Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-04-19

at present and is unable to be on the road.
Allen Caldwell of Z. Greensboro is tear
ing down his mill and will soon rebuild it,.
Mrs. Addie Chaffee of Hardwicl' attend
ed the funeral of her uncle, Mr.. c. p.
Church.
L. s. Collins started for Boston Saturday
night where he will purchase new stock
of goods.
The Dramatic Club will repeat their play
GA soldier of Fortune as soon as the
roads become settled.
Mrs. p. G. Salmon went to market last
Monday morning. She will buy her usual
stock of dry goods and millinery for the
spring and summer trade.
Rev. Guild of Greensboro will occupy
the pulpit of the M. E. church April 25, i'm
the absence of the pastor, who will be in
attendance at the conference at Barre.
The funeral of G. p. Church was held at
the house on Tuesday last, Rev. Geo. Wells
a former pastor, officiating. Mr.. Church
was well and favorably known, and had
he lived until next May he would have
been "a years old.
Some time ago the MONITOR reported
what a lady in Barton cooked from one
barrel of flour; Mrs. Nathan Batchelder of
this place submits her record: One steam
pudding, one short cake, 10 breakfast
puffs, 10 ladies fingers, % griddle cakes, %
pan cakes, 81 loaves of bread, AS cakes, "a
cup cakes, 81 pies, 1872 ginger snaps, 200
biscuits, 226 cookies, 491 doughnuts. 1t
was a barrel of ''snow flake" -four.
Holland.
A. B. Moulton is finishing off his house.
Mrs. VIM. Parker of Charleston is visit
ing friends here.
HI. L. Osgood has rented the Boothman
farm for one year.
Thomas Goddard is taller than ever, it is
a boy and weighs lbs.
Topics discussed by everybody: Sugar,
mud, poor roads and hard times.
j. M. Page and Judge Fletcher were in
Burlington last week on business.
Mrs. Goodrich, who has been keeping
house for c. o. Goddard, has been obliged
to go home because of i'll health.
Mrs. E. H. Gray, who is suffering with
a
for treatment.-Geo. Mcknight is home
from the hospital somewhat improved
Irasburgh.
Most of the sick ones are on the gain.
The big rains last week closed the sugar
season.
Mr.. Story is stopping with his sister,
Mrs. Goldsmith.
Mrs. w. d. Tyler fell and received a bad
sprain last week.
Miss Cunningham from Lyndon is Wis
iting Miss May Wheeler.
Joseph Tetrault is in town looking after
the interests of the cheese factory.
Miss Lillian Keith will teach the school
near her home in Albany this spring.
Rev. L. Dodd being away there was no
service at the Cong. church yesterday.
The family of H. H. Somers have all been
ill the past week.-Geo. B. Brewster is
very i'll.
Rev. p. n. Granger goes to the confer
ence Tuesday. The church is unanimous
in wishing him returned for the coming
year.
me EaSJeT SerNlCS dI blS NJ II.
was not fully carried out, on account of so
many being ill. Remarks by the pastor
filled out the program.
Jay.
J. E. Chase has full blood Jersey calf
with tail exactly like that of a deer.
Lowell.
Charles Kennedy will work for II. o.
Miller of Westfield.
r. Durivage sawed his thumb on a stair
saw in Curtis shop last Wednesday.
Charles Kelley will soon move to Rich
ford, where he has work in livery stable.
Clarence Parker is visiting friends in
Barton and vicinity. He is making the
trip on horseback.
The road over Irasburgh Mountain has
been cut through and travel resumed, but
the road is yet very bad.
Edgar Laclair is getting out timber for a
big barn to be erected soon. 1t will be
one of the largest in town.
V. NJ. Parker will put in machinery for
the manufacture of butter boxes, utilizing
a portion of his gristmill for the purpose.
A good freeze last week caused another
run of sap and sugar makers again have
been busy. This is a good sugar with us.
Edison Kinney entertained a large COM
pany at his home Tuesday evening. New
sugar was included in the order of exer-
cises.
Charles Austin has purchasd new BIZ
cycle of parties in Chicago, and is ready to
sell one like it to any party wanting a
wheel.
Ross Kinsley, while at work in W. f.
Curtis tub-shop, recently sawed twelve
niorh tni in nicrl,t