Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-02-21
Barton.

Barton.
Carl Jewell has returned from st. Louis
s. NJ Bickford sold cow to go to Con
necticut last week. Price $500
The Odd Girls will meet at the M. E
church, Wednesday afternoon, Feb. %.
The Percival saw-mill will start up to-
night and run nights on custom saving
until the stock is sawed out.
Our readers will find another interesting
letter from one OF our California tourists
in another column.
Mrs. F. w. Baldwin invites the Ladies'
Society to meet with her on Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. 23rd.
Mr. Greenwood has finished clerlzing for
Geo. G. Lang, his place being filled by E..
E. Slayton of Montpelier.
Special meeting of Orient Chapter, No.
13, o. E. S., Friday evening, Feb. 18th.
Banquet at $50, sharp. Entertainment at
500.
Donald Smith has gone to Barre where
he will work in the stone sheds. Donald
is pleasant, genial fellow and we are sorry
to have him leave the village.
Town meeting one week from tomorrow.
There is nothing of unusual Importance to
every voter ought to be present at March
meeting.
We are in receipt of an invitation to at
send the golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Silas Wheeler of Lagrange, Illinois. Many
of their old friends in this locality extend
congratulations and good wishes.
A fire broke out in the ]. w. Murkland
foundry building, Saturday evening, and
did considerable damage before the water
was turned ON. No fire in this village has
made Roadway since the new water works
were put in
The MONITOR is in receipt of pleasant,
personal letter from Elmer E. Allbee of
Arlington, n. j. Mr.. Anbee is Vermont
boy who struck out from home and makes
his mark. He is secretary of the Airing
ton Building and Loan Association.
The exhibition of the kaleidoscope by J.
M. Foss at Sewers Hall last Friday even
ing did not draw very large audience but
those present were well pleased with the
entertainment. The pictures were good
and every object shown was reproduced in
a fine manner.
The second great storm and blow of the
winter came on Wednesday, almost COM
pletely blockading the highways through
out this section and largely through New
England. Railroad train service was badly
broken up and many mail trains were
oil ho
Mr. and Mrs. Perley were very pleasantly
surprised last Tuesday evening when on
returning from call at one of their neigh
bors they found the house in the possession
of a goodly number of friends. After
spending pleasant evening the company
left, leaving Mr.. and Mrs. Perley several
tokens of their esteem.
j. w. Hall, our former tOwnSman, who
never loses interest in the affairs of Barton,
writes US from Memphis, Tenn. He is
commercial traveller, his business the past
winter having been in Tennessee. He is
much pleased with the climate of that
state and considers Memphis one of the
smartest of the smaller cities of the south.
Among the sad things of last week was
the death of Miss Frances E. Willard,
probably the best known and mos loved
woman in the world, with the possible ex-
eeption of Queen Victoria Miss Willard
had been in poor health for some time,
but her death is a great surprise as well as
great grief.
A fair will be held at Sewers hall, March
3, 4 and 5, under the auspices of the band
boys. There will be something worth at
tending every evening. Friday evening
there will be grand band concert, also
readings, etc., by other local talent. Sew
eraI prizes will be given in the various
contests; one of them, gold watch, is on
exhibition at Aldrich's jewelry store. The
band boys are trying in this way to raise
money with which to buy new instru-
ments. 1t is hoped that the people will
come out and help them as much as posi-
BILE.
For some time there has been report
that new local paper was to be started at
Newport. Last Friday the journal appear
ed under the name of the Newport Stan
dard, edited and published by Frank III.
Clark. Mr.. Clark in fairly modest edito-
rial makes his bow and invites favor and
patronage. He gets out sheet of the same
size as the MONITOR of the ready printed
order. His local columns are fairly well
filled with news from the surrounding
towns. Mr.. Clark makes a good start, but
we imagine he will find it full as easy to
start paper as to maintain paying one.
The lecture last Monday evening on |
1.-THE Wit and Wisdom of the Crayon,'' |