Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-29
will stop at Chas. clogston's during the


mont Woman's Suffrage Association will
be held at the M. E. church, Bellows Falls,
Thursday evening and Friday, June 1st
and End.
There will be a rehearsal of the exercises
for Child rens' Day at the M. E. church
next Friday evening at z o'clock. 1t is
hoped that all who are to take part will
try and be present.
Rev. r. L. Sheaff delivered an interest
ing Memorial address at the Cong. church
yesterday, to large congregation, speak
ing from Psalms 95:4 last clause, 1.-THE
strength of the hills is his also.o
Archie McDougall has just received
three pound longe from DR.. Stevens of
Barton Landing, who is now stopping at
Willoughby Lake. The doctor has fine
new steamer on the lake and apparently
is having good luck in fishing.
I ". Baldwin and wife, Cd. Owen and
vii Il. j. Stannard and wife, and Flora
Whitney attended the meeting of the
Congregational club at Barton Landing
last Friday evening. They report a large
attendance and an excellent time.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York recently received a premium OF
G233,S23 from Samuel Newhouse of Salt
Lake City. This is said to be the largest
single premium ever paid to an insurance
company upon the life of one man.
Among the newly painted houses we
have noted, appears E. F. buttons, which
is greatly improved by its new coat; G. S.
CIogstons house has taken on IAN entirely
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greatly improved by its new coat of paint.
The annual meeting of the Barton Lee
ture Association will be held in room No.
s, Barton academy, Wednesday evening of
this week at O'Clock. This is the time of
the election of officers for the ensuing
year and, ohere should be good attendance.
Ell. T. SEAvER, SEC.
The Barton base ball team and the acad-
envy team played a game of ball on the
fair ground last Friday afternoon, the town
team winning. The game was principally
to give the Etown team practice for their
game at ST. Johnsbury on Memorial Day,
as they play the st. Johnsbury academy
team there at that time.
Cong. services for the week: Thursday
evening at 1850 prayer meeting; Friday
evening at Z: 90 teachers meeting; Satur-
day evening choir rehearsal. Rev. j. M.
Dutton of Newport will preach next Sab
bath: Sunday school following the morn
ing service; Junior c. E. at 800; evening
service at 7:Co
The ladies of the Rebekah Lodge will
give literary entertainment and Klon-
dixie social at Odd Fellows hall Friday
evening, June 2, at O'Clock. Ice cream
and cake will be served at 10 cents plate.
Each member is requested to be present
and invite two or three friends to come.
Come and have a social time.
A very pleasant social occasion was the
reception and banquet given to the Senior
class of the academy by the Juniors at
Odd-Fellows hall last Thursday evening.
The hall was decorated with the '99 colors,
and looked very pretty. Coffee and sand
witches and ice cream and cake were served
to large company. The Juniors deserve
much credit for the fine spread and the
entertainment furnished the graduating
class.
The legal voters of the town school dis
trict of the town of Barton are notified
and warned to meet at the town hall in
Barton village on Saturday, June 10, at 2
O'Clock p. M, to see if the district will vote
to rescind the vote of May 10, to build
new school-house near Joseph Poquett's,
and to see if they will vote to rescind that
vote so far as the disposal of the school
house IN district No. II is concerned. Also
to see if they will appoint an agent to deed
said property.
There is to be reunion of Company I,
18th Vermont Volunteers at Westmore,
Wednesday, June 18th 1t is planned to
meet at the Twombly cottage at about 10
O'Clock, a. m. Captain Averill will be pres
ent and his steamer will be ready so that
all can enjoy ride on the lake. bus
mess meeting will be held and there will
be some speaking and singing to make the
occasion an enjoyable one. Dinner will be
furnished there for the sum of % cents. 1t
is hoped that all members of the company
with their families, will make special
endeavor to be present.
The band boys will give their first con-
cert on the park at this end of the village
next Saturday evening. They have been
practic1ng for some time and are said to be
playing finely. The program for the even
ing is as follows March, ssThe Battleship
Maine" by Seitz; Overture, s'Cardinal'' by
f. III. Lowsey; March, cat Georgia Camp
meeting" by Kerry Mills; Serenade,
WHISPERED Hopes,' w. A. Ayers; 'tLa-
kota Waltzes,'' w. E. M. Pettee; March.
'sUncle Sans Navy Phillips; ssFour Pop
ular Airs" Southwell; "Chink of Gold,'
Hall; ssMarch of the Karnivan Crew."
Southwell.
A county base ball league has been form
ed consisting of four teams, Barton, Barton
Landing, Newport Center and Lowell. |