Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-04-21

machinery into the ell of the house he has
occupied, white the main building will be |!
raised one. story and finished when the
machinery will occupy its old quarters.
Mr.. E. H. Webster gave short account
of his experiences in southern prisons
before history class at the Barton acad-
envy last week. His talk was highly
interesting and was much enjoyed by the
young people.
The Sextette club will give a social
dance at Seaver's hail next Thursday eve
ming. Potter's orchestra will furnish
music. Admission to balcony, ten cents;
dancing fifty cents per couple. ALI come
and have good time.
Douglass Lester has finished work for
II. A. Folsom and hired out to parties IN
Lyndonville to work in the meat business.
Mr. Lester has been very popular and
most successful salesman and his patrons
are very sorry to have him go away.
Melvin Drown is raising the laundry
building one story and will finish off
nice tenement in the upper part. This
will not interfere with the laundry work
which will be carried on in the ell of the
building during repairs on the main build
ing.
At the annual meeting of Keystone
Chapter No. IS, r. A. M. the following
officers were elected: H. T. Seaver, E. Il. F.;
E. E. Liddell, king; P. G. Stone, scribe;
G. A. Katen, Treas. J. A. Pearson, Sec.;
E. H. GIazier, G. of H.; j. H. Hoyt, P. S.;
j. N. Webster, r. A. c.; III. j. Stannard,
NJ. Sd W; H. G. Pierce, M. I'd "; M. }.
Smith, M. list "; Rev. w. @. johnson,
Chap; C. F. Percival, steward; W. F. Clark,
steward; Il. G. Gay, tyler.
| There will be a days sing and concert
at the close of the singing school on the
10Th of this month. All singers are re-
ouested to attend, and if entertainment is
desired by singers from abroad, If they
will apply to G. w. Tenney he will provide
places. The concert will be given in
| Seaver's opera hall. The boy soprano,
Joseph Cheney, of st. Johnsbury, and the
| st. Johnsbury male quartette Will De
present to assist in the concert.
The following officers were elected at
the meeting of Orleans Lodge last Friday
evening: Mark w. Johnson, w. M; John
M. Blake, S. W.; Homer G. Potter j. W.;
Edward F. Dutton, Treas; Orlando v.
Joslyn, Sec; Francis w. Cutting, s. D.;
Nelson L. Dow, J. D.; Robert l.. Sheaff,
Chaplain; Harley t. Seaver, Marshal; John
H. Hoyt, S. s., Edwin B. Wild, J. s.;
Frank G. Burdick, Tiler. There will be
special communication Tuesday evening.
April % at Z a. m. sharp to install the Off
GERS and to work the E. A. degree.
The academy baseball team opened their
season last Saturday with Barton Landing
high school and were defeated by score OF
9 to 5. The academy boys were unable to
hit the ball when hits were needed. The
features were the pitching of Skinner, who
struck out IS men, and the fielding of
Olmstead.
Score by innings:
/ 8 A 6 9
B. Lbs. 0 1 1 0 0 o. 9
b. A. 0 L
Two base hits, Olmstead 2; hit by pitched
ball, Hubbard, McGoff; struck out by
Tower II, by Skinner IS; base on balls, by
Tower 8, by Skinner 2; umpires, Joslyn
and Robinson; scorer, Moxley; time, 2
hours 10 minutes. The academy boys will
play the Barton Landing team here again
next Saturday at p. m. Admission Is cts.
The banquet given by the Barton Whist
Club at Sewers hall last Tuesday evening
was a very pleasant affair. The committee
in charge of the decorations succeeded in
transform ming the hall into most attrac-
tive apartme and the delicious refresh
ments served were enjoyed by all present.
The prize winners were as follows Ladies,
Mrs. H. G. Pierce, 1st, Miss Emma Rice,
End. Gentlemen, Clare Powell, LIST, j. F
Batchelder, End. Toasts were responded
to by different members of the club. The
remainder of the evening was passed with
dancing and social conversation. Potter's
orchestra furnished excellent music.
The remains of Henry Cham berlain who
died in Newport, April 18th, were brought
here last Wednesday and inferred in the
village cemetery. Mr.. Cham berlin was
born in Iras burgh in 1881. Later, he and
his fathers family moved to this place,
and he set up in the tinsmith business
His store was located for a number Of
years in building which stood where the
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years ago, Mr.. Cham berlain sold out here
and went to Newport and bought a place
there and engaged IN the tin business
For several years he has been in poor
health and for the last few weeks a grea
sufferer. He was a man very much re-
respected here, a very social, genial anc
wide awake business man. He leaves
wife and one daughter, Mrs. M. E. Dodg'
of Denver, Col.
, Some time ago certain parties from
: Lowell, Mass, came here and bought mill
and cream of the farmers paying them
good price for these products. At frs
they paid promptly, but later they grew
slack about paying and finally they go
considerably in debt to them. Some of tn
farmers, to secure part of their debt at
tached the cream cans, others held wha
, cans they had refusing to give them up un