Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-02-24
There was a good atten-

basket and weighed one day last week. Inc |
basket and contents weighed three fourths
of pound.
Regular meeting of Orient chapter, No
10, O. E. S. next Friday evening. There is
to be work, and important business to
come before the chapter. A full attend
ance is desired.
The following letters remain uncalled for
at the post-office Feb. "a. Please say ad-
vertised: Mrs. Emma Berry, Mrs. Janet R.
Cummings, w. F. Gilman, Mr.. G. Gray,
John Lewis, Thomas McRavey.
j. H. Hoyt and NJ. W. Johnson were
called to Westfield last week on account of
the sickness of A. H. Hoyt, who died Sun
day evening at s o'clock. The deceased
was brother of J. Ii. Hoyt.
The passenger station is now heated
by hot water radiators, the old furnace
having been taken out. 1t is expected it
will be much more comfortable under the
new system than under the old one.
Quite number Of horses were sold here
last week. David Strauss bought one of
d. D. Bean, one of Samuel Bean and one
of Walter Murray. Fred Whitcher also
sold a good horse to DR.. Davis of Lyndon
vile.
The last quarterly conference for the
year will be held at the vestry of the NJ. E.
church next Tuesday evening at $3.50 p m.
sharp. The matter of the pipe organ will
be agitated and a large attendance is de-
sired.
The dance given by the young ladies at
Seaver's hall last Wednesday evening was
| a very pleasant affair. TIE attendance w as
very large, the music was excellent, and
the occasion very enjoyable one. Much
credit is due the young ladies for their
/ efforts.
Mrs. p. L. Webster and Mrs. NJ. w.
! Johnson will entertain the Odd Girls at
| the Methodist church next Wednesday
afternoon. Members are requested to go
early, prepared to help about repairing the
Sunday school library books.
| George F. Reed returned this morning
! from New York, where he went to attend
! the do show. He took three dogs for eX-
hibition and secured four prizes. Mr..
| Reed saw the big fire there Saturday when
! the Park Ave. hotel burned, at which
! time sixteen lives were lost.
! The ladies of Barton are invited to be
! present as spectators at the annual town
meeting Tuesday, March /, and the balcony
/ will be open for their use. As many of the
! ladies are interested in the question of
| equal suffrage the procedure of the average
town meeting may prove of interest to
them.
Quite a number from this place attended
! the concert, which closed the musical con-
vention at st. Johnsbury last Friday night
They report very enjoyable time. Sew
eraI, also, attended the ball given by the
Village Improvement Society at Lyndon
vile the same night and they, too, report
pleasant time.
We would extend our thanks to Mr.. H.
NJ. Salmon of Glover for a photograph of
some exceptionally fine specimens of wood
work. The articles comprise a music cab
met, parlor cabinet and two parlor tables
beautifully inIaid with native wood. Mr..
Salmon is very succ sssfuI in the m4nGfac
ture of inlaid furniture.
Mr.. o. d. Owen has had large attend
ance at his February sale and has decided
to continue it during the present week.
| He is also offering some extra inducements
in silk waists and in walking skirts. This
appears to be the year for bargain sales and
the patrons of the Barton merchants have
certainly profted thereby.
Mr.. c. G. Aldr1ch is to have a ''grab
sale" commencing next Saturday. The
cost is twenty-five cents a grab and Mr..
Aldrich claims that each package is sure
to contain an article which retails for at
least that amount and many of them much
more. This is new thing for the people
of this vicinity and is sure to be of interest
1t is reported that on the three roads
leading from Barton to Willoughby Lake
there is not a single place where man can
water horse. Would it not be well fOl
the town to invest few dollars and give
the travelling public a chance to water
their horses on each of these roads, a:
there is a good deal of teaming on them
during some seasons?
Mr. Homer l.. Wheelock, who will bt
we'll remembered here, died at Toronto
Canada, last Wednesday, while on his way
to his home in Coventry. He had beer
working in Chicago for time and hat
been i'll since November with consump
ton. While resident of this village Mr.
WheeIock made many friends who will b.
sorry to learn of his untimely death.
The Salem, Mass, milk buyers left thei
farmer patrons in the luch recently. The,
, paid promptly for time, but finally the!
were short and bought considerabl
on credit. Later they failed to pa,
: and one of the creditors attached
2 their milk cans in order to get his pay 70
milk sold them. The company's agen
seemed to be an honest man, but the com
= pany failed to pay their bills and tn
+, farmers are out About the safest way i
to patronize home markets, both in selling
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