Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-05-16

on the 1enry wooster DlOck ana are push
ing the job rapidly.
Ray French, who has been working at
Bridgeport for some time, visited friends
| at this place last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Litchfield of Westfield have
been spending a few days visiting their
| daughter, Mrs. Asa Harris.
D. Buchanan has done considerable grad
ing on the premises where he is to build
| his two new houses this summer.
Mrs. Wheatley who has been stopping in
Barton for few weeks will make her home
at Jerre Marston's during the summer.
At the sale on South st. on Saturday
| last, several building lots were sold. Some
| were to parties who will build the present
| season.
Taplin & Rowel1 hold their second auc-
| tion sale of carriages at their warerooms
on Monday, May %. See bill for further
particulars.
Rev. S. Lewis received word Saturday of
the death of his mother at st. Johnsbury.
Funeral services and burial will be at
Hardwick Tuesday.
Frank Wheeler has erected number of
sheds on the bank of the river by his block.
He has also built a bulkhead for an en-
trance to the basement.
A. D. Mathews and Mrs. Louise Stafford
were united in matrimony last Wednesday
afternoon at five o'clock. Rev. S. G. Lewis
officiated at the wedding.
E. w. Merrill is planning to build fine
residence on his lot here during the COM
| ing autumn. He has the lumber ready and
will begin operations in few months.
Our respected townspeople, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. M. Todd, who have spent the win
ter in Mississippi, Michigan and other
western states, are expected here this week.
The next Grange meeting will be held
this week on Thursday evening in place of
the regular evening next week. Refresh
ments will be served and good attendance
is desired.
| The new brass band here has twenty
members and is doing finely. 1t will be
able to furnish some music for Decoration
Day exercises, while the old band will do
most of the musical honors for the occa-
| sion.
The people of this vicinity are rejoicing
in the fact that more buildings are being
erected here than in any year for long
time. And it appears to be a healthy
growth as every house is needed to supply
places for families who want to reside here.
We notice by the reports of the National
Life Insurance Co. that E. W. Merrill stood
at the head of all the Vermont agents of
that company during the months of March
and April. In March he placed $4,000 and
in April $4,000 insurance.
Rev. M. V. B. Knox of Stoneham, Mass,
will be the orator at the Decoration day
exercises in this place on May 30th. Mr..
Knox has entertained the soldiers and cit
izens before here with eloquent addresses
and all are anticipating rich treat on that
occasion.
A new arrangement has been made
whereby the mill hands will have Saturday
afternoons for half holiday. They begin
their work at $50 mornings and have fifty
minutes mornings, the remaining time to
make up the half day is donated to the
men by the E. L. Chandler Co.
The remains Of the late Mrs. Gregory,
wife of Elder Daniel Gregory of Hyde
Park, were brought here Thursday night.
Tbs body was taken to Bloomington Cen
ter Friday where the funeral was held and
the remains inferred. On the same train
the remains of brother of Francis Han
nant of Irasburgh were brought.
There will be a district meeting of the
Willoughby Sunday School Association,
comprising all OF the Sunday schools in
the towns of Barton, Bloomington, Glover
and Westmore in the M. E. church in Bar
ton Landing on Thursday, June 2. A pro-
gram is being prepared by the secretary,
Miss Harriet Gross of Bloomington, which
will be published later. We understand
that the plan is to hold three of these meet
ings sometime during the summer and fall
at Barton Landing, Glover and Westmore,
hoping thereby to increase the interest in
Sunday school work.
The annual rally in the interest of the
Village Improvement Society held last
Tuesday evening in the Congregational
church was very successful. The band
kindly furnished music, and the exercises
, by the school children were heartily en-
ioyed. Hon. B. F. D. Carpenter in brief
address commended the society for its past
work and eloquently urged all to take an
interest in its future success. Rev. s. G..
Lewis spoke briefly, especially recommend
ing that the approaches to the village be
7 made beautiful-that on no account should
rubbish be dumped in such places, out
! rather in the dumping ground tnat mas
been set aside for the purpose on the site OF
old E. L. Chandler mill. Rev. j. b. Lyman
spoke of the need of laborers and money
f,r the society, after which pledges were
q passed for new members and to receive the
annual dues of former members, twenty
seven dollars being raised. II all whose
n dues remain unpaid would send them with
g out further notice to Miss Gallup, the
treasurer, it would greatly aid the society.
Il Thursday was observed as labor day all