Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-01-29

itlng at Eatner 1uIcOte.
Wanted this week, fifteen inches OF new
snow to start business with.
William Carpenter of Montpelier was in
town visiting friends over Sunday.
Mrs. A. G. Gilbert and Mrs w. c. john
son were both on sick list last week.
Mrs. n. E. Graves is at Walter Smiths
caring for Mrs. Nye, who is quite sick
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Baldwin have re-
turned from their visit at Montpelier ana
Barre.
Mrs. Harlow Foss is in Boston visiting
her daughter, Mrs. L. e. Brewster, for
few weeks.
Mrs. Ada sanborn of North Troy stopped
over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Geo. FL.
Goodro.
Mrs. NJ. W. Morris of Lawrence, Mass
is visiting her brother, F. G. Browning OF
this village.
The Afternoon Study Club will meet
Mrs. G. A. Barrows Thursday, February l,
at 2:30 p m.
Mrs. G. l.. Norton will move to Bartcn
Landing to live with her sister, Mrs.
Stephen Burbank.
Mercury dropped forty degrees from
Sunday at one O'Clock p. m. to this morn
ing at six o'clock.
Word is received from Chauncey Drown,
who is in the General Hospital at Montreal,
that he is doing we'll
Aaron Skinner of Barton Landing was
| in this village on business Friday. Mr..
Skinner is in poor health.
The Barton town basket ball team Will
meet the ST. Johusbury academy team In
Seaver's hall Saturday evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. P. j. Plunkett and son
Gerald are visiting relatives in Lancaster,
Columbia and Colebrook, N. H.
Ina Phillips has gone to Newport, n. H.,
to spend few days visiting her brother,
Alden Phillips, who lives at that place.
Harry Pitcher of Boston is stopping at
the Crystal Lake House during hunting
trip which he is taking with the hounds.
B. N. Stoner of Boston, travelling passen-
ger agent of Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad Co., was In town Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Scott were at st.
Johnsbury last Thursday to attend the
funeral Of Mrs. Ernest BIodgett, who was
Mr.. Scott's niece.
1t is reported that Fred Virgins is 60
ing to Waterbury to work tor the Peerless
| ~ OF hoir INF ,otn of hot 1,io n
do machine work.
Keep in mind the lecture by DIR. Edward
Burton Mcdowell on Tuesday evening
February 6. His subject Is, "A Picture
Story of Panama CaEal".
Charles E. Hambiet, who has been il
} the employ of Mr.. Pie of Pixies station
n. H, for the past three months has fin
ished his work there and returned home
2 Mrs. P. L. Webster ard Mrs. Geo. H
: Davis, president and secretary OF the locs
society, attended the executive meeting c
D VIC. t. L. at Newport on Thursday last
The entertainments being given 9
e Seaver's Opera Hail are quite well patron
n lied and are reported to be good. Tn
= considerable excitement.
: H. R. Cutler hiss been finishing b
. piazza into a sun parlor by enclosing
with glass windows. This is one of Ii
: most pleasant places in the village, wit
: outlook over the whole village and
good view of Glover village, and the vslle
y toward it.
It The electric lights went out at tWel0
O'Clock last night on account OF the burs
II ing of the penstock VIII ch carries the watt
: to the wheel that runs the dynamo. He
n has gone from this place to repair the dan
:, ages, and the lights will be ON as soon
u the fiume is repaired.
s, P. A. Johnson OF Newport, n. A., al
srr Irving H. Rowen of Sunapee, N. E
u members of the Peerless Co., we're he
~ visiting the mandatory last week. Th
Or was Mr.. Rowells first visit to Barton al
10 he was very pleased with the village, az
Z the manner the Peerless work was bell
conducted under the management OF A.
- Underwood.
rs At the Peerless mandatory record
~ - kept of the height of water in Crystal La
ur every day during the year except Sunda
er and it was sscertained that water was hig
er last Tuesday than at any time for tV
3. years. It was four feet and six incl
ed higher than 1t was one year ago on t
n same date. The last year the water "
n, sufficient to run the machinery at t
in Peerless every day during the whole "
we without using the engine, which was
lal great saving Of expense.
on
Ia Some vsndsls broke into quite nunt
of the cottages across tie lake last Frid
of or Saturday night and did considerai
AF' damsge in them, breaking out windoI
destroying screens, rif1ing trunks a
en- wantonly damaging more or less proper
lng This is an act to be reprobated and the
ou on tenders should be made to pay the pens
pal OF the law. This is not the first time
cottages have been broken into. Attent
is called TO our local advertisements 10
tha reward Offared for the aDarehous