Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-02-23
BARTON LANDING.

Stephen Wiley has been ill, but is now
able to be about.
Mrs. Louise Stafford remains in about
the same condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook have returned from
their visit in Coventry.
Leon Gay, civil engineer in Idaho, is at
home for a months vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albro Nutting are taking |
a sleigh ride to Massachusetts,.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed OrdUay will keep house |
in tenement rented of Hendrick Twombly |
The mercury registered twenty eight |
degrees below zero in this village Wednes
day morning.
"Gentlemen's Night" at the grange was
a grrat success. Over one hundred grang-
ers and their special friends were present.
The Order of Foresters will hold an open
meeting on Friday evening of this week.
There will be banquet and literary ex-
ercises.
The last quarterly conference of the year
will be held in the vestry of the NJ. E.
church on March eth at 80 a. m. Rev. J.
o. Sherburne is expected to be present.
The electric lights are on in the stores
and are giving excellent satisfaction. The
street lamps will be in operation soon, all
that is lacking being the switchboard,
which is expected hefe any day.
Rev. s. G. Lewis is prea ching series of
sermons Sunday evenings to young men
and women. These meetings are largely
attended and ofan interesting nature. The
subject OF his next Sunday evening service
is, "The Young Man That Turned the
Other Way"
Some thirty of our able bodied men,
with ages ranging from thirty to seventy
years, took walk between midnight and
daylight from Barton village to this place
recently. They had attended the Masonic
meeting with the expectation that a train
would carry them home at its close, but
the train did not materialize. 1t is report
ed that some of the fastest athletics made
the time in sixty-five minutes, and might
have m ade re cord but for the fact that
stiff north breeze wos blowing at the time
which impedei their progress Many of
these gentleman had teams in their barns
but it was not convenient to use t EN- just
at that time. Next time they will prob
ably walk bot ways.
The Epworth League is giving a series
of interesting entertainments. The first
was held last Sunday evening to an audi
ence of seventy persons. Among the
numbers of interest may be mentioned an
organ and violin duet by Mr.. Lock hart
and Earle Twombly, song by Mrs. Baraw
and very fine address on ''The Lawyer as
a Man." by Colby Stoddard. The enter
tainment was a success, and the audience
enjoyed it very much. The next in the
series will be held on the evening of the
Sd of March. The subjects for the ad-
dresses for that evening will be, "The
Evolution of the Watch" and "The Evo-
luton of Photography"
Mrs. Addie Worthley died on Nor day.
Mrs. Worthley had been i'll for six months
| with stomach trouble and had suffered in
| tensely. Mrs. Worthley came to this village
| about four years ago, having lived in
| Maine for a number of years previously.
She was born in Coventry and passed her
| youth in that town, where she bad many
| friends. Of late she had been caring for
| her sister Mary, who is in feeble health,
until she was obliged to suspend her Ia
bors on account of her own illness. Her
age was sixty-two years. A part of the
| time she had lived with her brother, DR.. ].
| E. Wright, of this village. For many
| years she has been worthy mem Der of the
| Congregational church. The funeral was
| held on Tuesday, Rev. j. 3. Lyman officiat-
| ing, assisted by Rev. 8. g. Lewis.
A letter received by J. E. Lyon of this
place fcom his uncle, ]. B. Lyon, now
living with his family in Pacific Grove,
! California, gives some facts which show
| the contrast in the two climates. Mr.
Lyon states it is the rainy season and he has
just been setting out straw berry plants.
Vegetables are growing finely in his gar
den, and flowers are in blossom. He states
that three crops of potatoes can be raised
each year where he resides, and fresh veg
etables can be had at any time during the
year. Last year he sold 500 worth of dew
| berries, S48 worth of straw berries, $50 wort b
of Logan beraies and several dollars worth
of raspberries and black berries from his
grounds. Wsges are from g to p 80 per
day of eight hours. Schools are good and
the children are taught music with their
| studies. He and his family like the elm
ate much better than that of Vermont.
Mr.. Lyon is man well-known in this
county, having lived some years in Barton,
Newport and Nestmore.
The new Masonic hall and other rooms
which the fraternity will use in the SKIN
ner & Brown block are nearing completion
and will soon be ready for use The din
ing room is 24x2s feet, sheathed up about
four feet around the room and finished in