Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-02-27

Canker rash, Is nearly well and no other
cases are reported.
Mrs. Franklin Sawyer of Derby Line
was the guest Of Mrs. Elisha Foster sew
eral days last week.
{. r. Powell attended the wedding of
Mr.. Benz. Wright and Miss Katherine Bar
ry at Derby, Feb. q.
Miss Helen Johnson visited her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Johnson, at
st. Johnsbury last week.
Miss Mae Leavitt, the central operator
on the Peoples line, is taking few weeks
vacation with her family in Sutton, P. q.
1t is expected. that Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Pillsbury are on their way home from
Florida and will arrive here in few days.
Among those who attended the concert
at Newport Wednesday evening were Mr..
J. F. Batchelder.
Special meeting of Orleans Lodge No.
55, F. and A. M. Thursday evening.
Work in M. M. degree. Lectures will be
Mrs. Harlow Foss has returned from
Boston, as the little son of DIR. and Mrs.
Brewster, who has been very i'll from pto-
maine poisoning, is improving slowly.
1t is reported that Joseph Ready and
family will move here about the middle
of March. Mr.. Ready lived here num-
Der OF years, but moved to Canada about
year ago.
The chicken pie supper given by the la
dies of the M. E. church In the vestry OF
the church Wednesday evening was we'll
attended and netted the society about
5000.
Barton is to be congratulated on her ex-
cellent water system. Many towns in the
state are suffering from shortage of water
but as yet we have had no shortage or
frozen pipes.
The following letters remain uncalled for
Feb. 27. Please say advertised when calling
for them. Dave Joseph Durocher, Anna
Kahn, Mrs. Sophia Laclair, Mrs. Addie
Soultre, w. R. Sedgwick.
John V. RoweD, proprietor of Hotel Bar
ton, is In Lowell, Mass, and other Massa-
chusetts towns on business trip. Mr.
Rowen reports large trade at the hote
many nights having had every room taken.
At meeting of the stockholders of the
National bank Saturday forenoon, it was
voted by good maj jority over two tn irds
vote to reduce the capital stock of the
bank from S15O,OOO to 100000, to take effect
March 10th.
Friday evening Frontier encampment OF
Newport and Olympic encampment OF this
place met in [. o. o. F. hall and worked
the Golden Rule degree on several mem
bers. About ten members from Newport
were present.
Special meeting Of Crystal Lake Camp,
HOGS, M. w. of A., Wednesday evening,
March l. About twenty new members
will take the class adoption. lrasburg
Camp is coming to do the work. Refresh
ments will be served.
The weather the past week has been very
! fine as a whole, although most OF the time
very cold. This morning, however, we
looked out on an atmosphere filled with
snow driven by the wind coming evidently
from all directions. The wind soon abated
and the air is clear and frosty this noon.
There is to be change in the manage
ment OF the restaurant. Mr.. 81. G. Spaul-
ding, who has been proprietor for the last
two years, will retire as soon as he can
make arrangements to do SO. This is g
good business location, not only for local
but for an increasing and profitable tran
sient trade.
The passenger station, which has beer
undergoing repairs for several months, il
completed; both waiting rooms have beer
shelthed and finished in the natural wood
the office has been enlarged, much more
conveniently arranged and the whole worl
Is a credit to the company, making a neat
pleasant place for waiting passengers.
Wednesday evening the Barton towl
team and the Newport basket ball team
meet IN Seaver's hall to play the secon'
game. The first resulted in decided vic
tory for the Newports, but Barton Is de
termined to win this time and you ma
expect good game. Barton Academy %
and the rest Of the school will play between
the halves.
l Mr.. and Mrs L. j. Hartman were visite
last week by Mrs. Harriman's brother an,
, wife, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tripp of Boston
{. and also by Mrs. Harriman's sister an
, her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Lanpheal
of Boston. Tia and Ray Tripp of Williams
town, nephew ana niece OF Mrs. Harri
man, were guests at her home last W ;ek.
The Juniors of Barton Academy gav'
a masquerade, dance and box part
Z last Friday evening, which proved gres
success. Much enjoyment was had fror
the sale OF boxes, the highest price pal
for box being two dollars. Anyone ignol
: ant of the buyer of this bcx may get til
required information from Parker Barrow
The class took in over forty dollars.
Mr.. Fred Wheeler left Friday evening o
T. the four O'Clock rain for Lyndon, whel
Il he stopped until the following day, whe
he started for the south with Mr. Hal