Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14


and characters are bad, denial here vii
avail nothing; if respectable, the sland
ers of scurrilous sheet do good rather
than HARM Some years ago when Johr
Harris was publishing the HGrdlUjcE Ga
gette the MONITOR defended certain re-
spectacle citizens which that paper abused
and we won the lasting enmity of the
editor, then low down in the ditch from
his habits, and lower down in his mora
character. We have not exchanged pa
pers with him since, but understand that
he has kept up a jackharris fusillade
against us continually. But we shall not
permit our town or village to be slandered
without answer. Unpleasant amusement
as is the determination of skunks it is
sometimes necessary to encounter them
While we, as town and village, may not
be immaculate, we doubt If there seven IN
this very respecta BILE part of New England
a village where the morals Of the people
by and large are better; where public
spirit, benevolence, thrift, enterprise and
responsibility are better shown than here.
We can boast of excellent schools, good
churches, sound banks, honorable and
substantial business men, thrifty bust
ness enterprises, the best of hotels, and a
constant and rapid development of every
thing which tends to the building up of
the place, water, lights, sewerage, the
erection of new buildings, etc. Our pro-
fessiona1 men have an unspotted reputa-
ton and our citizens generally are re-
spectacle and reputed. If there is any
party here or elsewhere who wishes to
traduce us we challenge him to give his
name.
Barton Landing.
Miss Florence ellis is at home from
Lyndon where she has been teaching.
DR.. Baker and wife of Boothbay, Maine,
visited at A. E. Ordway's last week.
Regular meeting of Geo. G. Meade Post
and w. R. G. Tuesday June 18th, at p.
m.
Carl Ford has finished clerking for Mrs.
Miller. Mr.. Aiken of Albany takes his
place.
Mr. Weeks and wife from Missouri are
booth has been put into Mr.. Buchan
ans store for the convenience of those who
wish to use the telephone.
DR.. Ranney has returned from Montreal
where he has been taking postgraduate
course in McGiu College for a few weeks.
Some grading is being done on the park
which will improve its appearance; the
road is being put in better con-
dition.
The people of the village have fixed up
their lawns and slicked up around their
houses, so as to improve the looks of the
village very much. ~ ~v..-s
Children's day was observed at the Cong.
exercises. Tt will be observed at the
NJ. E. church next Sunday e.
J. B. Wingets has been grading around
5he house which he recently bought of E.
D. Stafford; he has put in new wall and
5he house and yard are much improved.
A meeting was held here last Tuesday
evening to see about arranging for some
kind of celebration to be held here July
sd. . It was voted to have celebration and
VI. M. TapIin, J. G. Turnbull, and F. G.
Brown were elected a committee to pro-
vide program for the day.
There is some building being done
mere this year. E. HI. Perley is putting
Up a fine dwelling house which when fin
shed will be credit to the place; F. E
W heeler is building a good modern house
IN South Ave; Mrs. A. D. Chandler has
bought the building used by E. L. Chand-
er as an Office before his mill was burned,
md has moved it back and is putting on
IN addition and fitting it up fora tene-
nent house. There are some others talk
ug of building and if they carry out their
plans the village grand list will receive
quite boom.
South Barton.
A. B. Stanley is home from No. Wood
stock, N. H., for short visit.
Ed. Kimball is at work for o. B. Will
ard.-Willie Young is at work on o. T.
Wizards house.
Willie Folsom is out after his severe
sickness looking quite slim, but gaining
Ill the time.-Mrs. j. L. Downing is quite
Ill.
Miss Fannie Boswell was at ST. Johns
bury to the exhibition of school works
held there. She is a fine teacher and is
giving excellent satisfaction here.
Bessie Berry, who has been i'll for some
lime, is very much improved, and it looks
Is if she would fully recover. Her many
friends are glad to see her so much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Howe from Little
,on were here last week, and in returning
home on their wheels, while crossing the
abroad at the summit Mr.. Howe was
thrown off, cutting his head and injuring
lis wheel quite badly. The railroad COM
oany paid Mr.. Howe $500 damage.
Albany.