Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-29

Federation OF women's clubs were read at
this meeting: "Authors of Vermont
read by Mrs. MabeIIe Cutler; "The First
American Flag and Other Flags" read by
Mrs. Nichols. An interesting history of
the Woman's Literary club from Its
| organization to the present time was
given by Miss Austin.
/ A small but stubborn fire occurred at s.
G. Curriers', Tuesday morning. The fire
took from burning brush pile, catching
on the roof of the barn and burning
through and catching on the hay. TIE
| flames spread rapidly then and for a time
threatened to get the upper hand of the
fire companies who responded promptly
but after sharp fight for 15 minutes the
| ell OF the house was out of danger and the
property saved. Had the fire got five min
utes more start before discovered the fight
would have been much harder one as
everything was very dry. The loss is
covered by insurance. Mr.Currier's people
wish to thank the fire company and friends
for their timely aid and kind offers of as
sistance.
Tuesday evening, Apr. %, a grand sur
prise and reception was given to Mrs. Car
rie A. Young by about fifty of her Peerless
| friends at the beautiful residence of Mr..
and Mrs. V. F. Elerick on High street.
The rooms were all prettily decorated in
green and white. After listening to the
excellent music of the phonograph fur
nished by Mrs. w. A. Murray, the pre-
sentation of beautiful pearl ring was
made to Mrs. Young by Miss Vira Ball,
Mrs. Young responding with a few well
chosen words. Many of the company en-
joyed themselves at the whist abIes while
others had good social time. Refresh
ments of assorted cakes and fruit punch
were served, to which all did ample justice
At a late hour the party broke up, all de-
claring they had very pleasant time and
were quite satisfied that the surprise was
complete. Mrs. Young has been in the
employ OF the Peerless Mfg. Company for
two years where she has held responsible
position and has given excellent satisfac-
tiol but has now resigned, to teach in the
graded school at DanvilIs. She will be
greatly missed by her many friends here
where she was very highly esteemed, and
all extend to her their best wishes in her
field OF labor.
| Autcmob biIes are all the go in Barton; !;
yet some OF them do not go. that is, not
as soms others go. DIR. Hastings new
machine is of the latter type. That is, 1t
didn't go, not when the chain broke be-
tween here and South Barton and the ma
chine had to be hauled to town by the
slow but sure process of horse o. mobile,
Ia 10 O'Clock at night. stDoc" wishes the
puss,tc Informed that he stiH keeps horse
for cases where they need him quick.
Two other new mobiles were affected
with wheel trouble, Morrison's English
liniment and Kendall's SPAWN cure were
both used but to no avail, and nothing
but a spIipe (Which the makers OF the
I machines failed to instaiI will cure the
; trouble with John Batchelder's and FREQ
: Pillsbury's g machines. But then, all this II
Introductory and preliminary to the real
difficulties of automobiling. DIR. Blake
also had machine out of the same car
g load that the thres above mentioned
a chaffeurs procured their cars from. doc
. was exercising his machine in the front
l yard to get it used to the surroundings so i
would not shy when taken out in a hurry
i "Doc" being light man (and growing
s lighter he used low speed at first bu
: after a time believed he could handle th
{ thing with higher speed and gentl.
u threw her onto natural, or medium speed
Q But as luck would have 1.-THE didn't stop a
natural speed but went Immediately tt
Y high speed and, being as he was in yard
8 the machine started forward with sucl
y speed and alertness that the ''Doc" dldn'
J have time to rein her just to suit and sh
{. started for the dining room not by tn
: ronnd about way of the door but directl.
70 through the side of the house. Soon afte
L however the machine changed. its mind
: but too late the front axle was sprung
!. the front of the machine more or less bent
II some cIapboards split etc These were a.
q the machines in the car, thank heaven, an
no other carloads are on the way. Ye'
n automobiles are all the go. But then
u these are not troubles, just huge Jokes
III p. S.-A few other small things like tire
Or coming off and running through fence
IN taken for granted however for they a
A happened.
. A very sad calamity befelI the family {
% Charles Rash last Monday night when M
y Rash was killed by his horse. 1t appear
% he worked his team that afternoon unt
~ somewhere between four and five O'Clock
when he drove to the barn to put the teal
OF in the stable. At fifteen minutes of III
j. MIR. and Mrs. Daniel Skinner of Barto
d, Landing drove up to MIR. Rash's, and Mr.
IS, Rash told the hired girl to 60 to the bar
7s, and have Charles come in and take care {
Or, the team. The girl came back crying an
s. said, II am afraid uncle is dead. He
", under the horse" Help was summone
n quickly and with much difficulty the bod
IT was drawn from under the horse. TT
Z. legs, arms and skull were broken and ii
n body had hardly any resemblance to