Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-07

J. H Smart, Water st. 1O-1;
Barton.
Carol Webster is on the sick list.
Geo. G. Lang is in Barre on business.
DR.. A. Pearson and wife spent Sunday
in Craftsbury.
Mrs. John Wells of Coventry visited il
town last week.
Mr.. Howard is failing steadily with nc
hopes of his recovery.
The w. @. T..U. will meet with Mrs. j
p Baldwin tomorrow at 2:30.
Mrs. o. II. Mossman is in poor health,
suffering from a nervous trouble.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Aldrich have moved
into rooms back of Mr.. Aldrich's store.
Mrs. Robert Childs and Miss Ina Clark
of st. Johnsbury visited Mrs. Ell. S. Graves
last week.
The LadiesSAid will meet in the M. e.
church parlors Wednesday, March 9th.
All are invited.
Regular meeting of the Orient Chapter,
No. 13, o. E. S., Friday evening, March
18th. Work and election A. c..
Fred Pillsbury is home from Boston.
His mother is improving slowlyand is now
thought to be out of danger.
The weather during the past week has
been very fine, and must have been re-
minder to the farmers that sugaring is
near.
While Fred Percival was working in the
furniture shop last week, stick flew hit
ting him in the face and badly injuring
one eye.
Geo. w. BuzzeII returned home last Fri
day. He has finished the electric light
plant he was working on and it is now in
running order.
The meeting at the M. e. church last
evening was under the direction of the
Junior League. The speaking and singing
by the little people was very enjoyable
The band fair held last week was not as
well attended as was expected, although
those who were present report very
pleasant time. Al Cutler drew the prize
watch.
Mrs. G. A. Drew invites the Ladies' So
ciety to meet with her on Wednesday
afternoon, March 9. AS this is the annual
at 8 80 o'clock.
Miss Colburne says that we made mis-
take in her ad. in OUR CHURCH WORK.
1t is the features of the Mutual Life which
she wishes to explain. The pleasures do
not come until the policy natures.
d. Mrs. Lizzie Chamberlain, who. lives
about two miles east of this village, was
found sick in bed by some of her neigh
bors last week. She has been taken to the
home of friend, where she will be cared
for.
The village meeting will be held at the
school house tomorrow, Tuesday, evening
at 7:3O o'clock. There is considerable bus
mess of Importance to come before the
meeting and all of the legal voters should
be present.
Town meeting passed off very quietly.
Although quite number of changes were
made in the officers, ballots were cast in
but two cases, and in each of those the
law required it. The reports of the Vari
Gus town officers were accepted. 500 was
voted for the town library, and $50 for
Memorial Day purposes. Ell. j. Stannard
was elected library trustee.
Robert j. BurQoGGe OF Bryn MaWr, "a,
will give his lecture, 1.-THE Rise and Fall
of the Mustache'', at Sewers hall next
Thursday evening. Mr.. Burdette, well
known as the burlington Hawkeye Man,,
is very entertaining speaker and is sure
to keep his audience interested from be-
ginning to end. This is the last lecture of
the course, the next entertainment being
concert. Come ou5 and hear Mr.. Bur-
dette.
Unclaimed letters in Barton p. o. March
z, 1898: Austin, Willis, Austin, Mrs. s..
Blake, Zenas, Blake, d. j. Blake, Norris D.
Braddock, William, Bates, D. d. Bean,
Leon, Cross, Clarence, Cameo, Henry,
Chartney, Miss Channaise, Cook, Miss
Mabel, Cook, Charley, Cheney, Charles,
Dopp, David, Danforth, John, Eychkoe,
Danney, Eaton, Mrs L S, Ferries, John,
Flemming, Book Salesman, Hastings,
Herbert (2), Jarvah, Robert, Jarvah, r. E.
Lyford, w. E. Loomis, Miss Clara A, Le-
Bon, Joseph, Miller, Mrs Emma, Meader,
D. E...Niles, w. w. Norris, I'll. L. Norris, G
A. Simons, E. s. Wife, Emma, Wells, Ella.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, March
End, large gathering of the towns people
and many from different parts of the
county, met at the NJ. E. church in this
place, to pay their final respects to an hon