Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-01-22


Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. R Grant attended the
golden Wedding anniversary OF Mrs.
Grants parents at Bradford last week.
large number of our young people
were in Glover last Friday night to attend
the masquerade ball which was held there.
Mrs. Smead was taken i'll on Sunday at
the home of her sister, Mrs N D. Martin.
Miss Harriet Austin was summoned to at
tend her.
DIR. Gle of Hanover was here last Friday
and performed an operation on Mrs. Hol-
lis Allard for appendicitis. Mrs. Allard is
doing well.
Joseph Boutot, Sr., while at work in the
woods for a. F. Stockwell last Saturday,
had the misfortune to break his arm IN
two places. In telling tree the butt
swung around and struck his arm, making
a bad compound fracture.
The seats for the Bostonia Ladies' Or
chestra concert this evening are going fast.
This concert is the last musical entertain
ment in the entire course. This company
Is probably the best of its kind in America
and should draw full house.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post-office Jan. 22. Please say
advertised when calling for these letters:
Merton Bunker, John d. Brooks, Lura A.
Bagley, j. d. Baldwin, Mrs, Jennie Duval,
Louis Lacqure, Florence Martin.
The Woman's Literary Club, desiring to
open its doors once year to its friends,
instituted what is known as Red Letter
Evening, which will be held this season in
the new Odd Fellows hall, bank building
on Wednesday evening next, at O'Clock.
Each member is entitled to invite one
guest.
At the annual meeting of The Barton
Telephone Co. held last Tuesday evening,
the following officers were elected: Mod
orator, F. w. Baldwin; manager, E. G..
Collision; secretary, J. A. Pearson; treas
urer, e. w. Barron; elected to the exam
i iling board, H. 7. Seaver, {. W. Tenney,
| w. K. AIdrich.
Tae home of George w. Clark on Barton
| Mountain came near being destroyed by
|
Clark blew out lamp it exploded, setting
| fire to various articles in, the room. Mr..
| Clark's clothing was badly burned and his
| hands were burned, but he exinguished
the fire before very serious damage was
done.
The news reached here last week that
Mrs. j. d. Webster, who is in Pasadena,
California, fell on the 11th inst and
sustained fracture of the hip. She was
about to leave the house in company with
| Mr.. Webster when she fell on the stone
steps. She was Immediately taken to q
| hospital but 1t will be several weeks before
she will be about again. Doubtless the
series OF interesting letters we have been
publishing from her yen will cease for the
present, but we hop 70 resume them later
The Barton town b<>Alet ball team met
and defeated for the second time this
season the Y. M. Z. A bs sket ball team
from st. Johnsbury Wednesday evening
in Seaver's hall. The final score was % tc
22 in favor of Barton. The team goes te
HardW this week to meet the Hard wicl
team, and sometime the first of Februsr,
the Co. d. team of St. Johnsbury viii
come here. This team is the fastest team
in Vermont but with the record our boy
/ have made and hope to make they expec
to hold the score we'll down.
Inside work on the new Bank block i
completed and the tenants are fast settiin
, in their new quarters. F. D. Thompson j
| I,ofa l,o IN n -
> corner rooms on the second floor. Eli
I Office equipment and library is very com
8 plete and it is doubted if lawyer in thi
section OF the state has as complete L
: brary as has Mr.. Thompson: there al
about 500 volumes, which include tt
e books of Mr.. Thomp5on's father, the lat
$ Judge Thompson, those of Judge MiIt
9 and those of his own purchasing. Colt
: Stoddard Is also located on the second f1ot
i of this building where be has opened Is
: and real estate office. Mr.. Stoddard hi
been doing large business IL the real e
. tate line and now has many properties
all kinds upon his list. H. H Hyde.
first class barber, is located on this flot
and has been doing business about wee
The Afternoon Study Club met vii
Mrs. Baldwin Jan. IS, Nineteen mem be
were present. Report OF the last rneetin
was read, followed by roll call Of section
u responses being Current Events. MI
Tower read s'CaIifornia: How Acquirs,
! Gold Craze of 49," and Mrs. P. L. Wei
lister read most interesting letter fro
aIrs. J. n. Webster on Natural Woade
And Old Missions OF California" Nj
It Seayez told of Helen Hunt jackson, Mr.
r Wilson read "EntTancs into California
by j.. L. stoddsTd, Mrs. Barrogs,a sket,
is Of the life of Jennie Lind !. Miss Helen 10
e lyn'a paper prepared by Miss Pomona 10
lyIlson "Compulsogy Education,' and ii
Bsidwin re ID about "Josquin Miller al
Id His Home giving selections from /
writings. The mem bers of the club VI
are sick were not forgotten and much 81,
.ps5hy was expsessed for Mrs. j. n. We
.seer IN her misfortune.
yne fifth annual Peerless sale, which 1
= been In pvogress during the lasttwo wee