Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-11-19

Quite a serious wreck occurred on the
/ Boston & Maine road a short distance
south of this station last Friday afternoon
AS the north bound freight train which
leaves So. Barton about p. M, was near
a point opposite the head of Crystal lake,
| the train broke apart and the air brakes
Immediately stopped the rear cars. The
engine which had helped the train from
! Lyndonville was following behind it, hav-
! ing orders to go to Newport. The cars
which had stopped were on a curve and
! consequently could not be seen by the
! engineer of the helper until he was almost
! upon them. In the collision which oc-
Cured the engine was quite badly damag-
ed, two cars were derailed and somewhat
demolished. The cars together with the
| tender of the engine were set on fire and
the wood part totally destroyed. The
engineer of the helper had one ankle bad
ly hurt, but was otherwise uninjured the
rest of the trainn.en escaped injury. The
Wrecking train was sent from Iyndonville
and at 1880 p. m. the track had been clear
ed so that the trains which had been held
could pass.
tsartOn Landing.
Ezra Towle has moved into Henry Bas-
sett's house.
g. D. French and family have gone to
Boston on visit. ...
S. G. KimbalI purchased 200 tons of corn
at one deal last week.
Mr.. Porter has moved into Orlando
Pages house on School St.
Rev. Mr.. Bole of Coventry exchanged
pulpits with Rev. j. B. Lyman yesterday.
Miss Myra Douglass has gone to her
home in Coventry for four weeks vaca-
ton.
There was a large attendance at the oys-
ter supper given by the Epworth League
Tuesday evening.
M. M. Taplin was at home from Mont
pelier over Sunday. He reports things
lively down there.
Bert. Mitchell, who is working in the
Fairbanks shops at St. Johnsbury, spent
Sunday with relatives here. ta
Carl Wiley has received an appointment
as transfer mail clerk at Essex Junction
and goes there to- day to begin work.
, A special musical meeting will be con-
Quoted here by the Salvation Army in the
Cong. church Thursday evening at 1880
The Rathbone sisters will give a mas
querade at the Valley House Hall, Friday,
Nov. 23d. Everybody invited. Admis-
sion % cents.
A meeting will be held Tuesday evening,
Nov. q, to consider the project of starting
a reading and recreation room to be open
every evening during the winter. 1t is an
object which should, and we believe VIII,
appeal to all of our citizens as most
worthy one. -
The three lower departments of the
graded school closed Friday All the
schools have had a very prosperous term
and will compare favorably with any
schools in the state, Prof. Lawrence has /
proven himself to be an excellent primer !
pal, and tn teachers of the other grades
have done exceedingly well.
South Baritone.
Miss Maud Macomber finished her second
term of school November second with an
exhibition which did great credit to both
teacher and scholars, and the people of the
district are pleased to know that she is
coming back for the winter term.
We publish below some extracts from A.
letter written by Edison B. Moore, to his
aunt, Mrs. Geo. w. Abbott. Mr.. Moore
was native of St. Johns bury, and died in
the Philippines recently. He says in part
cit is the rainy season here now and 1t
rains most all the time day and night, it is
a very unhealthy<c climates {TheaWater is
ta 6riplz The hoCt xuo bo1,o
is rain water; not drink of good water on
the island. 1 think the mud must be
worse here than Uncle Georges Virginia
mud We landed in the islands Oct. 2Sth, /
1899, went four miles inland to place call
ed FARO. The insurgents trenches were
only $500 yards from the town. Nov. 10 at
one o'clock in the morning we started for
them and we surprised them some J. guess.
One man was killed in my company. Nov.
18th we made. another attack. The ihsur-
gents had held these trenches one year and
seven months. Our next fights were Feb.
18th and Feb. 22nd 1900, and we have had
three fights since. We have lost nine men
in all out of our company"
Albany. ,.
Granville Cheney is very sick. Ethan
Cutler is also on the sick list. =
Mrs. E. Lawrence is stopping at her old
home at the Centre for few weeks. q,
Fl. E. Carter is improving his residence
by papering painting and refurnishing.
Miss o. Dutton goes back to Morgan Ctr,
this week to teach the winter term of |
school there. .s
The neighbors and friends of Geo. Law
renee and wife passed very pleasant |
social hour at their home last Tuesday |
evening. -
The chicken pie festival at the M. E.