Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-06-19


Miss Marjorie Batchelder of Newport is
forming class in music here. She is well
recommended and will secure large class.
Mrs. Allen of Bakersfield, Mrs. Stebbins
of Glover and Mr.. and Mrs. Whitemore of
Eden visited the past week at Mrs. Helen
Peterson's.
Fred Browning, who has been at st.
Johnsbury at work for the King Clothing
Co., has gone to Morrisville where he has
work in store.
Thirty-five tickets were sold at this sta
tion for the circus at St. Johnsbury last
Tuesday, All who attended report the
show as very good.
Fred Derouscha and Miss Paquette,
daughter of Joseph Paquette, were married
Saturday morning at the Catholic church
by Rev. Father Turcotte.
The friends of Richard Devereaux will
be sorry to hear of his illness from a severe
attack of heart trouble. He is reported as
being in serious condition.
Mrs Charles Vance is visiting in Little
ton, n. II. During her absence Mr..
Vance's mother, Mrs. Whipple of West
Burke, will keep house for him.
Rev. j. A. Dixon of Barton Landing
preached at the Methodist church yester-
day morning, and Rev. Mr.. Alexander oc-
cupied the pulpit in the evening.
Valley Bros. are supplying the railroad
company with large quantities of granite
from their quarry on the mountain. The
cars now loaded go to Brattleboro.
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the Barton nine on the fair ground this
week Thursday at 2 p. m. The regular
price of admission will be charged.
Newton Lewis returned to Fargo, n. D.,
last week, after six weeks visit among
his relatives and friends here. Mrs. Lewis
goes to Franklin to visit her sister, Mrs.
Wilde, before returning.
J.B. Freeman went to Barnet today to
put up some of his Page wire fence He
has recently placed a fence around the
Catholic cemetery which adds very much,
to the looks of the ground.
Mrs. John Batchelder leaves tonight for
Brooklyn, n. Y, where she will attend
the graduating exercises of the school in.
which Miss Gertrude Skinner teaches. She
will be away about two weeks.
The annual campmeeting of the Advent
lists is being held at Stanstead Junction.
On Sunday next the B. and M. R. r will
run special train leaving this station at
9:14. Fare for the round trip 95c.
Among the graduates at the st. Johns
bury Academy this week is Charles B.
Stone, formerly of this village, who has
been selected to deliver an Grafton at the
graduating exercises to be held Friday
morning in Music Hall.
o. D. Owen left Friday morning to at
tend the graduating exercises at Mt. Hol-
woke Seminary. from which school his
daughter, Miss Julia Owen, graduates this
week. President Mckinley attends, as his
niece graduates at the same time.
Rev. Reuben Wright of Boise, Idaho, is
expected to arrive here Saturday mig hit to
visit his brother, t. F. Wright. Mr..
Wright comes here at this time for little
rest and also to attend the meeting of his
class at Dartmouth college next week.
The band concerts this year have been
very we'll attended and the band boys
seem to mellow with age. In other words
they are doing better this year than ever
before. Barton has good band and the
citizens are proud of the organization.
The ninth annual session OF the Orleans
County Summer School Will be held in this
village July q to Aug. inclusive. fine
corps of instructors has been engaged and
the session will undoubtedly be largely at
tended The prospectuses will be ready
for delivery in few days.
Mr.. George Scott, son of NJ. d. Scott of
this village, arrived from Pueblo, Col,
Friday afternoon with his family. They
expect to remain for about two weeks.
Mr.. Scott's health is very:poor on account
of the high altitude of Colorado, and Mr..
Scott has ordered his business there sold
and will reside in the east.
c. H. Blood is able to be out again. He
wishes to make correction in regard to
an item which appeared in our last issue
about his brother George, now i'll in White
River Junction. Mr.. Blood states that
his brother is better at the present time
than he has been.
A new time card on the Boston and
Maine Railway goes into effect week
from today, by which the usual summer
trains are put on, and also the addition of
night mail on Sunday night and Mon
day morning. The change in time will be
published next week.
Mr.. Don G. Switser and Miss Annie
Lowery were married at the Cong. par
sonage Saturday afternoon by Rev. r. L.
Sheaff. The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Lowery and their friends
extend congratulations. The couple will
reside with Mr.. Lowery for the present.
Cong. services for the week: Monday
evening at 7:3O, Christian Endeavor meet
ing; Thursday evening at 7:30, prayer
meeting: Friday evening at ZOO. teachers