Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-06-10

Mrs. Henry Summer OF RrattleDOrO
I the guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. w
Brown.-Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rockwell OF
Hardwick visited relatives in town last
! week. Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Baraw visited
relatives in Barton Landing last week.
Mrs. F. B. Hammond visited friends in
North Troy recently.
North Troy.
! Mrs J. H. Wallace has gone to Boston.
Chas. San born of Winchester, Mass, was
in town recently.
Mrs. A. II. Porter, who has been in poor
health for several weeks, is now gaming,
with prospects of complete recovery.
Mrs. Jerry Deaett has gone to Boston to
remain through the summer.-Mrs. Myrtle
Annis of Usage, Iowa, is spending the sum-
mer in town.
Westtield.
Mrs. Sophronia Pattee of Montpelier is in
town visiting her sisters.-Miss Rosie
Weeks of St. Johnsbury is here visiting
Mrs. IS. Miller.
DR.. Buss and c. J. Bell came to town last
Tuesday and killed the condemned cattle
D. E. Wright's cattle were tested and found
to be in good condition.
Miss Lena Gilpin finishes her school in
S. Westfield on Wednesday.-Mr H. o.
Miller, Miss Maud Miller and Miss Lena
Gilpin, go to Providence r. [. this week
to attend commencement at Brown Uni
versity. Max Miller graduates from the
University as civil engineer.
Miss Winnie Ryder has gone to Ashland,
L 1,or
to Spring field, Mass. on a visit Rev. J. FL.
Cone, Miss Ada Brown, Dea. NJ. c. Hitch
cock and wife, d. S. Hitchcock and wife'
Walter Bell and wife, and M. W Farman
attended the county conference of Congl
churches held at Coventry last week.-Mrs..
D. S. Hitchcock has gone to Hatley P. q.
to visit relatives.
On May 81, Edward Mason was brought
before Justice Eugene Miller on charge
of drunken ness and pleading guilty was
fined S. and costs. He was re- arrested on
the charge of selling or giving away liquor.
The fines with costs on both charges
amounted to about $50. The same day
Clarence Martin, a boy of seventeen years
was brought before Justice Eugene Miller
on the charge Of selling or giving away
liquor. He stood trial. There were
number of offences proved against him but
the court dealt Ieniently and he got off
with fine and costs to the amount Of about
$40. Capt. A. w. Farman of Newport ap-
peared for he state.
The mo st eIeg ant and capacious house in
this village and one of the incest in'thls
valley is the house completed this spring
by Hiram o. Miller. It is on the large
farm for many years owned and occupied
by the late \. c. Hitchcock and which
he gave to his daughter, Mrs. H. o.
Miller, before his decease. The new
house stands on the site of the old one
which has been moved a little distance
away. The house is so by - and sides to
the street thus fronting to the east. The
cellar is 80 by 40 besides the bay windows.
The rooms Of the first story are finished in
birch, ssh and black cherry, and the floors
are of birch and maple. The dining-rOom
floor is especially elaborate and there are
two mosaics in the front hall floor. The
rooms of the second story are finished in
spruce and Eastwood and The third or attic
floor is finished in soft wood. There is
bath and toilet room on the first floor an
and another toilet room on the second
floor. The halls on each of the three foo RS
are located one above the other and con-
nected by the stairs so as to constitute
practically one hall. There are eleven
hand made neWells. The first newell at
the foot Of the stairs contains $50 pieces of
wood. In the southeast corner there is a
window with five sides extending to the
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There is bay window on the south end of
the house with four windows in it. There
is a large porch over the front door and
broad veranda on the west side of the
house. The chimney is three by five feet
on the ground. The house is heated by a
Murkland furnace and there is a fireplace
in the dining There is a cupboard
between the dining room and the pantry
containing eight drawers that slide both
ways. 1t has sixteen doors, four glass and
four wooden doors opening into the
dining room and four lass and four wood
en- doors opening into the pantry. There
are large slide doors between the sitting
room and parlor and the parlor and front
hall, all of which can be opened, throwing
the three rooms together. There is water
with faucets upon each floor and in the
cellar. The water comes from a spring
which gives it head of $50 it. The ell
which went with the old house is retained.
1t is IS by Y feet and contains the kitchen.
back pantry, general storeroom, wood
shed, carriage room and a shop room.
In the kitchen are set tubs with faucets.
This ell is on the back side of the house
and extends to the west. There are ten
rooms on the first floor of the house and
twelve including closets on the second
floor. On the third floor are two large