Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-02-18

Goad viii entertain the Odd Girls at the
NJ E. church parIors next Wednesday
afternoon.
A paper received from Mr.. Arthur S.
Drew states that he IS in excellent health
as the southern climate exactly agrees
with him.
On account ~5 the lecture on Tuesday
evening ths 2pworth League service will
be on Thursday evening, led by Mrs.
Barbara C. Drumming.
Remember the lecture by S. Parks Cad
man at Sewers hall to-mOrr Tuesday,
evening. Subject, 1.-THE Puritan in Eng
land and America"
Regular convocation Of Malta Com
n1andery, No. 10, az Newport next Friday
evening at 7: 80 O'Clock. There is consid-
cradle work to be done.
A very large number attended the lect-
ure at the n. Z. church TO hear about "My
Hobby" 1t was learned that the speakers
hobby was temperance.
Miss Sarah j. Smith who has been in the
employ Of the Peerless Co. for tie last tour
years has finished work and gone to live
with her brothers at Barre.
The following letters remain uncaIled Tor
at the post Office Jan. IS. Please say adver-
tised: Mrs. Hattie Achilles, Henry C3lIan-
eIer, c. w. EIartin, Harrison Wilson, c. z.
Whitcher.
Several machines for the tub shop ar-
rived at the depot last Saturday morning
which had been on the road from the Goth
Of January. It proved they had been mis-
sent and were found at Brandon.
Geo. W. Reed left this morning for New
York where he is to exhibit two of his
beagles. Geo. is very popular among the
dog fancier5 OF the country and is often
selected to act as one Of the judges at their
meets.
The Jolly Six Club" viii give calico
bail at Seaver's hall next Friday evening.
Music will be furnished by a frst-c class Or
chestra Of six pieces. Every one invited
and requested to wear calico. a good
time IS promised.
A large amount Of iced is being sold in
this place these days. A. NJ. Tower had
six cars of feed on the track last Monday,
and the new firm Parker & Humphrey,
have unloaded eight cars since taking
possession OF the mill.
Mrs. Elvira Cass has gone TO Woods
vile to live with her daughter. Her son,
G. s. Cass, with whom she has been stop
ping III this village, has given up his rooms
in the Katen tenement and with his little
son is boarding at Clarence Comstock's.
4 flock of wild ducks were Oh the river
near the Water street bridge last week and
an attempt was made 10 kill them. The
party doing the shooting had apparently
forgotten that there is q heavy fine for
shooting ducks at this time of the year.
While George Oimstead, Fred Marteland
Bert Harris were scuffiiDg last Saturday
night at the depot Bert was quite severely
hurt. They carried him home and physi-
clan was summoned when it was found
that the small bone in MS leg was broken.
c. McMuIleu, who has been at work for
French & Co. at Lowelltown, Me-,
home last week, and will move
his family back here this week. Mr.. Nc
Mullen has engaged to work for Taplin &
RoweI Of Barton Landing during the
summer.
A. r. Cowles returned from Enosburgh
Fall8last Saturday, where he reports that 4
he had been showed in for several
weeks. The amount of snow which fell
there was much greater than in this Sec
ton and the high wind made most eff
fective blockade.
The community was painfully surprised
on Tuesday to learn of the sudden death of
Myrtle Maud Paul, a little twelveyear-
old daughter of William Paul. She had
been ailing some time but it was not
thought she was dangerously i'll till the
day before she died.
e: S. Welch has engaged to do large
amount of work on the buildings which
are to be erected on the fair ground when
the spring opens. Geo. Ii. Davis has con-
tracted with Nelson Lewis for over two
hundred thousand feet Of lumber to be |
drawn into Charles LaWrence's mill in
Glover where it will be sawed, and is TO be
used on the fair ground buildings.
Last week was one Of the worst of the |
winter thus far. Mercury stood nearly at
zero every day and at night went down as
oW as ten below several times, the wind |!
was raw and the storm in the air several |
days made it exceedingly uncomfortable |
,lOlng. Nearly every DAY the snow drlTCed |
and the sidewalks in the village and the |
'oads on the hills were full most of the |
lime. Since the first of January the |
weather has averaged so cold as to demand
more fuel to make the homes comforta BILE
han for several years before.
A hearing in the case of the State vs..
Leon Lyon was held in Westmore on
Tuesday, Feb. II. States Attorney Fl. F.
Graham of Craftsbury represented the
State and J. W. Redmond was counsel for
The case was heard before
Justice S. A. Hunt, and he placed the
bonds at five hundred dollars for Lyons