Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-06-06

more comfortable at present.
Craftsbury.
Rev. Mr.. billiard preached in Hardwick
last Sunday.
John Allen has the foundation for his
barn nearly completed.
There was a good attendance at the
dance at Leavitt's hall last Monday evening.
Children's Day will be observed in the
M. e. church next Sunday with appropri-
ate exercises.
The Black river bntter aud cheese co m
pany have finished making butter and are
now making cheese.
Henry King is painting his blacksmith
shop. H. Poor is mading some repairs
on his tenement house.
M. V. b. Ainsworth, whose buildings
were burned few weeks ago, has moved
into the Hoyt house near the Graham a.
Skinner mill.
Miss Bulah Hanson has closed her Ia
bors for Mrs. T.. M. Nelson's and gone TO
her home in Sheffield. Her place has been
filled by Miss Mabel Kelley.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bartlette OF Barton
Landing visited in town last week.-Mr.
and Mrs. Goodwin from Barton visited
friends in town last week.
Maud Templeton visited her father last
week returning to Worcester, Mass, Fri
day.-Mr. and Mrs. C. Conant entertained
friends last week.-Amanda Robbins was
home from Johnson a few days last week.
Mamie Robbins has had to leave school
on account of poor health.-NIrs. r. s.
Stratton is in quite feeble health. Alex
Calderwood, who has been sick for several
weeks, is improving. Fred Templeton
has been very sick for several weeks.
Decoration Day exerc Uses passed off very
pleasantly. The exercises by the children
were very fine. The drum corps and the
choir furnished excellent music through
out the day. The address by Rev. w. y.
Douglass was very interesting. 10 was
considered one of the best given here for
many years.
East Craftsbury.
Joe MuIlaney is home from Worcester,
Mass, on a visit.
Rev. A. c. Cole of st. Johnsbury deliver
ed the Memorial sermon at the Cong. church
May 29th.
The base ball game last Saturday between
the Craftsburys and the Edens resulted In
a victory for the Eden team.
DERBY.
Lawyer Erwin has gone to Lancaster, on
business trip.
Gov. Grout is improving the roads around
his residence by re-graveling them.
Mr. Melvin Bean and wife OF Boston,
Mass, are visiting at Mr.. aud Mrs. Asa
Morans.
Preparations are being made for the
usual Children's Day exercises at the
churches.
Harry Richard has been improving the
appearance of Hotel Richard by cutting
down tie dead trees and fencing of a part
in front for grass.
Will Daley is greatly improving his
place by building a stone wall next the
hill and terracing the ground above.
While assisting the men in laying the wall
his hand was caught between two OF the
heavy stones and quite severely hurt.
very interesting letter, written April
9th, has been received from Percy Robbins,
now with the First Vermont regiment at
Chickamauga Park, Georgia. He gave
good description OF their entire journey
from Camp Olympia, Burlington, to Geor-
gia; at every station they were met by
crowds of people cheering and firing guns.
the young ladies begging for button from
off their coats as a souvenir. AT Washing
ton, ID. c., the young ladies gave rose i'm
exchange for a button, bareback, or any
thing they had TO give. The park is twelve
miles square, about half open land, the re-
mainder covered with oak, hickory, red
cedar and hard pine. The tents are all
pitched III the shade making il quite cool
and comfortable for them when not on
duty. The worst feature OF the place Is
the water, OF which there Is a limit ed sup
ply. and that warm and poor. Each regi-
ment has its own spring to dig and guard.
theirs being about one-half of a mile from
camp and one of the best yet seen there.
They battle in a river three-fourths OF a
mile from camp, stream not much larger
than Vermont brook and the water mud
dy at that He has had a little opportunity
to see the destitute condition OF the poor
whites, whose homes are not as good as old
sheds and cow barns OF Vermont. The
boys rations so far have been salt pork,
beans, canned tomatoes, bareback and soft
bread. In speaking of the sickness among
some ofsthem he writes that It is quite
that the ones who are on the
hospital list mostly those who have
bought pies, cakes and sweets OF the ped
lars, but this will be stopped as orders have
been issued by the general not To allow
them entrance to the grounds.
West Derby.
III. /. Hastings has moved into his new
house.