Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-13

recently
J. R. Elliott and party of friends from
Plymouth, n. H., visited at Hotel Barton
over Sunday.
Fred Martelle has taken the place of Geo.
Barstow in the engine house of the b.
NJ. r. r. Co.
Mrs. q. E. Hitchcock has gone to
WiIIoughby to do cooking in the Harry
Gilman hotel.
Mrs. c. w. Tenney is camping at Will
Ioughby. Mr.. Tenney is to build cottage
there this summer.
E. B. Phillips of Manchester, N. H., was
in town over Sunday visiting his brother,
Lyman ID. Phillips.
c. NJ. Emerson, one of the proprietors OF
the Peerless Manufacturing works here,
was in town last week.
Will Arkley of st. Johnsbury, who has
been very sick, has recovered and is now
able to resume his work.
The Percival Furniture Company are put
ting on an addition to their sawmill build
ing to store dry lumber.
Special convocation ofKeystone Chapter,
No. Is, R. A. NJ, Tuesday evening, May
IA. Work NJ. M. degree.
Mrs. A. B. Thompson and Miss Emma
Thompson of Summerville, Mass, are the
guests of Ralph Harding.
Charles Boswell has hired the Whitney
house on South Church street and will
move his family there soon.
Mrs. G. M. Cuthberson and Mrs. W. A.
Royston of Greensboro were the guests of
Mrs. M. w. johnson over Sunday.
The National Deputy of the Modern
Woodmen of America is in town and will
take steps to organize camp here.
F. W. Comstock sold his matched pair
of horses and his Golden gelding to a
horsebuyer who was here recently.
A. F. Stockwell had winter squash out
of the ground in thriving condition with
three leaves on the third day of May.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong. church
will meet in the vestry Wednesday after
noon. The ladies will furnish as usual.
Fred Whitcher has sold eighteen buggy
wagons this spring, and Seldom Bickford
has sold twelve lumber wagons already.
Miss Ida Austin spent few days at ST.
Johnsbury recently and attended the SER
vice in memory of Mrs. Horace Fairbanks.
Malta Commandery of Newport will hold
Ascension Day exercises next Thursday.
The Barton Masonic orchestra will be in
Nettie Rand, who is teaching school at
South Troy, was home over Saturday and
Sunday. She returned on the early train
this morning.
Geo. HambIet moved to st. ohnsbury
last Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamblet
have many friends here who are sorry to
have them move away.
A. NJ. Tower has moved from his block
to the tenement formerly occupied by Geo.
Tower. Walter McFarlane will move to the
tenement vacated by Mr.. Tower.
The grass and the leaves have an unusu-
ally good start for the season, and it is re-
ported by travellers that our spring is ahead
Of Boston and vicinity at least ten days.
Mr.. McClintock of Morrisville and Messrs
Welsh and Green of Pawtucket, R. l., and
Howe of AttIeboro, Mass, were in town
nearly all last week looking after horses.
The entertainment by the Duffy Jubilee
Company last Saturday evening drew a
large house and those who attended were
we'll satisfied with the entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cobb have return
ed to this place from Island Pond where
hey spent the winter. Mr.. Cobb will
work for c. w. Tenney during the summer
A meeting of the Alumni Association of
Barton Academy will be held at the school
house next Wednesday evening at 1880.
All members are earnestly requested to be
present.
Rev. w. e. Johnson spoke at Lyndon
vile in the Good TempIars' hall yesterday
afternoon under the auspices of the Y. M.
J. A. He spoke at Lyndon Center in the
Bert Cannon of this place went to West
more last week and painted Captain
Averills steamer, which has been fitted up
Tor the summer travel. Mr.. Cannon al
ways does credita BILE work.
Professor Pugsley of the Free Baptist
Institute of Lyndon Centre preached at
he M. E. church yesterday two instructive
md scholarly sermons. We shall be glad
% welcome the speaker here again.
G. G. w. Heath, Eli Flanders, L. M.
Hubbard, Fl. d. Phillips and c. Leslie
we're at Hardwick last week at the institu-
ion of the lodge of Odd Fellows. This is
Lodge, No. IS and starts off with promis-
ng prospects.
4 concert will be given by home talent
next Friday evening at Sewers hall for
he benefit of the baseball team. A dance
will be held after the entertainment. Let
Ill attend and give the team a little assist
lnce financially.
Charles Currier graduates next Thurs