Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-15

No. 5U7 winch mas Doeu mere 1oI JIG pooo
year or more.
Miss Lila Cameron, who works in the
Peerless factory, was called to her home In
Waterbury last week by the serious i'll
ness of her sister.
Eta Smith went to Barre last week to
with consumption. His sister, Sarah, went
some weeks since.
Mrs. B. M. r. Nelson has been having
some repairs made on her residence.-The
Misses Joslyn are having some work done
on their buildings.
Martin I'll. Drumming came up from st.
Johnsbury to spend Sunday at home. Mrs.
Drumming will move to ST. Johnsbury as
soon as suita BILE tenement can be secured.
Rev. H. w. Pierce, S. D. Adventist min
lister, leaves for Linden, Tenn, next week,
where he was assigned duties by the last
general conference. Mrs. Pierce expects to
join him later.
DIR. Stevens, the dentist from Bradford,
is to be at Hotel Barton Tuesday, May %,
and will extract teeth, using the electric
vibrator to stop the pain. DR.. Stevens is
well known here.
There is to be a horse trot at the fair
ground on June Is, at which time some OF
the fastest horses on the northern Yer
mont circuit will race. The program will
be pu blished later.
Mrs. Ell. A. Glazier entertained a large
company at the parlors of the M. E. church
on Wednesday afternoon and evening OF
last week Mrs. Glazier proved herself to be
an excellent hostess.
Mrs Flavia Folsom and husband OF st.
Adams, Arthur Peterson of Cape Goa,
Mass, and Ernest Peterson of New York
City, were here to attend their fathers
funeral last week.
M. w. Simpson of Boston was in town
last week buying horses. He purchased
some good ones from Chas. Hubbard and
D. D. Bean of this village, and Lawrence
Uric and Mr.. Wylie of Albany.
Mr.. Powell, who works for DIR. Nichols,
broke his arm while helping hitch young
horse at Ed. Hoitham's yesterday. The
fracture has been reduced and he is as
com forta BILE as could be expected.
Work On the new buildings on the fair
ground is progressing finely. Floral hall
is being f1oored, new barn containing e
stalls, and new judges stand are being
finished, and general needed repairs done
on other buildings.
The Barton Cornet Band will begin their
open air concerts Saturday evening, j une g.
The band is much improved over last year
and with a lot of new music purchased
during the winter the boys will make
things hum this summer.
The Christian Endeavor society will have
May social at the vestry of the CongI
church Friday evening, May 18th. Cake
and ice cream will be served. A cordial
invitation is extended to all. The ladies
are requested to bring small bouquets.
Cong1 services for the week: Monday
evening at 7:30, Christian Endeavor meet
ing led by Mrs. E,t,J White3, Thursday
evening, prayer meeting; Sunday morn
ing service followed by Sabbath-school;
Junior c. E. meets at 800 p. M; evening
service at 7 100.
The base ball boys from the academy at
Barton Landing played the academy team
from this village on the fair ground last
Saturday afternoon. The game was rath-
er close, but it seems that the visiting
team by punching their hits at critical
points won by a score of 1928.
Rev j. o. Sherburne preached an excel
lent sermon to the young people of the
Epworth League last evening it being the
tenth Anniversary of that organ cation.
There was good sized congregation and
hoH oh of hh
They did their part excellently.
Ernest Peterson, who has just returned
from nearly years service in and around
Manila, gave the MONITOR reporter an ex-
tended interview of his trip and work
while there, which will be published in
our next issue. On his return in April he
brought many souvenirs of the journey
which he has distributed to his relatives
and friends.
Mrs. E. e. RaWson of Bennington is
stopping with her brother, DR.. r. B. Skin
ner, who has been failing in health until
he is now very feeble. DIR. Smith of Han
over, n. H., DR.. Dow of West Glover and
D. Prime of this village were called last
Saturday to meet his attending physicians,
DR.. Nichols and DR.. Wright, in consulta
ton.
Mrs. Eunice Miles, mother of w. w.
Miles and Mrs. T. F. Wright of this vii
lage, died at the home of her son, L. d.
Miles of Newport, last Wednesday morn
ing aged 80 years. The funeral was held at
East Albany, she having formerly resided
there. The large number of beautiful
flowers showed the esteem in which the
deceased was held.
@. f. PercivaI leaves this week to pur-
chase goods for covers of lounges for this
falls trade. He will visit Boston and other
places. The styles are about the same as
last years, corduroys and velours. The
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