Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-07-27
House Friday evening, Blair's orchestra
being in attendance. ftN4Eh

House Friday evening, Blair's orchestra
being In attendance. f8fa
Chas. Drown has bought the J. Z. Ruth
erford house and estate on upper Main
street. He intends making some changes,
building Q barn, etc.
Fairbrother & Gale have bought Schsn
coId-set tire setter that will set tire
without removing the wheel from the
wagon, In at least thirty minutes.
Z. II. Rody finished his duties as yard
master for the b. q NJ. r. Il. last week, and
We understand il station agent at Rock
Island. z. c. Huntington succeeds to the
position Of yardmaster.
The room formerly used by the petit
Jury In the court house IL having a new
steel ceiling and being generally repaired,
and will now be occupied by the state
auditor.
Mrs. Sarah Humphrey had q slight shock
at the home OF her son on Green place
week ago Saturday, but she Is improving
slowly, and the doctor expects that she
will fully recover.
Mrs. Thompson died July 18th at the
home OF her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Brown,
on Coburn Hill. The remains were taken
to Bronze, Pc, for burial. She was
eighty four years old. +...-
The star shoe store, Batchelder &
Robitille proprietors, has been changed
considerably since Mr.. Kay sold 1t. The
rehectors In the windows give a fine
effect to their stock Of footwear.
J. r. Lambert began moving his old
laundry building on Bayview street to
Brady's lot last Friday. Mr.. Brady will
use II for storehouse. Capt. Lambert Is
clearing his lot on that street to give room
for the erection OF his hree-tenement
block, which will be started soon.
Through an appeal of d. r. Stetson to
Supt. H. E. Folsom, authority was Obtained
for removing the unsightly fence along
the railroad square park and the plot
neatly graded and Towering plants set out
In various places. The place is now an
ornament to that section of our thriving
village.
The contractors of the new government
building are laying the granite cur biug
for the sidewalk on Second street fourteen
| inches wider than the rest OF the sidewalk
through the street, which promises to
leave an awkward jog at F. Z. Browns
corner. The village street commissioner
is trying to have the contractors change
| tha xridtb RI oorroor0pd NTH tho ot bar
walk, but they don't want to do so.
| The eleventh reunion of the 18th VT.
Regiment will be held at Newport on the
18th day of September with grand camp
fire in the evening. On the 18th there will
be an excursion through the beautiful
Lake Memphremagog on the Lady of the
Lake. All at greatly reduced rates on
railroads, steam boat and at the hotel. Col
Redfield Proctor will be present through
the whole. Let everybody come and en-
Joy the last excursion on the lake for the
season.
The Mempbremagog Canoe Club have
issued their programs for a regatta to be
held on the lake near Lake Park August 26
The mem bers of the club will rendezvous
at Balls cottage at noon, and the program
OF events includes five boat and canoe
races, three swimming races, q tug Of wal
and various other aquatic sports; apt
prizes of cups, fishing rods, pipes, etc., ar
offered for each event. A band will be II
attendance to give various concerts, and
grand time Is expected. The mem bershi]
in this popular organization numbers il
the hundreds.
Constable Human had quite an adven
ture one night last week. While passin
the Memphremagog House at about tw
o'clock a week ago Sunday morning, b
heard the breaking of glass at the uppe
end of the hotel, and running down be
tween the hotel and Lanes block he sa,
a man dart away from a window in D. f
Stetson's store, and running along in th
: shadow of the buildings, vanish benin
Sisco's livery stable. The burglar had Gu
! out light of glass which had fallen an
caused the alarm, and thus our alert chic
of police nipped burglary In the bud.
Bert Prouty prides himself upon havin
the most secure and best working yact
| III luc WnOAc Acct, JIG tuht Cd
be depended upon-no part ever givin
out. One recent afternoon Capt. Proui
took aboard DIR. Harry Hamilton an
: Druggist Bigelow for hurried sail dow
to the Bluffs and back; the business me
s were anxious to get back within an hol
and the Cap'n said he could easily MAX i
4 They started off as finely as could be, b1
they had steamed less than half a mi
when the engine suddenly baked up
% rather the pump refused to work-and I
amount of urging would bulge it an inc
g There being no small boat in tow, Meth
an oar or paddle in the yacht, there was I
q other way but to let the craft drift to Ian
which 1t finally did, bringing up on B
a delrs beach. That hour was the longe
those business men ever remember OF e
periencing.
NEWPORT CENTER.