Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-02-05
BARTON LANDING.

Mr.. William j. Murphy has gone to his
home in Westmore on account of illness.
Grand Masquerade ball given in Dar
ling's ball, Feb 49, All get ready and
come.
The next regular meeting of the N. E. o.
p will be held on Tuesday evening, Feb.
6. All members are requested to be pres
ent.
All who can dance and all who would
like to lesrr- come Thursday evening to
D2rling's- hall and see about dancing
school. Good music will be in attendance.
Our Barton Landing readers will find on
page six the beginning of an arbicIe on the
growth OF Barton Landing the past yeer
and something of a business history of the
same period. TIE sum ming up of the
y hole shows renarka bic growth.
Mr. Bowen, who drives one of the double
teams for the Chandler Co., met with
serious accident the first Of last week. In
some unknown way he was thrown from
his load, rendering him unconscious. He
is yet unconscious, this Monday morning.
On account Of the agricultural meeting
TO be held in Opera Hall Thursday evening,
Feb s, grange meeting viii be postponed
until Saturday evening, Feb. 10. Warm
sugar and plain doug hnuts will be served
and it is. hoped a goodly number will be
present.
| The Book and Thin ble Club met with
Mrs. Partn Wednesday afternoon. Four
teen members and two visitors were pres
ent. Roll call was responded to with QUO
rations from Scott. Mrs. TWombIy read a
very interesting paper on "Japan: Her
| Homes and Home Life" Mrs. KimbalI
gave paper on Sir Walter Scott. Mrs.
! Rowell read from Scott's ssLady of the
| Lake." Mrs. Annie Adams read a seIec-
ton from Keats. This was followed hv
an interesting paper on "HousehoId sani-
tation" by Mrs. Parlin. Adjourned to
meet with Mrs. Chauncey Skinner Feb. Z
The Cantata of Joseph was given by
local talent Monday and Tuesday evenings
here, and at Newport Friday evening. II
was given under the auspices of the Barton
Landlngr lecture course and netted the
course good sum. The director NJ. A
Davis and the accompanist &. G. Clement
put in lot of time and hard work and are
to be complimented on the manner In
which 1t went off as should every one taking
part. The cast was as follows: Joseph's
sister, Mrs Lillian Hall; Pharaoh, Car
Wiley; Egyptian Queen, Edith Lothrop
Princess, Bertha Lothrop; Angel, Lens
Wiley; butler, F. j Kinney; baker, Clyde
Wiley; Jacob, Rev. G. L. Shaeffer
judah, M. A. Davis; Reuben, Fl. B
Rood; guard, the Rev. S. g. Lewis
Joseph, James Westall. The latter il
but seventeen years old but has an excel
lent tenor voice that was very pleasing t.
the audience Mrs. Lillian Hall as Joseph'
sister sang with her characteristic sweet
ness and in solo parts was heartily ap
paudtd. If stars are to be named it W
generally conceded that the king ant
queen, Carl Wiley and Miss Edith Lothrol
were the star actors. Mr.. Willey's riel
bass voice blended o perfectly with til
> rr voice of Miss Lothrop that their due
paris were extremely beautiful, and dur
, ing the rendition Tuesday evening eac
was presented with beautiful bouquet c
carnations. As princess Miss Berth
? Lothrop sang with an expression an
sweetness which combined with the beau
t tiful Hg hting effects p odueed On the stag
s made her appearance one of the most be- I
tiful sceEes of the evening. Ia the p4l