Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-01-07

The house is heated with Glenwood fur
mace. All the rooms are lighted with cleo
trio lights as is also the barn. The barn
has colonial roof, front gable and hay
loft that Will contain about five tons of
hay. The carriage room and stables are
sheathed on the sides and overhead and the
floors are matched. Water runs into the
stable and everything about the barn is
made convenient. Miss Grace Cutting and
her brother, T. w. Cutting, were the
architects who drew all the plans and are
to be congratulated on the success of their
designs. The contract was let to A. N
Drew of ST. Johnsbury and the stone work
was done by Oliver Valley; the painting
was done by Frank Kendrick.
Very many improvements have been
made about the Playground but as most of
these have been noticed in previous issue
we will simply say Mr.. Holder has nearly
completed new dwelling house near the
grounds. It is a small cottage house in
tended for one family and will dou btless be
occupied in the spring. A. B. Blake has
nearly the same as built house and barn
during the summer. He has finished two
tenements, with cabinet kitchens, dining
rooms and sitting-rooms below, and three
sleeping rooms for each tenement above.
Both dining-rooms have bay windows.
and each tenement has piazza in front of
kitchen. Both tenements are supplied
with spring water. A shed 10 Y % feet ex-
tends along the back, which is joined to
the barn at right angles with the house.
The barn is 81 Y 24i feet on the ground,
two stories high with carriage room and
stables on ground floor, and hay loft and
two finished rooms on second floor. w. a.
Murray had begun his house one year ago
but finished during the winter. This is a
pleasant little cottage with six rooms.
Mrs. J. c. Page has built tenement join
ing it to her house. Mrs. Joseph Owen
has finished a tenement in her house.
George Nye has converted the upper part
OF his shop into a tenement. Wesley
Batchelder has done a large amount Of re-
pairing to his house and added new ten
ement. Charles Stone has made thorough
repairs on his block, put in bathroom
and done much to improve the buildings.
G. FL. LARGO finished another tenement in
his house. This gives the village thirteen
new tenements during the past year. a. J.
Smith has built barn p "a and finished
off a kitchen in the shed part of his house
y < 16 feet. Melvin Elliott's new barn,
which was put up this fall, is p Y 30 feet.
1t is clapboarded and painted and looks
neat and pleasant. E. Hafford and Harry
Perley have both added barn to their
premises. Clarence w. COmstock has
erected one of the best barns in the village.
It's dimensions are sc y is feet on the
ground, with posts seventeen feet and a
basement. He has stable room for twenty
two horses. His loft will hold twelve tons
of hay. On the first floor is a stable with
several large BOX stalls, and office. harness
room, carriage room and running water
The floors are hard wood matched boards
double. 1t is Sheathed on the sides and
overhead. In the basement is pen for his
hogs, COW stables and running water. The
walls are split granite, pointed, and brick
above. This is lighted with twelve electric
lights. The exterior walls are covered
with matched spruce, paper, and clap
boards. A shingled awning is built over
the front doors, and underneath is an cleo
trio light to light up his yard. The barn
has a cupola on the roof, is painted red
with white trimmings and has many things
to recommend it.
E. ". Barron has built large storehouse
near the tub factory. Aaron Drown has
erected a new shop where he is making his
patent sleds. j. w. Murkland has built
small stock house. William Heating has
shingled three of his houses and done quite
an amount of other repairing and painting.
Mrs. Z. E. Foster has repaired her house.
F. w. Baldwin has added new piazza to
his house and done other work. Charles
Graves has built wide piazza and added
near porch above to his shop. He is also
building a new house and will move his
tenement house later. Mrs. Skinner has
shingled her large two story house and
done a good deal of repairing on her tene-
ment houses, graded, painted, etc. J. B.
Freeman put bathroom into his house
and has done other repairing. Hyman
Phillips has added broad, commodious
double veranda to his residence. o. H.
Mossman has laid several hard wood floors
and done much other work on the interior
of his house. o. E. Cowles has done a
most thorough Job on his shop, new silIed
it, and covered the roof with shingles.
The Peerless Manufactury put in a new
penstock, two water wheels with new
curbs, and painted their factory, and the
Cobb house opposite. H. T. Seaver built
new steps in front of his block, and neatly
fitted up his opera hall. George Nye built
a new dryhouse. Some improvements
have been made on the buildings belong
ing to the PercivaI Furniture Co. Mrs.
John Twombly did about $500 worth of re-
pairing on her buildings. G. A. Drew
built new fume for his shop. The late
Judge Humphrey did a large amount of
stone work, joiner work, and general re-
pairing on his buildings. The Hanna ten
ement house received coat of paint. Fred