Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-15
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F. NJ. Auchurch was in Boston last week
purchasing goods for his jewelry stock.
John Drew hes been spending couple
of weeks visiting friends in Sherbrooke
Pc.
Arthur Austin was in Boston last week
to purchase goods for the fap and winter
stock.
DIR. and Mrs. Rowell were in New York
City last week to attend the carriage fair
at that place.
Henry s. Webster is digging cellar un-
der the post office and will make a bulk
| head entrance.
DR.. and Mrs. Parlin were in Barre last
week to attend the state medical meeting
held at that place.
Henry Bassett has his new house well
under way and expects that it win be-
| occupied this winter.
Felix Pelow has closed his labors for the
E. l.. Chandler Co. and bought S. Gray's
farm in Bloomington.
Albert Beede goes this week to. Burling-
ton to attend the Mason meeting of the
district deputies of the state.
Eugene Burrows has moved out OF B. F.
D. Carpenters tenement into tenement
| belonging to J. w. Fletcher.
Twenty seven excursion ticketa were
| sold at the station to people VINO took the
trip 10 Boston last Thursday.
N. L. Simpson, his daughter, Mrs. Per-
| ley, and Mrs. Blackburn are visiting
| friends in the Province of Quebec
There will bea special Masonic meeting&
of Valley Lodge this week Thursday even
ing. Work in the second degree.
1t is reported that Aaron Wiley has sold
his farm and stock to Mr.. Hardy, and that
E. w. Merrill has also sold his farm
Mrs. b. F. Paine, sister. of Mrs. L. d.
Webster, who has been visiting her here,
has returned to her home in Easthampton.
Mass.
| F. c. Sherburne has taken his bakers
cart off the country routes but will run it
in the village during the winter, COM
mencing soon.
Business in nearly every department is
lively here this fall. But it looks as
| though the mechanics would. have cold
| fingers before all the new buildings and
repairs were finished.
l. The regular meeting of the Knights of
Pythias will be held next Tuesday evening.
i Work in second rank. The special meeting
held last Wednesday evening proved to be
one-of the most enjoyable meetings held
for a long time.
The condition of the sick IS as follows;
W. G. TwombIy, D. Buchanan and Mrs.
G. L. Shaeffer were on the sick list last
week. Rev. w, &. Davenport was danger2
ously sick last week but is improving; @.
Mute is improving and Alfred Wilkie is re-
ported better.
The new mill dam has been completed
and is full of water. This operation has
hindered the Village Improvement Society
from completing the wall near the Congre-
gational church; but the water will be
asawn esast t,nt off and the u completed IN =
j. C..Rockwell's new Sunny South Co.
with an entire change OF program viii
appear at Barton Landing Opera House
tomorrow, Tuesday evening, The com
pany contains twenty five very clever
coIored people including band and orcheg-
ira and gave the very best of satisfaction
last year.
II The Village Improvement Society held
rummage sale here several days last week,
which proved a great success. The people
of the village contributed generously to
the society and largely patronized the sale,
| and good sum was realized for the treas
ury. This society is doing much to beau
tiiy and Improve the looks of the streets,
q and is deserving substantial encourage-J
{ ment from the community. Every X1e4g
, contributed will add to1the betterments
I which are constantly going on under the
supervision of the meanbers OF the society.
e Miss GILES entertained the Book and
Thimble Club Wednesday afternoon. Oc-
tober the tenth. Fifteen members were
present and responded to roll call with
= "AutumnaI Thoughts" Then after busi-
ness came the following program: Short
papers on SHOW Some Common Things are
, Made.'' (a) Pins and Needles, y Mrs. Rood;
(b) ssTspioca and Macaroni," Mrs. Parlin
(read by Mrs. Bartlett); (c) Vegetable
CoIorfng. Extracts and Oils" Mrs. Adams;
paper. ssShrubs and Trees about Barton
Landing, miss Eaton feaddng. ''October,''
by Lucy Larcom, Mrs Julia Skinner; in
strumental solo, Mrs. Cotton. Adjourned
to meet October the twenty fourt with
Mrs. Marston.
Congregational Church Notes.