Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-08

extensive repairs on the house soon.
We notice by an item in the papers tina
Rev. F. w. Lewis of Bradford is maxim.
odist church, in the line of benevolences
| as well as in other lines of church work
This charge has had the reputation of be
| ing very stingy contributor to outsid
| objects A few Sundays since Mr.. Levi
raised $50 for missions without serious eff
| fort.
1t is thought by some that our meters
are not working just right and an articl.
has been inserted in the wafning estab
fishing certain rate and which will en-.
able each man to tell by burning numbel
of lights for a certain length of time
whether his meter is working all right OF
not, and thus save him some expense pro-
viding the meter should be working toe
fast.
Some two weeks since Mr.. and Mrs. e
Blood, parents of c. III. Blood, station
agent, moved here from N. Ell. taking uI
their home in the north tenement of the
Peerless house on High ST. Mr.. Blood was
in rather feeble health, and was soon taken
down with the pneumonia, dying Friday
night. He was sixty seven years old.
There was prayer at the house Sunday al
ternoon; the remains were taken to N. Ell.
for burial.
The last entertainment of the lecture
course will be given Friday evening, March
10, by the Kellogg Bird Carnival Co. DR..
Gunsaulus, when here, spoke of this as
one of the best musical entertainments he
ever attended. This company when at
Enosburgh took in $104, at the door after
all the course tickets were sold. To hear
the wonderful sounds that Mr.. Kellogg
makes is well worth the price of admission,
and it is expected that the hall will be
crowded. The class of entertainments
that we have had this winter will do much
towards making next winters course a
success.
A. n. Duncan, agent for Rollins col
1ege, Winter park, Florida, was in this
village few days last week in the interest
of this college. The college has been sup
ported by Northern people who have gone
there for their health, and seen the neces-
sity of good school for their children.
Just at the present the school is not on
very sound basis financially but the as
sistance which they are receiving from
friends will soon place them on a sound
footing. Mr.. Duncan is also picking up
students who are in feeble health to with
stand the Northern winters, and inducing
them to try winter at this college, where
he claims the expenses are very low.
York where he has been to attend the dog
show being held there. There was 1880
dogs on exhibition from all parts of the
United States and Canada. Feb. %, 1880
tickets were sold at 81 a ticket. Piermont
Morgan won several first purses with his
coolies, he having one for which he paid
Sc, 900 in England. Mr.. Morgan bought,
while in New York, terrier for which he
paid 81 900. Mr.. Reed won the first prize,
a gold medal, for beagles with his dog.
Harker, thus beating all the crack dogs of
the United States. He was offered $500
for his dog by parties there. The cost of
this show including purses and everything
was $4,000,
Town meeting passed off quietly, good
lot of the old officers being reelected. The
report of the various town officers were
accepted. o. d. Rowell was elected over
seer of the poor, in place of E. S. Nelson,
and G. @. Grow constable in place of o. V.
Joslyn, $500 was voted for the library, and
4 vote was taken to instruct the library
trustees to establish branch office at the
Landing. A town tax of 60 per cent was
raised, Highway, SO, and the law provides
that Is per cent State, State schools and
State highway per cent was raised which
with the so per cent which the law requires
shall be raised for school makes total of
I.85. It was voted to have thirty weeks of
school; the taxes to be collected by the
town treasurer. 500 was voted for Memo
rial Day purposes.
1t is expected that our new savings bank
will be opened to depositors the fifteenth
If this month. That this bank will be a
good place for the people to deposit their
earnings it is easy to see when one takes
Ook at the set of sound business men
elected for officers. Henry Cutler has been
elected president, III. G. Pierce vice-presi-
lent, and L. J. Hartman treasurer. The
trustees are w. w. Miles, P. w. Dawson,
W. d. CnaIey, -. w. DfyaHG, u w. w neoI-
II and E. w. Baldwin; all of them being
we'll known men in this vicinity. The
bank will accept any deposit above one
dollar, thus affording wage earners
chance for depositing small earnings along
is they may wish. This money will prob
lbly be placed by the bank quite extern
lively in this county, and almost all with
N the limits of the state. Heretofore much
money has been sent to the surrounding
owns in order to reach a savings bank
md this bank right at home should be
much appreciated by the people.
Barton Landing.
There is much sickness in this communi-
y.