Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-28
Boston to meet him and accompany him

Boston to meet him and accompany him
home.
The first quarterly conference of the year
will be held at the M. E. church vestry on
Monday evening, May 5. Presiding Elder
Rev. j. o. Sherburne is expected to be
present.
The following letters remain uncalled for
at the post Office April %. Please say adj
vertised: Bing Beaman, Mrs. N. E. Foster,
Henry Goddard, Hattie Kerr, Miss Liddy
Parker.
George Scott has bought two building
lots of Douglass Lester. He has been get
ting out the stone for cellar, aud expects
to build one house this fall, and another
house later.
Frank Jutras is planning to build
double tenement house just beyond the
Crystal Lake House. Aaron Drown has
got out the granite for the cellar wall and
the foundation.
The directors of the Ocleans County Fair
Association will meet at Hotel Barton next
Tuesday the 29th to make arrangements
for the June meeting, attractions, etc., on
the fair ground.
A large number of the friends of THE Rev.
w. G. Johnson and family called at their
home and left them some substantial gifts
last Wednesday evening. A general good
time was enjoyed.
Last Friday the horsemen commenced
speeding their fast horses on the fair
ground. The track is in splendid con-
dition, and from this time on there will be
lively work by the horse trainers.
G.F. Wheeler and j. w. Dennison at
tended the "Pinafore'' performance at st.
Johnsbury last Saturday, and Saturday
night they went to Barton Landing and
were the guests of Ernest Wheeler over
Sunday.
G. w. Preston moves to Wolcott this
week, where he has leased the hotel
for one year. Mr.. Preston sold portion
of his household effects at auction last
Thursday. He has sold his residence to
N. M. Scott.
Some extremes of temperature prevailed
in this section of Vermont during the past
week. The high temperature OF Wednes =
day resulted in local thunder which
caused the mercury to drop to the vicinity
of the freezing point in few hours, nd
the air was full of snowfakes much of the
time on Thursday.
The Valley Brothers opened their quar-
ries last week. They have large orders fol
granite and expect to employ some twenty
men during the summer. Aaron Drown
, has also commenced work at his quarry
and will work large force of men. By
this it will be seen that the granite bust
ness is increasing each year.
The Woman's Literary Club and invited
guests were pleasantly entertained at tn
home of Mrs. W. M. Wright last Wednes
day evening. succession of games ant
puzzling questions arranged by Mrs
. Hastings kept everybody lively. Al
: enjoyed the violin solo by Mr.. Powell, tn
/, ladies' quartette, duets by Mrs. Pillsbur,
and DIR. Hastings, song by Mrs. Stannar'
> and reading by DR.. Hastings.
Two fast trains will be placed on the E
'. & M. r. r. this summer about the first o
June, which will make the run from Que
bee to New York City in seventeen hours
" and the return trip in the sauna length 0
time. These trains will stop at Newport
Lyndonville, st. Johnsbury, Wells Rive
Q and White River Junction. They will
Ii pass through this place about 700 a. M
and 900 p. m. In addition to these w
Il shall have our usual New York train.
9 Thomas Wilkie, who formerly lived
this town, and who married Ida Heath {
a Barton, died at st. Johnsbury on Sunda!
the 10th, after short illness. He was
member of the 1. o. o. F. of this villag
u The funeral was held at St. Johnsbury
10 the Baptist church, but the remains wei
brought here and carried to the Heat
10 cemetery for burial last Tuesday. A lare
q number of his fraternity from this villas
accompanied the remains to the cemeter
y He leaves wife and nine children.
The question of placing a fountain
the park at the north end of the villa,
III has been agitated to some extent and
ID this community was favored with vi
lage Improvement Society some of tt
"a projects discussed would doubtless be ca
W ried out successfully. These societies a
being organized in other villages: wi
Us should we not have one here? The VOL
IA accomplished by society of this kind
u. Lyndonville is suffi cient evidence of VIII
ne can be done if there is concerted action
OF the part of the residents Of village. T
"a expenditure of little time and mon
will work wonders in rendering attracti
u the unsightly places to be found in eve
n' community. Will not some of the eli
l. zens of Barton give this matter lit
thought? If the ladies will take the wo
ali into their hands it will surely succeed.
ot Barton Landing.
in Ed. Walker sprained his wrist quite bad
. recently.
ISL Mr.. and Mrs. Keller spent Sunday
al Newport.
ol E. Brooks has moved into the Hors
Hyde tenement.
ne Ernest Going is at work for the seas
asI in Mrs. Miller's store.