Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-03-27

been confined TO III room 1Or Gno paSG SIX
months. He has so far recovered as to be
out again.
Mrs. Joseph Waterman, who has been ill
a long time with consumption, died last
Saturday evening. The funeral is to be
held this afternoon, Rev. w. E. Douglass
officiating.
Nettie Campbell, who graduated at the
academy in the class OF, '97 has gone to st.
Johnsbury to attend Barbour's Business
College, She will take course in penman-
ship and typewriting.
On account of the big storm last week
and the condition of the roads, the mails
for South Albany were delayed two days,
| Monday and Tuesday. An unusual
amount of snow fell in that vicinity.
; Officers of hose company No. 2, and 9TH
ers in the section of the village where cart
No. is located, are requested to meet at
j. w. Murkland's machine shop Thursday
evening, March 3Oth, at 7:3O for election. of
officers. :
| On another page in this paper will be
| found letter from Mrs. B. S. Dane of
Dennison, Ohio. Mrs. Dane is former
resident of Glover, and her friends will
be pleased to hear from her through the
| MONITOR.
The heavy snow storm of last Thursday
| blocked the railroads and hindered traffic
| for some time. The fall of snow this win
| ter has been much heavier than is usual.
| SIeighing has been excellent nearly all the
| time since Thanksgiving.
Thomas Lowery has moved from the
| town farm to the house recently occupied
| by Allen Brown on High street. 1t is re-
ported that Brown has left for parts I'M
known, leaving his wife and child. Mrs
| Brown is now in Newbury.
1t is hoped that our musical people will
be able to attend the Fourth Annual Fes-
! tival of the ST. Johnsbury Choral Union
MAY 1919. The music selected for this
year is particularly bright and attractive
and the artists engaged are of the highest
order The chorus will be under the di-
rection of Prof. BIaisdelI and all our sing
ers are cordially invited to join.
A fair sized audience, considering the
blizzard which was raging, greeted Lu-
cier's Merry Makers in Sewers hall last
Monday night. The Lucier family is re-
marlxa BILE one unsteady, and Mr.. Lucler's
cornet playing was received with much
applause. The company furnished much
amusement for the audience, the speciality
work being very good and the musical
part of the program was well rendered.
| M. e. church services for the week:
Special services on Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week, appropriate
to the DAYS preceding Easter. Celebration
of the holy communion on Friday even
ing All mem bers of the Church and be-
levers in Jesus Christ especially invited.
On Sabbath morning at 10 O'Clock, love
feast; at 1O:45 sermon by the pastor, sub
ject, ssThe Many InfaIlibe Proofs of the
Resurrection of our Lord" Easter COP
cert in the evening by the children. A
special missionary collection will be taken
at the close of the concert.
Mr.. G. w. Pattee has leased Hotel Bar
ton for another year and will at once pro-
coed to finish off rooms in the top story of
the hotel. These will be furnished in the
same manner as the other rooms and he
expects that it will incur outlay OF
about $1,000. With this improvement the
hotel accommodations will be increased
considerably and will be needed, as the
hotels patronage has increased from year
to year since Mr.. Pattee has had the lease.
He has already had many applications for
rooms for the season and expects to have
full house all the summer.
MI William Wilmot of Lyndonville re-
ceived the appointment of travelling engi-
neer for the Passumpsic, Lake and Con-
necticut. divisions of the Boston and
Maine system early this month. Mr.. VIII
mot and wife are well known in this vii
lage and the congratulations of their
friends on his advancement are sincere.
Mr.. Wilmot, though young man. has
been an engineer for many years on this
division of the road and his selection to
this important position is due to the high
regard his superiors have for him as an
engineer and thorough mechanic.
The entertainment given by senorFillipo
y Cato at Seaver's hall last Wednesday eve
ming, was of a varied character. Senior
Cato, who received his musical education
in Paris, is a remarkable musical tvirtuoso,
and his difficult selections were rendered
with taste and skill. The views shown
were not as good as some we have seen, as
the cineograph was operated very slowly.
The description of the pictures was some-
what limited as Senior Gato's command of
the English language is not broad. The
subject is a good one, and when Senior
Cato has had more experience in describ-
ing the views of Cuba and the recent war,
the entertainment will be fine one.
Last Saturday F. w. Baldwin sent des-
patch to Los Angeles, Cal, giving it to
Mr.. Blood at ABOUT O'Clock in the after
noon and shortly after 6 o'clock in the
evening he received reply at his house.
The message had been sent a distance of