Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-01-07

of sufficient size to give employment -
! eighty men whenever so much help
needed. The latest improvements in ma
chinery are being introduced, and lne
making of butter tubs and boxes VIII p0
reduced to such an exact science that Ih'
company expects to be able to compe'e
| successfully with any firm in the business
Among those who have added eleclII'
! lights during the year are: j. w. Murk-
land, III. w. Blair, S. t. Holder, c. +. Per
c1val, Z. w. Tenney, Aaron Drown, Grace
Cutting, F. w. Comstock, Harry Perley'
j. b. Cassidy, Sara Stone, Tower Brothers
A. j. Smith, II. Il. Seaver, Frank Kendrick'
Mrs. John Winslow, Andrew Twomby, /
L. M. Hubbard, Catholic hall and church,
NJ. j. Elliott, H. {. Pierce and Fred Rand.
There have been ten new telephones install
ed. Concrete walks have been laid to the
amount of about 1850 feet in length. Those
who have added village water to their
premises are as follows: Al Cutler. Tower
Brothers, Charles Stone, Mrs. j. c. Page,
Fred Conner, Grace Cutting, George Nye,
Melvin Drown. Water has been carried 10
the tub shop, also on TO Cemetery Hill, and
a second stream TO the fair ground.
a very substantial bridge with a founda-
ton of 315 yards of granite has been built
by Oliver Valley at the Norton turn near
the fair ground. South Church street has
been graveIed almost its entire length.
George Buzzell has installed and nearly
ready to install 800 telephones. He has
stretched nearly 500 miles of wire. Ills
line extends from Barton to ST. Johns bury,
and he has phones in Sutton, West Burke,
Lyndon, East Burke, East Haven and .
nearly 200 in ST. Johnsbury. The demand
has been greater than he could supply.
In the spring he VIII continue his line
down the valley his objective point being
White River Junction. Branches viii
reach out on both sides Of the valley into
the surrounding towns. George is hustler
and makes moves that tell.
There are doubtless other Improvements
which have been overlooked; but a general
idea may be formed from the foregoing
facts Of the progress of Barton village, and
another year we hope to report still greater
advancement.
Barton Landing.
Leon Gay will return to Yale Tuesday.
Jack Brown had a foot badly hurt re-
Gently.
Fred Dixie has finished work at F. d.
Clements.
Bert Smith spent New Years at his home
III Newport Center.
Miss Laura Mccoy Of Battle Creek Mich,
is here visiting friends.
Guy WinsIow and Clara Austin return to
LaseIle Seminary this week.
Miss Laura Gay is spending the winter
with friends in Washington.
Perley Gallup has moved into tenement |
in L. d. Wilson's house.
Lee Winget has returned from Canada, |
where he has been spending the holidays. |
Charles Blake, who has been living with |
his mother, has broken up housekeeping. |
WhippIe * French are putting new |
furnace and bathroom into w. {. Twom- |
blys house.
a few from this place attended surprise /
party at George Fisk's on New Years day. |
The thermometer recorded "a degrees /
below zero last Thursday morning in some |
places here.
z. d. Collins, son of I. ID. r. Collins, was
home from Yale for a short vacat on dur
ing the holidays.
j. G. Turnbull was in Boston last We'd
nesday on business. He moves into his
new creamery today.
The cigars were out last week TO cele-
brate the wedding of Dana Smith to Len
ME Maxwell of Bloomington.
Bartlett z. Goodnough came home from
McIndoes to attend the centennial ami
versary at the Methodist church.
The E. L. Chandler Co. shut down their
works in the old bobbin mill last week
several days to do some necessary repairing.
Harrison Badger has rented his house
here to John Lower. Mr.. Lower has taken
possession and Mr.. Badger has moved on
to his farm.
Mrs. William Foster is some better as is
also Mr.. Foster. Melvin Brown and Lizzie
Maxwell are working for them. Mrs. Bell
is slowly convalescing.
S.W. Corliss has moved from Sutton to
his farm opposite the bricKyard. He ex-
poets to sell his Sutton farm and make his
home here permanently.
H. Hall, who had shock recently, does
not appear to be rallying very fast. DIR.
Whitaker of Newport was called in coun-
Gil with DR.. Ranney in his case.
A family in this place who had present
of duck recently had quite a serious time
trying to make it stay on the roost, but
the "bird didn't know enough to roost."
The reunion and roll-call at the Congre-
gational church Saturday was pleasant
and profitable affair. One hundred sat
down to dinner and enjoyed social visit.
The week of prayer will be observed by
union services at the Cong. church Sunday,
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and at
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