Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08

J. B. Freeman and wife, superintendent
of Floral hall; H. S. Webster, secretary of
Floral hall; Herbert Leland, superin-
tendent sheep and swine; N. M. Hubbard,
superintendent of poultry and dogs.
six per cent. dividend was declared The
fair this year will be held Sept IL, II
and Is. 49,
AS there is great necessity for a new
school building in this place a plan has
been made by which it is hoped that part
of the necessary funds may be raised.
Book bonds have been gotten out and are
| being sold for five cents each and entitle
the holder to receive free any $3.50 book
| he may select when the conditions of the
| bond are fulfilled. The cause is a most
worthy one, and thus far is working very
successfully, over five hundred bonds
having been sold during the past few
days. The bonds read as follows ''The
! owner of this bond is entitled to receive,
post paid, any current book retailing at
$3.50, Or less, upon the fulfIlment of
the following conditions: 1. Send thirty
cents in silver or money order. to Ell. J.
Stannard, principal of Barton academy,
Barton, VT, also the number of your bond
and he will send you six bonds like this
one in every way except the num- Der. 2.
| Sell these bonds at five cents each and
send to II. j. Stannard, Barton, VT, the
names of the buyers, the number of the
| bond owned by each, the number of your
| own bond, and the name of the book de-
| sired. 3. When the owners of these six
bonds have each bought six more bonds,
and the money is returned to us, this bond
becomes due and your book will be sent ia
once. Should any to whom you sell
| bonds fail to respond, you will be entitled
to the book by responding for them.
The following article has been handed us
with the request that we publish the same:
ga meeting was held on Tuesday evening
at the Office of w. M. Wright to organize
| the Barton branch of the Connecticut
Building and Loan Association, and the
| officers, directors and advisory board
were chosen. The outlook for such an
association is remarkably promising. 1t
will have all the advantages of local as
ISOLATION, being backed at the same time
| by the capital of the central association in
Hartford, with security fund of $2SO,OC0,
and a guarantee fund of SIC ),CoO which is
| subscribed and paid by the directors, and
| cannot be withdrawn until all other
| classes OF shares issued by the association
| have been fully and lawfully discharged,
| and in compliance with law; they also
| have state deposit of $25, 900 which must
| remain in the hands of the state treasurer
until all the affairs are settled. Thissis the
! only association which has comp1ied with
| this law, and is also under the supervision
of the Building and Loan Commission of
the state of Connecticut, the Banking
departments of New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, the Inspector of Finance of YER
mont, and the Insurance department of
Rhode Island. Statistics show that there
have been fewer failures of Building and
Loan Associations than OF any other
known business organizations while
there is no recorded failure of aNationaI
Building and Loan Association Its
practical workings were also discussed,
and it was decided that it would prove an
incentive to saving; that it would increase
the amount of building by making it pos :.
sible to build and pay for the same By /
monthly payments, which all rent payers
could easily meet, and also paying mortga-
ges or buying homes already built in the
same manner" "a
An occasion rare and pleasant occurred
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William c.
Wilson on the afternoon and evening of
Jan. 8; relatives, friends and neighbors to
the number of fifty-two met to celebrate
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson's ffty-thirsl4 wed q ing.
anniversary. They found the44worthy /
couple In excellent spirits: youngos s the !
youngest and older than the oldest. Their
five children were present. Mrs. Alice A. 4
Wilkey and Oscar F. Wilson of st, Johns j
bury, Mrs. Stella j. Heath, Arthur S. Will
son and Florence A.Fisk of Barton. There
were present fourteen grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren Four grand
children and seven greatgrandchildren
who were not present, make in all thir-
ty-three lineal descendants. A social hour
was enjoyed, after which refreshments
were served consisting of hot oysters, fol-
lowed by coffee, tea, cake, pie and other
goodies, which must have put the unfor-
tunate bivalves in most wretched predic-
ament for an indefinite time. Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson were reminded of many ex-+
periences OF younger days. The music
recalled to them the time when they sang |
in the church choir and also the dedication
of the churches at Barton Landing and
Bloomington. Many of their descendantss:I
are natural singers and musicians, anes |
with the help of others, assisted by Ser
geant Proctor of the Salvation Army corps
from st. Johnsbury, the time was made |
melodious. They were also reminded of
the broken family circle as i've 66f their |
children have passed away, four in one |
week, three in one grave. Sergeant Proc |
tor offered an appropriate prayer; Dea P.S. |
Hitchcock made timely remarks, abiding