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

been heard from elsewhere the report may
be true.
The city people are beginning to think
of their summer vacations and all the, PEG
pie in this village who are in the habit Of
taking SUM sle.r sboarders are loaded with
applicants One gentleman who has al
ready had so many applicants that ne cam
not accommodate them all was out last
week trying to find accommodations for
some parties, but found it rather hard
work. Mr.. Pattee has had many appli-
cants and could easily secure twice the
number the house viii hold.
MIR. j. B. Finan of Peoria, H., organizer
for the Order Of Railway Telegraphers OF
America, was in town Thursday. He in
stituted a lodge in st. Johnsbury Friday
evening at which time all the operators Of
the Passumpsic and St. J. and l.. G. divis-
ions of the B. & NJ. system were received
into the organization. The lodge is known
as Highland Lodge, o. r. T., and o. II.
Henderson Of St. Johnsbury was elected
Chief Telegrapher. This order is in close
alliance with other railroad unions and
during the month Of April over 700 new
mem ers were admitted.
The Commencement exercises Of Barton
Academy will be held in Seaver's Opera
Hall on Thursday, June End, at 8 D. N.
There Will be an operetta entitled IAN Hour
in Fairyland" given by 106 children from
the three primary schools, after which the
regular graduation exercises of the high
school will occur. The class this year is
composed of Jennie Holtham, Ethel
O'Rourlze, Lee R. Abbott, Roy Q. Buchan-
an and Roy P. Skinner. The graduating
exercises of the grammar school will be
held in the academy hall Wednesday at
p. N.
We find by referring to our newspaper
files that since the 18th day Of last October
there has been twenty deaths in this vii
lage and three in the town just outside of
the village. There has been no epidemic,
but the causes of death have been various,
although heart troubles and pneumonia
seemed to have played the worst havoc. It
has not been among any particular classes
but the old and the young the strong and
the weak have been taken alike. The vii
iage has never seen a winter before when
so many of its citizens have been stricken
down and we can only hope that we shall
not have another like it.
The Boston s Maine Esy. system are pre-
pairing a new time card for its summer SER
vice to go into effect June II at which time
the New York train will be put on. It is
understood that the Boston train which
now reaches here at 1: 33 p. II. VIII, under
a new arrangement, reach here at about
O-cI ,rrl,
to Boston without the stop for dinner at
Newport, and will reach Boston at 1880
O'Clock instead of as formerly. This
system viii inaugurate some new rules in
its train order service, simplifying meth
DDS considerably also adopting new rules
for the guidance of it's employees, which
also go into effect June II.
The Repu blican county committee met
at Newport last Thursday and decided to
hold the county convention at that place
June 20. They selected Gen. Butterfield of
Derby as temporary chairman and e. A.
Cook of Newport as temporary secretary.
We understand that arrangements are
being made for a special train to carry pas
sengers from this station to Newport, leav-
ing here shortly before a. "a. The num-
Der of delegates from the different towns
of the county are as follows: Albany 8,
Barton 10, Brownington 4, Charleston 5,
Coventry 5, Derby 9, Glover 5, Greensboro
A, Holland 3, irasburgh 3, Jay 8, Lowell 4,
Morgan 3, Newport 10, Troy Z, Westfeld 4,
Westmore 3.
The Eastern Star supper last Friday
evening was novel affair and drew large
company. The supper and the entertain
ment which followed were both very good.
The entertainment consisted Of a violin
duet by Claire Powell and Fred Pierce, a
defamation by Master Burdick, a song by
Amy Davis, violin solo by Mrs. Nichols,
banjo and triangle duet by Glen and Lynn
Robinson, song by w. A. Briggs, guitar
and mandolin duet by Bigelow and Briggs,
a song by G. G. Baldwin, and singing by
quartette composed of Mrs. Stannard, Miss
Currier, Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Batchelder;
Mrs. Rand read a very interesting paper,
and dialogue was given by Miss Ida
Ruggles and DR.. j. A. Pearson. Tableaus
representing advertisements Of different
things were also given. All report a very
enjoyable evening.
The band boys will give their first open air
concert on the park at this end of the vii
Iage next Saturday evening. The band is
made up this year as follows: FL. e. Potter,
director, clarionet; Ed Hafford, cIarionet; :
FL. B. Orcutt, A. N. Vance and Fl. P. Bal
dwin, comets; G. F. Jewell, piccolo; G.
G. Baldwin, baritone; H. Perley, Charles
Nault and Elmer Lyon, alto; Fl. E. Bigelow,
R. Dwineu and e. E. Webster, trombone;
F. Fl. Whitcher, Martin Drumming, bass;
Fl. M. Ferrill, snare drum; F. A. Bigelow,
bass drum; Fred Drown, cymbals. They
will give concerts every Saturday evening
when the weather is favora bic, one week at
this end of the village and the following
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