Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26

places in this village last Saturday morning
Frank Magoon of the Prescelle troupe
was home Friday. The company was
giving entertainments at Burlington last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Baldwin OBJ
served their tenth wedding anniversary
recently by entertaining few friends ct
the hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lowery came
home from Sherb brooke last Thursday,
where they have been the guests of friends
for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dwyer, who have
been making their home with D. Dwyer
during the winter, have returned to Stone
ham, Mass.
There is to be a special convo cation of
Keystone chapter No. 16, R. A. NJ, We'd
nesday evening, March 2S, at 7:3O o'clock.
Work NJ. M. and p. NJ.
F. S. Dyke moves from James Telfer's
house on Park st. to Mort hfield and r. F.
Mason moves into tenement which MI.
Dyke vacates this week.
Lewis Labor is building a new black
smith shop near his house. 1t is to be Is
by "a feet on the ground. He bas tie
building framed and the sills placed.
Chas. S. Graves of Fitchburg, Mass,
visited his son, Harry, short time la
week. Mr.. Graves came to Vermont to at
tend the funeral OF q relative in Lyndon.
J. f. Batchelder has recently purchased
a twenty one foot gasoline boat which is
run by two cylinder Buffalo engine
which he will put on Crystal Lake this
spring.
Tne Junior Glass of Barton Academy will
give masquerade, promenade, and dance,
in Seaver's Opera Hall, Friday evening Mar.
80. Good music in attendance. Come and
help the Juniors.
Mrs. w. G. johnson, who has been some
weeks in a hospital at Providence, r. L,
where she had surgical operation,
returned home Thursday and is gaining s
rapidly as could be expected.
The MONITOR office is in receipt of
manuscript signed "R B. W." and mailed
at the Barton post Office. II the author of
that manuscript will kindly inform US who
he or she is we can probably use it.
The Barton Ram blers of the Academy
defeated the st. Johnsbury team in a rub
ber game of Basket Ball in Seaver's hall
Wednesday evening. The score was 81 to
%. A large crowd witnessed the game
Mrs. P. A. Robbins and children and
Miss Mabel Drew of Newport and Miss
Gertrude Gallup of Evansville have been
visiting their relatives, Mrs. NJ. H. Brun-
ming and Mrs. S. NJ. Bckford, recently.
W. F. Flanagan, deputy organizer of the
Independent Order of Foresters of Bur-
lington, is in town in the interests of the
order and hopes TO organize 6, local lodge.
Several names have oeen secured as char
ter mem bers.
II. F. PilIsbury hes a nav water wheel of
the turbine style whica he will install In
his sawmill as soon as toe weather will ad-
| nit. 1t is expected this wheel will nearly
double the present power.
| Mrs. w. M. Allchurch was given sur
prise party at the home of her daughter,
| Mrs. V. F. Hunter, on the event of her
| 5Sth birthday on March o. Letters were
read and gifts presented after which eleven
| OF the family and immediate friends did
| justice to bounteous repast. The even
| ing was passed in a social way, and the
| guests dispersed at an early hour, wishing
| Mrs. AlIchurch many more birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs, George G. Lang and son
attended the silver wedding anniversary
| OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hobson at East
Brighton Saturday evening, March II
Mrs. Hobson is Mr.. Lang's sister. Porter
| Fl. Dale of island Pond in behalf of the
assem- bled company presented Mr.. and
Mrs. Hobson with many choice souvenirs
of the occasion. Dainty refleshmennts
were served in the dining room, and the
party returned home having spent a
| delightful evening.
| Mrs. {. Auclair, who has recently moved
on to the Trip farm, died last Saturday ot
| acute Brlght's disease after a few days
! sickness. lt will be remembered that Mr.
Auclair bought the place last fall and
moved his goods and family into the house
curing the past month, and the sudden
death of Mrs. Auclair calls forth the SYM
pathy OF the whole community. Mrs
Auclair leaves babe eight weeks old, a nd
two other small children The funeral
| viii be held at the Catholic church at 8
O'Clock tomorrow, Tuesday, morning.
/ The Woman's Literary Club met with
Mrs. Blake Wednesday evening, March 21.
large number being present. The roll
call, ''School Day "reminiscences called
| forth many amusing anecdotes. A paper.
''Ths Geographical Outline of Austria. y
was given by Miss Mary Webster; paper.
'Austrisn Retrospect" by Mrs. Batch
elder; paper, "Metternich," by Mrs
Thompson. Mrs. Lang gave sketch of
the life OF Madame de Stael, and Mrs.
/ Reirden read an article from the Bay View
Magazine. Miss Elliott prepared a paper
upon "Millet, Larolle, and Rosa Bonheur, y
read by Mrs. Nichols. The hostess sang
/ two selectiors