Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-05-04

that purpose.
Commencing to-day, the r. R. Co. has
commenced running a passenger car or
train No. 73,a through freight train, which
will leave Barton at :45 a. M, and arrive
at Newport at 845, stopping for passen-
gers at Barton Landing. This or a similar
arrangement is liable to become perma-
nent. and it will afford the people of this
village and this section of the county a
much desired accommodation in reaching
northern points, especially Newport, in
season to do business in the forenoon.
While some of the papers here and there
are trying to bring the ST. Louis stove
peddlers into disrepute, it is just that this
be said of them: They are making their
headquarters in this village, and from Mr..
Carter, manager, to the man that drives
the poorest mule in all, they are gentle
manly, courteous, steady and Sunday
church-going people. They are here to
sell stoves and probably do that, but they
are not rowdies or people who abuse the
public. Mr.. Carter holds his men up to
close lines of obedience and discipline
The John Hazel Granite Co. of Newport
has purchased of G. w. Buzzeu a special
4O-inch James Lcffel & Co. water-wheel.
This wheel is to go in at West Charleston
on the Clyde river, under 28-feet fall and
will have penstock four feet in diameter
and 800 feet long. The wheel is to develop
217 I'll. P, and requires 4,S98 Gu. it, of wa
ter per minute. Forty thousand feet of
lumber and eight tons of iron will be used
in it's construction. 1t looks as though
this company was taking pattern after the
electric light power at Clyde. This will be
a boom for Charleston, as Mr.. Hazel will
put in saws, and other improved machin-
cry for dressing granite and will employ
some forty men. This is the third large
Leffel water-wheel, making nearly 1000 III.
P, that has been put in at West Charles
ton within six months.
j. w. Titcomb of st. Johnsbury sends
us the following important item: Hon. 7.
n. Vail of Lyndon has purchased of H. F.
a trout pond in Sutton, known
as the Big Fish Pond. Mr.. Vail has taken
measures to stock it and will make it a
private preserve. Later on, if he has good
success with it, he will erect club house
and stock the surrounding woods with
game. He has already taken steps to pro-
cure a lot of pheasants for breeders. Their
eggs will be set under bantams and the
young birds thus Matched and reared will
be put out in the woods about the pond
Mr.. Vail is a prominent member of the
Vermont Fish and Game League, and the
work he is doing, while for the immediate
benefit of himself and friends, will natural
y have very beneficial effect in stocking
he waters through which Big Fish Pond
1as its outlet, and also the surrounding
orests. Private preserves are always BEN
efcial to the public for the reason that the
about such a preserve re-
,eives the benefits by an increase from the
product of the preserve. AS an instance
If this, the pheasants about the preserve of
Dr.. Webb at Shelburne, have spread
throughout several counties. The variety
If pheasants bred by Mr.. Vail WIFI be the
it having been demonstrated
hat they are very hardy, and most suited
o this climate. Arrangements have been
made to place lot of brown trout in Big
fish Pond, brook trout of somewhat
anger breed than the native variety. The
native variety will also be cultivated, and
he pond will be used by the U. S. Fish
Commission a source of supply for eggs,
or supplying the national hatchery at st.
ohnsbury. Big Fish Pond has been post
d and closed to the public. The Vermont
fish and Game League has two Pheasant
les, one at st. Johnsbury, and one at Shell
on. The birds Matched and reared at
hese stations will be put out in the for
SITS of Vermont in various parts of the
tate, and are protected by law until the
ear 1900.
Landing.
Mr.. Coburn has moved into l.. d. Will
on's house.
Noah Dean is visiting his son, Bine Dean,
f this place.
FL. I'll. Hall is laying the foundation for
lew barn a short distance south of this
illage on the river road.
The festive sucker season has begun.
hey are not very numerous, but are of
God size, from two to four pounds.
Mrs. II. T. Jones, who has been living at
BOARDING in Collins French's family.
Soother Winslow will move his goods to
arton the first of this week, where he has
ought an interest in the d. d Bean fur
iture store.
Arbor Day was quite generally observed
1 this community. Let the good work
O on. There is plenty of time yet for set
ing out shade trees, cleaning up yards, etc.
G. Ell. Jones and S. A. Grow attended the
tate convention last week and were a lit
e disappointed at the quantity of Nc
-inIey thunder and lightning which was
)und in the convention elements Mr..
ones made one of the handsomest speech
which was made on the floor, in nomin-
ing G. A. Prouty of Newport for one of
q doIo toco of