Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-01-27

cutler, barton; V lce-PreS. Horace ". F1erce,
Barton; Treas, Clarence s. Webster
trustees, H. R. Cutler; M. B. Chaf.y, Al
bany; H. c. Pierce; e. w. rryant, West
field; P. w. Dawson, Craftsbury; J. E.
Dwinell, Glover; F. w. Baldwin, Barton;
G. w. Wheeler, Irasburg; w. w. Miles,
Barton.
At the regular meeting of Orient Chapter,
No. Is, o. E. s., last Friday evening,
District Deputy j. A. Pearson installed
the following officers for the ensuing year:
NJ. w. johnson, W. p. Mrs. Annie Pearson,
w. NJ; Mrs. Hattie Martin, A. M. Mrs.
Emeline Brown, Treas; Mrs. Nell Barron,
Sec.; Miss Grace Cutting, Con-; Mrs. Liz
zie Glazier, warder; Mrs. Laura Rand,
chaplain; Mrs. Myrtle Browning, mar
shall; Ezra Martin, sentinel; Mrs. Mae
Batchelder, Adah; Mrs. Minnie Lang,
Ruth; Mrs. Nellie Stannard, Esther; Mrs.
Lila Burdick, Martha; Mrs. Josephine
Cutting, Electa; Mrs. Altha Pierce,
pianist. Alternates for Stars: Adah, Liz
zie Davis; Ruth, Gertrude johnson; Es
ther, Marion Currier; Martha, Lois Moss
man; Electa, Ellen Miles: financial COM
mittee, Mary Dutton, Laura Rand, Susan
Currier; relief committee, Viola Jenness,
Ella Mcclellan, MolIie Parker.
M. c. Miller, managing director of the
: Mountain Lion Mining Co., spent a few
days here last week. The Mountain Lion
property is situated in British Colum bia,
about one hundred and thirty miles from
| Spokane. 1t contains 1856 acres in a rich
mining country, there being other rich
mines all about it. There are, in
fact, two mines. These are situated about
thirty miles apart Rich ore has
been found in each. The railroad runs
within four and one half miles of the
south property. The capitalization of the
company is 81 800, 900. 100000 shares were
put upon the market. Enough of these
have been sold to furnish sufficient funds
for the development of the mines, and
1000 shares will be retired, leaving the
capitalization S1,4OO,COO par value. Quite
an amount of stock has been sold in this
place and Glover, and many of the share
holders met Mr.. Miller while he was here.
Barton landing.
Helen jerks of Wilder is boarding with
Mrs. c. s. Gibbs and attending school here.
Wallace Twombly cut off the end of a
finger in the E. l.. Chandler mills last
Tuesday.
Carl Farley, who was reported better last
week, was much worse later, but is rally
ing and may be out again soon.
Sylvia Clement and her mother, Mrs.
James Clement have moved to Newport
where they will make their home for the
present.
Harvey Foster, who has been in poor
health for some time, has gone to Cleve-
land, Ohio, hoping q change OF climate
may benefit him.
Ashville Grow is putting in large stock
of very nice ice. which is drawn from
Crystal Lake at Barton. 1t is about four
teen inches thick and As clear as crystal.
Fred Brown is finishing off tenement in
his block, where Sylvia Clement has car
ried on the millinery business. Fred
smiles when he reports that the tenement
is engaged.
private telegraph company has been
formed here, which will string wire to
several houses and places of business
This W i'll accommodate several who have
not telephones.
James Dodge has gone to work for the
b. & NJ. r. r. Co. He has been in the en-
ploy of the E. L. Chandler Co. for some
time past, but will serve as fireman of the
, way freight for the present.
Surprise parties were the order here last
week among the younger set. One was
held at G. S. SkiDner's in honor of Ruth
Skinner; and another was held at Alfred
Wilkey's in honor of Ray Wilkey.
At the meeting of the M. w. A. Wed
nesday evening the following officers were
installed: V. G., Ed Ordway; w. A, Geo
Cole; E. B., G. Bennett; E., John Holmes
: W., Herman Wells; s., John Lewis; clerk
c. F. Clark.
J Rev. w. c. Newell of Newport will CIV,
! his popular lecture entitled, "The Art O
Making Things Co." in the M. E. church
3 on Friday evening the 3lst inst. This lee
, ture is given under the auspices of the Ep
worth League, and full house is expected
t Noah Dean, of LyndonviIe, visited hi
/. son, G. Albion Dean, recently. Mr.. Dear
/, is nearly eighty years old. He said tina
l he made boots for the writer's father
grandfat her, and aunts. He went to thei
: house, carried his tools, as was the custom