Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Stebbins and Miss
Eta steb bins OF Mortified are visiting
their dsue hter, Mrs. c. c. Baldwin, at "The
Bircbes."
Mrs. Amy Wheeler, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Abbie Winslow, has
gone TO South Barton to visit her son, II.
c. Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence E. Austin and
Mrs. Whitney sre in town again. Mrs.
Whitney will visit friends in Charleston
and Craitsbury.
Special convocation OF keystone Chapter,
No. l6, X. A. NJ, this Monday evening.
Work in NJ. NJ. and P. NJ. degrees. A full
attendance is desired.
ci"ity took advantage of the excursion
Friday to visit Burlington and enjoy a
ride on Lake Chsmplain.
Me. Phebe Scott Endicott from Dor
chester, Nebraska, visited at G. A. Drew's
last Friday. Mrs. Endicott lived In this
village about forty years ago.
Harlow Foss has returned from Oregon
and reports a very pleasant trip. He
brought with him a good supply of curios
from the mining district which he visited.
Rev. Mr.. Warner has returned from his
vacation and spoke in the CongI church
yesterday. His vacation was spent in camp
at Caspian Lake and at lake in Wood
bury.
Mr.. Fred Robinson. who has been stop
ping in town for some days has gone to ST.
Johnsbury where bis family joined him.
While there they will visit Mrs. Robinson's
people.
Mr.. w. {. Tripp, who lives on the Will
loughby lake road, is putting a new foun
dation under bis house. He is doing a
very thorough job and his place will be
greatly improved thereby.
Mrs. A. c. Austin and family have re-
turned from pleasant outing at Ryegate
Pond. Miss Nellie Austin will return to
her duties at Boston, Mass, after visiting
at III. NJ. GARDENERS few days.
"Old Home Week" will be celebrated in
Newport this week. The memb bers of the
Vermont Association of Boston will arrive
there Tuesday and every effort will be
made to make their visit pleasant one.
Miss Daley Carr of Omaha, Neb., is stop
ping with her aunt, Mrs. n. E. Graves.
Miss Carr is the oldest daughter of the late
John l.. Carr, who was well known in this
vicinity. She is a teacher In the public
schools there.
1t is reported that counterfeit five dollar
bills on a national bank in Morristown, n.
j., are being circulated in various sections.
We trust that readers of the MONITOR will
be careful not to get caught with an over
supply of these bills.
The baseball boys will cross bats with
the st. Johnsbury team on Thursday at
2:45 p. m. on the fair ground. The Barton
boys are playing strong game and as the
visiting team will be an exceptionally good
one the game is sure to be Of inteSest.
Rev. Mr.. Brown of Evansville supplied
the NJ. E. pulpit yesterday and preached a
very able sermon. The attendance at
the Epworth League services held on Sun
day evenings is constantly increasing and
the meetings are proving very helpful.
The following letters remain uncalled for
at the post Office Aug. II. Please say ad-
vertised when calling for these letters.
Gertrude Abbott, Horace Achilles, Mary
Agnes Blake, Harvey Buckman, Thomas
Hall, Hurbert Lahue, David Laplautte.
Prince Elect, owned by d. D. Bean and
Doctor Nichols, won first money in the
2:35 class at North Conway, n. H. The
purse was $500 90. Mr.. Holders horse,
Ijams, won End money in the 2:45 class,
purse $500. Ecstatic won End money in
2:16 class, purse $500. These horses will
start at Littleton, n. H., on Aug 1920.
Several from here attended the races at No.
Conway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgerton Of Meriden, Ct.,
arrived at Hotel Barton Friday evening,
having driven from Meriden, two hundred
and sixty miles, since Sunday morning.
They report q beautiful drive and are very
favorabIy impressed with our state. They
will make a stop OF several days. Mrs.
Ried and Miss Ida May Swift and Master
Louis Swift arrived Friday for several
weeks stay. The young people about
town are becoming enthusiastic over a
golf course and have commenced to play.
There is plenty of room for q first-class
course and we think some very good
players are to be found here. ALI who
wish are invited to join the club.
A large number OF rooms are already
booked for the week of the fair
and the proprietor would be glad to ac-
| commodate all IL he had the room. 1t
looks as though the house would be un-
usually busy during that week.
The following article regarding Col. W
E. Dodge Of Minneapolis, Mimi, is taken
from the Minneapolis Journal. Col.
Dodge resided in this town when a young
man and has many friends here.
W.. E Dodge, we'll known throughout
the northwest as Colonel" and no for
sixteen years has been connected with the
legal department of the Great Northern