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

second premiums on White Wyandotte
Cock. White Wyandotte Pullet, Partridge
Cochin Hen and Buff Wyandotte Breeding
| Pen; third premiums on White Wyau-
dotte PuIlet and Buff Cochin Bantam, and
fourth premium on White Plymouth Co.
! chin Hen. Mr.. Tower received first on
Buff Leghorn Cock, White Leg horn Pullet
and Brown Legho Hen; special premium
| on Buff Leg horn Cock; second premiums
on White Leghorn Pullet, Buff Leghorn
Hen, White Leghorn Cochin and Partridge
| Cochin Bantam; third premium on Brown
Leghorn Pullet. This was good record
for Barton boys,
We publish the following letter which
was sent US in reply to an article which
appeared in the last issue of this paper:
Mr.. EDITOR: I saw an article in one OF
the the recent issues of your paper stating
! that our Fair Association did not use one
| of your townsmen, Mr.. n. M. Hubbard, III
/ a square manner. I wish on behalf of our
management to set this right before your
subscribers. Our rules are that no firm or
person shall draw more than one prize in
/ the same section, that is, no one can draw
a First and Second. The poultry Judge
! for some reason best known to himself did
not follow the rules but in some cases
awarded the same person two or three
firsts in the same section. According to
our rules which all were supposed to know
| Mr.. Hubbard received all that was due
him, and we very much regret that he was
dissatisfied. In regard to our deducting
| the special prizes that he offered from his
premiums, would say that the judges book
| sho we'd that this prize was awarded to
Sam Hamilton and was paid to him by the
treasure Our judge was one selected by
| the poultry men themselves so they ought
not to kick at his decisions, out our
association as we'll as others if they have
any rules are obliged to stand by them.
Yours,
Geo. F. Root, Sec'y.
| II. o. Whitcher, one Of our Oldest and
most respected citizens, died last Friday
morning. For several years his health had
! been gradually failing and about three
weeks ago he was obliged to take his bed
! and grew constantly weaker until the end
came. Mr.. Whitcher was born in Warren,
| n. H, June %, 1925. His boyhood was
! spent in Peacham, where he resided with
! an uncle. When young man he went to
J Winchendon, Mass, where in 1851 he mar
, r1ed Eliza r. Jones. Later he went to
! Springfield, Mass, aud engaged in the tin
| business as peddler. At length the firm
! by which he was employed desired to es-
| ia blish branch of their business in Yer
! mont and sent Mr.. Whitcher here to rep
/ resent their interests. He came to Barton
! in 1859 and for many years was one Of the
/ best known men in the county, transact
! ing business in every town and in several
/ towns in Caledonia and Essex counties.
| Later he added farming implements and
( machinery, taking almost all kinds of
/ produce for pay. He sent the first car
1Fload of potatoes, the first eggs and other
! produce to market by rail from this place,
! and for many years did a very large
/ business. In 1888 he sold his tin shop and
hardware stock to H. I. Seaver, but con
tinued to carry on the sale of farming
/ implements. OF late years Mr.. Whitcher
has been incapacitated for business, but
has been ably assisted by his son Fred
and the business has been carried on I'm
I der. the firm name of I'll. o. Whitcher &
/. Son. Mr.. Whitcher was exceedingly kind
+ to the poor and was known far and near
as an honest man. He was one Of the
most accommodating neighbors, quiet and
unassuming, a man who made friends
among all classes. The funeral was held
at the house yesterday at 2:3O p. M, Rev.
r. L. Sheaff officiating. Mr.. Whitcher
leaves to mourn his loss wife and three
children, Fred, Wayland, and Mrs. George
Katen; besides many other friends.
Barton Landing.
Halsey Hall is grading up about his
house.
Elmer Lyon expects to start for Buffalo
o-day.
The flowers in the depot park are look
ing fine.
Mrs. w. S. Ball of STAFFORD is visiting at
j. B. Wingets.
Mason Kimb of Weirs, n. H, is here
visiting friends.
Chauncey Skinner has been paying his
friends visit here.
c. B. Gay will build a new barn for his
two tenement house
G. H. Parker has gone to LyndonvilIe and
opened barber shop.
William Howard has returned to his
home in Albion, n. Y.
Nellie Lothrop of Lowell, Mass, is visit
| ing her parents and friends.
Vernon Marshall got his hand quite bad
Iy burned with hot tar last week.
The schools commenced here last week
with over one hundred fifty scholars.
Thomas Landon, who has been at work
| in Westmore for some weeks, is home
| again.
Rev. P. B. Fisk of Greensboro preached
here in exchange with Rev. J. B. Lyman