Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-09-18
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his stand much of the time. Across
the walk from Mr.. Phillips was the
booth of G. p. Jenness, the furniture
dealer of this village. Mr.. Jenness
had large stand and it was completely
papered with samples of paper, some
of it costing as high as $500 per roll.
Over these were hung draperies and
at one end some of his nice carpeting
was shown. He also showed hand
some couch, and large Morris chair
and genuine mahogany parlor set.
He had some very pretty lamps and
showed samples of fourteen different
sets of dishes which he carries in
stock. Mr.. Jenness carries in all
about twenty stock patterns giving
good assortment to choose from. The
next bent was occupied by Mr.. A. R.
Cowles and son, who were exhibiting
some of their pianos and organs.
They were assisted by a little girl, the
daughter of one of their agents in
Franklin county, who played and
whistled, drawing considerable atten
ton. Their pianos were the NAL
colin Love and Stewart, and the Lehr
piano case organ and the Wilcox and
White and Waterloo organs. Mr..
Cowles is well known to the people of
this county as a reliable dealer. The
next booth, which was arranged in a
very tasty manner, was occupied by
G. @. Lang, jeweler, and Miss Col
burne, the latter doing considerable
work in the interests OF the New York
Life Insurance Company. Mr.. Lang
made a most attractive display of
some of the nice jewellery to be found
in his stock. He had watches, rings,
pens, chains, and other things too
store is in the Davis block and his
customers have the advantage of a
large and carefully selected stock to
choose from. Mr.. Lang is also an OPP
tician. Next we met G. G. Aldrich,
jeweler, and E. A Walcott, photog-
rapher. Mr.. Aldrich was showing
diamond rings. chains, witches and
other things which are to be found in
p first class jewellery store. His store
Is in Mr.. Seaver's block where he al
ways has large stock, and he is we'll
known as a reliable dealer. Barton
has two good jewellery stores, in fact,
many villages the size of this do not
have one as good as either of these.
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MIR. Walcott showed some of his pho
tographs which from the attention
they drew must have been considered
Extra. His porcelain work was es-
pecially attractive. Mr.. Walcott's
studio is in Mr.. H. T. Seaver'a block.
r.. L. Bailey, the music dealer of St.
Johnsbury, exhibited the Ivers &
Pond and the Huntington pianos and
the Estey organ. This company is
well and favorably known through
this section of the state. The differ
emit cream separators in use in this
country were shown by the local
agents of the respective companies.
w. T. Clark of Glover showed the
DeLaval, w. A. Scott of South Albany
and D. ]. Orne of Westmore the
Sharples, Nelson Caron, Barton the
Empire, and A. P. Bean, Glover the
10. S. separator.
WHIPPET RACES.
The whippet races were watched
closely by the people, who appeared
TO enjoy them hugely. The whippets
are small dogs, of distinct breed, be-
ing a cross between a greyhound,
bull terrier and fox terrier. The six
dogs here were valued at nearly one
thousand dollars. Three of them
were imported from Europe and cost
I here S465. One of these has never
been beaten in a race in this country
Ind has taken about $4,000 in stakes.
These races were new TO the people of
this section of the country but they
Rre certainly interesting and were
good thing to add to the list of special
attractions. The races were run each
bf the three days so that all present
we're permitted to see them. The
pther special attractions were all
N1rst- class and afforded much sport
md pleasure for the spectators. The
aice Comedians performed on stage
#n front of the grand stand and were
heartily applauded. The shooting by
Sit Roster was marvellous and we'll
Worth coming long distance to see.
Lis performance on the tight wire
Tas as good as has ever been seen
zere. The entertainment by the