Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-04-17

place, and their brother, 2. E. Chaffee OF
Bloomington.
Below we are able to give the names OF
the prize speakers at the contest to be held
commencement week of the graded school
next June. Marion Ordway, Dora Edison,
Florence Somers, Emma Goss, Robert
Edison, Emery Lothrop, Ray Kimball and
Jesse Barrows.
Grange meeting next Monday evening,
April 24th. Refreshments will be served
and the question discussed, " What is the
Relative Feeding Value of Hungarian or
Millet Compared with Clover and Tim
othy." All are requested to make an ex-
ira effort to be present.
The Thespian club of this place is at
tracing considerable attention from the
state papers. Some time ago the Boston
Globe published an illustrated article, and
nearly a dozen papers throug hout the
state have copied it. The club deserves
all the notice that it is getting.
An effort will probably be made to have
the mail taken south on the Air line,
which passes through here shortly after
O'Clock, p. m. This train takes through
mail from Newport, but not from the way
stations. Should such q change be made,
it would prove great accommodation
| A base ball team has been organized at
the high school. Vernon Lee is captain
and AIonZo Smith manager. The first
game of the season was played with Bar
| ton academy at Barton Saturday. The
game was lost by a score of to s. The
| boys played a good game from start to
finish and show good material for fast
| team.
SOUTH BARTON.
Mrs Chapman is visiting Mrs. G. W..
Abbott.
6. E. Aldrich visited in. town few days
last week.
G. F. Wheeler has been on the sick list
for the past week.
Mr.. Friend of Malone, N. Y, is visiting
his son, Fred Friend.
John L. Forrest is running the engine at
W. s. McDowelIs mill.
B. B. Berry, who has been working at
| w llu6Ts has IOtuEuSQ AOLuOs
Mr.. John Canty's daughter Mary is
spending few weeks with him.
Miss Myrtle Kimball of Newport re-
Gently spent few days at home.
Mr.. Young is very ill with heart trouble
Tat the home of his daughter, Mrs. 3. G.
Berry.
Mrs. E. ]. Wheeler of Barton Landing
visited her father, 3. c. Berry, one day
last week.
VIII Young of North Hatley, P. @, was
called here last week, by the severe illness
of his father.
Mr.. John Canty, who spent part Of the
winter in ST. Johnsbury with his daugh-
ter, has returned home.
Mrs. E. D. Drown, Mrs. Fred Friend
Miss Agnes Wilson and Ira Hunt and fam
lily attended the funeral of PerIey Hunt at
Barton last Friday.
ALBANY.
On Tuesday, April %, at p. n. w. R..
Hyde will sell q quantity of personal prop
erty at public auction.
Mrs. j. B. Rogers was at the barn
Friday morning feeding her hens, when
she was knocked down by sheep, break
ing her hip.
T. J. Wallace has recently had patented
a swing cattle stanchion that is undoubt-
edly the best thing of its kind on the
market. The principal feature of the
stanchion is that when open the stanchion
is stationary. Mr.. Wallace has had the
stanchion patented in both the United
States and Canada and is having large
number of orders.
SOUTH ALBANY.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Webster April 9th.
NORTH ALBANY.
Fred Twombly's two little children have
the chicken pox.
Sugar parties seem to be the order of the
day just at present.
Mrs. Carrie Heath's broken arm is doing
as well as can be expected.
Mr. De Merritt started Tuesday for Eng
land and expects to reach his destination
in six days, going by steamer from Ne"
, York.
Fred TwombIy has sold ten of his tne
dairy COWS to parties in Irasburg and ex-
poets to work with Mr.. L. Wallace the
coming summer.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Keith visited their
daughter. Mrs Lillian Webster, at South
Albanv one day recently and brought
their little granddaughter home with
them to spend few days.
Our mail carrier has been able to make
his rounds every day this spring, some
thing every carrier could not do. This
speaks well for the roads in our town, and
we hope Mr.. George will still continue
putting them in as good shape as he has
during the past two years.
BROWNINCTON.
Mrs. E. E. Burrows is home from Barton
Landing, where she has been nursing.
Eva Kinne from Newport Center visited
relatives in town quite recentIv