Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-02

should turn out and help the boys along
for the coming season.
Thursday evening, April 18th closes
the present term of daocipg school, taught
by Prof EImore Of Montpelier. At that
time the pupils viii hold assembly.
Balcony open 10 the public.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church
will meet at the church parlors on We'd
nesday afternoon CT this week. A full at
tendance is desired, as there is business of
Importance to come before the meeting.
Rev. A. B. Blake, who is now stationed
at Sheffield, will take a supernumerary
position in the conference for the coming
year and will move to this village into the
residence he recently purchased on High
street.
Mr.. FL. P. King, who has been on the
road each fall for many years as agent for
this paper, died at his home in Wheelock
last Friday. He had many warm friends
iu this county who will be sorry to learn
OF his death.
A. w. Childs of BrattIeboro, State agent
for the Travellers Insurance Co. was in
town last week calling Oh the local agent,
Mr.. Pliny L. Webster. Mr.. Childs reports
that the company has been doing a very
furnishing business in the state during
the past year.
We are in receipt of q copy of The Berlin
NelCS, which was published by J. A.
Pearson at Berlin, Vermont in 1870 After
getting out one edition Mr.. Pearson evil
IDENTIFY decided that there would be more
money in practicing dentistry and the
paper was discontinued, probably to the
disappointment Of its readers. The sheet
is very creditabIe one and had the doc
tor continued in the business we believe
he would have found the pen as mighty as
the forceps.
Last Friday afternoon the fire alarm was
sounded on the Barton Telephone Ex-
change line and there was a general turn
out of those who heard it to learn the
cause, but there was apparently no reason
for it and it could not be learned who had
sounded the alarm, which was probably
given by mistake. All the patrons of this
company should read their rules carefully
and then try and follow them; at any rate
do not sound the fire alarm until there is
cause for it.
An examination fer the position of
deputy officer, clerk, and cay inspector,
customs service, viii DC held at Newport
Vermont, Wednesday, June Goth, 1900
Application blanks and information rela-
tive to the scope Of the examination be |
obtained from the Secretary Of the board |
Of examiners, Newport, Vt. Applications |
must be filed in complete form with the |
secretary Of the board prior to the hour of !
closing business on May 22nd otherwise
the applicants cannot be examined.
At the school meeting last Tuesday eve
ming F. W. Baldwin was elected modera-
tor, j. A. Pearson clerk. FL. T. Seaver was
elected trustee to take the place of J. n.
Webster, who retires. Auditors elected
were P. L. Webster, w. M. Wright and
E. T. Dutton. A school tax of sixty-five
cents was voted. It was also voted to
maintain seven schools and to have eight
teachers, this being one more school and
teacher than ever before. The hall is to
be arranged for one more room which will
do for the present but if the school con-
tinues to increase in the future as it has
during the past few years something else
must be done. 1t was shown that the
district was entirely out of debt, being six
hundred dollars ahead of last year.
A reception is to DE rendered Rev. w.
e. Douglass at the M. e. church next
Friday evening, to which all friends are
invited. Mr.. Douglass will deliver his
farewell address next Sunday morning,
this being the last week of his passionate
here. He has been here five years and has
been a Jealous and faithful worker and it
is with regret that the relation between
pastor and people will be severed.-The
service at the NJ. E. church next
Sunday will be followed by the reading of
church letters and the admission of mem
bers or probationers, and administering
the rite of Baptism. In the evening the
Sunday-school will give grand Easter
concert entitled "Resurrection Day." A
silver offering will be taken at the close of
the service. All invited.
The annual district meeting of the o. e.
S. was held with Orient Chapter in this
village last Friday evening. There was
large delegation present from Lakeside
Chapter ofNewport. Grand officers present
were ID. D. G. M, Mrs. G. l.. McDiarmid,
d. D. G. P, Geo. F. Root, and A. G. M,
Mrs. o. G. Miller, all of Newport. An ex-
cellent banquet was served at $3.50 p. M,
after which the work was exemplified by
Orient Chapter. Good music and recita-
tons helped to make the evening most
pleasant one. Interesting and pleasing
were made by Mrs. G. L. Nc
Diarmid, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. G. III. Prouty,
Mrs. Storers, Mrs. Henry Root, F. w.
Baldwin and Ell. 9. Pierce. The meeting
was a very successful one and will be
remembered by all.
The weather has been SO cold and the
snow so deep that the farmers have not