Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-07-11

and Mrs Chas. Baldwin go into camp this
week at s.The Birches'' with Miss Gertrude
E. Skinner of Brooklyn and Miss M.
Grace ingalls, of Mortified as guests.
We notice in an Orange, Mass. paper the
marriage of Ethel NJ, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs A. n. Hunt, who Will be rennem-
bered here, to a young man living IN
Orangs, where hey Will make their home.
Regular meeting of Crescent Lodge, I.
o. o. F. tomorrow evening at s o'clock
Work in the initiatory degree. Important
business is to come before this meeting
and it is hoped that there will be good
attendance.
The July mum Der of the Vernaoqter is out
and contains portraits of Col. and Mrs. f..
c. Smith, and also portraits of all of the
Republican nominees for State offices. 1t
contains fine views of the scenery around
Mt. Mansfield and Of other places in Yer
mont including a view of Crystal Lake,
Barton. It has many fine articles and is a
most interesting number.
Since the organization OF the Fish and
Game League in this village there have
been large number Of trout placed in
Crystal Lake, and an attempt is now being
made TO get the other fish out of the lake
so that the trout may live and the lake
become good place for fishermen. They
have been using nets about the lake al
though not great number of fish have
been taken in this way.
While S. e. Winslow was driving with a
friend near the Irasburgh town farm last
week the bolt came out OF the crossbar on
his wagon and the horses became fright
ened and ran. The gentleman riding with
Mr.. WinsloW sprang out OF the wagon
when the horses first started, but Mr..
Winslow held to his reins and rode some
distance when his wagon was overturned
and he was thrown out, but luckily es-
capped serious injury. The horses ran nearly
a mile but were finally caught and stopped
after one of them had been badly injured
by the pole entering his shoulder.
Reports received from Gen. Shafter Sun
day night state that the bonn bardment of
Santiago by the army and navy forces
commenced at O'Clock Sunday afternoon,
the Spanish commander having refused to
surrender Internationally. 1t is thought
that it will not take long to bring the
Spaniards to terms. General Shafter has
an army of 10000 men in an almost i'm
pregnab BILE position, and although there are
some passes leading from the city which
he cannot guard it is probable that he will
succeed in taking the whole Spanish army
when he forces the surrender of the city.
We learn of the death Of George w. Page
at his home in Bradford, Arkansas, June
%. Mr.. Page was the son of j. G. Page of
this village. He was born in Ryegate, Vt.
June 16, 1917; at the close of the war his
parents moved to Westmore where he
worked with his father for time. In 1875
he married Eliza M. Clark of Glover, and
few years later they moved to Browning
ton. About twelve years ago they went
West and soon located in Arkansas. When
a young man, Mr.. Page united with the
Advent church and has always been an
earnest worker in the church and Sunday
school. He leaves wife and two children
to mourn his loss.
The quadrenniaI apprais of the real es
tate of the town has just been finished. AT
Barton Landing the property in the vii
lage has been appraised about as it was at
the, last appraisal, there being but few
changes. The property outside the two
villages also has been maintained at about
the same rate as four years ago. In this
village the changes are numerous, most Of
the property being raised above former
valuations, the total increase amounting
to between fifty and sixty thousand dollars
above that of four years ago. Taking ev
erything into consideration, this will prob
ably raise the grand list of this village to
about $1,000 and the grand list of the town
to nearly $1I, 900, while that Of Barton
Landing will remain nearly the same as
four years ago.
The base ball team from this villa ge
went to Hasburgh last Monday and played
the team there. The game was very good
one, there being but few errors made by
either team. Cotton pitched his usual
good game for the Irasburgh boys, while
the Webster brothers as battery for the
Barton team, played an excellent game,
and with the fine support they received
won the game by score of to 4. This is
the last game the boys will play together
as several of them leave soon for their
homes in other towns, and meeting of all
those interested in the game is called for
this evening at z o'clock on the fair ground
to see about recognizing and getting up
new team. The following is the score in
the Irasburg game:
/ 2 4 5 6 s 9
Barton, 0 o o 2 O-9
Irasburgh, 2 0 0 0 0 o.
Quite large number went from here to
attend the celebrations at Newport last
Monday. The races appeared to be the
most interesting part of the program. The
'sGuideless Wonder was reported to be
sick yet he made the first half of an exhi-
bition mile in 1:07t. The track record was