Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-12-03


George Nye. He has a demand for many
more.
The ladies of the Cnng. Society are invit-
ed to meet with MIS-. A. NJ. Tower on We'd
nesday afternoon. Come early as there is
work.
The snowstorm last week made business
lively for some parties. Fred Whitcher
sold five sleighs Thursday, three Friday
and four Saturday.
Regular Convocation of the Keystone
Chapter, No. 16, R. A. NJ. this evening.
Business of Importance; every member
should be present.
H. V. Jones, who has been stopping at
DR.. Nichols ha returned to Massachusetts.
Mrs. Jones and the children will remain
here little longer.
The annual meeting of Quimby Post, G.
A. R., next Wednesday evening at Z
O'Clock Election of officers. All mem
bers try and be present.
Mrs. Joseph Owen left last Friday for
Washington, D. @. She is a delegate to
the worlds W. C. T. U. convention which
is to be held in that city soon.
Regular meeting of Orient Chapter No.
IS o. E. S. next Friday evening. Members
are earnestly requested to attend as 1t IS
the annual election Of officers.
Will the Barton people who have items
for the MONITOR kindly hand them in Sat-
urday morning whenever possible instead
of holding them until Monday morning.
Quite party from this place attended
the concert, promenade and dance at Bar
ton Landing Wednesday evening. A
pleasant time is said to have been enjoyed.
The following letters remain uncalled for
at the post office Dec. 3. Please say adver-
tised. Mrs. Alphonce Cote, Haysik Habil,
Mrs. r. B. Skinner, MIR. r. Talbot, 2, G. c.
Wescot.
Dr. F. r. Hastings of this village and
Miss Avis Furguson of New Brunswick
were married last Wednesday at the home
of the brides parents. They are stopping
at Hotel Barton. 5I
c. F. Perc1vaI returned last week from
trip to New York, Springfield, Mass, and
other places. Mrs Percival, who accom-
panied him to Springfield, will remain
there for a short tittie:' ~
VIII Caswell and wife of Concord, N.
H., were guests at Hotel 'arton Saturday.
Mr. Casweu is we'll known here having
worked in the MONITOR office some years.
He made a pleasant call at this office.
Through the month OF December the
MIDI week prayer meetings are union, al
ternating from one church TO the other.
The next Thursday evening II Getting will
be held at the Congregational church.
We are expecting that the price of the
New York Weekly and !Tri- Weekly Trib-
lne will advance soon to double the pres
ent price and would advise all our readers
who wish to renew them for another year
to do SO at once.
Elmer Webster closed his school at
Westfield last Wednesday and was at his
home Thanksgiving day, where eighteen
persons ate turkey. Elmer has two weeks
vacation and will then return and teach |
the winter term.
Fred PilIsbury has eight teams drawing |
logs to the Farnham and Lang Arcadian |
Mill in Westmore. He has also made a |
contract with A. D. Fogg to put 500. 600 |
feet of timber on the ice at WilIoughby /
Lake this winter.
G. III. Blood, station agent here, 2. S. !
Clark, train dispatcher at Lyndonville, /
Mr.. Skinner of Barton Landing, and .
Mr.. Parker of Coventry arrived home from
their Maine deer hunt last week, bringing |
eight nice deer with them.
Geo. H. Guernsey, the well-knOWn archi- /
tect and builder died at his home in Mont
pelier last Wednesday. Mr.. Guernsey will
be remembered by manyin'this section, as
he built the Methodist church here and
was also the architect of Hotel Barton.
Fred H. Pillsbury bought an otter skin
last week that measured six feet from tip
to tip. The otter was shot at Newark
pond by jefferson Bishop of Newark, who
also caught another otter in a trap short
time ago. Fred had to pay SLIGO for the
skin.
The Ups. c. E. County Convention
meets at the Baptist church. Newport,
this week beginning Tuesday evening and
through Wednesday and Wed.
nesday evening. An interesting program
has been prepared and it is hoped that
arge nun Der from this town will be pres
ent.
The Woman's Literary Club met with
Mrs. Chas. Baldwin last Wednesday eve
1ing. The very interesting program con-
sisted of a series of ''Pictures from Italy,"
Reading from Dickens, Mrs. Pillsbury;
Modena its cathedrals and other points of
Miss Litchfeld; Bologna, Miss
Chute; piano duet, Rossini, Mrs. Pillsb bury
md Mrs. Batchelder.
H. F. Pillsbury of Barton and Frank
RuggIes and wife and Daniel Densmore,
wife and son of West Burke, start for
California next Thursday. They will go to