Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-12

MIS- u. ~. N6DsteT, WHO uas De6U III
hospital at Pasadena, CAL, has been moved
to the home OF her brother in law, Orrin
Orcutt, at South Pasadena.
Madam Brock and violinist of her
orchestra OF St.,Johnsbury furnished music
for the dance OF the Boat Club company at
| their house last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. s. ID. Stone started for Springfield
| last Saturday. She will visit friends at
that place ard in Caledonia county and be
away about month before her return.
William Cross of the firm of Cross &
Cummings of Costicook, P. @, lumber
dealers, called on bis aunt, Mrs. J. c.
Parker, at L. NJ. Hubbard's last Friday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Tepney, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. E. Cowles and Mr.. Hurd were
called to Newport, N. H, Saturday night
by the death of Mrs. Tenney's mother.
H. A. Harding received two fine colts
from Groveton, n. FL /, last Saturday, for
training. One of them is q half brother of
Elizabeth s, and both are valuable
animals.
Miss Edna Goss, who has been in the
employ of the Peerless Co. for two years,
has finished work for the firm and
returned to her home in the west part of
the state.
c. F. Percival and several of his men left
this morning for South Royalton, where
they are to start operations soon, with
eleven carloads OF effects from the mill.
Other men will go later.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post -office March II. Please say
advertised when calling for these letters:
w. H. Burrows, VIM. Healey, 81. c. Kim
ball, Mrs. w. S. Proctor.
Two cattle cars and saloon car got
away from the cattle train here last Mon
day morning and ran down below the
high bridges before the engine could over
take them and bring them back.
: The teamsters were exceedingly busy last
week. On Wednesday sixty-nine loads of
logs came into Il. F. PiIlsbury's mill yfrd.
This would average about eight hundred
feet to load, making about 55, 200 feet.
Richard Liddell, Norman Rock, Fred
: Cloutfer and Fred Frechette are to go to
l South Royalton this week to work for the
Percival Furniture Co. Fred Percival will
go to have charge of the carving depart
q ment.
It Mrs. w. A. Warner has received a card
from Mr.. Warner, mailed at Madeira and
:, dated Feb. 15 the only news received from
him since ne left America. He is well and
enjoying the trip. be sea voyage was
rough and wild.
< The Vermont Patriots, the society oil
twentyone made up of members from
p this place and Newport. will make thei1
fifth annual trip to Boston and other
points Of interest in their special car to-
:. morrow. Report does not say when they
= will return.
Remember the annual village meeting
tomorrow, TUESDAY, evening, in Sesver's
hall. 1t is importau that large number
- come out to this meet g, and it is urged
that every voter put fp-th a special effort
70 to be present. The vniage debt has beer
o reduced about $1,000 thu past year and al
departments are in good shape.
l., Remembering the fact that Presidept
le Roosevelt believes in large families it hal
been suggested that be be reminded of tn.
l. fact that Barton is a town after his owl
Ill heart. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs
A. r. Wakeman March 2, the eleventh
ar child. a son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. r
st r. Davis March 10, the seventh child.
Seventeen mem bers of the Afternoon
=, Study ub and three visitors met at tn
is home of Mrs. w. w. Miles Friday, Marcel
End. After roll call, which was respondet
to by current events, Mrs. Flanders gave
- history paper upon Salt Lake City, Utah
- Mre. Blake gave an interesting sketch Q
James Fenimore Cooper, Mrs. Bowma
ID gave reading of 'tThe Sublime in tn
e Scriptures" The other subjects were nc
given as the ladies were unable to b
s. present on account of illness. The mex
Il. meeting will be with Mrs Barron Tuesday
March 22nd.
TN The Woman's Literary Club spent yer
,ss pleasant evening at the home of Mrs. "
NJ. Wright, Wednesday, March Z, Quota
tions from Samantha" were given i
- response to roll CALL Mrs Davis read
paper, "The Present Form of Governrner
in France" aud Miss Currier read ssFrom
D. Poor Immigrant to Great Artist frol
Us the Bay View Magazine. Miss Little rea
~ an article prepared by Miss Cutting
W. ''Camille Corot," and Miss Harriet Austi
ek one upon "Paris." Mrs Wright san
MS Song of Heart, and as an encore "Roc
of Ages" The evening closed with
he social half hour, during which the hoste.
on served dainiy y refreshments
Ike The question OF whether our bydran
we.e frozen or not was brought to I'll
IL minds of few people in our village ii
,Iv other night when a chimney burned Gu
out The fact that the hydrants were frozen
Rutland in the big fire they recently III
- derwent, and at the recent fire in
tha Johnsbury and If We are not mistaken Il
rba same was true OF recent fire in Newpo
leads these people TO ask, .'Can we G
water from our hydrants in Barton?
course most people think we can but do