Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-11

Charleston.
1t is reported that {. E. Gay will erect
set of buildings near A. r. Bennett's dur
ing the summer.
o. w. Locke was in Boston market last
week purchasing new goods for the spring
and summer trade.
Mrs. Christopher McMuIlin and her two
daughters visited friends at Derby Line
several days last week.
The showers here Thursday afternoon
and the following night helped the vegeta-
tion greatly. More rain, however, would be
welcome.
Grace Dodge has returned to the Mont
pelier Seminary after a short vacation here.
She is pursuing course of study at that
institution.
Elmer Watson, son of Mrs. Charles
Badger, who is at work on the Hood
Stock farm in Lowell, Mass, visited friends
here last week.
Dustan Board way has gone to Chelsea to
work in meat market for Charles Borraw.
Fred Boardwa is learning the machinist's
trade at Concord, N. II.
Wallace Il. GiIpin was called to Barton
last Friday to assist in the MONITOR office,
because of the illness of the foreman, Mr..
Bullock. He will return Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles Wheeler came near having
pneumonia last week. She had recently
come to visit her son Frank but was taken
I'LL Immediately after her arrival.
The Knights of Pythias have very for
tunately secured the services of Z. R. Tag
CART to give one of his unique entertain
ments for them next Tuesday evening.
| Pliny Ramsdell has moved out of the
Skinner house and moved into the Gillis
tenement which was recently vacated by
Fred Blake, and Stephen Crawford will
move into the Skinner tenement.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. s. Gibbs will visit their
son Oscar at Hanover next week. Oscar is
in Dartmouth College and expects to stay
at Hanover during the summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs will be gone about a
week.
The ladies of the Village Improvement
Society were out in full force several of the
nice days last week directing the improv-
ing OF the streets and doing much needed
work which greatly improves the condi-
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to parties in eresting themselves in this
laudable work
Dan Buchanan brought home two nice
American eagles from Florida where he
has been stopping during the past winter
His son Burns climbed tree seventy feet
and took the young eagles out of a nest
The eagles are on exhibition at Mr.
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interest, especially among the children
and young people.
Mrs. A. d. Chandler of this place re.
ceived news Thursday night of the death
of her brother, E. B. Baldwin, of Sharon
Mr. Baldwin was man very prominent in
state affairs and widely known as a lite
long democrat. He was brother of the
late Porter Baldwin of Barton. The!funer.
al was held at Sharon yesterday and Mrs
Chandler attended.
Merrick Taplin was at North Woodstock
recently and sold seventy-fi horses al
auction in three and one half hours. These
horses were fine animals which haC
worked in the lumber woods during the
winter and the sale amounted to nearly
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of the state. They were owned by tht
Johnson Lumb Company.
Chas. R. Taggart, the we'll known Inn
personator and musician, will give an en-.
tertainment in Valley house opera hal
tomorrow Tuesday, evening, under til,
auspices of the K. of z. lodge 1t will b,
fine entertainment, and deserves a larg,
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Barton Landing Village Improvmen
Society, under the directions of Prof w
B. Leonard of New York, will begin pre-
parations next week for an entertainment
to be given in Valley House hall, May 29tt
and 3Oth.
George Ford was at the hospital at Han
over, n. H., last week to have q surgica
operation on his hand. He has suffered
with blood poison for twelve weeks. /
was thought that he must lose his hand
but it appears to be doing we'll since thu
last operation. Mr.. Ford speaks yer,
highly of his treat nent at the hospital
everything being done for his comfort tina
could be, by both nurses and physicians.
One of our prominent citiz- ms who is OIL
the road considera BILE of the time reports
the license law as making many towns un
comfortable to that extent that there i
more drunkenness than vas ever known
before. Even boys sixteen years of age ar
frequently found drunk. Men who hav
been states prison criminals have secure,
, licenses and are selling liquor both at re
tail and at wholesale. The license law
not enforced as we'll as the prohibition Law
vas previous to the passage of the new law
He has observed that many people who ia
vored the license law are already sick of !
and would vote for prohibition law to
day If they had an opportunity to do il
In one small town 500 was taken over tn
bar in two hours one morning for drinks
and in the larger towns the condition
appalling.
|. A very pleasant entertainment was give
: at the Good Templars' meeting on Thurs