Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-09-16
Additional locals from the Vari-
Gus towns mentioned on this sheet
will be found in the main paper
Barton.

Lucy w ne6ler OF raSDurS spent IdsG Week
at Mrs. Austin's.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Wilcox visited at r.
E. BaiIey's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Kenerson of Barnet
were in town last week.
Miss Blanche Devereaux was home from
Chester few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards of Barre visited
at M. j. Smit h's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Bean of Canada Wis
tied at A. A. Lara bees recently.
D. w. Robinson who has been confined
to his room for several weeks is gaining.
S. A. Tenney and his mother of Newport,
n. H., are visiting at c. w. Tenney's.
Rev. H. w. Worthen of st. Adams took
the opportunity to visit friends here during
the fair.
Charles Kelley and family and j. F. Per-
kins of Lowell were the guests of G. M.
Perkins last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace J. Wyman of
Auburn r. 1. visited Mr.. Wyman' g parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Wyman, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Brownell who have
been stopping in Mass achusetts for six
months came up to take in the fair last
week.
Lenna Heath who has worked in the
Peerless for several years, is back again
from her home in Wheelock and goes out
sewing.
The tub factory, the Peerless and Percival
shut down for day or two during last
week to give their help chance to go to
the fair.
w. J. Corrow of LyndonvilIe was in
town last week spending his vacation.
Mr.. Corrow leaves this week for Buffalo
where he will visit the exposition.
G. Fl. Blood and John BorIand are at
home after their three weeks outing in
Canada and report most enjoyable time.
They have two nice deer heads to be set up.
A. S. Drew of West Derby, father of G.
A. Drew of this place, was in town last
week to attend the fair. In spite of the
fact that Mr.. Drew has reached the adj
vanced age of 81 years he is strong in mind
and body and takes an active interest in
the topics of the day.
M. E. Tucker Esq. of Hardwick, who is
interested in developing the asbestos
quarries in Lowell, exhibited some very
fine specimens at the fair. Both J. F.
Kemp employed by the U. S. government
in geological survey, and State Geologist
G. H. Perkins, have examined the asbestos
quarries at Lowell and report very favor
ably upon them.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Bailey attended the
marriage of their son, o. G. Bailey of st.
Johnsbury and Miss Cora Johnson Of Dan
Vile at the BRIDES fathers last Wednesday.
A wedding with many guests, presents,
and the usual festivities attending made it
very pleasant affair. Mr.. Bailey and his
bride will live at st. Johns bury where he
has employment.
The following is copied from the Island
Pond Herald: civilian Mclaughlin. of
Barton, was arrested here by constable Be-
mis- Thursday night, at the instance of his
employer, Horatio Devereaux. McLaugh-
lin had secured a months pay in advance
from Mr.. Devereaux and was headed for
the New Hamps hire woods, but decided to
return to Barton and straighten matters
out"
Mrs. G. H. Blood and her sister. Miss
Bertha Spaulding, accompanied G. H.
Blood and John BorIand on their Cana
diah trip, and while the men were away
from camp they left the ladies to look
after things and gave them a rifle with
which to protect themselves. One day
while the men were absent Miss Spaulding
saw deer and shot at it, but missed, as
this was the first time she had fired rifle
Later another deer appeared about TWEEN
ty rods from the camp and Miss Spaulding
secured the rife, took good aim, fired and
the deer fell dead. In her bird essay as a
sportswoman she succeeded in killing a
partridge. An excellent record for an
amateur.
The following article was handed to us
by subscriber:
The atrocious attack upon the life of
President Mckinley at Buffalo, N. Y, was
sufficient to arouse the first wrath of an
outraged populace. That the choice of
seventy-fve millions of intelligent people
and chief executor of free repu bile should
become the target for the assassin's bullet