Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-04-18


district convention to be held at Montpe-
lier: j. g. Turnbull, E. W. Barron, T. T.
Webster, F. c. Brown, E R. Cook. Dele
gates were elected as follows to the state
convention at Burlington: M. M. Iapiln'
c. F. Percival, o. A. White, Z. 5 SKINNER
w. L. Jacobs. The delegations Will ser'e
as alternates for each other.
Mrs. John Morrill, died at the nome OF
her son George last Saturday evening, ageu
seventy years. Mrs. Morrill, had an attack
of pneumonia some weeks ago and couio
not rally from the same. She had llVeu
with her son for many years and had oeen
cared for by him. Her husband oleo
about fifteen years ago. She was pleas
ant lady and had many friends among
those by whom she was known. Inc
funeral was held this afternoon, Rev. W.
c. Johnson officiating. Interment at
Barton Landing.
Miss Annie True died at her home IN
Coventry yesterday morning after orlel
illness of typhoid fever. She had oeen
employed in the Peerless factory here, ouV
went to her home about four weeks ago
suffering from quinsy sore, after which
typhoid fever developed. Miss True was
an estimable young lady, active In the
work of the Epworth League and one
whose cheerfulness made it q pleasure 10
| meet. She had many friends in this place
who extend sincere sympathy to the be-
reaved relatives. The funeral will be helo
on Tuesday.
The baseball teams of Barton Academy,
Lyndon Institute and Newport High
School have formed league and will play
a series of games this spring. A nine dol
lar banner will be put up by the three
teams to be played for. Ten games have
been arranged and four more may be de-
cided upon. Seven games will be played
by the Barton team on their home grounds.
The first game here will be on April 3Oth
with the Lyndon team. The Barton team
will play the Hardwick boys at
Hardw next Saturday. Season tickets
will be sold for one dollar. Raymond
Winslow is manager of our schoo
team and Frank Dana captain. The boys
should receive the hearty support of the
people.
We CODY the following article from G
Titusville, Pa paper. Mr.. Fletcher was
formerly a resident of this county. The
article shows his standing in the county
where he resides Mr.. Fletcher has beer
away from this county for many years anG
If he should return would see many strang'
faces but all would extend him cordia
greeting. We trust that in the near future
he may decide to visit the scenes of hi
early childhood:
E A. Scowden of Union township, tn
mercantile appraiser OF Crawford county
in discussing with Meadville Tribune
Republican reporter the merchants o
Crawford county who have long been ii
business, had the following to say OF r. D
Fletcher of this city: "Mr. Fletcher ha
conducted dry goods store on the sam
ground in Titusville since 1855, period o
forty. nine years. A new building has il
that time been built where stood the on
In which he began business forty MIN
years ago, but the location is 1denticall.
the same. Mr.. Fletcher has one of th
finest dry goods stores in the county and
! very widely known and highly respected.
, Mr.. Scowden added that 1t was decide'
; pleasure to meet this veteran business ma
and listen to his "reminiscences OF earl
{ business experiences.
Beresford Greathead will arrive here O
: Wednesday, April Goth, coming from Bar
ton Landing and on his way to Lyndon
: vile. He looks hale and hearty after h1
$4,000 mile walk through Canada, Europ
Russia and Japan. Mr.. Greathead has ha
many exciting adventures in different part
o of the world and also many narrow escape
from wild animals and savages. TT
r "Globe Trotter" carries with him book
VI which contain the official seals OF ever
'' place he stops at together with the sig
J manual of some authority there: this cor
;, stitutes an undeniable proof Of his bon
fdes. He says he Is charmed with the Ne
u England states and hopes he may me-
with equal hospitality everywhere
70 America. The origin of the wager Of $50, o.
q for which Mr.. Greathead started out on ii
lg trip was that two clu bs In Vancouver, B. {
y had several discussions as to what ms
- could or could not do, one club statir
81 that man could walk around the wor
40 without money or baggage, the 9th
" stating that he could not. One OF t.
prin cipal points raised, however, was tn
the walker should write satisfactory boz
ei from the notes he should collect by t.
- way in every country he passed throug
Mr.. Greathead was selected as agent al
- set out in April, 1898, from the Pacific cos
D, walking across the Rocky Mountains al
oi through the prairies of the great northwt
'n' to Montreal and Halifax, Nova Scotia, fro
u thence by boat to Liverpool, then throui
~ England, Scotland, Belgium, France, Sw
ei' zerlsnd, Germany, Italy, Roumania, in
Russia, crossed the . rails and the StepI
'eA as far as Lake Baikal and Tekutsh, ther
Ii along the trans Siberian railroad throu
ny Manchuria to VIadivostok, thence by b'
'eu to Nsgasaki and through Japan to Tok
iee Our wanderer then returned to France
oi the Suez Canal and walked up the W
no coast of France to Havre where he to
~" boat for England. He spent Christmas
the old country and reached Montr
Ia on the third Of February. Since that Il
on he has been walk ing through Quebec pr,
ince and lately arrived in the United Sta
er's via Richford. Mr.. Greathead has II