of Pres.
Mr.. Conner, who took the job to build
| the D. D. Bean house, has the building up
and mostly covered. 1t does not take his
gang of workmen long to get a building
| into the air.
The electric lights are in running condi-
ton again. The expense in repairing the
damage was very light. The greatest
trouble was the inconvenience in being
without the lights.
The dance at Sewers hall last Friday
evening drew a rather small but very
pleasant company of people. The music
was furnished by Stones orchestra. A
good time was reported.
Quite party from here went to New
port last Thursday evening to take in the
play, "a Trip to Chinatown" given at
Lanes Opera House. The house was full
and the play was much enjoyed by all.
The Valley Bros, who are putting in the
stone bridge at the upper end expect to
finish it this week. 1t is built of granite,
is thirty feet in width and fifteen feet
across. This will be permanent thing.
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out from under the Tower Bros old mill
and perforating the roofs of surrounding
buildings by the use of ''high explosives
He has his wheel pit and race way nearly
completed.
Mrs. Geo. II. Blake, who has suffered
very much in the last four years from the
effects of gall stones, had one of the worst
attacks in her experience last week. She
suffered from Monday till Saturday before
getting relief.
DR.. Jackson of Barre was in town again
last week to see some of DIR. Primes pa
tients in council. He is reported to have
found Archie McDougall slightly improv-
ed. His ailment is of such nature that
his recovery must necessarily be slow.
About thirty of the Eastern Stars visit
ed DR.. and Mrs. Pearson at their home last
Friday evening. After having some mu-
sic and speech making the company pre-
sented them with ten dollars as token of
their esteem, and returned to their homes,
having enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
Edwin D. Blackwell, whose mysterious
disappearance from Boston has created so
much interest of late, is the gentleman
who purchased the water privileges at
the high bridges this village some
years since, with the intention of using
the power for putting in electric plant.
He tried to sell the water site to thevil-
Iage when the decision was made to put in
lights.
The presidential candidate, Mr.. Bryan,
was in New England last week and drew a
large crowd wherever he appeared. He
spoke on Boston Common to many acres
of people and at Music Hall to as many as
could pack into the building. On the
other hand Mckinley was addressing
such came to his home in Ohio, it being
estimated that he addressed 100, 900 and
shook hands with nearly as many.
The annual Harvest Supper gathering
will be held at the M. E. church next
Wednesday. Supper from till o'clock.
These gatherings have always been very
pleasant ones and it is hoped that the
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Douglass and the
church will be present. The invitation is
to everybody and is cordial There will
be ''hash'' breakfast in the morning,
from $50 to $50. Supper 20 cts, break
fast 10 cents.
The Fish Commissioners will send 1000
small trout to this station tomorrow, to be
put in one of the Lowell brooks. They
are full fingerlings and are the first to be
planted out in the Vermont streams in the
fall. It is believed by many who are
familiar with the matter that the fall is
much better time to ''plant' out the fish
than the spring. The fish will come on
the Air Line train tomorrow afternoon,
and can be seen at the depot
We hope in the three months to come to
effect a settlement with all our su bscribers
who are in arrears and to offer extra in
ducements to all to begin the new year
with paidup subscription. We under
stand full we'll that this is a very hard
year to most people, and we will try to
make terms with those who are behind, if
they will try to pay their bills, which
shall be liberal. We shall get the best
terms possible with club papers and hope
to make some very low combinations with
papers which our readers will need with
the MONITOR. Write US, come to the Of
flee or see our travelling agent, and adjust
the matter of arrearages and advanced pay
ment.
Barton Landing.
Rev. Roland returns this week.
Miss Clemma Mathews is clerlzing at E.
Stafford's.