Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-09-07

An excellent granite UNDERMINING
oeing put IN by Mr.. Sargent preparatory t
erecting new house.
Joseph Bartlett and his daughter. Mr.
H. Goodnough, have returned from the
visit In New Hampshire.
George Martin who was hurt bv beip
struck oya wheel during runaway las
week is able to be out again.
Mrs. 5 c. Kimball has returned from he
cottage in Albany where she has spen
considerable OF the summer.
Taplin & Rowell are fitting up the room
useo oy Geo. Buldoc as a shoe shop for
oaroer shop and making other repairs.
ID. r. sheldon has bought building 10
OF henry Dudley; J. w. Fletcher ha
bought two building lots of Mr.. Dudley.
Inc village band gave very fine concer
Oh ene common last Wednesday evening
"nlch was enjoyed by a large number O
people.
The Sunday evening preaching servics
mas oeen resumed in the M. e. church afte,
oelng held in the grove for several weeks
Inc grove services have been quite success
| full.
Inc trustees are doing fine job extend
ing the concrete sidewalks. One has been
ialo irom near the Congregational church
10 the west side of the bridge and Others
Will be built during the week.
Wallace FL. GiIpin has sold his printing
once and gone to Montpelier where he
mas entered the Montpelier Seminary.
Durlng the time he was here he made many
irienos who will regret his departure.
Miss Ethel Moulton and Mrs. Ed. Hall
gave very interesting report of the Sun
oay-school convention at the M, E. church
yesterday. They report that the conyen.
tlon held at North Troy was one of the
most interesting and profita bic held in the
county for long time.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Skinner of Skinner
Me-, have been visiting at Newport and
Barton Landing. They visited their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Skinner of vii
loughby Lake over Sunday, Aug. 2eth.
Mr. Skinner and his sister Miss MayL.
Skinner, returned to Skinner, Me. last
Thursday.
A magnificent reception was given Rev.
and Mrs j. B. Lyman last Friday evening
a1 tne congregational church. A reception
committee consisting of Mr. and Mrs. F, C.
brown, Mr.. and Mrs. III. s. Webster and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Gay arranged for free
informal reception for their pastor and his
bride, and the plan was carried out to per-
1ect1on. Introductions, shaking of hands.
ana pleasant social in terview were the
important features of the occasion, The
decorating committee consisting of Mrs.
hoWell, Mrs. Dodge, Mrs. Doe, and Miss
fletcner partitioned the large vestry into
lour rooms, namely, reception hall,
sitting room, music room and dining room.
AS one entered he was greeted with pro-
iusloo OF purple asters, W hile in rich album
oance was golden-rod, golden glow.
g giaoloius, white asters and a variety of
otner flowers artistically arranged. The
olnlng-room was specialized bv bright
bouquets of nasturtiums decorating the
aoies, while the sitting room, and the
music room abounded in sweet peas. In
terspersed all about were graceful ferns. |
Inc Wire netting which was used for the
partitions was trimmed with clematis.
ferns, and evergreens. Flowers |
ana foliage were everywhere and it only |
required little stretch of the Imagination |
10 picture paradise of sweet felicity where
olros were singing and perfumes filled the
AIT; andithe music of the piano together
Win that OF the violin more than made up
lor tne lack OF the bird songs. The re-
[reshment committee consisted of Mrs
iapiin, Mrs. G. Skinner, Mrs. Beede, Mrs.
Marston and Mrs. Locke, and they magni-
1eo their Office by providing satisfying
portion Tor 125 hungry people. Previous
% 'ne reception Rev. aud Mrs. Lyman had
been presented with something over one
,undred dollars in money and on this
occasion Mr Lyman expressed his graft
uoe TO the. donors In most fitting address,
nolcatlng by his remarks that he and
drs. Lyman appreciated the kindness #
neH parlsh1oners and would do all in their
'oWer to merit the love manifested. Alto
'e1ner It was most pleasant occas sion and
ne cordiality with which the members of
ne Congregational society received Mrs.
lyman must do much to make her feel at
lome and among friends who will do all
their power to make her happy. This is
IL should be. The sympathy and CO.
peration OF religious society with the
astor and his wife is what is necessary to
ne highest success of church, and it is
ieasant and encouraging to observe the
ood feeling manifested In this community
y the people toward their religious
saders.
SOUTH BARTON.
Geo. w. Abbott died last Wednesday.
ged sixty-four years. Mr.. Abbott was a
On OF the late 8. D. Abbott, native of
arton, and was for thirty two years a res
lent OF South Barton. In August of 1861
lr Abbott enlisted in Company D, 4th
L Regiment and served until the end of
ne war; He was a pleasant genial man. q 6