Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-02-28
Barton.

Barton.
Town meeting tomorrow.
a little baby boy at Melvin Elliott's.
Oscar Cook was in town over Sunday.
Mrs. Schuyler BicEford is on the sic K
list.
Amos Scott OF St. Johnsbury was in town
last week.
Hard colds and sore throats are quite
prevalent now.
Mrs. VIII Richmond Of Newport is visit
ing at A. NJ. Towers.
The village schools closed last Friday for
a two weeks vacation.
Florence Currier has gone to st. Johns
bury to remain this week.
Mrs. Amy Dow has returned from her
soiourn in Massachusetts.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bowley of Newport
are visiting at w. B. Bowman's.
Remernbe the band fair this week.
Tickets are on sale at the drug store.
Mr. Graves, who is running the bakery,
has engaged rooms at Mrs. B. M. r. Mel
sons.
DR.. Sedgwicl> and wife have gone to
Hanover, n. H, Where they will stop for
some weeks.
c. F. Percival is off on business tour
and expects to get orders for his new style
of furniture.
It stormed nearly every day last week so
that we now have quite a depth of snow
on the ground.
The town library catalogues now fin
ished and il the hands of the town clerk
for distribution.
Rev. Lewis Moody of Gaysville spent
several days here last week, returning with
his wife last Saturday.
sTGen." Braddock has gone away from
Joseph Owens and Mr.. Owen is obliged to
run his business as best he can. -
Mrs Lucy Owen GARLAND has gone to
Massachusetts to visit and viii return soon
to start back to her Oregon home
The Eastern Star had banquet and en-
tertainment at their hall last Friday even
ing. A pleasant time reported.
d. d. Bean is finishing up store in the
basement of his block for Merton Lewis, to
be used in his vegetable and fruit trade.
Mrs. John Beams mother, Mrs. Jenness,
who has been sick for some time, is falling
steadily with but little hopes of her recov-
cry
FL. T. Seaver is making big repairs and
improvements on the corner to be occu-
pied by @. P. Jenness with his furniture
store.
The MONITOR job office has been ru ming
almost steadily night and day for some
time, part in getting out town reports,
large catalogue for Barton town library,
with other regular job work.
Mr.. Chadburn has got his bobbin fac
tory in operation, having put in a good
engine and first class bobbin machinery.
He has let the shop to other parties who
have sold their rough bobbins to parties in
Massachusetts,. They have in quite large
stock of bobbin timber.
Union services were held at the Cong.
church last evening in memory of Miss
Frances E.Willard. Mrs.Joseph Owen and
MrsyO. ID. Owen gave good sketches of
her life and work followed by appropriate
remarks by Rev. Mr.. Douglass. Music
was furnished by the male quartette.
There was large attendance and the meet
ing was enjoyed by all.
o. NJ. Tinkham of Pomfret was in town
recently selling the very interesting book,
1.-THE Life of Gen. Miles," which gives
some very interesting and exciting nara
tives of war and Indian warfare in the far
west Mr.. Tinkham is pretty well inform
ed on the current matters and the politics
of the state. He is invoicing public senti-
ment on the governor question. As yet
there seems to be but two candidates in
the field, Geo. Mccullough of Bennington
and Col. Smith OF ST. Adams.
Barton Landing.
Everybody is excited over the prospect of
the war.
Rev. B. F. Rowland returned from Ohio
last Tuesday.
Rev. Marcus Parounagian visited at A.
d. Matthew'S last week.