Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-10-06

Mrs. Harry Pettengill, of Lowell, Mass,
and Mrs. Elkins of Newport are visiting in
town.
Rev. and Mrs. Austin were in Newport
Center attending preachers meeting last
week.
T.McClellan is moving into the house
recently purchased, just vacated by Chas.
Winget.
Grace Dougherty, who has been stopping
at John Clark's, is reported to be improving
in health.
B. o. Aiken hasl moved his furniture
into the new house, and will board awhile
at s. R. Georges.
The friends and neighbors of George
Tenney are sorry to learn of his feeble
condition of health.
Mrs. Almona Norris is in Burlington to
have an operation on her eyes. It is hoped
she may receive much benefit.
Henry Gravel and family and Walter
Laieur and family have moved to the
lumber camps for the winter.
Miss Flora brennan of Woodbury. has
come to spend the winter with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wright Nelson.
William Cham berlin is back from Boston
much improved in health. He has had his
eyes treated and has much hope that he
may recover his eyesight.
Miss Minnie Seaver, Mrs. D. L. M. Nc
CURE, Mrs. Chas. Smith and Mrs. Honey
started Friday for Washington, d. G. Mrs.
Honey will be away about a month.
The Rev. John Norris will deliver a lee
ture at the Cong. church on Friday even
ing, Oct. 10th. Subject, 1.-THE Star of En-
pire; a fashlight on the past and a
prophecy of the future" Admission,
adults, 20c., children, 1Oc.
The ladies of the M E. church will meet
at the vestry on Thursday, Oct. 10Th, for
dinner, after which there will be exercises
in the church, consisting of speaking and
singing. 1t is ex pected that the Misses
Avery and Bryant will be present and con-
duct the ser vices. Let all come and enjoy
the spiritual as well as temporal feast.
Editor of the Monitor.
Dear Sir:
Presenting that my friends in Orleans
county would be pleased 10 hear from me
through the columns of your ever welcome
paper, allow me to say that, after three
months sojourn here, we are getting to
feel quite at home, but proba bly, will never
have the friends here that we had in Albany
Here / charge 81 80 fora visit at the next
house, while in Albany among my friends
charged 75c., and near neighbors soc
Friendship has much to do with many
| things in the country but nothing to dc
! with business in large place. This is
| great jewelry center. Jewelry shops are
seen where-not near together as ex.
| perience has taught that on account of fire
/ it is better to be separate. Nearly every
/ body is in good circumstances financially
| as the workmen are paid good wages, bu
| prices are high. Butter is 30c.; eggs 34c.
/ and coal cannot be purchased at any pric
to-day: fortunately the weather has beer
warm so far. The churches are we'll fillet
here; we attend the M. e. church of which
/ the Rev, Thomas lyric is pastor. Their
/ were 313 in the Sunday school Sept. 2s
| This is a no-license town, and if some o
| the Clement license howlers would COM
here and investigate this town, with it
clean streets, well kept lawns, we'll painted
buildings and orderly people, with hardl,
ever prosecution for drunkenness, thel
/ go to North AttlebOro, where there ar
plenty of licensed saloons, and find th
shabby streets, tum ble-down buildings
/ drunken and besotted looking crowds, ant
then read in almost every days paper o
the arrests and fines for drunkenness thel
it seems as if they would use every effor
| to prevent license law In Vermont.
have hardly seen a drunken person il
/ Attieboro. / have hardly ever been t
North Attleboro, five mites away, withou
j seeing one or more drunken persons. S.
I far as my business is concerned, | hav
put "a plate stolic battery and fine wal
plate galvanic and Foradaic battery in M
/ Office. have purchased good auto
4 mobile that can run a 10 lie in two minute
on suitable road, but it would not
worth much in Albany as it is partial t
I good and level roads,. I am doing mucl
better business thanI had any reason t.
expect for the length of time that l hav
been here. Still were 1t not for the lonl
rides and hard roads we would be happie
in our home and amongst our friends il
Albany, where we expect to return later
There are many Vermonters here and 81
far as l know all are doing well. Georg
j. Kelley has recently purchased three
fourths of mile of frontage on Narragan
sett Bay. An electric road will soon b
constructed through it from Providence /
Newport, r. /. and without doubt he ha
a fortune in this, as it is a great fad here t
have shore cottage, and this week he
having the land surveyed into building
lots. j. G. CAMPBELL.
Attleboro Mass, Sept. 20, 1902.
East Albany.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Creek Ere
Baptist church will meet next Thursda
evening with Mrs. William Courser. Ice
cream will be served at ten cents per plate
1t is hoped that there will be a goo
attendance.
South Albany.
John Hafford has sold his farm.
81 Fred Virgins and family have gone
Barton, where he has work.
Miss Lima Williams was home from Lit
Teton, New Hampshire, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Farr of Derb
visited at E j. Douglass last week.
Mrs. F. g. Brown of Barton LandiD
visited at A. D. Patterson's last week.
number of young people went frol
here on the excursion through the Wbi
Mountains last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. R. Cobb, Mr.. and Mr.
L. w. Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs. Al. Anl