Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-10
a kickaway, the wagon and harness being
damaged somewhat.

good satisfaction in his work, but has al
ready esta blished large business in his
line He has excellent facilities for doing
his work and does it well.
The friends of Ellis T. Goodall, son OF
DR.. Goodal, formerly of this place, and
nephew of DR.. r. B. Skinner, graduated at
the medical department of the Columbian
University last week, standing well up in
his class. Ellis is very pleasantly remem-
bered here and his friends are pleased at
his success.
The expense considered, there is no
small thing which can be done by. the peo-
pie of country village which will add
more to it's pleasantness in the summer
season than the making of flower gardens,
lawns and neat and attractive front yards.
Our village people are not quite keeping
up with some of their neighbors in this
regard.
The young people of the Society of
Christian Endeavor have in preparation a
Calendar Fair to be held in the Cong.
church parlors Friday afternoon and even
ing, May 18th. Articles appropriate for
each day of the week will be for sale at
the several booths. The special attraction
of the evening will be the zone Dollar
Experience Meeting" Admission, after
noon free; in the evening five cents.
Guy Rowell, an old resident of this
place, died last Tuesday aged 70 years. Mr..
Rowell's early life was spent in Albany.
He moved to this town twenty-eight
years ago and for some years carried on
I, 70,
time he was drover, buying and selling
cattle, sheep and other stock, and was a
very active man. In '87 he moved into the
village, occupying the house now owned
by Fred Comstock. Some years ago his
wife died and since then he has resided
with his daughter, Mrs. Comstock. Last
winter he went to stop with Robert
Buchanan in West Glover, and was there
at the time of his death.
It has long been a custom of certain
spectators to bid off mail routes at low
figures, really knowing or caring little
what the cost of running the route is. At
the last bidding parties in Kentucky bid
off some of the Vermont routes. They
have been in the State of late sub-letting
these contracts, some of them at loss to
themselves. The short route from Barton
to So. Albany was bid off, is is supposed
for $275-a price at least 500 lower than it
is worth. Parties in this vicinity who
have any notion of trying to get the route
ought to put the price up to a reasonable
rate and let the contractors pay what the
job is really worth.
Last fall the town, through it's efficient
road commissioner, Beede Durham, put
good coating of river gravel along half
mile or more-of heavy and clayey road
south of this village, which all through
the spring has,not Only been passable, but
in an excellent condition, while the road
of just similar character this side in the
corporation has been terribly muddy
and almost impossible at times. Quite a
long stretch of sandy road was also treat
ed toa coat of gravel and thus is in prime
condition. The expense was not seriously
heavy, but the result more than justifies
the outlay. We suppose thecommissioner
used pafF of the State tax for this work in
the ling Of permanent Improvement.
On the other hand there have been some
clay holes in the West Glover road which
impossible. There ought to be some work
done on that road this year in the line of
permanent and thorough repairs.
Barton Landing.
Miss Fife Seavey has gone to Providence,
r. I.
Mrs. J. II. Brown has been quite sick
for some time.
E. L. Perley has begun digging the Gel
lar for his new house.
Eva Bartlett of North HaverhilI, N. H.,
visited here last week.
Fred Brown has sold his share in the
brick kiln to George Rash.
There was no preaching at the Cong
church yesterday, the people attending the
M. E. church.
Fred Virgins has traded the house
which he recently bought for Frank
Churchill's farm.
E. L. Chandler is preparing to build a
fine house on the hill above Daniel Skin
ner's this summer.
There will be meeting of the w. r. G.
Tuesday, May 18th. All members should
be present as arrangements are to be made
for Mem oriaI Day.
Mrs. A. D. Chandler has bought the
building which.was formerly E. L. Chand-
ler's Office She is moving it and will con-
vert into tenement house.
The Barton Teachers Association will
meet at the school building at 9 a. M,
Saturday May 10. Teachers and directors
of Barton and surrounding towns are in
vited to meet with the members of the as
ISOLATION. The object of this meeting is to
plan uniform course of study, and if
possible to adopt the same.
South Barton.
F. j. Duke is shingling and otherwise