Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-07-28


Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Drown returned
from Willoughby Saturday. Mr.. Drown
has gained in health quite rapidly during
his sojourn there. They intend to return
tc the lake this week.
Mrs. w. H. Babcock and children, who
have been visiting at w. M. Wright's have
returned to their home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. w. Nj. Wright accompanied them
and will remain a few weeks.
Mrs Helen Peterson and son Earle, who
went to the Deer Park Hotel, No. Wood
stock, N. H., are now at the Cottages OF
the Pines, Woodstock, N. H., where they
will stop the remainder of the season.
G. A. Currier, of the drug firm of G. A.
Currier & Co., st. Johnsbury, has pur-
chased an interest in drug store at Ber-
| lin, N. H. The store at Berlin will be
conducted under the firm name of Lyford
Il Currier.
| Hon. B. F. Spaulding of Fargo, No.
Dakota received the republican nomina-
tion OF congressional representative at the
| state convention held last week. Mr..
Spaulding's many friends in Orleans
county will extend congratulations.
The wet weather has made it very hard
for the farmers to do their haying. How
ever the season is very backward and the
grass has been improving all the time.
Crops of all kinds are looking very poor
and in case of early frosts in the fall will
be nearly failure in certain sections.
CARD. We wish to express our heart
felt thanks to our friends and neig hbors
for the kindness shown US during the ILL
ness and death OF our beloved father and
brother. Especially to the order Of which
he was a member and to the choir and
those who furnished flowers.
Mr.. AND MRS. g. W. CLARK,
MRS. H. NJ. HEATH,
Mr.. A. w. CLARK.
A party of Odd Girls to the number OF
about forty spent Thursday at Willoughby
lake, using H. t. Sewers cottage as their
headquarters. A fine dinner was served to
45 guests and general good time was the
days result, some % taking the trip about
the lake in "Keewaydin," while others
bathed in the inviting waters or partook
of the other various means of enjoyment
What about a village improvement
society? What about improving oul
village park? The officials of the Boston
Maine railroad could dou btless be induced
to do something toward improving the
grounds alongside the track and the
money could be raised easily to make Other
improvements. Every resident Of the
village should be interested in any i'm
provement which would help to beautify
4 the village. 30" p'77'"o~ go al
Considerable excitement was caused here
last week by the discovery of some cloth
ing in wagon body in the CoDgr gationa
church sheds. The wagon was the pro.
perty of G. w. Comstock and on Saturday
morning he sent a man there to get it and
a mans shirt, shoes and stockings wer'
found in it. The matter is being investi
gated and it is hoped that the owner of thu
clothing may be discovered and an oppor
tunity given to- question him as to hi
reason for using the church shed for
dressing room.
j. Bickford returned from Montrea
Wednesday morning and Frank Lang re-
turned Thursday with the Barton horses
having spent two weeks in the Canadian
metropolis waiting for weather suitable TO
finishing the four days races. Lang
" horses won as follows: Henry's Girl wa
first in the 2:12 class; Red Homer secont
hin 2 pa class Turveydrop third in 2 20 class
Silverdale third in 2:25 trot, and third ii
2:27 trot and pace. The 2:17 class was tn
fastest race of the series, there being fiv
heats. Our citizens may well feel proud o
| the result s
J Mr.. Joseph F. Hagar died at his HON
in this town July oath, the day before hi
S7th birthday. Mr.. Hagar was born il
, Hinesburg, July 25th 1916, and with tn
. exception OF twelve years passed in Ohio
had always lived in Vermont, and 70
/. twenty-one years had lived in Barton. II
, was married to Louisa A. Burke of Morris
/. town, Oct. End, 1849 and had family c
eight children, four SONS and four daugh
tiers; two daughters having died, there ar
six remaining children, who all reside i
: town. A brother living in Ohio is th
only remaining member of his father
family. He is survived by his wife, who
. with the other mem ers OF the family, be
the sympathy of large number of friend
in this town and in his former home. M
I Hagar was quiet unassuming citizen,
Y man of scholarly attainments and alway
4 interested in current topics of discussion
A kind neighbor and friend, and an affeG
@ tionate husband and father, his loss wi
n be deeply felt in his family circle and in
n mediate vicinity. The funeral was held {
his late home Friday, July 18th, Rev. g. {
Mcdonald officiating. The burial was
+, Morrisville.
% Barton Landing.
Carl French was in Boston last week.
r. The farmers all report an average hi
"a crop.
is Andy Wiley is home from New Ham
shire. t8
ID Mrs. Betsey Halves of Hanover, N. f
r is visiting here.