Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-23
Barton.

MISS Clara PoWeU Is nome from boston
for the holiday vacation.
A little daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. f. F. Humphrey last Monday.
Miss Julia Owen is home from Hartford
Theological Seminary for short vacation.
Mrs. Knight fell in front of the Peerless
last Tuesday and was quite badly injured.
Earl Jenness, Henry Suitor, Frank Bean
and Fred Pierce are home for a short
cation.
Miss nellie Foss of Winchendon, Mass,
low Foss.
Mrs NJ J. Owen and four daughters and
little son start for Kansas this week to
visit friends and relatives.
Samuel McVety has gone to Westmore
where he is to have shop and do black
smithing during the winter.
F. g. Burdick stuck a nail into his foot
some little time ago and he has been hav-
ing quite a serious tine with it.
There is a great demand for snow just at
this time, but before the spring appears 1t
is believed there will be a wall for less snow.
The regular meeting of Orient Chapter
No. Is o. E. S. comes next Friday evening.
AS it is the annueI meeting and election of
officers full attendance is desired.
Joseph BegoId has opened skating rink
near the tub factory. 1t is three hundred
feet long and one hundred and fifty feet
wide. He has small building in which
he will keep fire for the convenience OF
the skaters during cold nights.
d. w. Robinson recently spent two
weeks in Boston with his son, +. w. Rob-
inso =, who is superintendent of the en-
pIoyment department of the Young Mems
Christian Association, which Is a respon-
sible position and which he fills very
effectively.
Willis Wilkie who has been living in
John Barnard's tenement house hBs moved
into Mrs. Henry Danforth's house. Frank
Lang has moved into A. OImstead's house.
Mrs. John Smith and Mrs. b. F. Peterson
have moved into the Graves tenement
which Henry Govro vacated recently.
The Armenian needlewo rk which is dis
played at Miss CoIburne's is very beauti-
full. This work is done by the Armenian
women and is procured through the
missionaries and placed on sale, the pro-
ceeds being used for the support of the
Armenian women.
The PercivaI Furniture Company will
take some of their furniture to New York
early in January to exhibit it at the meet
ing of the furniture manufacturers of the
country. This meeting will continue for
about three weeks and some of the finest
furniture manufactured in the United
States will. be seen on exhibition.
Mrs. E. W. Barron and Mrs. F. W. Bald
win attended meeting of the Passumpsic
Congregational club at the North church
in st. Johnsbury last Friday. The princi-
pal address was given by Rev. Daniel
Evans, a classmate of Rev. r. L. Sheaff of
this place. IG was a fine address and much
enjoyed by the large audience present.
On Friday evening in the CongI church,
Rev. w. p. Clarke gave very interesting
account of the work OF the American Board
of Missions in Bulgaria, illustrated with
stereopticon views. He spoke of the his
tory, government aud religion of the people,
of their customs and manneas aud went
into details regarding the educational and
evangelistic work being done. At the close
of tue lecture he exhibited articles of
clot hing worn by the Bulgarian peasants,
besides interesting curios. Mr.. Clarke is
from the region where Miss Stone was cap
tured, and exhibited several views of her
and gave many interesting facts reg 4rding
her work.
The following article was taken from
New Bedford, Mass, paper OF Dec. 8.
This company is to give the next enter
tainment in the Barton lecture course:
1.-The Bostonia Orchestra, an aggregation
OF twenty young ladies, in whom musical
talent and feminine charm vie for suprem-
acy. gave the third event in the Y. NJ. c. A.
course last evening in the association hall,
and an audience of large size. in fact filling
almost every seat, enjoyed every minute OF
the concert. There have been ladies' or
chestras here before, but none so large and
complete as this, and few, cit her ladies or
men, have played better. The combination
Is good and well balanced in all sections
while the soIoists were extremely pleasing
The playing ensemble was noticeably spir-
tied and fearless, there being a refreshing