Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-05

duet by Mrs. Chas. Baldwin and Mrs. j. F.
Batchelder preceded the play. Scene LIST,
showed a chorus Of children, Clara Pear
son, Gladys Katen, Sadie and Cordelia
Page, Mary Williamson, Gerald Grow and
Roy Barron, with Marion Redfeld as
soloist, Mrs. Geo. Hamblet as Mamma, and
Ruth Barron as Red Riding Hood. Scene
End finds Red Riding Hood in the grove
where the flowers tempt her to tarry. The
song by the Bluebells, seven tiny girls
dressed in white, was especially fine.
These were Bernice Hamblet, Ruth Free
man, Cora Mossman, Amy Davis, Florence
Bean, Marion Spaulding and Helen Scott.
Miss Pearl Sutton as Buttercup was the
star of the evening. Caddie Hamblet as
Rose urges Red Riding Hood to go on her
way. Raymond Winslow as Wolf ap-
pears. G. w. Tenney as Woodman sings.
Tableau. Mrs. G. G. Lang as Grandma
proved that woman can spin in the year
1900. The solos by Mrs. Lang and the
grandson, Slayton Lang, was very fine.
In scene 4th, Clemmer Seaver is seen as
Robin and Alice Allchurch as Daisy. A
duet is sung by Mrs. Hamb1et and Mr..
Tenney. Mrs. E. M. Nichols and g. S.
Webster rendered violin selection, ac-
companied by Mrs. Fred Ell. Pillsbury.
Miss Ida Ruggles unprecedented Josiah
Aliens wife to perfection, and Z. G. Bald
win gave two songs. The bugle song by
Mr.. Potter was deserving of praise. The
proceeds of the entertainment amounted
to $500. Mrs. Stannard and Mrs. Batch
elder, who was the accompanist for the
operetta are deserving of many thanks for
the time and patience required to make
the entertainment success.
Barton Landing.
Congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Buzzo.
Remember the town meeting at Barton
Tuesday.
M. M. Taplin has gone West on bust
ness trip.
weeks vacation.
Rev. Mr.. Bole of Coventry preached at
the Methodist church yesterday.
The school meeting and corporation
meeting will be held TUESDAY evening,
March13.
Mr.. Marston, father of Jerre Marston,
is grad ualIy failing and it is feared he may
not recover.
The Chandler mill was shut down a
large part of last week, as one of the
boilers was being repaired.
The lecture at the Methodist church by
Rev. Mr.. Hunt of ST. Johnsbury, was an
excellent one, but poorly attended on
account of the severe storm.
The Epworth League will give a sun
shine party at the Methodist church Fri
day evening. Everybody come and give a
little and receive an abundance of sun
shine.
A musical convention will be held at
this place March 21-23 with Prof Henri
BlaisdelI director and Miss Anna Green
pianist. A good concert company and
be secured and it is expected
the convention will be a grand success.
and further notice will be
given later.
While but few new buildings have been
erected in this place during the past few
yet considerable has been eX-
pended in the way of repairs and i'm
At each of the churches
quite an amount has been spent in i'm
proving the property. At the Cong.
church a good job of grading has been
done, concrete walks laid, an annex for
toilet rooms has been built, and the par
sonage repaired, the whole at a cost of
nearly $4,000. At the M. E. church an ex-
celIent job of grading and curbing, with
solid granite wall at an expense of about
$4,000, was presented by Mr.. @. III. Jones.
Enclosed horse sheds 30x72 feet, have been
erected at a cost of about $4,000 more.
The M. E. parsonage has also been re-
paired, at an expense of $4,000, making
total expenditure of about $825.OO. S. c.
Kimball has vastly improved that portion
Of the village near the railroad bridge by
tearing out the old sheds which formerly
decorated CD it, and building neat land
substantial building for storehouse and
dwelling house. The building is 9Ox3O
On the ground floor and is well arranged
for unloading feed. This entire floor is
devoted to the storage of flour and feed, in
which Mr.. Kim ball does an extensive
business. The rooms of the second and
third floors are finished entirely in maple
and birch and with all modern improve
ments makes a very attractive home. The
e. L. Chandler Manufacturing Co. are do |
ing a large and constantly increasing
business. The force of help has nearly
doubled since they assumed control of the |
business, and they are now employing |
'ixty-seven men with weekly payroll |
Of nearly $4,000. About oneshundred and |
fifty piano sounding boards per day are
at this mill or four times as
many as formerly. At this mill and the |
Lisbon mill owned by the same firm, |
5hree- fourths of all the piano sounding |
boards made in the United States are |