Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-02-17


Joanna Coe who has been visiting friends
here for two weeks, went to her home in
Sutton last Thursday.
L. j. BicS'ord has placed a large sign on
his blacksmith shop. He intends people
shall be able to locate him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lang went to
Charleston to attend the funeral of Mr..
Lang's uncle last Wednesday.
The high school was closed last Thursday
afternoon on account of the illness of Miss
Richmond and Mrs. Stannard.
Charles Currier was in town last We'd
nesday. He is doing successful business
in his drug store at st. Johnsbury.
Lenna Heath, who has been visiting
friends in Wheelock and Sheffield for two
weeks. returned home last Thursday.
Annie Young, who has been at work for
E. f. Humphrey for some months, goes to
West Glover to work for Allen GilmOur.
Frank Lang has moved from the Ohm
stead tenement into the house near the
fair ground vacated by Hiram Hutchinson.
George Davis and family, of Sheffield,
have moved into the tenement owned by
n. M. Lewis, which Arthur Dougherty has
| just vacated.
A. J. Smith has been quite sick.-B. J..
Campbell was very sick last week but seems
to be improving.-M arcelIus jerks is grad
ually failing.
| Mr.. f. w. Comstock has been making
repairs and improvements on his meat
market, making it much more convenient
| for his business.
F. B. Tower has sold his stock of white
! Plymouth Rock fowls to E. Wild. They
were twenty nine in number and they were
very choice lot.
The dancing classes conducted by Prof.
EImore of Montpelier will commence next
Friday. Glass for children at p. M.
Adult class in the evening.
/ There will be meeting of the w. R. G.
at G.. A. Il. hall, Wednesday at p. m. 1t
is expected the Relief Corps will furnish
! dinners town meeting day as usual.
| The annual convocation of Royal Are b
! Masons district No 4, will be held at St.
Johnsbury, Wednesday, Feb. 26th. Key
stone chapter will confer the NJ. NJ. NJ.
| degree.
Miss Intz Litchheld, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
| Perley and Miss Cora RoweII attends ed the
wedding of Fred &. Brown and Miss Etfie
Patterson last Wednesday evening at South
Albany.
A musical festival is to be cid in St
Johns bury next week commencing NJ on
day and continuing until Friday. The
program is said to contain many unusually
fine features.
The Masons have some very pretty lights
in front of their hall in the Davis block,
These lights represent the different
branches of their order and are appropri-
ately colored.
The tub shop was shut down last Friday
for the purpose OF making some repairs
and to put in new lathe for turning tubs
This lathe will increase the output of the
factory one-third, and bring the capacity
of the shop to 1900 tubs per day, or about
an average of 10000 tubs every month
More help will be needed and this will in
crease the pay roll.
1t is reported that there are several dogs
in this village which are in the habit o
tearing childrens' clothes and making i
rather unpleasant for the little ones anC
these animals should be kept at home anc
not allowed on the streets. If the parties
who own them do not look after them tn,
authorities should and doubtless will tax,
the matter in hand.
Mrs. A. Wilkie was greatly surprised las
Wednesday afternoon when sixteen of he
neighbors came in and took possession O
her house. They brought a good suppl
of refreshments and insisted on servln,
MIR. and Mrs. Wilkie. 1t was a complet
surprise to both. When the friends de
| parted in the evening they left, as a toxic
of their friendly feeling, some solid silve
spoons. 1t was pleasant gathering.
The concluding event in the lectur
course viii be lecture by Prof. John E
DeMotte on Tuesday evening, Feb. 25, en-
titled, 1.-THE Problem of Heredity," Pro
DeMotte is by no means stranger to til
patrons of the lecture course, as this IS b:
liant and interesting speaker, deep think
err, and always gives his hearers somethin
to think about. Since his last appearance
= here he has been al broad securing new illus
trations for his lectures, and this is sure
be of great interest.
The Orleans County Fair Associatio
. will hold it's next annual fair Sept. 8, II
IL and u, 1902. The association has dc
cided to offer futurity stake for foals {
1902, to be raced for at their meeting
1905. This stake will be open to all an
the fees which are received from tt
nominators will be divided equally anon
= trotters and PAGERS, making two purse
and 10000 will be added by the associe
. tion to each purse. If the stake fills sati
factorily it is intended to continue it eac
year. The conditions and rules governin
this will be found in their ad on the fir