Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-17

At the annual meeting of the w. G. r. u.
the officers chosen for the ensuing year
were: president, Mrs. l.. II. Thompson,
vice presidents, Mrs. p. N. Granger and
Mrs. Dodd; Sec., Mrs. f. A. Buchanan
Treas, Mrs. Eugen Webster. Mrs. w. r.
Brewster will have charge OF the l.. +. l..
work.
Lowell.
Mrs. Fred Knox and children have re-
turned to their home i'm Epping, N. H.
Mrs. H. II. Hill is entertaining a, friend,
Miss Emma Crandall OF Providence, r. /.
Joseph Snyder has begun work on his
new house. Leonard Shufelt will do the
work.
David Backum has sold his place on the
south road to John Hoadley OF Mont
gomery.
Napoleon Revoir has moved from Mrs.
Davis house to the Lyman Hutohins
house on the plain. .
AT the rate of two weddings a week,
there ought to be a decided diminutiOn of
single blessedness in our town.
III. j. Stewart and wife have returned
from their wedding trip,and will go on 10
the farm purchased by Mr.. Stewart last
fall. sa H.a4
Harrington g. Kinds of Eden are doing
considerable painting and papering here
this spring. They do their work In very
creditable manner.
e. s. Coolidge will carry on the Stan
nard farm the coming season. VIII Cool
edge will move into his house on the plain
as soon as ii is vacated.
p. Guild of Barton Landing bought but
ter here last Friday for the first time this
season. 1t is expected that he will be her,
for that purpose each Friday this summer
Rev. c. w. Robinson seems to hav,
changed his mind i'm regard to the girls
Vermont, but there is no telling what
time will do for a man. However, We
wish them long and happy life.
A dog belonging to Ed Gonyeau had an
exciting and rather painful tussle with
hedgehog the other day. After the fra
cas-, Gonyeau, with the aid OF two or thre,
others extracted 225 quilts from the dog
face, mouth and shoulders.
V. M. Parker is moving the store house
which has stood empty by the roadside
and will put il on the end OF his Rrist-mil
next to the dam. This viii give hin
much more room for making boxes, ant
its removal will make decided improve
ment in the appearance of the village.
b. F. Woods, park commissioner, sub
mits the following report: .Notwith
standing the opposition have met with
from different sources during the .presen
season, and for the past three years, hav
arrived at a satisfactory result, at least q
myself AS 1 was elected 20 this ofnc
have tried TO do what would be most sat
isfactory to the citizens OF Lowell. i be
gan work as soon as possible by getting
stone and underpinning the band stand;
then whitewashed the trees and posts In
and about the park and have covered thu
stand with a coat of paint OF many coIora
All this has been done and paid for, al
though the office carries no appropriated
for expenses and no salary. / CIRCULATED
paper among the townspeople, calling 70
small contributions, which was subscribed
to with alacrity, and / want 10 than
them for their liberal generosity
and promptness i'm paying the amount
subscribed. The commissioner has bee
the recipient of a fine lawn mower, gif
to the village from Geo. ID. Wright OF Bur
lington. This will be used the rest OF th
season to keep the grounds in good shap
hope my labors in the past have bee
appreciated by all lovers OF the beautiful
and shall try TO do az much IN the III
ture. Any suggestions which will enabl
me to do more for the beautifying OF IN
village in general, and the park In par
ticular, will be thankfully received.
Morgan.
A ten pound boy baby at George Cobb
w. H. Calkins is shingling and repair
ing his house.
Mr.. Cass has bought the ALVIN Bale
farm. Price $780,
Mrs. S. f. Gray is home from Holland
where she has been visiting her parents.
James Cox has moved his old house an
is now putting upa new one on the oil
site.
Mrs. Kate Cummings OF Charleston
spent Sunday with hersister, Mrs. Emm
Cobb.-Geo. Wilder visited In town re
cently.-Mrs. Arthur Rood OF Manchesto
N. H., is at II. Rood's on a visit.
Newport.
Miss Edith Richards OF Fall River
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. III. Richards.
Mrs. G. G. Farrar and two children han
gone to Grafton to visit her mother, Mr.
Walker. ...I.. 81
Mrs. Leavitt has moved 90 Scott a SoT
Beldon has moved into G.
house on Third ST., and Ere
Richie into the Sylvester Cass house.
o. ID. Adams of Springfield, Mass, wa
the guest of Elisha Lane last week