Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-09-11
Barton.

Barton.
J.F. BatcheIder was in Boston on bust
ness last week.
Remember the ''Fair Promenade" at
Seaver's hall tomorrow night.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. w. Drew go to Massa
chusetts for a short visit this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Norton visited in
Canada last week, making the trip with
their team.
Regular meeting of Orleans Lodge, No.
90, next Friday evening. Work in the
first degree.
Rev. J. o. Sherburne of st. Johnsbury
preached two very interesting sermons at
the NJ. E. church yesterday.
Leo Cook is boarding at I'll. NJ. Gard
iner's and Carrie Fisher of Irasburgh at
Mrs. Austin's and attending school.
A special meeting of Crescent Lodge,
No. Al, will be held Friday evening of this
week. Important business. All come.
o. III. Mossman and John Parker go to
Canada this week on hunting trip. They
hope to find moose while they are away.
The hard frost of last week injured the
corn rop in SEINE sections quite severely.
In others there was but very little damage
done.
Sidney and Clarence Coburn, formerly
residents of this place have moved their
families into o. D. Ovens house opposite
the laundry.
Arthur c. Cutler, who has been in the
Office of the American Express Co. at
Nashua, n. H, through vacation, has re-
turned to school.
There is to be a masquerade promenade
and dance at Sewers opera hall Friday
evening, Sept. p. Music by Potter's Or
chestra.
The directors of the town school district
will give the teachers and scholars chance
to attend the fair by closing school on
Wednesday, Sept. 10.
The verdict in the Captain Dreyfus case
was rendered Saturday, the sentence being
for the captain to be imprisoned in for
tress at Corsica for ten years.
Unclaimed letters in the postoffice for
week ending Sept IL: Geo. E. Crane, Z.
Courchain, F. J. Davis, Jessie v. Noyes,
Charlie NJ. Leonard, package.
Miss Eta Smith is working at the CEN
trail office of the Peoples Telephone Co. in
this village. She will work until after the
rush is over at the close of the fair.
George Jenness has been having the
guideboards on the corner near his house
painted, greatly improving them. We
understand the work was done by Mr..
King.
GLAND of toy, IriY,
US a squash which he raised last year and
which has kept nicely until this time. 1t
is called the ''LittIe GEN." and when we
consider its keeping qualities it certainly
is gem.
II. D. Phillips has located his harness
shop in the lower part of his house and
has it arranged in very convenient man
ner. 1t gives him a large room for his
workshop with others for stock rooms,
making it easier to display his goods. See
his advertisement in this paper
n. NJ. HUI bbard took some of his poultry
to Sherbrooke to exhibit last week and
brought four prizes back with him, one
first, two second and one third prize. These
were all taken on white Wyandottes. AS
there were between ten and twelve hun
bred birds on exhibition it would seem that
Mr.. Hubbard must have some extra fine
ones to win there.
George W. Batcbelder of FairbauIt,
MIMI, has been stopping at E. II. Web
ster's for time and calling on old friends
here. Mr.. Batchelder was a resident of
this village many years ago and at one
time taught school in the house now used
by Mr.. Wakeman as dwelling house. He
is an uncle OF J. F. BatcheIder and will be
remembered by some of the old residents.
The academy opened last Tuesday with
about 275 pupils in attendance. This is the
largest number in the history of the school,
being about forty more than were present
last fall, and fifteen more than We're pres
ent in the spring. There viii doubtless be /
at least twenty-five more in attendance in
a short time. There are eig hty-one in the
high school, six more than ever before.
There are twenty new nonresident pupils. |
Many of the merchants in this village