Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-02-12
BARTON.

last Monday on busiaess.
Lula Patterson visited her mother, Mrs.
II. d. Phillips, last week.
William Hungeriofd CT Lowell Is at
work pressing hay for r. K. Davis.
Fred Jarvis family have moved in with
Mrs. Edward Jarvis opposite the Peerless.
Peter Plunkett has been spending several
weeks visiting friends in New Hampshire.
Will Buskey has gone to Greensboro
where he has a winters job numbering.
q. f. Grandy of Derby was the guest of
his aunt, Mrs. A. S. wilson, for few days
last week.
Adds knight was badly scalded last
Wednesday in his face by hot water from
can on the stove.
On Sunday, February 4, Peter Sheltrs's
little four year old girl was badly burned,
and died from the effects last Tuesday
night.
Quite a number OF horses were sent here
from Yonkers, N. Y, last week, by Mrs.
J. q. Peene, for f. b. Lang to care for at
the fair ground stables.
White d Miles spent some days last
week filling ice houses across the lake.
The cold weather had frozen the ice to a
suitable depth for packing.
Mrs. Brock, of the Brock Orchestra of
st. Johnsbury, and a violinist furnished
music for a very pleasant dance at the
boat club house last Mo.day evening.
II. b. circuit is saving up his large pile
of logs near the tub shop with a gasolene
engine. Mr.. Orcutt intends to have a
good supply OF wood for another winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Flanders were called to
Morgan last Wedn esday to attend the
funeral OF o. l.. Far, who died OF heart
failure recently. Mr.. Farr was brother
OF Mrs. Flanders.
c. d. Mooney of Newport, N. H., spent a
few days visiting the Peerless works in
this village last week. Mr.. Mooney is as
sistant superintendent OF the Peerless Man
uiactory OF Newport, N. H.
From Feb. I'd Oh till Feb. 9Th, we had
about as much winter as could be packed
into week. The lowest point reached by
local Thermometers was SO degrees belo v
zero, but it was zero weather about every
day.
Z. +. Percival has moved the Office of the
Percival Furniture Co. to Springfield
Mass. Miss Stella Orr, his bookkeeper, let
for that place last Thursday. Miss Orr
has many friends here who are sorry t.
have her leave town.
The effects of the banks were moved t,
their new quarters last Wednesday, ant
business In the new block was begun
ThursdaF morning. Later we shall give
Completes description OF the building an
okhex new buildings in town.
Epmpany d of st. Johnsbury, the cham
plpu basket ball players Of Vermont, ar
an some here for a game with the tow
1snm next Tuesday evening. This is ez
pocted to be the best game of the seaso
md deserves good patronage.
Barton won practice game from Wei
River High School last Thursday nigh
GORE S2-35 The line up:
BARTON WELLS RIVER n
webster Id, RI rb Bue
Lena, IL 10, Blglo
Rines, rb c. Ora
barrows, C H. Dunca
heath, III, 10 IF, Van Dyk
# Mears, ri
Goals from the floor, Gray 5, Duncan /,
Van Dyke, Webster 10, Dana 2, Rines
Barrows Ii, Hesths, Mears; goal from fou
Gray; time, two Is and one 10 minut
period.
DIR. Edward Burton Mcdowell, tie emf
nent lecturer and traveller, gave his pictur
story of the Panama canal to large audi
ence in Sewers hall Tuesday evening
The lecture was full of interest from star
to finish and fairly teemed with facts an
figures interesting to all who keep them
selves posted on great movements like tht
of the building OF the Panama canal. &
gave a complete history of the canal Orc
ject from the time such water course W,
first conceived TO the present day and Il
recent argument as to whether the can
should be a sea- level or lock- canal, whiC
has been in a measure decided since h
lecture in favor OF lock canal. The mo-
ing picture slides added much interest
the description as did the many beautit
colored stereopticon views, all taken
DIR. Mcdowell himself while in Pal
hnA last eprlDB. lie tod how q
French IN their attempt 10 dig this waite
way squandered millions OF dollars and
last gave up. Teen he compared the
methods with those of our engineers, ar
said he believed the project would be ca
ried through by Uncle Sam, for the reasC
nothing be had ever taken hold of hf
fallen through. DR.. McDowelPs mann
OF description is pleasing and some OF b
other lectures would draw large sudien
should he return in the course anoth
year.
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