Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22


F.E Benham of Waterbury, Conn.,,
shipped nine hor5-s from D. D. Beams
sta bles last Mond y 20 market.
MI. Foster .: Newport has been in town
looking aft=. \. NJ. Towers business while
Mr.. and Mrs. Tower have been away on
vacation.
The summer school will open here next
Monday afternoon. J. w. Redmond of
Newport will deliver an address before the
association at hat time.
Mrs. G. w. Tenney is chaperoning quite
a number of young people from st. Johns
bury while they take an outing in Fosters
grove at Willoughby Lake.
Mr.. E. Webster received a telegram Sat
urday morning, from his son Elmer, an
nouncing his arrival at San Francisco. Mr..
Webster stopped in Buffalo one day.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post office July p. Please say
advertised: Miss Marie Allison, Mrs. J.
Elliott, VIM. L1ndaner, Fl. F. Norton.
The o. e. S. are making preparation for
an entertainment to be given in their hall
on the evening of Aug. IS. There will be
ment.
Blanche Hammond of Lebanon, n. H,
has been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hammond, for two weeks. Today
she and her sister Grace go back together.
The Misses Richardson of SonervilIe,
Mass, who have spent a part of several
summers here with their cousin, Mrs. J. F.
OIL - 81 20,
few weeks visit.
r. A. Johnson has given up his job OF
making butter tubs as he could not make
it pay at the prices, but the business Of the
tub shop will go on the same as orders are
greater than can be filed.
VernaI L. Elerick, who was clerk for H.
G. SpauIding at the Crystal Lake House,
but now resides in R1chford, and Maud
Powers, who works in the Peerless, were
married at Berkshire on the Ssh of this
month.
We have received a complete set of the u
official Vermont "OId Home Week" stamps
from BusWelIs Bookstore, Montpelier, vt.
Readers Of this paper shouId5send 10 cents
for a set to keep as souvenirs of Vermont's
first Old Home Week.
Thorp, the horse which won the first
money in the 2:50 class at the races here
the 4th, owned by H. c. Thorp of BurIing
ton and driven by II E. Brewster, won
first money IN a race at Concord recently
and got record OF 2 %.
We are requested to call the attention of
the village fathers to the condition OF the
street from the Davis store to the Cong.
church. If they viii drive along this
street they will doubtless be able to note
the needed Improvements.
Mr.. Charles 2. Mathewson of New York,
formerly of this place, with his wife and
son expects TO sail from New York on the
est. Paul." Aug. 7th and will visit Eng
land, Scotland, France, and Belgium and
possibly Holland and Switzerland.
Amos B. Drown, brother of the late
Chauncey Drown of South Barton, is visit
ing at Melvin browns. Mr.. Drown was
well known here by the older inhabitants
but has been away many years. His pres
ent home is in Lynn, Mass. He has with
him two nieces, Ethel and Catharine Fos-
dick of Boston.
Have you noticed F. W. Cuttings floral
exhibit just above the Peerless? A little
expenditure of time and labor beauties
and renders attractive what otherwise
might be an unsightly piece of land, and
more than pays for all the labor it requires,
when hundreds Of eyes every day look u D.
on it with pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Norris returned
from their bridal trip last Saturday. In
the evening about forty friends of the
young couple came together at the bride
groom's home and gave the young couple
a reception. They brought with them
about 5000 worth of presents. Refresh
ments were served and very pleasa at
time enjoyed.
Last Tuesday as Fl train was coming
from Richmond to Sherbrooke, P. O., it
collided with freight train at Brompton.
The engines were SO damaged that it took
two hours to get them off the track. On
the train were the Misses Jennie and Nina
Wilkie of this place, and they were con-
bruised and shaken by the sud-
den stop, though fortunately no bones
were broken.
Mr.. Arthur Austin of Barton Landing is
IN town canVaSS1ng Tor book entitled
g Massacre of Christians by Heathan
Chinee and Horrors OF the Boxers" This
is subject which will be of interest to all
and as Mr.. Austin is very pleasant young
man to meet he should be successful in the
work. The price Of the book is very
moderate and the narrative is without
doubt thrilling one.
Considerable gold mine stock issued
in Kemptville, Nova Scotia, has recently
been purchased by parties in this and sur
rounding towns. r. II. Cheney of Man
chester, n. H, the agent who has done the
business for the company, has sent out