Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-22

Mercury hes gradually Wolkeo uP hOA
80 degrees below to the point that we are
now having a thaw. There are other in
dfcations that we may have some warm
weather within the next six months.
Mr.HC. Pierce was in Brattleboro last |
week in attendance at a meeting OF the |
there. Mr.. Pierce is mem
her of the Grand Commsndery of the state |
and made the visit as official Inspector
H.F. Pillsbury & Son are finishing off |
the Blanchard store into two tenements'
The psrtitions of the old store have been
taken out and new ones put in and the
entire building will be painted and papered.
Mrs. Ida MacKinnon's little daughter,
fifteen months old, died Feb 18th OF pneu-
mopia. Mrs. MacKjnnon, who resides In
West Stewartstown, n. H., will be remem-
bered here as Miss Ida Walker, former
emplove OF the Peerless Mfg. Company.
Carl Abbott was in town last week. Mr..
Abbott has been travelling through the
central and western states the past year ana
will return to his work there soon. he Is
in the employ of sy Indicate owning four
teen stores and does the buying In certain
departments.
Mr.. Ward, representing P. F. Collier &
son. is In town introducing some special
offers which this company Is making on
high class standard publications. Mr..
Ward was here some time ago IN the IN
terests of this com pany and sold large
number of books. He is pleasant gentle
ch0nId intAr69t the nPO-
pie in his bargains.
After this date the village trustees will
enforce the regulations on electric lighting
in this village which require that land
lords will be charged for the lights In
their tenements. AS IL has been in the past
cousidera BILE has been lost to the village
by tenants moving away without paying
| their electric light bill. By making the
owners of the tenements responsible for
the same this loss will be saved and the
tenants will be required to pay for their
lights.
It has been feared that the water in the
hydrants in this village had frozen during
the severe cold weather and that we snouIo
have no protection in case of fire. The
fire wardens thought it best to investigate
the matter this morning, and by ydrant
which from it's location would be more
likely to freeze than any other, was opene1
and found to be In good working order
From this it is felt that there is no danger
of trouble in this way. This thaW VIII
help to increase the water supply and
afford better protection against fire.
The annual convocation OF the Fourth
Masonic District Royal Arch Masons is to
be held with Keystone Chapter, No. 16
Barton, Thursday, Feb. 25. Special
; meeting of Keystone chapter is called FOL
1 80 O'Clock, p m. to work the M. M. de-
: gree. At 2:3O o'clock Haswell Chapter oi
st. Johnsbury will work the P. M. degree
$3.50 o'clock Cleveland Chapter OF Newpor
works the M. E. NJ. degree; $50, banquet
7:45, Keystone Chapter, Barton works tn
R. A. degree. VIM. 8. erril, G. Il. f
David A. Elliott, G. L Carl R. Storrs, D
D. G. HP., and other grand officers ar
expected to be present. A good time
assured. Let all make special effort to
present.
It was expected that the Baltimore firs
would cause the failure OF many OF the In
: surance companies, but large per cent.
them are able to stand the loss w1thor
s financial embarrassment. j. n. q +. !
d Webster have received notifications frol
all of the companies which they represer
n giving their loss and showing the surpir
II which they have with which to pay tt
same. Mr.. ]. n. Webster reports that
II OF the companies will be able to meet Il
~ losses without diff ficulty. While some
them have lost heavily, nearly mililo
dollars in one case, they are all provide
u with a surplus from which they can me
- 1t without trouble.
During the coming season this vlllai
20 should invest a few hundred dollars
Ai installing fire alarm system. At presel
e' in case of fire in the night the only WI
IN to sound the alarm is by running to one
's the churches or the schoolhouse and bres
80 in and ring the bells, or to go to the Pere
val Furniture Co.'s plant and get the mig
ts. watchman to sound an alarm. Ii the q
X, happens to be some distance from the
ry points the flames will be almost beyol
control before a stream of water can
g., thrown upon the building. After we ma
or had loss OF thousands of dollars becau
he of our negligence we shall be willing to
anything we can to prevent future FIR
m. Let US lock the stable before the horse
Ak. stolen.
ed Those who attended the concert in 81
ver's hall on Monday evening enjoyed
g. rare treat. The Schubert Male Quarte
- assisted by Miss Maude Parody, piani
- and Elvie Burnett Willard, reader, gave
entertainment hard to excel. Miss Paro
is pianist of unusual ability, Miss Wills
ior has previously appeared here and was
ner her best, while the quartette was gree
os- with enthusiasm and heartily encored al
each selection. This was the first visit
son quartette to Barton, but we are sure Il
vas would be welcomed by the patrons OF
en- lecture course in the future. The
vas entertainment OF the course VIII o.