Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-30
RarfoIs Landing.

Rar(OIl Landing.
The schools here close next Friday.
Ben Aiken is working for Mrs. Miller.
Mrs. w. j. Joslyn has an aunt from Bar
ton here visiting her.
DR.. Stevens and family were at Will
loughby Lake over Sunday. s ,fr.-r.
Rev. j. K. Fuller preached an excellent
Memorial sermon yesterday. hi
Clinton Goodnough had the misfortune
to dislocate his elbow last Thursday.
Remember the great attraction at Valley
House Hall, June Z, Grilley, the noted hu-
naorist.
Fl. Fl. Twombly has done good job in
cutting the bushes and cleaning up around
the cemetery.
Rev. B. +. Rowland of Springfield was
in the place over Saturday and Sunday.
He delivers the Decoration Day address at
Island Pond.
D. w. Hildreth has moved to Newport.
We understand that Mr.. Hildreth has Sc
cured an experienced man to take charge
of his drug store.
A ball game played on the park here
Saturday between the Browningtons and
a nine composed of the village boys resulted
in score OF rs to in favor of the home
team.
Ed Hall will move into the house on
Cottage street, formerly occupied by Mr..
Fuiton.-Alfred Wilkie viii move into one
of e. e. Staffords tenements.-W Bad
ger has moved into Mrs. Seavey's house.
Miss Jennie Wiley, only daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Wiley, died last
Monday evening after an illness of several
weeks during which she has been gradual
ly failing. She was of genial, kindly,
disposition, carrying sunshine wherever
she went, and will be greatly missed by
large circle of relatives and friends.
The 18th annual reunion of Co. I, 18th
Vt. Vols, will be held at the Post Room
of George G. Meade Post, No. SO, Wednes-
day, June 10, 1898, at 10 a. m. The Relief
Corps will furnish dinner at a very mode
rate price. Come again, and let US have
good time together. Distant Comrades
who cannot be present, please write to
Secretary at Barton Landing, VT. We
hope to see or hear from all.
The schools here will give recital in
Valley House Hall next Friday evening.
The program consists of speaking by stu
dents from the High School, singing, and
an opperetta by the primary school. The
speakers have received thorough training
under Reconstruction of Miss Elsie Ranney
of st. Johnsbury. Nothing has been
spared toward making the entertainment
a first-class success and. it ought easily to
of .
cents.
Albany.
Mrs. DR.. Campbell and son are visiting
in Cambridge and Barre.-Miss Abbie
Beede from Massachusetts, is visiting in
town.
Rev. Mr.. Morse of Hartford, Conn, has
joined his family at Mr.. Nelson's.
Jack Jones was called to Springfield re-
Gently by the death of his father.
In 1895 Road Commissioner Tenney fixed
about quarter of mile of very bad sand
road near Eben Flanders, SO that for two
years it has been almost like concrete.
This good and lasting result was accom-
plished by carting clay on to the sand. In
1897 Mr.. Tenney laid out part of the
a
road south of Freeman Reynolds This
part of the road, especially the hill, has
been nearly impossible every spring, por
tions of it frequently cav1ng off. The hill
was ditched in the middle of the road, and
the ditch was filled with stone, then on
top of the whole was put a heavy coating
of gravel, and this spring the road has
been watched with much interest, and in
stead of clay mud and the usual bad road,
it has been in excellent condition all the
time. These two experiments of Mr.. Ten
ney's have demonstrated that clay on
sand or sand on clay make excellent roads.
The road from West Albany to Irasburg
and Barton Landing is over the ''Grand
Trunk Line" SO to speak, and it would
seem that the road commissioners of both
Albany and Irasburgh could we'll afford to
lay out at least a part of the money for
permanent work in putting clay on the
sand road between the two villages.
South Albany.
Mrs. Lucy Hoyt had partial shock Sum
day morning.
The second Methodist church of Albany,
located in this village, will be dedicated
June 9th at p. IN. The sermon will be
preached by Rev. Ell. A. Spencer, presiding
elder of the ST. Johnsbury district. A cor
dial invitation is extended to the churches
of adjoining towns.
East Albany.
The mission concert of May 22nd proved
to be success.
Fred Twombly is tearing down his old
barns and building a new one.
Mrs. Daniels has fuchsia IS inches high
which has'5S buds and blossoms.
Mrs. Ann Hodge and, daughte of Roches-