Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-18

Mr.. Timothy Carey, who went West two
weeks ago, has returned, as the climate
was too warm there. He is now visiting
his sister, Mrs. Z. G. Wilkie, and bis
brother Thomas.
The following letters remain uncalled for
at the post Office May Is. Please say ad-
vertised: Mr.. Pep. Atkinson; Mrs. A H.
Bullard, VIM. Copp, Miss Elva Fuller,
Mrs. w. o. Gilbert, Miss Laura Moore, j.
L. Solandt, Anna Wilson.
The academy ball team was defeated last
week by team composed of the clerks. 1t
required ten innings to settle the question
OF superiority and the clerks then led by a
score OF 10 s The game was a very excit-
ing and interesting one.
There will be union service at the Cong.
church next Sunday morning, at which
time R5v. Mr.. Warner will deliver the
Memorial sermon. In the evening there
will be a union service at the M. E. church
when the band will give a sacred concert.
A fire started in an ash barrel back of
Miss Martha Woodman's house yesterday
afternoon, and before it could be extin-
guished the roof of the house took fire.
However sufficient help was at hand and
the fire was extinguished by the use of
small hose.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. II. Mossman are camp
ing at Willoughby lake. They will remain
there for several days, after which they
will go To Caspian lake to spend a few
days. They will then return to Will
loughby for the summer. Mr.. Benjamin
Mossman will go there with them.
At the village meeting held last Tues day
evening it was voted to pay the firemen
twenty-five cents per hour for practice and
fifty cents for the first hour at a fire and
twenty-five cents for each hour following.
The companies are practicing and getting
into condition to do excellent work.
There has been but very little rain in this
section for several weeks and the ground
is very dry. The streets are dusty and
although the weather is pleasant there is
very little pleasure in driving. The village
fathers should make arrangements with
Mr.. Davis, who has the sprinkler at the
fair ground in charge, to sprinkle Our
streets.
Frank Tower and Ray Webster, who
have been clerking for e. w. Barron for
some time, finish work there the last of
this month and Will take possession of the
Tower mill which they have leased. These
young men are quite we'll known and are
very popular and should have good pat
ronage.
Fred ID. Pierce graduated from the
Massachusetts, College of Pharmacy in
Boston last Thursday, taking hign rank
in his class. Fred has succeeded in COM
pleting the three years course in two years
throughout the course has maintained an
excellent position in his class. 4d
Mr.. P. L. Webster reports that he saw a
trout measuring at least fifteen inches IN
claims that he would have caught 1t IL it
had not been Sunday. However, we failed
to learn whether the failure was due to
Mr.. Webster's scruples against fishing on
Sunday, or to the trout's refusal to notice
the bait on that day.
The buildings on the Taplin & RowelI
place on the Glover road, occupied by Mr..
Smith, burned last Tuesday morning. We
that the fire originated around
the chimney and the buildings were coon all
on fire. Quite part of Mr.. Smiths prop
erty was saved. The buildings were in
enr
auction last Saturday and sold the land.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Aldrich have re-
turned from Caspian Lake. While there
Mr.. Aldrich plainly demonstrated his
ability as a fisherman, not by stories at the
hreside, but by providing his friends with
t he speckled beauties. We would extend
our thanks to Mr.. Aldrich for large and
very handsome trout and certainly wish
him success the next time he visits the
lake.
A. J. Stephens, a prominent granite
manufacturer of Barre, Vermont, died sud-
denly at his home there oo May IA, aged
46 years. He was born 10 Aberdeen,
where he spent his youth and
learned his trade. He came to this country
% years sgo and worked for NJ. ]. Smith at
one time. He leaves a widow and one
child. he was a member of several socie-
ties and Of the Cong. church OF this place
at one time.
DR.. E. NJ. Nichols brought in a luDge
last Tuesday morning which had just been
taken from Crystal Lake. The fish was
thirty four inches long and weighe 14I
pounds. We have heard several reports
the catching Of the fish, one
being that 1t was taken by MIR. Hemmings
and another that it jumped into the doc
tors wagon as he was driving by the lake.
To get the correct version it will be
necessary to iuterrogate the doctor.
1t was reported last Monday that the
band boys were to give an open air con-
cert that evening and a good number of
people were out in anticipation of some
thing well worth hearing. However, the
boys failed to make their appearance and
Fred Guild and Clare Powell, realizing the