Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-06

YARD.
Arthur Redfeld and family have
gone to Bloomington to remain until
he has the haying done on his farm
there.
Austin Kim ba il and family left here
last Wednesday for Lewiston, Me.
They will also visit other places in
Maine.
The Peerless Mfg. Co. will close it's
factory in this village on Saturday of
each week during the month of
August.
Homer Hitchcock of st. Johnsbury
was in town over Sunday. He is one
of the catchers on the ST. Johnsbury
ball team.
Mrs. Lewis Labor, who has been
ailing for some weeks has so far re-
covered as to be able to visit her
parents in Massachusetts.
N D. Martin has had spring water
from the large spring which furnishes
water for several of the houses on
Main street run into his house.
Mr. and Mrs. Eastman, who have
spent some time with their daughter,
Mrs. o. E. Cowles, have returned to
their home in Claremont, n. III.
Mrs. w. W. Miles and daughter and
Mrs. Cordelia Cutler and Mrs. III. r.
Cutler go to Willoughby Lake this
week for an outing Of few days.
John Arkley went last Saturday to
Sherbreoke to visit his brother for
few days. His sister, who lives in the
west is also visiting in Sherbrooke.
Mrs. Chickering and children and
Mrs. Thayer and children from Dan
vile, Mass, are stopping in Mrs.
Danforth's house beside Crystal lake.
The following letters remain un-
called for at the post office. Please
say advertised: Miss NJ. III. Beckwith,
Henry Downing, Mrs. VIM. G. Serb
ner.
Miss Annie Danforth, who has been
teaching in Massachusetts, is at home.
Miss Danforth has been attending the
summer school at st. Johnsbury for
the past few days.
The reunion of the veterans of Or
leans county which was to have been
held at Albany Wednesday of this
week has been postponed to Aug. Is.
Remember the date.
Mrs Turner of Boston and Mrs.
Homer Smith Of st. Johnsbury, who
are visiting at J. w. Murkland's, rem
dered material assistance to the NJ. E.
choir Sunday morning.
There is to be a ball game on the
fair ground next Saturday afternoon
and team from Island Pond. This
is the rubber game; all come.
Hon. Geo. T. Swasey, who deliver
ed anaddress at Newport last Friday
evening, stopped for a time in this
village while on his way to Stone
pond in Glover, where he went on a
fishing trip.
Rev. Mr.. Sheaff has returned from
his vacation in Maine and will occupy
the pulpit at the Cong church next
Sunday morning. Subject Of the dis
course will be the question, "What
Doest Thou Here" -:
The director of the census has an
nounced that the population of Yer
mont will probably be made known
sometime in October, and that the
population OF some of the larger
cities may be. known in September.
Mr.. Earle of Boston, Mass, and
Miss Henry of Manchester, NH, j
each spent few days at Mrs. A. C.
Austin's recently. Misses Clara,
Emma land Helen Austin Of Barton
Landing visited at Mrs. Austin's last
week.
The baseball boys went to Island
Pond last Friday and played a team
there. The Island Pond team played
an errorless game and won by score
Of 1910. The Barton boys made sew
eral errors and were weak at batting.
Guild pitched splendid game, strik
ing out twelve men. =
H. P. Cook and E. B. Robinson went
to Newport last Friday evening to
listen to the address by Hon. J. FL.
Senter, democratic nominee for
governor of Vermont. Mr.. Senter
is an excellent speaker and in
terested even those of them who
could not agree with him on the
questions at issue.
It is reported that the Chinese have
broken a canal bank, flooding the