Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-07-27

Mrs. NJ. v. b. Knox and Mrs. Laura
Rand leave to-day for the Flume House,
White Mountains, to spend few days.
The building Of DIR. Gilman's house is
very rapid, 1t being already enclosed and
the carpenters at work on the interior.
Henry Gay moved his family to his cot
tsge over the lake last week. Mr.. Gay
having q boat spends the nights In camp.
Chss. Blood and Victor Hunter have 9
cottage at May Pond nearly completed,
and are already having some OF the fur
nishings moved out.
Miss Inez Litchfield received word Tues
day night OF the severe injury to her
brother while getting aboard q train at
White River Junction. rf.f
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal White OF Green's
boro are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Frank Lang. Both are eighty-six years
old, yet appear much younger.
We would thank Mr.. o. J. Leonard of
Glover for some nice Russet apples left at
our office last week. Although late in the
season the apples were sound and good.
selden Bickford, the wheelwright, has
one OF the Schau cold-set tire settlers that
will set tire without removing the wheel
from the wagon, 1t can be done in half an
hour.
E. w. Barron is having some granite
quarried from the property of Mr.. Porter
near Barton Landing-for a curbing and
steps in front OF his block, which will be
a great improvement.
Mrs. Homer Smith of st. Johnsbury,
daughter OF J. w. Murkland, is much i'm
proved in health, and is expected to arrive
this week and spend some time at the
camp of her father across the lake.
Geo. a. Davis is building a summer
cottage next to Mr.. Buswell's across the
lake. Crystal Lake is blssoming out
into quite summer resort, this making
the fourth cottage erected there this
summer.
The following letters remain uncalled for
at the post Office July q. Please say ad-
vertised when calling for these letters.
Rev. Edward M. Fuller, 2, Frank Laroie,
Mrs. Esther Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. All Cutler and Mrs. Simpson
of this village and Mrs. Moore of Barton
Landing are camping at Willoughby lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cutler and Mrs. Simpson will
go to Lisbon, N. H. this week.
Mrs. R. e. Bailey is storing her house.
hold goods in the abandoned Catholic
church, preparatory to going out of the
restaurant business. She will spend some
time with friends in st. Johnsbury.
About twenty OF the members of the
Womsn's Literary Club accepted the invi-
tation of Mrs. II. 8. Orcutt to visit her at
her cottage last Friday. The visitors were
ioyable day.
c. s. Webster played baseball with the
Newport team against team from Island
Pond last Friday. The visitors won by a
score of lilo. A. s. Drew, Will Keating,
E. B. Robinson, and Will Heath were in
attendance at the game.
Rev. w. G. johnson and Clinton Murray
are in New York. Mr.. johnson will visit
his two sons at Yonkers, N. Y. Mr.. Murray
will enter a school of instruction for
newspaper illustrations, in which he will
take a course Of about nine months.
Hon Mason s. Stone, will speak at the
Congregational church tomorrow, Tuesday
evening. In the interest OF the summer
school. Mr.. Stone is very entertaining
speaker and is sure to give his hearers
something of interest.
"Soup" has been the the password at c.
A. Barrows' during the past week, and
the password has been free to all. A large
number of people accepted this chance to
get a free lunch and In consequence of this
a large amount of the soup was sold.
Seld IN Bickford has just sold all of his
real estate bordering on the east shore of
Crystal lake to the following parties:
Charles Baldwin, John Batchelder, George
Scott and Herburt Orcutt. The property
is to be divided into building lots for sum-
mer cottages.
The following are the latest arrivals at
the Crystal Lake House: Mr.. and Mrs.
David Mitchell and daughter Of Woods
VILE, n. h; Mr.. AMI Mrs. E. L. Shaw of
Wells River; and Mr.. and Mrs. John G.
Burke of Lowell, Mass. all having been
here a week or more.
Two young ladies of this village who are
quite enthusiastic over baseball went to
Newport last Friday to see the Barton
boys defeat the Newport team. They were
quite surprised to learn that it was team
from Island Pond which was to play the
Newport boys. O.
The Orleans County summer school
opened here to- day with a fair at
tendance for the first day. An address of
welcome was delivered by Rev. A. B. Blake.
The prospects are good for a large attend
ance and the course will be one OF great
interest to all teachers.
The Barton Landing Cornet Band are
arranging TO conduct an excursion to
Burlington and down Lake ChampIain to
the North ISLANDS, starting from this sta
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