Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-08-11

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Barton Landing.
Ethel Hennessy has returned to Leb-
anon.
Del Barrows has returned to Woods
vile, N. III.
Mr.. Sprague of st. Johnsbury was
here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. French were at Will
loughby last week.
The Taplin & Rowell building is
undergoing repairs.
Will Barrows is suffering relapse
from his former severe illness.
DIR. @. j. Bartlett of New Haven,
Conn.,, is visiting friends here for few
days.
Rev. j. o. Sherburne preached very
acceptably at the M. E. church yes
terday.
Geo BouIduc has transferred his
shoemaking business to Mr. Young's
quarters.
Fred Fec er was called to his home
in Canada last week by the sickness
of his mother.
The syndicate is in earnest about
the new village hall and is advertising
for building bids. a ii
Ed Skinner riled May Pond terribly
landing that big string of speckledr
beauties last week.
Nick Ingalls, and Mr.. Lewis are
scraping out the cellar for John Hen
nessy's new house.
Rev. Mr.. Lyman is taking a va
cation and exercise at the same time
by walking to Bennington. ~
Joseph BARTLETT, who is spending a
few weeks at Peaks Island, Me-, is
much improved in health.
Miss Anna Bassett's millinery store
is closed this week while she and her
sister are at Willoughby lake.
There was no preaching at the
Cong'l church yesterday on account
of the absence of the pastor.
Mr.. Gage, superintendent of the
electric light works at st. Johnsbu ry,
was in town Friday on business.
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child, of Bridgewater, Mass, are Wis
iting Mr.. Ordway's father, @. B. Ord
way.
A large quantity of granite is being
drawn from Ed. Porter's quarry for
use in building the new Willoughby
bridge. a sa
The Village Improvement Society
conducted sale of home made food
at Mr.. Locke's store Friday afternoon
with good success.
Eugene Meron is to move here
from Irasburg and open a barber
shop in the room vacated by Mrs.
Dodge, the milliner.
Walter Mcnamara took Everett
Willey's place as clerk in Beede &
Cowles' store last week while the lat
ter was at Willoughby lake.
E. M. Todd went to Newport Friday
to take advantage of the excursion to
Burlington and Lake Champlain; he
was formerly from Burlington.
Many changes are in progress in
the Hildreth block, including the
Clement annex -shingling, building
chimney, putting in skylight, etc.
On account of there being so many
of the band boys attending muster at
Fort Ethan Allen, the local open air
|, concert will not be held this week.
, Miss Stevens and Miss Dillon, who
have been guests of Mrs. Louise
Stafford for month, returned last
t Wednesday to their home in Albion,
NY.
/ Miss Florence Gillis is attending the
summer school at st. Johnsbury, and
, will take carriage drive through the
White Mountains with some of her
friends.
/ j. E. Lyon, the athlete, is conduct
ing a daily jumping school in front of
: his place of business. We witnessed
some wonderful feats in that line there
8 last Friday.
[ The ladies of the village improve
> ment society will have on sale home
made food every Friday afternoon
. from three until six o'clock, at the
r store of o. w. Locke.
;. The band is planning for an excur-
f sion down Lake Memphremagog in
d the near future. Mr.. Gallup an
: nounces that the Chandler factories
r will shut down on that occasion and
n all hands take in the trip.
Is The E. L. Chandler Go. close their
q north mill this week in order to make
9 repairs, put in new boiler, and make
n general improvements; in other
# words, charging their capacity to
q meet the increasing demand.
i Lawyer George Young was here