Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-06-09
LOCAL NEWS.
Barton.

town last week.
Miss E, hel Carter of Holyoke, Mass, is
visiting in town.
Miss Nettie Campbell is visiting her
parents in Sheffield.
Elmer Slack and sister of Irasburg at
tended the alumni banquet.
Arthur Smith and wife have closed their
labors for the Peerless company.
Mrs. s. May and Miss Fannie 7. May are
visiting relat ives in Plymouth, N. ii.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs
Pliny Webster next Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin McFarlane are Wis
iting at the home of Walter McFarlane.
Booker T. Washington, the eminent
educator, will lecture at st. Johnsbury June
18th.
Miss Ellen Paddleford, of Monroe, N. H.,
has been visiting her brother, r. d. Hard
ing.
Chas. ID. Graves and wife came up to the
graduating exercises the evening of June
5th.
The Moth er's Club will meet with Mrs.
Selden Bickford tomorrow evening at 700
o'clock,
Mrs Fairchild of Derby, sister of Mrs
w. Q. Johnson visited at the parsonage
last week.
Mrs. A. Bartlett Of Island Pond was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William Cobb sew
eral days recently.
Several from this village will attend the
meeting of the Masonic society at Bur-
lington this week.
Frank Tower has engaged to work for
e. w. Barron in his store, and commenced
his work last Saturday.
Frank Jrtras is preparing to put in his
new cellar, which is to be six feet in depth
and 40x30 feet in size.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Kinsley and Amy
and Leroy Kinsley of Lowell attended the
graduating exercises here last week.
Media Harding, daughter of Ralph Hard
ing, has attended school during the past
ten years without being absent or tardy
during the time.
The Ladies' Society of the Cong. church
will meet in the church parlor Wednesday
afternoon. Will the members provide for
the supper.
- Mrs. Parkhurst, Mrs. Abbott and Mrs.
Page of North Troy visited Mrs. N. D.
Martin last week. Mrs. Page also visited
Mrs. S. s. Johnson.
A large number of teams are drawing
dirt from behind the Peerless and Martins
livery stable, to make room for the new
buildings to be erected.
Ernest Gonzenbac of Chicago, son-in
law of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Collision, who
underwent surgical operation for goitre
is reported to be doing well.
Several from this village attended the
county conference of Congregational
churches which was held at Barton Land
ing Tuesday and Wednesday.
Milo Wilson had two fingers badly hurt
on circular saw last Friday while at
work for E. s. Welsh. He had just begun
to work in the shop when he met with the
accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McFarlane have
moved to their new home. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. S. Graves will occupy the tenement in
the Tower building vacated by Mr.. Nc
Farlane.
Henry Gay commenced cardiDg last Mon
day. Mr.yGay does a very large business
in his line, doing work for parties from
four counties, which speaks well for the
quality of work done, -
o. A. White recently purchased three
registered Holstein calves of Ernest Hitch
cock OF Pittsford. They are fine animals
and will make valuable addition to Mr.
Whites fine herd of cattle.
The sand hill back of the Peerless factory
is being used to furnish material to fill into
the dam, and giving place to set the
fouL dation for the addition to the Peerless
plant VIII ch will soon be erected.
The Ladies' Aid OF the M. E. church will
meet at the church parlors next Wedne sdsy
afternoon. The ladies are requested t.
furnish for the table, and the gentlemen
are cordially invited to tea.
Two hundred and thirteen persons tool
the train at Barton Landing and cam
here last Friday night to the caucus.
For the last twenty years the town O
Barton has been able to carry almost an,
election which favored temperance reform
and a license candidate stands a poo
chance for election to the state Legislature
The G. A. r. and Relief Corps would ex
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MONITOR for the generous response of tn
citizens in contributing to the needs @
the tables during the meeting of the asso
citation.
r. d. Harding and wife were in Lowe
yesterday to attend the funeral of Charlie
Sawyer. Mr.. Sawyer was here to atten
the Congregational club meeting recently
went home and was taken down with pner
monia, and died very suddenly.
The academy ball team closed their set
son by defeating Craftsbury academy G
the Playground. The game was uninteres
ing. Rowell, the visiting pitcher, gave
bases on balls and hit men. The fin
score was 24-10 In favor of Barton.
Col. Stephen P. Jocelyn, at one time d.
tailed as instructor for the Vernon
National Guard, and later musterir
officer for the VT. Regiment at the GU