Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-04-29

participated in a promenade. Every effort
was put forth by the members of the odd
Fellows and Rebekah societies to make the
evening a pleasant one for their visitors,
all of whom enjoyed the occasion very
much.
Academy Notes.
Ed. McGoff was ill with the humps last
week.
TIL academy ball team opened the sea-
son Saturday by defeating Derby academy
by a score of Is to A.. The feature of the
game was the effective pitching of Win
chester, who struck out twenty-one men.
The stCzo Dy innings was as follows:
Innings. 1 2 3 4 5 6 z s 8
D. A. 1 O o 1 0 1 o O.
B.. A. o O 5 3 3 1 L o -13
Batteries: Barton, Winchester and Kins
ley; Derby, Greenwood and Mathews.
Bases on balls, by Winchester 2; by Green
wood 5; two base hits, Bly,, Clark, OlLI-
stead. Tower; three base hits, Tower;
hit by pitched ball, Wright; struck out by
Greenwood II; by Winchester 81; passed
balls, Matthews A; KinsIey 2. Umpires,
Abbott and Rhines. Time 1 hour, so min.
Barton Landing.
A.O.JOSlyA 10 very oICk WILL pAOuL1OA1d'
Miss Myra Douglass spent Sunday at
Newport.
Stafford and Smith are painting Hugh
Buchanan's block.
Otis Crawford has finished work in the
mill and gone to work on a farm.
E. A. Wiley will move into the Mar
shall Clement house this week.
Henry Dudley made $500 pounds of sugar
this spring from $50 trees. Who does better?
Aunt Laura Ford is just able to move
about with a cane but is quite feeble.
DIR. Hoskins of Waterville was in town
recently, just back from the Philippines.
Mrs. FL. B. Smith who has been visiting
at Stanstead, P. O., returned home Friday.
Taplin and RowelI are doing quite an
extensive business in buying and selling
cows.
DR.. Freeman Badger of Coventry is to
change his residence and locate in this
village.
The regular meeting OF Willoughby
grange will be held Thursday evening of
this week.
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ter of her spinal trouble was not as well
last week.
Special meeting of the Knights of Pyth-
las next Tuesday evening. Work in the
second rank.
The brass band of this place is practising
music for Memorial Day. j. w. Redmond
is to deliver the memorial address on that
day.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. c. H.
Wiley were sorry to learn of the death of
their twin daughters which occurred at
Milton April 18th.
8 Mrs. Edward Ordway and Miss Lula
Flint open a dressmaking shop in e. E.
lStaford's block this week. They ere both
experienced dressmakers.
Two of the former principals Of the
school here were present last week, namely
E. L. Nye of Coventry and H. R. Willard
of Dartmouth College. Their many friends
were pleased to see them.
A. o. Joslyn, G.. A. Martin and Martha
Foster have been on the sick list during
the week. George Hunt, Mrs. Levi Towle,
Ms. George Rollins and two of her chill
dren have been having measles.
The section men are laying new ties in
the yard near the depot. These ties had
lain for ten years and needed to be remov-
ed as they had rotted to that degree as to
render them unsafe for the heavy trains
that daily run over them.
Lodge No. 95O5 of "Modern Woodmen of
America" was organized here last Thurs
day evening. About thirty persons from
Charleston, several from Island Pond,
Lyndon and st. Johnsbury were present.
Sixty plates were laid and there was a gen.
eral good time enjoyed.
Dan Skinner and E. Skinner were at
their cottage at Willoughby lake last week
repairing their building in preparation
for their usual summer outing. Mrs.
Dan Skinner who was so badly hurt
in the railroad accident last fall is in very
poor health but hopes if she can go to
their cottage for a few weeks she will i'm
prove.
A village hall is among the things which
is most needed here. Where is the man
Who will invest sufficient funds to build
one suitable to our needs. e is high
here and the demand for tenements is
much greater than the supply. A block
with tenements On the ground floor and a
hall above would be profitable to the bull
der and beneficial to the communit y in
general.
Rev. j. A. Dixon the pastor of the M. E.
Church here for the last three years moved
to Hardwick, where he is stationed, last
week. Rev. S. G. Lewis, his successor is
expected with his family this week.
Many of Mr.. Dixon friends are sorry to
have him go away, but are glad to be so
fortunate as to be favored with the service
of SO popular and faithful a preacher as