Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-11-16

vestry Wednesday and the hash breakfas
Thursday yielded S23 for the society.
Rev. 8. g. Lewis goes to Groton Tuesday
night to attend the preachers meeting,
he being secretary of the organization.
All who are interested in organizing an
order of Eastern Star are invited to meet al
Masonic Hall Wednesday evening, Nov IS
The Christian Endeavor Society gave
unique entertainment Tuesday evening in
the form OF menagerie and cobweb patty.
which proved a success in every way.
The Thespians are putting considerable
time into rehearsing s'Neighbor lockwood
to be presented here in the near future for
the benefit of the Young band recently
organized.
The Nj. e. church society have engaged
the Canadian Jubilee Singers of Ontario to
give concert Dec. 11th. There should be
good attendance as the entertainment
will be exceptionally good.
Miss Florence Gillis, teacher in the
grammar school was taken sick during the
forenoon session Friday and was carried
home, when physician was summoned.
That department was closed temporarily
The new street that was laid out through
the sale of building lots by Taplin &
Rowell is being rapidly built up There
have been twenty. three new buildings
erected in the village during the year so
far.
George Hoyt, OF the firm OF Hoyt &
Harris, reports the lumber business boom
J1o ut hOJ narI Iots sx,
already skidded $4,000 feet. with the ex-
pectation of getting out a million feet
during the season.
The ladies cleared over $40 the first week
OF their rummage sale. Their clearance
sale last Friday and Saturday was very
successful also. Mr.. Collins room in the
Stafford block has made an excellent sales
room for the energetic ladies.
he advance sale of seats at 81. s. Web
ster's store gives the promise of good at
tendance at the Dudley Prescott enter
tainment to be given tomorrow evening
under the auspices of the Masons. Every
one should plan to attend as rare oppor-,
tunity for enjoyment is offered.
1t is interesting to watch the operation
OF Ed. SINNERS grain elevators combi-
nation of one horse, three men and pulley
tackle. 1t struck us as being a very in
genious device. However, Ed suggested
that it was cheap, and we feel bound to
take his word for it, seeing it was a one
horse flair.
Stoddard & Stannard have added lunch
counter to their bakery equipment and
serve oysters, sand wiches, tea and coffee,
etcetera, at all hours, Miss Minnie Stan
nard doing the honors of waitress in a
most satisfactory manner. The firm has
enjoyed steady increase of patronage
since their opening last summer.
w. L. Cove has a case of books from the
Tabard Inn Library, containing novels
by the foremost writer's of the day. He
has sixty new books month, and by buy
ing one book a patron has the privilege of
taking any other volume out for reading
at nominal fee of five cents per number.
This constitutes novel circulating library
system.
The Book and Thimble Club met with
Mrs. Chandler on Thursday afternoon.
There were seventeen present. After cur
rent events Miss Gallup read from Stod-
dard's lecture on Canada. Two poems by
DIR. Drummond were read and Mrs. Ord
way finished the time reading from the
History of Vermont. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. Geo. Martin, Nov. 19.
G. E. Gay, contractor, has Silas Sargent's
house in readiness for putting on the in
terror finish. Only seven weeks have
elapsed since work was begun on this
house, and during this time he has also
had gang of men building barn for q.
8. Webster. This is what you may term
hustling. Mr.. Sargent has one of the
prettiest and best built houses in the vii
lage. He is planning to have new street
laid out leading from Maple street, which
will open several very desirable building
lots.
Chandler & Co. have put in a regular
catch basin connected with the sewer to
carry off the surface water at the south
mill. A contract has been closed to put
in an extensive blower system to carry
shavings from the sounding board room
of the upper mill to the north mill to add
to the fuel supply. The two new boilers
put in for their Irasburg mill have been
placed on the opposite side of The river
from the mill, as there was not sufficit Mt
roo n about the mill. A new engine has
also been installed at this ''feeder."
Over one hundred invited guests as
sembled Wednesday evening, Nov. 4, a, the
Universalist church south Strafford to
witness the marriage of Miss Ruby Esther
Desilet, youngest daughter OF Mr.. and MIS-.
o Dtsilet of Ascot, z. Q, and Mr.. George
Allen Preston OF this place. (Mrs. Preston
is the youngest sister of Mrs. j. B. Winget
of this place. The church was brilliantly
lighted and decorated with evergreens,
ferns and potted plants. The ceremony
was performed at eight O'Clock by the
Rev. DR.. Huntington, pastor of the Episco-
pal church, Hanover, N. H., the ring
service being used and the bridal party |
beneath a horseshoe of white |
in an elaborate arch made of |