Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-09-23

o. F. attended the funeral OF E. D. Burns at
West Burke last Friday. w. w. Hartweu
also attended.
| Mr.. Geo. w. Graves, who lived about
two miles west of this village, died last
! Saturday morning, aged IS years. Mr.
! Graves had been in poor health number
| of weeks, but his death was finally caused
| by heart disease. He had lived in this
county all his life and was Woodworking,
| honest and respected citizen. He leaves a
wife and several children. The funeral
was held this morning, Rev. R. L. Sheaf
! officiating.
The cellar and foundation for John
Keating's new house is completed. The
cellar is 3Sx40 feet, seven feet high, in
Guiding the two feet of brick on which
the stills will rest. The house is to be two
stories high and the exact counterpart of
| the one already built and owned by Mr..
Heating. The stone work was done by
Lewis Laroque and John Magoon and is
an excellent job. E. Welsh has the con-
tract to build the house.
Geo. H. Davis, who has charge Of the
Playground, is to erect a cottage this fall
near the house at the entrance to the
grounds. In the spring Mr.. Holder will
erect a cottage on the land which he has
secured of George Norton. He has pur-
chased twenty acres and will put up a
pretty cottage for use for short time in
| the summer. Many improvements are to
| be made on the park this fall. The grounds
are to be graded and prepared for good
/ turf, which will be in excellent condition
| another fall. Many favorao Die comments
were heard on the improved condition of
! the grounds during the recent fair, people
who had visited grounds in other sections
stating that these were the finest they had
| seen.
A union memorial service was held at the
M E. church in this village last Thursday
! afternoon in remem brance of our N artyred
president, William Mckinley. The servi-
cies opened with the singing of the late
presidents favorite hymn, NEARER My God
to Thee. The proclamations issued by
President Roosevelt and Governor Stckney
asking that Thursday be observed as a day
of service were read. The speakers were
Rev. w. c. Johnson, Hon. w. W. Miles,
Hon. F. w. Baldwin, and Rev. r. L. Sheaff.
The speakers dwelt at some length on the
private life of the deceased, his public
services to the nation while member of
congress and his work as president ofthe
United States. Rev. Mr.. Sheaff spoke on
the Christian character of the man. The
services closed with the singing of
America.
Lyndonville will celebrate it's thirteenth
annual fair tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. The management
has planned to make each day equally at
tractive. There will be a balloon aseen-
sion each day with parachute drop f:om
a great height. The races are expected to
be much better than usual as the society
has abolished the entrance fee and a large
number of entries are expected The ex-
hibition in the stock department will be
large. special prize of fifty dollars has
been offered for Jersey cattle. A large
amount of money has been expended in
special attractions which are sure to inter-
est and amuse all. Many special pre-
miums have been added to the ladies de-
partment which will make the display
unusually large this. year. Excel lent mu-
sic VIII bezfurnisRied ,ty the Lgndonville
military band.
The new bridge across the Barton river
near G. n. Jenness is practically completed.
The work has been done by Joseph Barton,
under contract, and is a credit to the
builder. It's total length is fifty-six feet,
with a width of thirty feet and contains in
all 400 yards of stone. There are three
piers, making four openings for the water
to pass through, giving total width of
the raceway of forty-eight. feet. The river
bottom under the bridge has been covered
with granite, making the job very
thorough one. The driveway over the.
bridge is twenty one feet with footpath
of six feet. A stone wall has been built
from the bridge hundred feet west
ward and the road will be widened. The
road each way from the bridge should now
be raised by filling with gravel, the
condition is very bad during wet weather.
Another great improvement would be to
dress the granite each side of the driveway
on the bridge.
The following is copied from t he Lyndon
Union. Mr.. Graves has many friends here,
who extend congratulations and best
wishes.
sAt noon, Wednesday, Sept. IL, at the
residence of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs: Hezekiah 5ngersen, occurred the
Augusta, to Charles d. Graves, of Lyndon
Vile. The ceremony was performed in
simple manner by the Rev. NJ. A. Farren,
of the LIST Congl church of Lyndon, the
young couple standing under an arch of
green and white foliage. John Merrill and
Miss Martha, brother and sister of the
bride were bridesmaid and groomsman.
The bride wore dress Of blue and white
silk trimmed with white lace, wearing
white carnations and carrying a bouquet
OF the same flowers. The bridesmaid wore
dress of blue and white muslin, and wore
sweet peas The room was Hastily trimmed
The