Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-04-27

n. =. humphrey ana NarroH huntington
went to woodsvilIe Friday to witness the
great Worcester Salt train.
rhe old Jail is to be moved off from the
county lot this week to make room for
building the new structure.
Capt. II. II. Sargent from Fort Ethan
Allen, made the annual inspection OF Com
pany L, v. n. g., Thursday evening.
Rev. Alexander Crone, rector of st.
Marks church, conducted an Episcopal
service at Barton Wednesday evening.
w. E. Tuck OF Newport, r. 1, was in
town last week trying to sell the remainder
of his real estate. Chas. Brown of the Or
leans Trust Co., is his agent.
DIR. and Mrs. G. ii. Newlsnd have re-
turned from New York. On their way
home Mrs. Newland and daughter visited
Mrs. Frank Adams at Burlington.
@. II. Prouty, J. F. Lambert, J. r. Kirk
patrick, @. F. Root and Homer Thrasher
report a very pleasant celebration of
Patriots Day in Boston last week.
Charles Hales, who has been taking care
OF the New England Telephone Co.'s in
struments in town for several years, has
been transferred to Rutland, his former
homo.
Fred Cattanach is home from McGill
college at Montreal for a vacation. He re-
turns to the city this summer to accept a
clerical position with large shipping
company.
ID. w. Hildreth, who returned last week
from the South, is enjoying good health,
but Mrs. Hildreth is very poorly, having
been poisoned by the bite OF certain
venomous insects of Florida.
Miss Catherine Benham of Burlington,
died quite suddenly last Monday. She was
Chestnut and had been In attendance at
sessions of court here. She will be pleas
antly remembered by many of this village.
Blue Lodge of Mssons held its annual
meeting Tuesday evening and the follow
ing officers were elected: Master, Harry
Robbins; Sr. warden, Everett Hill; ]. W.,
Ethan Huntington; s. D., Rufus Spear;
Sr. steward, DIR. Harry F. Hamilton; Jr.
ste ward, Thomas Sheldon; tiler, E. B,
True; marshal, Percy Robinson; chaplain.
w. b. Ranney; Sec, c. r. Storrs; Treas,
Robert j. Wright; musical director, Fl. B.
Cushman.
A hesring was held Tuesday and We'd
nesday at the court house on the case of
Freeman Blake against the Union Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Montpelier.
Jonathan Ross appeared as special
master. Lawyers Graham and Farman
were counselors for the orator, while
Young & Young appeared for the defend
ant. II. c. Camp, secretary OF the Union
Mutual, represented the company.
| John O'Boyle who plead not guilty to
! the charge of intoxication at hearing oil
his companion a week ago Friday had his
hearing Monday. He sent for Patsy Cole
man of Montgomery, former states attor-
ney for Franklin County, to appear as his
defense. He showed up to the town grand
Juror, II. F. Black, on Monday in much the
Z ga me state of intUxication as inc prisoners
were found in the week previous, and in
spite of all the loopholes that Officer Black
allowed Patsey for escape he was stubborn
and was boisterous enough to provoke his
own arrest. 1t seems he had used the
money that he was to apply for O'Boyle'i
relief to get drunk on, and thus his to
have been client was left deep in the sorp
O'Boyle was fined So and costs and Cole
man got the same dose. They raised the
money and were released, while their com
panion in misery, Abraham Burnham, who
was the first Que to have his hearing, being
unable to raise his fine, served his sentence
Of ten days in jail.