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

Annual meeting VI 1k0NfNAA~'~
Barton Boat club is called for MONDAY
July /, at : 30 p. N.
Work on the new school building Is pro-
crossing satisfactorily. The stone masons'
Valley Brothers, have completed the s'one
vvorl. and the brick masons are now al WORK.
having nearly completed the brick WORK
,othe level Of the ground floor. The base
ment partitions are all OF oricA anu are
substantially laid. Thus far every step lh
the erection Of the building has been done
In a most thorough manner, whlch speah7
we'll for both Contractor Bragg ana u
4 Drew. chairman of the building com
mittee.
A stsg marty was held at the clubhouse
Tuesdav evening at which about on MEM
hers and friends OF the club spent pleas
ant evening. short entertainment con
sisted OF songs by }. M. Blake ana u D.
Webster and a brief entertainment Oy
prescelIe. Prescelle did some OF the ususl
hvpnotic stunts and some Of the more
difficult ones, highly pleasing the cro"o'
giving a taste OF what he Will give Us
when IL comes to the baseball benefit later
Geo. Goodro furnished a lunch OF sand
witches and G. fee and the company us
persed.
Friends OF f. B. Lang will read with In
terest the following editorial from hut-
land paper regarding Ecstatic, the taVorlte
Barton mare.
Tho crowd at the Horse Show yesterday
etternoon we're treated to remarkable
exnerieuce, when the mare Ecsthtlc vas
scJt an exhibition mile on track not III
condition by any means, Wnlcn she "a - -
2.16. This wonderful piece OF hoIsenss u
A. ovvned in Barton by Frank b. Lang anu
- Gs. tLa worlds record OF 2:0l4. TO
tbose Who witnessed the ease ana grace
vrirh oyhich the animal went over Ihe
course. her record is no surprise. no
mobile animal in her movements 10 as psi
feet as a machine, and scarcely seeLl1 "
toncb the earth so light Is her STEP que
will be exhibited every DAY curing 'H0
show. -.
The following appeared as news Item
Eostotic 2.olg. paced an exhibition mile
during the afternoon, doing the stunt III
in AID The last quarter she steppeu ~
"a seconds and the last half in l:OI. Inc
ssme horse also took first prize In class 30,
which was open to PAGERS OF any slZe' io"h
years old or over
One Of the new houses built last summer
was that by John Teller on Elm street.
This is a fine lot containing two and three
eiphths acres of land. The house Is oOAo4
feet on the ground with shed 16xlS feet.
It ia two stories high, has hip roof Win
dormer windows to light attic. The first
floor has six rooms besides the closets'
namely: sitting room, dining rooln'
kitchen. sleeping room, bathroom ana
nantrv There is also a milk room or pan
try in the eli part, besides plenty OF room
for fuel. The parlor is 15x15 feet, separated
by draperies from the dining room' "hlcn
ia 1lx15 feet with stairs leading to second
floor. The pantry is furnished with dooi
cunbosrdz. a sink, hot and cold water
snring and village water. There is also
sink in the kitchen and the same water ar
ranpement. The rooms are finished In ASH
nave hardwood floors, redwood doors VIII
nine outside doors. The parlor and olnln
room have plate glass windows 4x5 ieet
ona in each. There are four large sleepin
rooms on the second floor, each WIN CLOS
cts. The attic is also finished Every
thing on all the floors is planned Tor con
venience. The chambers are hnlsheo l
papered. On the east and north SIDES
the house are piszzas eight feet VIDE VIII
turned rounds in railing, and unoerneaI
is lattice work. The cellar Is unoer u
whole house, split granite and orlcK "or
for the stills. A Kelsey furnace heats u
house. The barn is 24x36 feet with
15x16 feet, has IS foot posts and goo
granite foundation. There are three nor
and two COW stalls. The nay loit
planned for carriages with plenty OF roor
and the ell loft for keeping hens This
Almost convenient barn. Besides the hou
and barn a shed 24x30 feet with lz-io
posts stands little southeast OF the bar
This is used for a storehouse, shop To
house etc. Mr.. Teller drew his own pia
and has most certainly built very su
stantial and convenient set of buildings