Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-18

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9th inst.
Mrs. CIV Staples, who had kept house for
Dana and Clinton Cook since Cora Cooks
death, has returned to her home at. Lyn-
donville.
Mrs.H.A. Clark. Mrs. z. e. Hamblet's
mother. went to Somerville last Satur-
dsy TO live with her daug liter, Mrs. Harry
Tue for the winter.
e. Winslow in addition to his buy ing |
cattle, hogs, poultry and selling one or
two farms, has sold seventy five horses IN
the last three weeks.
The Barton academy basket ball team |
defeated the Newport academy team in |
game in Seaver's hall Saturday evening, |
by a score of % to 13.
Hotel Barton was well filed with guests |
Friday night who came from the surround
ing owns to hear r. FL. ConwelI's lecture |
on Henry Ward Beecher.
Special communication OF Orleans Lodge,
No. 30, F. & A. NJ, Tuesday evening,
Dec. 49, To confer e. A. degree. Past
masters requested to be present.
Several of the young people from Barton
Landing were here Friday night to witness
the basket ball game between the st.
Johnsbury and Barton basket bail teams.
Wanted-Some one to invent hay press
that will not be continually mutilating
those who run it. Every little while we
learn of some one severely injured by the
kinds In use.
George Scott has been drawing plans for
new house which he proposes to build on
the corner lot opposite j. M. Elliott's
another summer. 1t is to be two ten
ement house.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Cutler and Mrs.
Simpson attended the wedding of Prof.
Clifford Hall and Miss Lillian Lothrop at
the Valley House, Barton Landing, Thurs
day afternoon.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post office Dec. 1S. Please say
advertised when calling for these letters
C. F. Bunker, Geo. F. Cody, c. H. Gilfillan,
Christy Mackenzie.
We had some very fine weather last
week, but Thursday morning the ther-
mometers had reached from eighteen to
twenty-five degrees below zero according
to different localities in this village.
III. T. Seayer has the furniture room over
| G. Jenness' store nearly ready for use. 1t
is finished with steel ceiling, pulp plaster
walls and the castings and wood work
neatly painted, and altogether is finely
adapted for the use intended.
Chauncey Drown, who was so badly
burned near Barre last May by having
twelve thousand volts of electricity pass
through his body, went to Montreal
recently to have surgical operation per-
formed upon his head, which at present
exposes his brain over space about two
inches in diameter.
For a good many years there has not
t been such an epidemic of the measles In
this vicinity as of late. The disease spares
v neither old nor young. Many who nave
been exposed several times before have
!, been Obliged to succumb to the disease
this time. Only few cases have prove
fatal, and these were complicated witt
other troubles.
Mitchell Lapete, while pressing hay To-
William Brown last Saturday, had very
painful accident, breaking his leg. 1t Is
. compound fracture between the knee ant
ankle. Local physicians were summonet
at and made him as comfortable as possible
and yesterday DIR. Bazin of the Montrea
is General Hospital took out piece OF bone
and 1t is hoped the leg can be saved.
n We note lin the Boston Heral
that Mr.. ]. Albert Blake residen
10 of Maiden, Mass, and president OF tn
Willoughby Wood and Lumber Co., @
South Barton, successors to II. F. Pillsbur
lAs & Son, was recently elected Most Worship
nu full Grand Master of the Grand Masoni
Lodge of the state OF Massachusetts,. Til
ast mark of distinction shows the high esteer
Ith In which the Masonic fraternity hold M
Blake.
- The ladies OF this section are lookin
forward to the time OF the annual Peerle'
sale at George Il. Davis store and Mr.. De
Wis announces that the sale will open Q
ave January -sth, about a wees earlier tha
'rk usual. The stock to besold in many Jin'
is larger than usual and Mr.. Davis is put
eet ting forth great effort and sparing 4
lay expense to make this sale better than ev
before.
reo We are sorry to report the death of ~
'no and Mrs. ID. D. Beams little boy Thursds
night. The little boy had measles, tb'
ent later pneumonia set in and resulted in
will death. He was bright active child abol
fifteen months old, and Mr.. Beams peop
ing have the sympathy of the comrnunit
to The funeral was held at the house Sa
urdsy at loo o'clock, Rev. w. A. Warn
officiating.
en-. The Barton town team defeated the
Johnsbury Y. NJ. c. A. team In fast
.,,- rough game OF basket ball Friday night
On q score Of 81 to "a. The line up: s
Barton st. Johnsbur5
Barrows, rf 10, Carrick (Mool
ton Dana, II rb, Cushman
ury Rines, c, Reccette
Webster, rb III. Reed
Cloutier, 10 IF. Hale