Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-02-20

. ~~0S AHNiOhb4 n1IOCS q SIIA1
was held in honor of the birthday OF the
clubs beloved member, Mrs. II. CuS4el'
Thirty-two members and five yisRors
were present.
The feature of the basket ball game
Tuesday evening between the Lyndon In
stitute team and the town team OF this
place was the basket throwing Of Dana,
The score was 4O-16 in favor OF Barton.
Line up, Barton, Rines centre, Cloutler
and Mears guards, Webster and Dana
forwards. Lyndon, Buck center, Carpen-
ter and Cleary guards. Riley and Huntley
forwards. Baskets, Dana Il, Mears 3,
Webster 2, Cloutier 2, Carpenter 1, Cleary
1, Buck l; fouls, two thrown by BarIon'
four by Lyndon.
At the district meeting of the Fourth
District Royal Arch Masons to De he'd
with Haswell Chapter, No. IL, st. johns
bury, Thursday, Feb. %, Keystone Chap
ter will work the NJ. E. M. degree at 3:UO
o'clock p. M; banquet at 6:30 O'Clock aG
7:45 Haswell Chapter will work the H. A.
degree. Every member in the district
should make a special effort to attend tnls
meeting. All Royal Arch Masons In good
standing are cordially invited. Carl H.
Storrs, d. d. G. H. P, and other Grano
Officers will be there.
:, The entertainment given by the Man
ming Glee Club last Thursday evening was
we'll attended and was one of the best ana
most enjoyed events of the course thus far.
The first part of the program consisted OF
chorus work and solos. The second part
| consisted of minstrels with some new
| Jokes" good singing and all that goes 10
make up first class minstrel entertain
ment. The third part was burlesque
! opera in costume, representing a milk
maid scene. The remark was quite general
in the audience that the gentlemen made
full prettier ladies than men.
Thursday evening the town basket ball
team was defeated by the Newport team
in that place by score OF Is to %. The
game was hard fought and very we'll
! played. Line up: Barton, Rines, C; Ciou-
tier and LeClair, left guards; Mears and
Guild, right guards; Webster and Dana,
forwards. Newport, Harris, C; Sheldon
and Prue, forwards; Belding and Jacobs,
| guards. Baskets Sheldon, a; Harris, 2;
Prue, 2; fouls, Jacobs, q; Dana, 8; Guild,
2; LaCIair, 1; fouls, 8. Referee, Wilkin-
son; umpire, Blake; scorer and time
keeper, f. Richmond.
Friday evening was the opening game OF
the ladies' basket ball season in Barton.
| The game was between the town team, the
| "Orleans County Stars" and the Peerless
team, the "Peerless Cardinals" The hall
was crowded and all followed the game
with the closest interest. Three ten min
ute periods were played. At the end OF
the first period the score was to 2, at the
end of the second to 2, in favor of the
"Stars," at the end of the third to 8 in
favor OF the "Stars." The players were
''Stars", Abbie Hubbard, C; Sadie Perciva
and Alice Jenkins, forwards; Ma be
Dodge, lila Tenney and Mabel Leslie
guards. "Cardinals," Kate Folsom, C
Lena Lampman and Emma McMurray
forwards; Sadie Page and M. Elrick
guards. Referee, Wilkinson; umpire
Jenness; timekeeper, =. A. Barrows.
The members of the w. G. T. U. met a
the home of Mrs. II. A. Glazier, on Tues
day, Feb. IA. Sixteen members were pres
ent and after the opening exercises ant
business of the meeting, responded to roll
call with humorous quotations; thumb
nail sketches of famous temperance work
, ers were given; sketch of Neal Dow b.
Mrs. Cordelia Cutler; sketch of Lad,
Henry Somerset by Mrs. w. r. Aldrich
sketch of Madam Willard by Miss Sophi
Drew; sketch of Anna Gordon by Mrs
B. B. Jerome; brief selection was read o
Frances Willard by Mrs. g. III. Davis. A
} the close of the program a reception wa
} held in honor of Mrs. Cordelia Cutler
, 72nd birthday. Congratulations Wer
} extended by all the members and as thi
was st Valentines Day the members pre-
-ented Mrs. Cutler with a valentine in tn
4 shape OF large red heart, with 40 sma
2 white hearts attached to it, each heart rep
resenting member of the union.
; Mrs. Aaron Drown, whose sickness ha
i been mentioned several times, died las
I Tuesday morning. Something over yea
ago she began to have trouble with he
throat, which developed into caDcerou
e affection, and gradually from that tim
q until her death she has been failing
d although everything that care and medic
4 skill could do for her comfort has bee
t done. Mrs. Drown was one OF our oldes
Y residents, having lived in town for thirty
four years. She was born in Sutton O
4 the place known as the Daniel Cross farm
;, in 1889, and lived there several years. bu
O. later lived in Victory and in Canada. an
. finally came to this village, where Mr.. an
\ Mrs. Drown built the residence in Whfc
she died. She was the daughter Of job
and Mary Bean. On Jan. 1, 1866, she We
10 united in marriage to Aaron Drown, WI
1t survives her. She had been q member
a the Freew1ll Baptist church for fifty fl
'e years. She was q sweet spirited, devou
IS noble, Christian woman, kind and gene
NJ Gus TO the poor, neighborly to all, faitl
IS full and sffectionate mother and wife. 81
r. bore ner intense suffering with gre
"a fortitude and patience. She was 4