Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-12-14
BARTON LANDING.

hundred dollars.
BARTON LANDING.
Mrs. Sarah Simpson was in town last
week.
A. w. Wiley attended the state grange
last week.
Carrie Bean of Newport visited in town
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Sweeney visited at DR..
Parlin's last week.
Mrs. e. 81. Perley and children have
recovered from their sickness.
Guy Estell of Newport Center is the
new clerk for Beede & CowIes.
Mrs. Arthur Ordway, who has been
very sick with dropsy, is little better.
Judge Mathews attended the State
Grange meeting at Rutland last week.
Rev. Sherburne, the presiding elder,
preached in the M. e. church yesterday.
Mrs. Ella Magoon went to Boston today
TO enter hospital. DR.. Parlin attended
| her.
| The children OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. D.
| Clement were quite Ill during the past
| week.
| Miss Bessie Macdonald, who has been
caring for Chars Stafford, has returned to
Barton.
Quite number from this village
attended ConwelpsI ;ture at Barton last
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Skinner of Skinner
town, Me-, have been guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. ID. French.
Geo. Rollins started for his new home
in Woodside. Del, last Thursday. His
family will follow shortly.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moor have re-
turned from Maine, where they have been
visiting about seven weeks.
The MONITOR agent will visit the post
office here on Saturday, Dec. 26th, all
day. See him and arrange for club papers.
George Dixon, son of Rev. Mr.. Dixon
who was located at this place several years
ego, now of Hardwick, was In town last
week.
daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Fred 8. Wright at Woodsville. N. H., Dec
9Th. Mr.. Wright is son of DIR. Wright OF
this village.
The Saturday Evening Club met with
Miss Eva Martin at the last meeting. The
next meeting will be held Dec. 26 witt
Miss Jennie Locke.
f. g. G.~CoIe is dosig bit of electric ligh'
wiring in his studio. 1t is battery
arrangement and will give a light almos
as white as an arc light.
J. 81. Hennessy was struck in the back
with plank while working about
lumber pile at the mill yard Tuesday, and
has been laid up several days.
Roscoe Cowles has shipped four horses
here from Boston during the past week
He is contemplating putting them il
training for the race course another
season.
The Chandler Co. are arranging to pu
, up portable saw mill next to the rive
near their south mill. They are to have 81
many logs drawn here that the change
compulsory.
, There was a good attendance at tn
entertainment given by the Canadial
Jubilee Singers Friday evening, and tn
3 Methodist society realized a goodly sun
for their treasury.
{ The Fixes family have moved to Car
Farley's Miss Fixes has finished doin
, dressmaking in the Stafford bio ok and vii
, now do that kind of employment il
private families as she is needed.
Since the river has frozen and lowere
3 the already low river, Brown & Skinne
9 have to grind their grists mornings an
l evenings. There is no power in the mid
= die of the day for any o. the mills.
: Fine lines of Christmas goods are dis
played by Cove, Webster, Clement an
I Locke. See their new ads. for detai
u Read the Barton Landing directory fo
Christmas buy ing, on second page.
= The ladies who signed the petition fo
q establishing a lodge of the Order {
/. Eastern Star are to meet next Frida
= evening to elect officers, and transact sue
!. other business as may be in order at ths
>, time.
Because of the diminishing supply
- Nu6S0 WdteT. tuS Wdt6T COulIleSIOuC
have issued a request that all water use
be careful not to waste water. Everyor
- exercising care will help greatly to avoi
:, a water famine.
O The apron sale, held by the Epwort
"a League will be held at the church Tuesds
n afternoon and evening. Mill aprons ar
a all kinds of ladies aprons and other articl
ss will be on sale. Come and purchase Sc
5s vicea ble present for your friends.
se By the increase of passenger traffic
he this station he Boston & Maine officia
Iy have the air. line train south at LOG al
l. the express north at 5:10 p. m. mai
i'd regular stops at this place. This accor
1e modating change Will be greatly appr
ly ciated.
er One of the two new houses Ed DudI
s. is erecting on the new street back of t