Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-07-01

Gently had a shock.
A carload of shingles was unloaded and
drawn to the Peerless factory last week
which indicates that the Peerless building
will be shingled soon. Also new plank
sidewalks are being built about the Peer
/ less tenement house.
c. s. Foster has gone to Mount Vernon,
N. H., to fill the office as head waiter in
Frontier hotel of that place. He expects
to be away until October.
Mrs. d. A. Dolloff of Newport is the
| guest OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
| Allchurcb, on her way to Boston where
she is to make her future home.
| The following letters remain uncaIled
for at the post-office July 1. Please say
advertised when calling for these letters:
Grace Ducharme, q Geo. 8. oster, Clara
Kerr.
Brother Dunston (Andrew Mailloux) of
Montreal, Lewis MaiIloux of st. Johns
bury and family and Peter Mailloux of
Manchester, N. H., visited their father
here last week.
| G. H. Blood and E. w. Barron took
fishing trip up to Boundry Pond, P. q,
last week and j. /. Parker of Coventry at
tended the duties at the passenger station
during Mr.. Blood's absence.
/ G. H.. jackson has finished the round
barn he was building at Smiths Mills, P.
O., and will take his gang of hands to
Bloomington this week to build a round
barn 76 feet in diameter for j. A. JosIyn.
Miss Lydia Colburne recently received
letter from her sister Clara, who is at the
head of young ladies' school in Salt Lake
City, that she will spend her vacation in
Paris. France. On her way home in Sep
tember she will come to Barton to visit
friends.
Harry Fisk has his three new milking
machines in operation. Anyone who has
not seen one Of these machines operate
should see one work. 1t is understood as
q result of the work of these machines F.
s. Whitcher has sold N. c. Stevens of West
Glover four new milking machiues. This
makes three farmers in this vicinity who
have purchased milking machines.
School in the Fisk district taught by
Della R. Bliss, closed Friday, June 2S. OF
the thirteen pupils enrolled the following
had no absent marks; Blanch and Howard
Gray; Susie, Percy, Glare and Harold
Woodard and Edmund Roberts; Earl and
Marjorie Fisk were each absent one half
day. Average attendance II 80.
A bathing department has been finished
at the south end of the boat clubhouse, of
two rooms, one 24x12 feet, and one 12x12
feet. Twenty four lockers for bathing
} suits have been built, which will be rented
to bathers. Tables also have been built
for the club for banqueting purposes, and
other conveniences made recently. Dishes
will be bought for the club also, for serving
refreshments and banquets.
) AS this is the first July 4th celebration
undertaken by the Barton public for many
years, it is desira BILE for its best success
that all of Barton's business interests be
represented in the trades procession. Those
having some preference as to location In
: the parade should make it known to J. A
Pearson at once, and be assigned positions
and all wagons and floats should be II
= readiness to start at 9 a. m. sharp.
a The adjourned meeting of the Barton
Telephone Exchange Co. will be held al
8 the schoolhouse tomorrow evening tt
!. hear the report of the committee, wht
asked for more time at the meeting helC
! last week. 1t is understood definite anl
!, final action will be taken at this meeting
and 1t is important that every mem bel
come out and exercise his right to vot
u what shall be done with the property.
Irving L. Peters of Worcester, Mass, 6
student, is in this vicinity for the summe
J. with a well-known reference book, eth
l. Century Book'of Facts" Mr.. Peters is
worthy young man; the work he offer
l. to the public is a work of value, the bool
being a cross between a dictionary an
cyclopedia and offered to the public q
is much less money than reliable cyclic
70 pc dias can be purchased for.
1t is understood that while Fred [
Pierce was moving some furniture an
10 other things across the lake Saturday t
a. his new cottage in preparation for moviD
there for the summer he threw over som
~ ballast. The ballast was cook stove thf
was being towed across on raft and
some way the stove slidioff into the lax
st where it naturally sunk and Fred saw n
it. more of it. We are sorry for Fred bt
should we have another backward sprin
h. it would be good thing for the fishes
,o warm their feet by. This is the fir
drowning accident on the lake for sever
years and it is with tears (of laughter) Y
ne record the accident. May it be warnir
to other stoves.
Announcement is made in Geo. Fl. Davi
TO advertisement of change in the firm mar
at and that hereafter the business will be col
!. Quoted under the firm name of g. H. Day
nd & Co , and that w. w. Hartwell and Har
gh D. Graves will both take an interest in t
er. business, it having been incorporated, u
70 der the laws of the state of Vermont. Bo
m. Mr.. Hartwell and Mr.. Graves are W
the known young men and are held in (