Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-07-25

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CARD.-We wish to express our thanks
| to the friends and neighbOrs who so kindly
/ assisted during the sickness and burial O.
our bus band and father. S~s 80
MRS. j. S. BIGELOw.
HENRY BIGELOW, 2
AVERY AsB. HATTIE BIGEIoW
,. Mr.. and Mrs. 0sinan Dwyer. Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Simpson, and Mr.. and Mrs
William Drumming, who have been camp
ing at Willoughby lake for some time.
have returned home. They report very
pleasant time.
Miss Mary E. Jacobs, who has been run
ming dressmaking shop in Mrs. Free
mans millinery store for some months,
will close her shop the last of this week,
and take vacation, spending few weeks
at Peaks Island, Maine. She will open
the shop again September 1st.
The new arrivals among the summer
boarders at Hotel Barton during the past
week are: Mr.. E. l.. Wires of Milford,
Mass, Mrs. Thos. D. Warden and Miss A.
l.. Warden of Wilkes Barre, Pa. Miss
P. l.. Paine of Wilkes Barre, Pa. and Miss
Harriet Curtis of Boston, Mass.
The Ladies' Aid society of this village
held a picnic at Willoughby lake last We'd
nesday. Twenty-one members of the So
ciety were present and they all enjoyed a
most pleasant time. They took a ride
around the lake on Capt. AverilPs steamer
and held a picnic dinner at one of the cot
tages there.
Letters addressed to the following par
ties remain uncalled for at the post office
in this village: B. o. Davis, DR.. Doolittle,
Madame Jophef Guard, Monsieur Antoine
Guivin, Miss Nellie Hubbard, Mrs. F. p.
Hodge, LeighsNoyes, Mrs. G. r. McMullen,
Miss Lizzie Powers, Miss Mamie Schenck,
w. ]. Smith.
We have had two hard showers during
the past week which in some localities have
done considerable damage. Although the
ground was very dry the water did but
little good as it came down in torrents and
passed off on the surface to the streams,
only a small part of it being taken up by
the ground, and at present we are very
much in need Of rain.
On another page of this paper will be
seen an advertisement of the Norwich Uni
versity at Northfield. This is quite a
prosperous school and offers fine oppor
tunity for those wishing to take military
course in connection with other branches.
The instructions in civil engineering, ply
sizes and sciences are all very good. The
school has good location and is we'll pat
ronized.
The Sunday schools Of the Congregation
alist and M. E. churches will hold a picnic
in l.. P. Cases grove next Wednesday. Ar
have been made for a fine
time and it is hoped there will be a large
The committee would like to
have large number Of hammocks for the
use of the children, and those who can fur
nish hammocks are requested to notify
either w. M. Wright or Eber Humphrey.
During the storm of Tuesday morning
Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Foster had quite an
exciting experience. They were in the
pantry at their home when Mr.. Foster
turned on the water from the faucet. AS
he did so an electric spark, which looked
like ball of fire, entered the room, ran
down the water pipe into the sink, shock
ing them both quite hard. Mrs. Foster
fell to the floor and it was several hours
before she completely recovered.
The ball game on the fair ground last
Tuesday resulted in a score of 25x1S in
favor of the regular team, only five in
nings were played, the game being stopped
by the hard shower. The ''fat men, made
a very good showing, considering that
they went into the game without practice,
and many Of them with practice would
make good players. The boys of the reg
ular team should get as much practice as
possible before their game with the Derby
Line team this week ~
At meeting of the board of civil au-
thority last Monday to decide on the ap
peals made from the listers appraisal of
real estate, J. w. Murkland's shops were
cut from the listers appraisal of $1,000 to
$500; the Percival Furniture shops were
cut from $500 to $4,000; Chas. Graves res
idence was cut from $17OO to $500; the ap-
praisal of Geo. Katen's tenement houses
was reduced slightly, and building at
Barton Landing owned by Frank Church
ill and William BlasdelI was cut down a
little. There was also one other place
where the listers had made a mistake in
listing to parties here some property be-
was rectified. The remainder of the ap-
praisals were left as made by the listers.
The midsummer meeting of the Vermont
Fish and Game League is to be held at Isle
La Motto August 3rd, and all members of
the league and members of the branch
clubs, with their lady friends, are invited
to be present. The steamer Reindeer has
been chartered to take the members of the
league and their friends and guests to the
island and return. The boat will leave the
wharf at Burlington upon the arrival of
the trains from the south and those on the
ST. Adams and Lamoille road about II :15
p. m. The place of meeting is to be at