Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-24
Bean and H. g. Spaulding of this village
and Mr.. Lothrop of Barton Landing.


and Mr.. Lothrop of Barton Landing.
a union temperance meeting under the
auspices of the w oTnan's Christian Tenn
| pera nee Union will be held in the Method
ist church next Sunday evening, addressed
by Mrs. Read, president of the state or
ganization. A fall attendance is desired.
Nellie and Alice Kendrick, who have
been worsing in the Deer Park Hotel at
Woodstock, N. H., during the summer,
have returned home. Thomas Kendrick,
who has been working in Massac husetts,
has been visiting his parents for the past
| two weeks.
In our next issue we shall publish a
letter from Geo. Fl. Phelps, former resi-
dent of Orleans county, but now residing
in Fargo, N. D. Mr.. Phelps made a trip
| Through the Yellowstone Park recently,
and has written amost interesting account
of his journey. I
A case of small pox has been reported at
Newport which shows that the danger
from the disease is not yet over. The of
lsfcials there are apparently taking every
care to prevent the disease spreading and
proper care on the part of others should
stop its work entirely.
: Al w. Perkins, the photographer, has
sold his business to FL. w. Blair of North
Troy who will take possession the last of
this week.. Mr.. Blair has been working in
Hanover, N. H., for3some time and is said
to be first-cIass workman. Mr.. Perkins
will go to Claremont, n. H., where he will
start studio.
N. M. Hubbard. sent ten of his birds to
the exhibition at Ottawa last week and
from the ten entries won six Sremiums,
two lists, two ends and two 3ds.sMr Hub
bard has exhibited his birds at1Es fonr fairs
this fall and has secured 76 premiums He
has white wyandotte pullet, and light
bramah puIlet and cockerel on which he
has won first premium at every exhibition
at which he has shown then, the premiums
on the three amounting to $1,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. A. Wyman went to
Montreal last Monday where Mrs. Wyman
entered aehospital for treatment for can
Ger from which she has suffered for nearly
two years. Upon examination it was
thought best that an operation be perform
ed and the cancer, which was in her right
side, was successfully removed. Mrs.
Wyman stood the operation well, rallied
nicely and is reported to be in as comfort
able condition as could be expected.
We have received through the courtesy
of Mr.. T. T. Stewart memorial of the late
Edward Amherst Stewart of Newport, in
which is given the funeral services and
some of the personal tributes to his
memory which were testimonials from
life long friends. Mr.. Stewart was a man
whose influence for good was always found
to be potent factor in the community
where he resided and his memory will al
ways be cherished by those who knew
him.
Mr.. H. H. Cowles, formerly of Albany
but now of Nome, Alaska, sends us copies
of the two daily papers published in
Nome. Both papers were started very re-
Gently and are apparently prospecting,
having fair amount of advertising mat
ter as we'll as the usual amount of space
devoted to the newsrofe the day. The
papers very much resenb BILE the small
daily papers to be seen in Vermont, except
in the price, which is twenty-five cents
per copy.
Mr.. Seth Griffin, the veteran track
builder of New York, is here inspecting
the new track on the fair ground. Mr..
Griffin is recognized as one of the leading
authorities in the country on such work,
having built large number of the best
tracks throughout this part of the country.
Mr.. Griffin will remain here for some
time and work on the track will be carried
on under his directions. It will be put in
the best possible condition for winter and
another: summer it will be in excellent
ondition for the races.
Last Tuesday large new sign, the work
Of Mr.. Thomas King, was placed on the
E. w. Barron store. The sign reads, 'sThe
E. w. Barron One Price Cash Store" It
is forty feet long, two feet high, and the
letters are raised Roman, eleven inches
square; they are covered with gold while
the background is of dark blue smalt.
This is the largest sign of the kind in the
village and it is needless to say that the
is of the highest order. In |
fact Mr.. King considers this to be the best
one of the signs which he has put up in |
the place. Call at the store and inspect it. |
Mrs. Mary G. johnson died at the home |
of her daug liter, Mrs. Mary Robinson, at |
Fla, Sept. 18th, at the ad
vanced age of SO years. NJ ). Johnson was
resident of this town for many years.
She was the oldest mem Der ofthe~ Cong.
church, with which she had been identi.
fed for nearly third of century. She
was very intelligent woman, possessed of
4 Christian spirit and was a faithful work
Or in the church society. For some years
she spent the summer in this village and
5he winters in Florida until she finally be-
came SO feeble that she could not return