Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-07-24
BARTON LANDING.

friends here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John franklin of Boston
are spending few days in town.
Hiram Goss of Newport visited his
daughter, Mrs. Dean, the past week.
Miss Mary Fisk of Montpelier is visiting
her sister, Mrs. G. E. Gay of this place.
Rev. 8. G. Lewis officiated at The funeral
of &. Cole of Troy, last Thursday after
noon.
DR.. Ranney has so far recovered from his
recent illness as to be able to be on the
street.
The abutments for the new bridge on
the road leading to the freight yard are
being placed in position.
The work OF remodelllng the summer
home of Mr.. Bartlett near Coventry is be-
ing rapidly pushed forward.
A number of the teachers from here at
tended the sessions of the Orleans County
Summer school at Barton, last week.
Sale of home made food by ladies' of Viii
lage improvement Society, at Twombly &
afternoon, July Is.
Rev. Mr.. Hammond of Maine preached q
very interesting and able sermon at the
Congregational church yesterday, both
morning and evening.
The monthly meeting of the Village I'm
provement Society will be held on Satur-
day, july %, at O'Clock p. M, at the
home of the president, Mrs. j. FL. Brown.
The work on the new dwellings which
will be re-erected by the Chandler Man
ufacturing Co., will begin soon. These
houses six in mum Der will be rented to the
employees OF the company.
| Bine Dean of this place showed his ex-
| pertness as a fisherman last week, by land
ing fourteen pound longe from the waters
of Lake Mernphremagog. The fish attracted
the attention OF large number OF people
| as it lay on the wharf at Newport.
Robert Doyle OF Baldwin's Mills was in
| town last Tuesday seeking for information
/ regarding his son, Merrill Doyle, who dis
appeared from home July 13. Mr.. Doyle
i visited the shops of the Chandler Co., but
the young man had not applied for work
there.
The Newport baseball team will play the
third game of the series with Barton Land
ing at Skinner Athletic Park next Satur-
day afternoon. The first game of the series
was won by Newport by score OF IL to
and the second game was won by Barton
Landing by score of 15 to 3. With az
evensbreak of luck for each team this game
should prove as interesting as any game oi
the season.
Thomas Williamson of this place and Miss
Blanche Davis of Island Pond were married
recently at Island Pond by the Rev. Ed
, ward P. Lee. Friends of the couple await
J ed their coming to the railroad station Al
: that place, in order that they might bt
given an enthusiastic reception. Mr.. ane
Mrs. Williamson avoided this however, BY
, securing team and driving from Islanc
Pond to this place where they VIII reside
The Barton Landing team tried hard tt
take the scalp of the Barton team at Skin
ner Athletic Park last Saturday afternoon
but they proved Unequal to the task. TIL,
game was the most interesting and excit'
ing one played on the grounds this season
and the result OF the game was in doubt
until the last man was called out. Bott
teams were made up of home talent witt
the exception of Sc irI 8 of Newport who
played with the Bartons. G. B. Webster
pitch six innings for Barton and Jenness
pitched the remainder of the game Skin
ner pitched the entire game for Barton
Landing. Barton started the game with
two safe hits and later In the inning filled
the bases but failed to score in the inning
Not one Of the Barton Landing boys goi
o first base. In the second inning not q
Barton man got first base and the Barton
Landing made two safe hts and score
In the third Barton tied the score and
Barton Landing did not get beyond s9c-
opd base. In the fourth Barton got TWO
men on bsses only to see the next tnres
men go out in order, while Barton Lana
| inp made two scores on two base hits ane
a wild pitch. In the fifth Barton won th'
pame bv pettfnp in four runs on two bass
hits and q bunch of errors. They earned
2 one run in this inning and It was TIT
Ii only one earned during the game
ton Landing got three men OF
/ bases but only made one run. In the sixti
j. Barton scored on safe hit and three u
t outs. The Landing got two men on base
t hut failed to score. In the seventh Barton
5 went out in one, two, three order. Bartol
: Ln ling again got three men on and onl
t made one run. In the eighth Barton wen
: out in order and Barton Landing tied tn
: score. Barton Landing might have wo
r the game in this inning had not c.