Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-03


Gay and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Gay of Coven-
try visited Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Redfeld
the past week.
Mrs Carrie Rowe1I Bunker and son of
Manchester, N. H., visited at Fred Com
stocks last week. Mrs. Bunker will Visit
in this vicinity all summer.
Sherman McGinnis of Kirby visited
Jake Hopkins recently.-Geo. Ewing, who
is keeping hotel in No. Troy, was in town
to attend the races last week.
Herbert Persons and Carl Abbott are
camping at WiIloughby Lake. The Peer
less ladies presented Carl with bell to
be used in calling the fish to dinner.
The Odd Girls and Ladies' Aid societies
met with Miss Sophia Drew last Thursday
a nd most enjoyable time was had by all.
A good number were in attendance.
At the meeting of the trustees of the
Barton Savings Bank last Friday divi-
dend was declared which would average
three and one-half per cent. for the year.
Regular meeting of Sunbeam Rebekah
Lodge, Wednesday evening, July 5. Every
member is requested to be present as there
J. M. Elliott and d. D. Bean are having
a granite wall built in the rear of their
business blocks on Water street. The wall
when finished will be about IS feet long by
six feet high.
Miss Ellen M. Barker of Chicago is Wis
iting at S. G. Curriers' Miss Barker is
teacher in one of the public schools in
Chicago She will visit here during her
summer vacation.
Geo. w. Buzzeu respectfully requests
that the gentleman on High street, who is
milking his cows, leave them until later IN
the morning and then milk them cleaner
as he is drying them up.
Several carloads of bailed hay is being
shipped from this station weekly. There
is a good demand for hay down country
at present as the crop in that section has
suffered severely from the drought.
Last Wednesday morning when the rain
was pouring down nicely we noticed Fred
Conner out sprinkling the streets, he hav-
ing worked all night in order to get them
well wet down.
n. F. Chaplin who has been at work for
o. E. Cowles during the past few months
left for the Crawford House, White Noun
tains, where he will work during the sum-
mer season. d. w. Robinson, having fin
ished work for Tower Bros. takes Mr..
Chapins place in Mr.. Cowles' factory.
w. G. Roberts, road master of the Pas
sumpsic Div. of the B. & M. R. R., died
suddenly of heart failure at his home in
White River Junction early Friday morn
ing. Mr.. Roberts had been connected
with this railroad for upwards of 80 years
and had many friends in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Hubbard, Mesdames
J. B. Freeman, G.W Monkey, S. E. Winslow,
Geo. Hamblet and n. M. Jewell are the
committee chosen by the Rebekas to select
a piano for the lodge. They drove to Mr..
Fl. F. Pillsbury's Saturday to Inspect the
new one recently bought for Mrs. Fred
Pillsbury.
Rev. NJ. S. Eddy of MorrisvilIe spoke at
the M. E. church yesterday, both morning
and evening, his discourses being of great
value to the listeners. Mr.. Eddy was in
Charleston last week, and Mrs. Eddy, who
is improving from her illness, accompanied
him here; they will go to their home
this week.
The road commissioners are doing good
work in filling part of Main street with
gravel Last year portion of the street
was built up in this manner and in the
spring was firm and dried up quickly
while that part now being improved was
a sea of mud. Gravel seems to be the
rig ht kind of top for muddy roads.
The first lot of trout seen in town this
season was taken out of May Pond Thurs
DAY by S. W. Beauclelk of Irasburgh.
Mr.. Beauclerk landed thirty pounds of
beautiful fish some of which weighed two
pounds and over. Joseph Valley who has
lived near the pond for many years declar-
ed them to be the finest he had ever seen.
We would remind our correspondents
once more that they must not hold all of |
their locals until Monday morning as we
cannot get them up in the short time
we have Monday forenoon. In order to
catch the mail we are obliged to stop work
on the locals at noon and unless more of
them are sent on Saturday morning we
shall be obliged to throw them out.
Mr. E. T. Wilson has his photograph |
gallery greatly improved in the past few
months by painting and papering, iand
the addition of new hardwood floor in
the front room, with new windows in the |
other part. Mr.. Wilson is now well pre-
pared to do all kinds of work in his line, |
and he will be assisted by Mrs. Wilson |
who has been working with him during |
the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie McDougalI had |
burglar alarm last night as they supposed, /
the sound being so loud as to alarm some
of the neighbors, and proceeding to make
an investigation they found that a large
looking glass in another room had fallen
down EhrealSiup Ia lIamn ION Fsfand and |