Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-08-08

| travelling vender several nights of last
week and his we'll learned story about his
medicine could be heard for considerable
distance. 1t is possible that the village
trustees have no authority to prevent these
vsnders selling goods on our streets but IL
they have we believe 1t should be exercised.
These travelling men do not have tie Won
derful bargains which they advertise.
Take, for instance, this man: II he has
something which is all that Is claimed for
1t would he be travelling about the country
stopping at little villages and shouting
about his goods? We think not. II these
goods are really SO wonderful why are they
the only ones to sell them? There would
certainly be more money in it to allow
others to sell for them. Many of the med
icines sold in this way are practically
worthless and some may be harmful.
Those which are of any real value can be
purchased Of any local druggist and for
less money. These fellows get large
crowd about them and when one buys
usually large number of others follow,
and many buy who cannot afford
to spend their money in this way.
Ottentimes these fellows go into a town
and If they can not start the people to buy
ing their goods they arrange with certain
ones to come up when there is large
crowd about and buy very literally and
when the people follow them drop out and
when there is IuIl in the sales others come
up and continue the practice and at the
close their money is returned to them.
Taken as a whole these fellows take large
amount of money from a community
which they visit and give but little in
return. We believe that it belittles town
to have one of the venders occupying
public place and making the air resound
with his cries, and Barton will certainly
lose nothing by inviting these fellows to
seek other fields for their labor.
BARTON LANDING.
G. E. Gay has his new house well under
way.
II. s. Webster was at West Burke last
week.
Miss Carrie Badger is working at Mr..
Guilds.
Mrs. e. F. Smith OF Boston is visiting at
H. G. Dudley's.
Mrs. A. w. Boardman has been visiting
friends in town.
F. G. Brown is spending few days at
Caledonia Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Buchanan have re-
turned from their trip.
Read F. H. Skinner & Sons ad, ''farm
for sale,'' in this issue.
j. W. Fletcher and DR.. Stevens have been
reshingling their houses.
Miss Alice Bailey is spending few days
with relatives at Willoughby.
Mr.. A. F. Sanders is in town, the guest
of his brother, G.. w. Sanders.
Mr. D. Buchanan has his second new
house on East st. we'll under way.
Mrs. Cora Hamilton of st. Johnsbury
visited relatives in town last week.
Mrs. Fred Brown is spending few days
, with her parents at South Albany.
Mr.. Halsey Hall, who has been ill for a
long time, is much improved in healt b.
G. A. Wheeler has moved into his new
, apartments in Fl. w. Buchanan's block.
Mrs. Philander Guild and Miss Ethel
I Guild have gone to York Beach, Maine.
3 A. W. Bagley of Bristol has rented Mrs
A. D. Mathews house on Willoughby ST
A fine cor crete sidewalk is being laid on
l the cross street from Liberty Ave. to East
D st.
t Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Hazelt on OF Chicago
8 are here visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Haz-
:, elton.
Lewis Rash is about to commerce work
q on barn for his brother Charles on South
: street.
e Miss Ruth Richmond of Newport il
= visiting at the home OF her sister, Mrs. q
q D. French.
E. D. Stafford has begun laying the
f foundation for his new dwelling on Iras-
e burg street.
n The Grange lawn party at John Bren-
q mans Thursday, was very pleasant and
successful affair.
+ A new improvement has been made in
4 the post office, by the addition of a new
e section of boxes.
h Rev. George Macdonald of Evansville
e exchanged pulpits with Rev. 8. G. Lewis
e Sunday morning.
Mrs. James Young. with Mrs Ferrin, hel
mother and her two daughters were guests
at ]. +. Lyons Thursday.
0 Morton Parker has moved his family
! here from Bloomington. They occupy
j. h. Bartlett's tenement.
Mr.. Harrison Badger has returned from
/ his trip. We are very sorry to learn tina
0 he is not improved in health.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. B. Lyman have returned
from Bennington, Mrs. Lyman's forme
e home, where they have been spending sew
eral weeks.
2 The ball game played Saturday after
z noon between the merchant team and tn
first nine resulted in victory for the lat
ter team.
2 Mr.. Harley Tripp has rented the apal.
q ment in D. Buchanan's block recenSl
vacated by e. A, Wheeler. Mr.. Trip WI
16 run grocery store.
Mrs. Harry Brackett and children, Jose
- | nhfOa cpH Ezrip have r6LQEu6Q lTOI