Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-08

Miss Nett1e RanO mas Deen eHSdSSu ~
teach the fall term of school at South Troy
where she taught the summer term.
Kate Heating and Grace Richmond start
for the Pan-American Exposition next
Wednesday to &c gone several days.
Homer Daniels, Alden Phillips, Ina
Phillips and Lillian Miller are camping
for ten days at Stone Pond, Glover.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the Barton post office July 8. Please
say advertised. A. NJ. Charles, George
Ineson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barr of Taunton, Mass.
called on friends in town last week. Mrs.
Barr will be remembered as Miss Sarah
Cummings, formerly of this place.
Earle Jenness, who has been att ending
Tufts College during the past year, has re-
turned home for the summer vacation.
The village trustees have built new plank
sidewalk and put up substantial rail
between Beams block and Towers mill.
H. E. Bliss of Lebanon, N. H., visited
his brother, FL. w. Bliss, the past week.
A. C. Merrill of Crafts bury also visited Mr..
Bliss.
Bert Vance, Warren Hartwell and E. H.
Glazier left last Friday for Buffalo, n. Y,
where they will spend few days at the
exposition.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Phillips and Mr.. and
and Mrs. E. A. Bashaw OF Albany are
spending week visiting friends in Frank
lin county.
Mrs. Sarah K. Humphrey, who has been
staying with her son, E. F. Humphrey, for
several months, has gone to Newport to
remain for time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wild have gone
to Michigan to visit at Mr.. Wild's former
home. They will stop for few days at
the exposition in Buffalo.
Rev. W. C. johnson and son Curtis are
at Bolton Springs, Canada, spending their
vacation. Mrs. Johnson and Marie will
join them there this week.
W. B. Davidson, Miss Jessie Davidson,
w. L. Nolan and Miss Margaret Arthur
of Ryegate, were guests Of ". J. Campbell
and his sister last Thursday.
Mrs. F. W. Baldwin came home from the
Pan-American exhibition last Wednesday.
She spent a few days with her sister at
Montpelier on her way home.
E. S. Abbott, who has been teaching
school at Newport Center is back in F. W.
Baldwin's law Office. He is to teach at
Newport Center the fall term.
The new cup defender, Constitution, met
the Old defender, Column bia, and the Boston
boat, Independence, in a race last Saturday
and easily defeated them both.
Annie Wright and Mary Webster,
who learned dressmaking of Mrs. w. &.
Aldrich have gone to set up the dress
making business at Passumpsic.
Mrs. L. ]. Cramer and son Rebie, and
Miss Grace Hinsman Of st. Johnsbury, and
Herbert ana Madge Burnham of Sutton
visited at Mrs. Sarah Stones recently.
Mr.. Elmer E. Webster expects to leave
this week for San Francisco where he will
EN- bark for Manila. He intends to visit
the exposition at Buffalo while on the way.
Work has been commenced on the .Jen-
ness bridge on Water street. A bridge
will be built across the river just north Of
the old one in order to allow teams to pass
while the new one is being built.
have State Scholarship, in both Mid
dlebury College and Norwich University,
at my disposal, if accepted within the next
thirty days. If any one desires either of
these please let me hear at once. F. w.
Baldwin, Barton, VT.
c. w. Preston has just secured a deed of
the land which he bought of B. NJ. r.
Nelson previous to Mr.. Nelson's death.
This is the land which was owned by Mrs.
Stone and decided to Mr.. Nelson some
years ago. Mr.. Preston has sold one lot to
N. M. Scott.
The tenement house Of Mrs. j. F. Skin
ner which has occupied by Osman Dryer
has had a cellar made under the whole,
new foundation, will have veranda built
in front, kitchen and pantry finished off in
the ell and other improvements added.
The barn has been moved back and a base
ment added toit.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kimbal and
little daughter Of South Barton were
driving along Water street last Saturday
evening they drove on to one Of the large
ropes which holds the derrick in place and
their wagon was overturned. TIE
occupants were quite badly bruised but
none of them were severity injured.
The night before the Fourth passed
rather more quietly than usual as there
was very little disturbance and no property
was damaged. The boys were out for
little pleasure but such things must be
expected on this occasion and the older
ones should be willing to lose little sleep
while Young America shows his patriotism.
A few OF the people who visited friends
here on the 4th are as follows: Dr.. Young,
W. 0. Wright of Westfeld, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wright Ken dali of Newport, Mary
Webster, Eugene Webster, and fam
ilV of Irashurph at z Fl Wehster,s