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

al church this week will be held on Friday
evening instead of Thursday evening as
usual and the preparatory lecture VIII be
given in connection with the other service.
subscriber hands us the following
item: Residents of Lake street hope
that the young men who battle near the
old derrick will in the future refrain
from the use of profane and obscene Ian
guage."
We noticed in a recent issue of the Man
chester Union that r. FL. Cheney of the
firm of Cheney & Cheney ofthat city, had
been elected director of the international
Mining Co., whose gold mines are in Var
mouth, Nova Scotia.
A large aumber attended the meeting OF
the Ladies' Aid at Miss Sophia and Mrs.
G. o. Drew's last Wednesday afternoon.
Forty-two persons took supper and gen
eral good time was experienced notWlth-
standing the excessive heat.
The sidewalks in some places in this vii
Iage are in a dangerous condition and
should be attended to before some one is
seriously injured on them. Several parties
have had bad falls already. We would
suggest that the village fathers give this
matter little attention.
Arthur D. Wiggin, who has for two
years taught the North Troy high school,
has been unanimously elected to the prin-
cipalship of the Mute high school at Milton,
NH. This is an institution endowed with
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars. Mr.. Wiggin's salary will be
$4,000 per year.
All the meetings are cancelled at the M.
E. church until the 21st of this month.
The quarterly board voted to give Rev. w.
e. Johnson a vacation OF three Sundays.
He takes only two Sundays now but may
take the other later. All persons who at
tend the NJ. E. church are cordially invited
to attend the Congregational church dur
ing Mr.. Johnson's vacation.
George Rand, brother of Fred Rand of
this place, died of sunstroke last Friday
night at White River Junction. It will be
remembered that he visited Fred only
few weeks ago and was in good health.
Fred Rand went down Friday night but
his brother was dead when he arrived.
Mrs Rand went down to attend the fu-
neral which was held at South Royalton
Yesterday. The deceased was a widower,
his vile having O10Q
AS the Canadian Pacific express was
making the run between Barton Landing
and this place last Wednesday afternoon
about midway between the two villages,
the engineer noticed something unusual in
the appearance Of one Of the rails ahead.
The speed of the train was slackened but
not entirely stopped until the train had
passed over the spot. On examination, 1t
was found that a rail had warped to such
an extent that it was necessary to repair it,
before it was safe for other trains to pass.
The extremely hot weather which pre-
vailed last week caused universal discom-
fort and numerous prostrations are report
ed. The sun shone from a clear sky every
day and the mercury registered very
high, standing at so degrees in the
morning and running from 90 to 100 de-
grees in the shade during the day. The
intense heat covered the northern and cen
trail sections of the country and in the
cities the suffering was very great and
numerous deaths resulted from the effects
of the heat
The electrical display Friday evening
was one of the grandest ever witnessed in
this section. The chains ran horizontally |
along the clouds and sometimes there !
would be a half dozen spangles at a |
time running in different directions. The |
storm did not reach here but at DanviIIe |
the lightning struck barn belonging to |
George Cary and and burned the building |
and seventeen head OF cattle. At Lyndon
Vile trees were blown down and the
electric lights were out over part of the
corporation. A barn was struck but the
fire was put out.
At the recent graduation exercises at the
University Of Vermont at Burlington the
degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred
upon Mr.. E. E. Webster of this village.
Mr.. Webster would have received the de-
gree last year as he had completed the work
but obliged to be absent from college |
at the time OF the examination as he was
occupied with the census work. Mr.. Web
ster will leave here in July for San Francis
CO, from which city he will sail for Manila
where he has accepted a position as in
structor in the schools. Mr.. Webster has
many friends in Barton who will be sorry
to have him leave but will wish him success
in his new field of labor.
Several from this place attended the
meeting of the commandery at Newport
last Friday evening which was one of I'M
usual interest. A committee of three from
the Richard Occur de Lion Preceptory of
Montreal visited the order and presented |
it with beautiful Illuminated address ex-
pressing the thanks of the Preceptory for
courtesies rendered on previous occasion
By the Malta Commandery. H. c. Pierce,
E. c., was presented with a very pretty
silver badge with passion cross and silver
star and his name engraved on the back.