Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-01-15
While one of A. F. Stockwell's men was
crossing the railroad at the Danforth farm


crossing the railroad at the Danforth farm
crossing last Tuesday his load OF twenty
logs became set on the railroad track. 1t
was about noon, and the mail train was
due. He tagged the train short distance
up the track but it was bic to stop and
struck the load of logs, scattering them in
every direction, and the sled was a total
wreck. The horses we're knocked down
but were not much injured. The cow
catcher on the locomotive was somewhat
damaged. 1t was wonder that the horses
were not killed and the train derailed.
One of the most exciting and hardest
fought basket ball games of the season was
played in Seavers's hall Friday evening
when the st. Johnsbury Grammar school
team met the Barton Grammar schoo4
team. The status OF the players did not
indicate a really "big" game but at the
finish the players had shown the audience }
some fine exhibitions of passing and
guarding that will point them out fit
ma aterial for future fast teams. At the
close of the first and second periods the
score stood two ahead in favor OF st.
Johnsbury but final score was 80 to 40 in
favor of Barton.
Friday evening Orient chapter, Q s.,
gave a banquet in the Masonic hall to
which about ninety sat down. The ladies
who prepared the supper heard remarks
from the partakers which were hattel ing
as to their ability to get up feed" The
Grand officers present were: District Dep
uty Grand Patron E. ]. Hill, Grand Lee
turer Mrs Elma Miller and Grand Sentinel
| G. r. Storrs, all from Newport. After the
supper the Order worked the degrees upon
four candidates and remarks were heard
from the Grand officers present and from
F. W. Baldwin and Rev. w A. Warner OF
this place. The occasion was very pleas
ant and profitable one.
A. +. Clark has practically completed
the plumbing of the Bank Block. He put
in Mercer heater from the II. B. Smith
Co. of Westfield, Mass, with boiler o1
$500 cubic feet capacity which heats the
whole building. There are five water
closets, five lavatories, and thirty-fou
radiators, twelve hundred feet of piping
|
from basement to upper floor; and fifty
feet of one and one half inch hose with
three quarter inch nozzle on each floor
This gives the interior OF the building
most excellent water protection from fire
as any OF the floors can be reached in case
of fire. All the plum bing material is of
first-cIass quality, and the work is most
thoroughly done.
Last Thursday evening occurred the
death of one of our old citizens, George L
Norton. He was taken ill last Novem bel
and has been gradually failing since tina
time with lung trou BILE. About on,
week ago he was taken ill with pneumonia
from which he did not rally. Mr.. Morton
was born in Stanstead, p. O., in February
1887. When about nine years old his parent
moved to Barton, wnsre later Cotton Nor
ton, his father, died. 4 March, 1857, b
J married Miss Margaret Ann Bur bank, an,
they have lived in this county nearly al
, their married life. Mr. n ,rton was a YER
, social man, well informed, deeply inter
3 ested in political movements, serving a
delegate to many republican convention
and having much to do in securing th
nominations for county and state oficer
He was kind hearted, neighborly mar
ready to do a favor or help in trouble. b
was the last OF his fathers family, an
never having children he leaves but fe,
relatives. His wife, and niece (Mrl
Jacob Cove of Smiths Mills, P. O. bein
: the only near ones living. The funers
was attended yesterday at the house, Re-
9 W. Z. Johnson officiating. The remaii
b were taken to Barton where the intermeI
% took place.