Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-02-13

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The ladies OF the Village Improvement |
Society have in preparation a mixed min
streI show will be given the Sd and 4th OF
March.
The Misses Grace Going and Bertha
Dutton Of Browington were the guests of
Misses Florence and Alma Gilman over
Sunday.
Mrs. Harlow Foss was summoned to
Boston, Mass, last week by the severe ILL
ness of her grandchild, the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Brewster.
W. F. Nye, who is in Burlington attend
ing the University, has been offered good
situation in New York state during the
coming vacation.
The Afternoon Study Club will meet
with Mrs. j. N. Webster at the home of
Mrs. e. F. Dutton Thursday p. M, Feb.
16, at 2 80 o'clock.
g. f. Wheeler, who has been caring for
patient in Lyndon Tor the past two weeks,
has arranged to go south to spend the
remainder OF the winter.
Letters addressed to the following named
persons remain uncalled for Feb. 13.
Please say advertised when calling for
these letters: Mr.. Plum nier, Dana Martin.
Tomorrow evening, Tuesday, the Lyndon
Institute basket ball team will line up in
Seaver's hall against the village team of
this place. You may expect good game.
The annual convocation of the Fourth
Masonic District Royal Arch Masons will
be held with Haswell Chapter, No. II, st.
Johnsbury Thursday, Feb %, 1905, after
noon and evening.
The sale of beans, brown and wheat bread
and home made candy by the Woman's
Literary Club Saturday afternoon was a
success in every way. 1t netted the club
something like $1,000.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Percival Furniture Co., Saturday it was
voted to go into bankruptcy. G. e.
Hamblet's name was presented as receiver
and without doubt he will be appointed.
Friday night about twelve of our young
men took a snoWshoe trip across Crystal
Lake to the cottage of Mr.. Baldwin, where
they kindIed a fire and "swapped yarns
for time, returning later in the evening.
Saturday evening Feb. 4, while scuffling
with a schUolmate and with no blame on
his part Clyde Heath fell in such a manner
as to break his collar bone. The fra cture
was bad one but the patient Is doing
we'll.
Tuesday afternoon Arthur Buswell, Jr.
celebrated his sixth birthday by inviting
about twelve OF his little friends in for the
afternoon. The hours were spent very
pleasantly with games, and refreshments
were served.
1t has been reported that the freig ht
helper that has been stationed here was to
be moved to Newport but we are informed
by Station Agent Blood that the locomo-
tive will not go for week at least and it
is hoped not at all.
At a recent meeting of the athletic. as
sociation of the academy Ray Underwood
was elected manager and Harry Dutton
captain of the base ball team for the COM
| ing season. 1t was also voted to have a
track team and Roy Barron was elected
manager and Raymond Winsfow captain.
Thursday evening comes the next enter
tainment in the lecture course, and con-
sists of a concert by the Manning Glee
Club of Boston. This club is composed OF
eight male voices, each member an artist OF
established reputation. This entertain
ment is promising one of the best in
the course.
The tub factory turned out 1408 butter
tubs in one day recently. Oliver Valley is
home for a day or two from "St. CeiP'
Canada. He Is experimenting his lum-
bering business. and providing stock OF
timber for the tub shop to be used during
the summer. He reports plenty of timber
at reasonable prices.
The figures of the town auditors show
that the town is clear from debt with about
$1,000 in the treasury. Every officer re-
ports his department ahead of the appro'
priation made them. The overseer's report
shows that the expense for the poor th'
past year has been about $500 less than i
was last. Not all the road money has beer
} expended.
The crowded conditions in which th'
town clerks books are of necessity KEEP
and the number of safes it would take Il
! | conveniently store them would sugges
that town authorities make provision II
, the new bank block in which the clerk
, office is to be located for suitable provision
for said books, Without doubt the bani
or post office vault could be built so as t
, | accommodate the town in this matter.
Last Friday the Academy Basket Bal
team left for MOrrisville and Hardw1ck
= where they were to play the school team
of those places. On Friday night the gam
at Morrisvile was played and our boy
were defeated by a score of 26 to 9. Sat
urday night they suffered another defeat
the hands OF the aardwick boys by scor
S of Is to 10. Both games were hard tough
but the opponents outclassed our boys.
The play, The Valley Farm" wh1c
was give1 at Highland hall Tuesday eve
. ming, February Z, was a decided success