Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-10-16

street into Mrs. Ruggles' yard where the
wagon struck tree. Mr.. Trip fell be-
tween the thills, was thrown outside the
wheels and thus escaped severe injury.
Fur coatsl Yes, we saw about 200 the
other day in new room finished off in the
basement of Geo. Il. Davis block, and
about 20 have been sold already. The room
is conveniently arranged for the display OF
goods and well lig hted, making one OF the
most complete fur coat departments in the
state. The stock shown in this room rep
resents more than $4,000, and coats may be
found ranging in price from S15 to $40.
Mr.. Davis is now in New York looking
after more fur goods.
DR.. William J. Dawson, of London, Eng,
the noted preacher, lecturer, and writer,
will deliver his lecture on " Savonarola,
Monk, Patriot and Martyr" at Lanes OPP
era House, Newport, on the evening OF
October 10th. He comes under the aus
pices of the Young Mems Improvement
Club. The Y. NJ. 1. G. rooms in Roots
block will be open both before and after
the lecture, and people attending from out
of town are Invited to make free use OF the
rooms, and will be cordially welcomed.
Clinton A. McLane of Milford, N. H.,
manufacturer OF post office fixtures, was in
town recently and sold to the Bank block
owners one hundred and ninety-tiv9 OF
their Franklin keyless automatic com mh1na-
tion lock boxes for the post office. THESE
locks are of three sizes, are bronze fronts,
nickel and polished S 5eel dials, gilt figures
showing under plate glass, and are much
superior in many ways to the old style lock
boxes. They are easily manipulated and
very satisfactory wherever used. There
| are to be three hundred and seventy i've
| call boxes besides, which will be two hun
! dred more than in the present office. The
! new office is expected to be up to date IN
| every feature, and q credit to the place.
The regular meeting of the W. O. T. o..
was held at the home Of Mrs. E. Il. Webster,
| Oct 10 at O'Clock with a fair attendance
! The subject was woman in Govern ment" ="
Reading of scriptures on the topic by the
president, Mrs. P. L. Webster; prayer by
Mrs. Pearson; music, America; minutes
| OF IdSb meeting were I6d1 dit0 npfJiO'oN'
| It was voted unanimously that resolutions
expressing the Unions appreciation OF an
editorial in last weeks issue of the MoNI-
TOR be written, and a copy be placed N
the MONITOR; roll call, ''Women in the
Bible" The county secretary, Mrs. Bry-
ant from Coventry, gave very full repol t
of the State convention held at Swanton,
| Following this came the Parliamentary
Drill under the direction of Mrs. N. l..
Pearson, the county president, which
proved very instructive to all. At its close
the meeting was adjourned to partake of
light refreshments served by the hostess.
ResolUed, That we as mem bers of the
| w. Q. T. o., an organization which stands
| not only against the drink evil but also for
the moral ele 7ation of our young people,
show our appreciation and sympathy in
, the sentiments expressed by the editor in
his last issue in regard to the late hours of
our boys and girls upon our streets, by
thanking him publicly through the col
umDs of his paper for the decided stand
| he takes for clean morals of our youth.
MEMBERS OF THE w. c. T. y.