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

dozen relatives to visit them Jan. 1st and
celebrate the tenth anniversary of their
marriage, but were thoroughly surprised
when about fifty relatives and friends
called, bringing with them a set of dining
! chairs, a nice bookcase and other small
articles. The afternoon and evening were
spent in visiting, dispensing chicken pie,
oysters, etc. A graphophone,, organ, two
violins and vocal music added much to the
cheer and helped with the hearty welcome
of the host and hostess to make this a
bright spot in the lives of all participants.
Letters were read from former pastors,
! Rev. Mr.. Lewis and Rev. w. E. Douglass.
Gifts were presented by Dea. p. S. Hitch
cock with remarks appropriate for the
! casion, to which Mr.. Fisk responded in
| few well chosen words expressing hearty
appreciation of the esteem shown himself
! and Mrs. Fisk.
1t has been long known that Barton viii
lage has been making healthfui growth.
| There has been no phenomenal increase,
! but year by year a little advancement is
made. This year is no exception. Quite
! a number of new houses have been added
and good deal of improvement is notice
! able. Among the new houses we make
mention of that OF Traverse Brothers which
was finished in the early spring. This
house is located on the corner Of Lincoln
avenue and High street and is one of the
best houses in the village. The owners
| being practical builders, spared no pains
to make it pleasant for the eye TO look up
on, convenient and comfortable to dwell
! in and credit to the village. But as this
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mer number of this paper we forbear to
repeat the description. This is true like
wise of the house built by Mrs. E. E.
Foster on Cemetery Hill. This IS large,
| pleasant, two tenement house built on
slightly place, the work being done by the
veteran builder, Damon Scott, who always
does thorough honest work. Another new
house was finished about the first OF De-
mber on South Church street. This was
built by Melvin Drown on lot next to
the steam laundry. The dimensions on
the ground are 80 81 feet, two stories
high, with lower story feet in the finish
and the second story s. feet in the finish.
A large chimney with two fues extends
from the cellar bottom to the roof, one fiue
for draught and the other for ventilation.
The rooms on the first floor are reception
hall, sitting room, dining-rOom and a very
convenient cabinet kitchen. The three
faucets in the sink represent hot and cold
village water and spring water. The floors
OF the dining-room and kitchen are match
ed birch, the finish is in the natural wood,
and the doors are Of white spruce and pine.
Each window contains three lights, large
light at the bottom and two smaller lights
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the cities. The stairs in the front hall are
made of handsome grained birch, are broad
and easy to ascend. On the second floor
are three sleeping rooms, bath room and
sewing room. The bathroom sewing
room and one sleeping room have hard
wood floors. These rooms are lighted by
large windows, one of them has a twin
window and two other windows and there
! is Queen Ann window in the front gable.
The size of the shed is 1895 feet. The
basement contains a vegetable room, q
laundry, a woOdshed and furnace room.
| The floors are cemented, the walls are of
split granite and brick work. The laundry
is fitted up with stationary tubs and has
fancets for hot and cold water, stove and
other conveniences. There is q chute for
the descent Of clothing from the upper
halls. There is a door in the basement
leading out upon the lawn behind the
house. On the back side of the house is a
piazza five feet wide and twenty feet long,
and two modern porches enclosed by bal
ustrades extend one in front and the other
on the south side. The exterior is plain,
painted white, and has a two-thirds pitch
common roof. The house is heated by
KELSEY in nv TT IT Spavpr
and the plumbing, which is very thor
ough job, was done by A. E. Clark. Mr..
Drown has had much experience in build
ing, and as he drafted, designed and super
intended the erecting of his house, we may
know it is thoroughly done.
Another fine residence has been built on
Lincoln Avenue by Miss Grace Cutting.
The dimensions of the house on the ground
are So x 275 feet, and the barn SO Y "a feet.
It is two stories high each story being nine
feet in the finish The house is of colonial
style with balustrades on the roof and
about the porches. The interior finish is
in cypress, Whitewood, birch, maple and
spruce. There are portieres under the arch
of graceful spindle ornamentation between
the reception room and parIor. The floors
Of the reception room and diRing-room
are matched birch. The parlor is lighted
with large windows and has a CHEEKY
looking fireplace. A roll door separates
the parlor from the dining room. There
is bay window in the dining-room the
front lights of which are 80 x "a inches.
Over the front porch is another bay win
dow, and above that dormer window in
the roof. The parlor and reception rooms
are finished in white enamel, the dining
room in cypress, the kitchen, hall and
sleeping rooms in natural spruce. There