Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-06-03


10, Martin 5, Chapman 8; passed balls,
Newton 6, French 5; hit by pitched ball,
McGoff; wild pitch, Martin. Umpires,
Rines and Guild. Time of game, hour,
45 minutes.
The game with the Albany team has been
cancelled and the boys will play a return
game at LyndonviIIe next Saturday.
Barton Landing.
Mrs. H. T. Jones is quite feeble.
Mary Wright and w. j. Maxwell are
both sick with measles.
Rev. S. G. Lewis preached at Browning
ton Center last Sunday.
Quite a number from here attended the
play at Albany Thursday evening.
Stephen Nichols has finished his work as
board sawyer for the E. L. Chandler Co.
The Peoples Telephone Co. have stretch
ed new wire from this place to Coventry
Falls.
S. E. Winslow & Co. CARED two loads of
potatoes from this place last week. The
price paid was forty cents per bushel.
There were ten members initiated into
the grange last Thursday evening and two
members of the former lodge received into
fellowship.
Men should be very careful how they use
the beverage which takes away their senses
and causes them to crawl into pantries and
sleep nights, for they are liable to be mis-
taken for burglars and get hurt.
The first quarterly conference of the NJ. E.
church will be held in the M. E. church
parlors next Friday evening at 1880. Pre-
siding Elder Rev. J. o. Sherburne of st.
Johnsbury is expected to be present.
The E. l.. Chandler Co. is rushed with
orders for their output of piano frames,
sounding boards, etc. They are working
their plant to its best capacity and have
large supply of stock on hand for months
to come.
Miss Gertrude Merrill of Montpelier is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Orrin Merrill
z. G. Pease of LennoxvilIe, P. O., is in town
visiting friends.-E. j. Winget, who has
been in Sherbrooze for some time on visit,
has returned.
Rufus Trip has raised his house and re-
paired the foundation. He will build a
wood shed and lean-to to his barn.-H.
W. Hezelton and Chauncey Skinner are
painting their houses. William and Rich
ard Brennan are repairing their house.
Lee Winget has returned from Sherbrooke
where he has been for a short time.-Miss
Alice Cummings of Charleston is visiting
at J. E. Chamberlin's.-Grace and Arthur
Austin were at home from st. Johnsbury
over Sunday.-Miss Jones of Island Pond
spent Sunday with Grace Austin.
The Pre- Memorial exercises which were
held in the Valley House hall Wednesday
were interesting and enjoyed by a good
crowd. The singing was done by a chorus
of nine girls. There was flag drill by six
teen girls which was very pretty, and
manual of arms drill by sixteen boys who
carried air guns and performed their part
to the satisfaction of all present. Miss
Douglass and Myron Allen drilled the boys
and Miss McCue drilled the girls. There
were recitations and reading of the Bible
and other exercises, all of which passed off
finely.
Harry Gilman of Westmore stopped with
his team in front of the hotel for short
time Thursday, leaving his horse without
hitching while he went in for minute.
The horse became frightened and ran,
clearing himself from the wagon. He en-
tered the lumber yard of the E. l.. Chand-
Ter Co., ran over pile of boards to the
railroad track and went on like the wind,
over the first covered bridge, up to the
Way place and into the covered bridge at
that place where he was caught between the
ties. Samuel Corlis and two section men
followed after and got the horse out not
very much worse for his fracas.
A very close and exciting ball game was
played here on Memorial day between our
village team and the "Westmores" whose
players came from various sources. The
scores remained very even all through the
game which resulted in a victory for our
nine. One noticeable feature was the good
work of the Barton Landing batteries.
Following is the score: