Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-12

Joined the New EogIand Order of Protec-
ton. branch Of which is established at
that place.
Mr.. Burt has finished work at Hotel
Barton and NJ. 4. w. Msars has been
engaged to take his place and began his
du.fes last Thursday. We are glad to
welcome Mr.. Mears back TO Barton.
4 fair sized audience was present at the
moving picture entertainment given in the
Congregational vestry for the be7efit of
thee. f. society last Wednesday evening.
A small amount was realized for the soci-
ely.
TIE Academy Basket Ball team has been
organized with the following members:
Laft guard. LaCiair; right guard, WiIkin-
-on: csnte-. Barrows; left forward, Win
sr4t: righ. forward, Underwood; Sub.
Health
G W. Camztock's team became frightened
by passing train at South Barton one day
las week and ran on to this track just in
time Tor the locomotive to hit the mea
cart. The wagon was considera bly, dam
aged but the horses were only slightly in
iured.
0. D. Owen, who spent Thanksgiving in
Connecticut with Rev. and Mrs J. p Gar
field, hes returned home. Mrs. Owen will
remain there for some time lorger. Mr.
and Mrs. Owen visited Rev. {. B. Moody
a former pastor OF The Cong. church here
who is pleasantly settled at Bristol.
Mrs. Maria Cummings, widow of the late
Patrick Cummings, formerly of Barton,
died in Fall River, Mass Nov. 81, She
leaves to mourn her loss one brother, JOS
eph Norton, of Fall River, Mass, and one
daughter, Mrs. Nelson w. Barr, of Taunt-
ton, Mass.
Miss Stella Orr, bookkeeper in the office
of the PercivaI Furniture Co, went last
Friday to her home in Littleton, n. II.
After few Weaks' visit among relatives
and friends she will go to Springfield,
Mass, where she will keep books for the
Company in their office in that city.
Last week was an exceptionally cold one
for this time of the year. The first part of
the week was zero weather and the last
part of the week thermometers registered
from seven and eight below Friday morn
ing to fifteen below Sunday evening. This
extreme cold with the little amount of
snow that we have makes the weather
disagreeable.
The Woman's Literary Club met at the
home of Mrs. Nichols Wednesday even
ing, Dec. 7. The business meeting occu-
pied the greater part of the evening, after
which Mrs. Cutler gave an excellent
review of Tolstoi's Resurrection, and
Miss Webster read part of an article in the
Bay View Magazine upon 1.-The Holy
Season in Russia
Although before mentioned in these col
umns and announced from the stage in
Sewers hall, yet there are many people
who do not know that our opera hall is
provided with fire escapes and we again
wish to call attention to this fact. An
escape leads from the first window at the
left as you enter the hall and also broad
one leads from the stage to the courtyard
at the back of the building.
Last evening about eight o'clock the
| lights in this village, Barton Landing and
| Glover went out. The cause was at the
station in Charleston, where one OF the
| dynamos burned out. This village will
have lights by this evening without inter-
ruption, it is expected, but Barton Land
| ing and Glover will not have the current
until the machine is repaired. The re-
pairs will take one or two weeks, it is
| thought.
Next Wednesday evening is the second
entertainment in the lecture course. This
number is a lecture by DR.. Fox entitled "a
Neglected Cavalier" and is said to be one
OF the best, If not the best, lecture DR.. Fox
has. Although new lecturer to Barton
audience, he is far from a new man on the
platform. James Hedley says OF DR.. Fox
she is clear, strong thinker, a magniti
cent orator, man of large and tender
heart, OF wide experience with books anC
mankind and Withal of winning person
atty"
BARTON LANDING.
Henry Wilkie of Island Pond is working
for j. E. Lyon.
Aaron Wiley has rented Mrs. j. E
Chamberlin's house.
E. B. Searles is very sick at his boarding
place, Herbert LeIand's.
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