Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-04-29
Mrs. Baldwin will reserve rooms for her

own use.
James Cary of Newport made Fred Rand
a call last week. Fred is held in high
esteem by the postal authorities and has
been notified by them that he will be
granted leave to take all the time he neeGs
to recuperate. u
Rev. and Mrs. Mead, who will be well
remembered here as Mrs. Mead is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. White,
are to be in Burlington this year, Mr..
Mead having received the appointment by
the Troy Conference.
Regular meeting of Orleans Lodge, No.
80, F. & A. M. next Friday evening at 7-30
sharp. Work i'll M. M. degree. Light re-
.freshments will be served. All past mas
tiers are Especially requested to be present
in order to make arrangements about pic
lures.
Dr.. Herbert L. Gale died in AIva, Flor
ida, April 22nd. 1t will be remembered
that DR.. Gale married a daughter of Mrs.
A. B.. Owen of this village, who died sew
eral years ago, leaving a daughter Mildred
who has resided with Mrs. Owen a part of
the time.
At the annual election of the officers of
Malta Commandery at Newport last Fri
day evening the officers who have served
during the past year were all reelected.
The officers from this village are FL. g.
Pierce, eminent commander, and Ell. T.
Seaver, prelate.
While returning from the ball game last
Saturday afternoon Alice Tenney lost a
valuable gold watch and chain. On dis
covering her loss a careful search was i'm
mediately commenced which resulted in
the finding of the watch, but several
teams had passed over it completely de-
stroying it.
Mrs. E. Foster, who built a large two
story tenement house last summer has let
the job to Damon Scott to build a single
tenement house. This house will stand at
the west of the one built last year, will be
22x2S feet on the ground with piazzas on
two sides and will be fitted up with the
modern conveniences.
The telephone exchange Is to be moved
into the Owen block. Mr.. and Mrs.
Goodro are to ave a tenement in the
same block which will greatly facilitate
her labors. Mrs. Goodro is a most efficient
operator, always good-natured notwith-
standing the annoyances which might
ruff1e the temper of most of us.
At a concert given by the Orchestral
Club in Chickering Hall, Boston, on Tues
day evening, April %, Mrs. Margaret
Murkland appeared as soloist and her Sc
l~ections were enthusiastically received by
the audience, which was composed of
many of the members of Boston's smart
set. The music was under the direction
the eminent conductor, M. Longy, and
was of a high order.
c. B. Harding and Co. have jobbed out
their buttertub b. making to R. A. Johnson,
Rushford and Chester Lehue.
tub shop is nearly completed, timber
is on the road from Canada and in a few
days they will be running. Everything is
in first-class order, many improvements
have been introduced and they will be
able to manufacture tubs more economi-
cally than ever before.
This is a good season of the year to do
cleaning up about the village houses and
1t is the best time to paint and
.beautify your buildings. Let every man
lend a hand and help to give our vii
lage hat appearance of thrift and neatness
which shall give us a wholesome pride and
prove to visitors who will come here dur
the summer that we are advancing and
on the road to prosperity.
Peter Lapete had his leg broken Wednes-
day night by being kicked by a vicious
y y Grow and a nhuCioian who
were passing at the time were called in
found Mr.. Lapete in the stable with
injured limb. They carried him to his
house where the physician set the limb
he is apparently doing well. Peter
works for a living and dislikes to be OBJ
Iiged to take an enforced vacation during
springs work.
E.. G. Baldwin is at Bellows Falls train
ing the young men of the high school in
atheletics. This is the third year Mr..
has trained these young men and
the annual tournament which is held at
N. H., each year in which the
athletes of five schools contend for
prizes the Bellows Falls boys nave won
many of these prizes, proving that their
raining has been thorough, and a COM
to Mr.. Baldwin.
The Woman's Literary Club observed
he last Red Letter Evening of the club
rear with a reception to their friends at
he Congregational church parlors last
evening. The rooms We're
beautifully decorated for the occasion
With ferns, palms and other ported plants
nd presented a most attractive appear
nee. Messrs Clare Powell and Percy
acted as ushers. The receiving
,arty consisted of Mrs. FL. r. Cutler, Mrs.
w. Cutting, and Misses Jennie Locke,
trace Cutting and Georgia Buck. Music
vas furnished by the Barton orchestra
nd a short musical and literary pro-
nm unc rondorod aoncirtiax As roIaa