Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-01

tiles" prophecy of Malachi, chapter 1,
verse IL. A collection for the debt of the
church will be taken. Prayer meeting will
be held at 2 p. m. at Albany, and prayer
meeting will be held here at 7:3O pm. with
q French sermon.
BARTON LANDING.
Pay your school tax this week and save
the discount.
Mrs. Mary Cate OF st. Johnsbury spent
Sunday at G. B. Stoddard's.
Have you noticed Fred AIlchurch's two
new signs? If not, why not?
The lower mill of the E. L. Chandler
Co. is receiving coat of paint.
H.-B. Smith has sold the place known as
the Nye place to Z. NJ. Clement.
It is reported that ]. E. Chase has gone
to Jay and bought his fathers farm.
M. NJ. Taplin was in Jay some days last
week looking after his lum bering interests.
The E. L. Chandler Co. and the j. G.
Turnbull Co. are building new mill dam.
& Mrs. P. McKenna, who has been visiting
in Canada for a few weeks, has returned
home.
Joseph, Wilfred and Arthur Raymour of
Montpelier visited at F. q. Blake's last
week. q
The Lucius Nye house is. about COM
pleted, and Mr.. Gay will build barn. for
Mr.. Nye.
Misses Alice and Ila Tenney of Barton
were the guests OF their uncle, w. B. Bow
man, over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert MeVicar of Lyn-
donville were the guests of Mrs. George
Ford last Thursday.
E.W. Merrill has his house all ready for
the putting on the finish, and is getting
the foundation for new barn ready.
D. C. French, g, D. French, Frank
Wheeler and F. G. Brown have returned
| from their visit to the Northwest Terri
| tory.
Mrs. Stephen Burbank and j. Foley were
married on Sunday evening, Sept. 23d, Rev.
W. r. Davenport being the officiating
clergyman.
Twenty four bought tickets at the sta
: tioa for the White Mountain excursion
last Friday.
Mrs. A. n. Blair. who has been spending
five weeks in the southern part of the
state as the guest of friends, returned
home last night.
The remains of Charles Degreenia of
Barre will be brought here this afternoon
hnin
Rev. Mr.. Schaeffer will officiate.
Mr.. Sherburne has the lumber on his
land for his new ell and other buildings,
and has moved his barn back so as to make
room for the road along the new street.
The J. g. Turnbul Co. are preparing to
move the Burbank carriage shop to the
the south near the opera house and founda-
tion for the building is nearly completed.
Geo. B. Stoddard attended the Sunday
school convention at Craftsbury last
Thursday and Friday and Saturday went
to Lowell, Mass, to visit his son, Clayton,
| for a week.
The raj nbow supper at the Congrega-
| ttonal church last Thursday evening was
we'll attended and a real success. The
house was beautifully decorated and it was
a very enjoyable occasion.
John Cotton, John Winget, Thomas
Laodon and j. g. Turnbull attended the
meeting of the Royal Arch Chapter Free
Masons at Island Pond last Friday, max
ing the trip in Mr.. Turnbull's automobile.
The village trustees ere much disap-
pointed not to be able to get the st. Johns
bury steam roller to roll the Main street,
and are using the Barton roller. 1t is
hoped this road will be permanent, as 1t
expensive ballasting with stone.
A large number attended the husking
bee at Will Barrows' last Wednesday even
ing. There were over one hundred pres
ent. and the evenings work was the husk-
ing of four hundred bushels of corn. Sup
per. music and a good social time was
enjoyed by the many visitors.
Fred D. Pierce, town treasurer, will be
at the Valley House Wednesday from Oc-
tober Sd. from nine a. N. to four p. 10. tc
eceiye taxes on the grand list of 1906. The
time limit for getting the tonr per cent
discount Is nearly out and the payment Ct
the same should be looked after.
The condition OF the sick ones is as fol-
! l3ws: Mrs. w. &. Davenport is better.
Mrs. Bert Scott is sick. NJ. E. Little is on
| the sick list. Charles Mute was worse last
week. Mrs. Traver is sick, and her hus-
band was called home from Boston last
W elk on account of her sickness.
There will be a harvest supper at the
Methodist Episcopal church next Thurs.
day evening. Mr.. Andrews has kindly
] asked permission to decorate the church
with vegetables, and furnish vegetables
for the supper. There viii also be hast
$ breakfast the following morning.
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