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

day evening. Light refreshments were
served and pleasant evening enjoyed by
all present.
The junior class gave a reception and
banquet in honor of the seniors last
Thursday evening in Odd-FellOws hall.
About 60 were present and pleasant time
was enjoyed by all.
Prof. H. J. Stannard attended a meeting
of the executive committee of the State
Teach hers Association at Burlington last
Friday. Plans are being made to hold a
meeting at Burlington in October.
The academy ball team went to Barton
Landing last Saturday to play the village
team. The Landings won the game 22S.
The game was loosely played and uninter-
esting. Winchester did not have his usual
support. What the team needs is more
practice.
Barton Landing.
{. E. Gays new house is upand partially
covered.
George Parker is painting the Cong.
church.
Byron Clement has built an addition to
his barn.
Mrs. William Brennan has gone to Min
H. B. Ford of Boston is having a little
vacation and is here visiting his father,
George Ford, for few weeks.
Stephen Nicholas has closed his labors
with the E. L. Chandler Co. and moved to
Bloomfield where he has bought farm.
The Ladies' Aid society will serve straw
berry shortcake etc. at the Cong. vestry
next Tuesday evening. If you are there,
you will surely get your moneys worth.
Mrs. Laura Ford and her daughter Mrs.
Geo. Fletcher are keeping house in the
Stafford tenement house, having moved
into the new tenement recently finished
off by G. B. Gay.
Rufus Trip sold a span of horses to
G. B. Peavy last week who takes them to
Ashland n H. to be used in a livery stable.
Irving Conner sold a horse to Mr.. Cutting
of Barton last week.
The cannon on the common looks as
though it were trying to lombard the moon.
1t is characteristic of this gun to meet with
accidents as this is the second one since it
arrived. Its motto at present seems to be
upward"
Rev. J. B. Lyman and his mother, Mr..
and Mrs. 1. d. r. Collins, Mr.. and Mrs. 5.
a. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Jerre Marston, Mr..
and Mrs. O. G. Page and Mrs. Hunt and her
daughter attended the CongregatiOnalist
Convention at Coventry last week.
Mrs. Hugh Buchanan and Mrs. ID. @.
Hartman were both quite sick last week.
John Hall is very low with cancer.-The
measles list this week includes A. l. Blake,
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child and johnson child.
Anyone who is interested in good roads
will do well to visit the road from Nathan
to the Perley Brothers. Here
is about a quarter of mile OF road that
may bear out the claim of permanent road.
1t is ballasted with stone and coverediWith
gravel, it is twenty four feet wide and a
model piece of road work.
Fred Butcher of Buffalo, \. Y, has been
doing some nice sign painting on the store
windows here. Among those who have
had more or less of his work we mention
Skinner & Brown at the mill and store
house, Webster's drug store, Beede &
CowIes', Mr.. Lyons barber shop, Frank
Clements store, Taplin & Rowell's sta bles,
KimbaIl's store, and Smiths meat market.
Mr.. Butcher is very rapid painter and
does his work in a neat, art jstlc manner.
Halsey Hall has sold his house to DR..
Badger of Coventry who will move here
day was very pleasantly
observed at the Cong. church yesterday
Mrs. Chase and three children from Jay
have been visiting their friends here recent /
ly.-Marshall Dodge and family of Denver
is visiting relatives here.-Mrs. A. w. Will f.
ley goes to Milton this week to visit her
son, c. H. WilIey.-Clyde Wiley Will at
tend the commencement exercises at Mont
oelier this week.
The entertainment at the Methodist /
hurch Thursday evening was a complete /
success. The girls chorus sung fifteen
times while Prof. La wrence accompanied .
them on the piano. The pieces recited by (
Rev. S. Lewis We're finely rendered as also /
was the piano solo by Mr.. Lawrence. There |
vas q large audience and the door receipts |
amounted to S17 80. There is much regret /
expressed that the school board failed to
secure the services of Mr.. Lawrence another .
year; he has done thorough work and will |
De missed both in the school and church |
where he has rendered most excellent work. (
The class day exercises OH Thursday /
lfternoon were of much interest and
howed excellent work both on the ,
part of the teachers and students. The pa
oers by the members of the graduating class
we're of a high order which would compare
avorabIy with those of other schools of
ike grade. There were seven graduates,
namely, Elsie Moulton, Marcia Gay, Bertha
Grace Dodge, Lena Wiley, Earl
)rdway and Oscar Gibbs. The salutatory
vas by Lena Wiley, class will by Marcia
Jay, class history Grace Dodge; class
Oscar Gibbs; presentation paper,
elsie Moulton, Grafton on prohibition,