Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-03-11
Henry Buskey,

funeral of their daughter-in-law Mrs.
Amos Scott.
The road machine has been on runners
for several days scraping out the cradle
holes and the roads are much improved, to
the satisfaction of the travelling public.
The ladies' Society is invited to meet
with Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Sheaff at the
Cong. vestry on Wednesday afternoon.
AS this is the animal meeting large at
tendance is hoped for.
P. j. Plunkett has vacated the black
smith shop owned by Clarence Comstock
and it is now occupied by L. j. Bickford.
Mr.. Bickford is well-known to the peo-
pie as good workman.
A number of the young ladies of the
place gave an entertainment at the opera
hall last Friday evening. There were
thirtyfve couples present and the box
supper was much enjoyed.
Rev. J. A. Dixon gave an interesting ad-
dress at the mems meeting yesterday on
''The Reckless Young Man" There was
good number in attendance and many les
sons of profit were impressed.
Elmer E. Webster went to Burlington
last week to attend meeting of the School
masters Club Of Vermont. The meeting
took the form OF a farewell to Mason S.
Stone, former state superintendent of
schools.
The union service at the Congregational
church last evening was well attended and
especially profitable and interesting. Mr..
Sheaff addressed his remarks particularly
to the Masonic fraternity, which attended
in body.
The musical festival at Barton Landing
will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, instead of as adver-
tised last week. The dates published last
week were given US by the organizers Of
the festival but were changed later.
The Woman's Literary Club will meet
with Miss Litchfeld at the home of II. @.
Potter Wednesday evening at 1880. Sub
ject, 'Painting and Sculpture of Rome"
All members will want to hear the begin
ming of the new book, "Barbara's Herit-
age.''
Lewis Labor's son called at our office last
Saturday and presented US bouquet made
up of apple blossoms, for which we tender
thanks. The blossoms we understand
were produced by the twigs being cut from
the tree and kept in water until the flowers
open.
Remember the village meeting at Sea-
ver's hall tomorrow CTuesday) evening, at
7-3O o'clock. Mr.. Percivals term of Office
as trustee expires this year but he makes
good man for the place, being well fitted
for the management in the electrical de-
partment, and will, we presume, be reflect
ed.
Horace Bailey of Hyde Park has been
stopping in town for some time gathering
information relative to the old students Of
Newbury seminary. He is about to pub
lish a book entitled ''The Memorial
Window in which he will give history
of the seminary from its beginning until
it was removed to Montpelier.
There is to be a mems entertainment
next Friday evening at the M. E. church.
There will be music, literary exercises and
refreshments, all by the men. The tables
will be waited on by the young gentlemen,
and the program will be rich and COM
plete. No pains will be spared to make
a first-class concert and banquet, as the
best artists to be found in Barton in each
of the departments have consented to ap-
pear. The admission will be % cts. Ex-
ercises will commence at s O'Clock sharp.
AT the regular meeting of Crescent
Lodge, I. o. o. T. of this place last Tues
day evening. Smith B. Wait of Hyde
Park, Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge
of Vermont, made an official visit and ex-
emplifed the secret work. The lodge
worked the initiatory degree in an i'm
pressive manner, A. E. Clark, n. G., in
the chair, after which a banquet was
served in the dining hall adjoining by the
ladies of the Rebekah Lodge. l.. NJ. Hub
bard acted as toast-master. Remarks were
made by Rev. r. l.. Sheaff, S. B. Wait, G.
W., and others.
Mary Dickinson Scott, wife of Amos w.
Scott, died at her home on Pearl street at
o'clock Sunday evening. She has been
i'll for about year but has not been con-
fined to the house until quite recently.
Mrs. Scott was the daug liter of the late
Rev. l.. {. Dickinson, who died at st
Johnsbury Center, Dec. 8, 1887. She was
born at West Windsor, Jan. %, 1861. Her
early childhood was spent at Bellows Falls,
1T which time her father was presiding
elder of Springfield district. She lived
with her parents at Waterbury Center,
5wanton, Derby and Glover, moving from
the latter place to st. Johnsbury Center.
She attended Derby academy and later at
Glover. She married Mr.. Scott at St.
Johnsbury Center, Oct. %, 1881. After
their marriage they lived at Barton, until
coming to St. Johnsbury, Is years ago last
month. During her life here Mrs. Scott
became widely acquainted, and being pos
sessed of particularly kindly nature, she
made large number of warm friends. She
was an active member of Grace Methodist
EinisconaI church. prominent member of