Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-05-27

Barton high school baseball team went
to Barton Landing Thursday and defeated
the high school team there by score OF is
to4.
Fl. 2. Hanniford, electrician, from Con-
cord, N. H., was in town in the interest OF
the village corporation Monday and
Tuesday.
G. a. Barrows, FL. j. Stannard, Parker
Barrows and Clare Powell caught five lake
ing 15 pounds.
A meeting of the members of the Barton
Lecture association is called for Wednes-
day evening in the high school room to
act upon important business.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post office May 27. Please say
advertised when calling for these letters:
Ernest BIouin, Jim Joseph Nadeau.
J. w. Murkland spent last week in Bos-
ton and called on our former townsman,
Fred w. Robinson, now manager OF the
Y. M. G. A. rooms on Boylston street.
L. M. Hubbard and A. M. Oimstead were
at Knowlton, P. O., last Friday. They Wis
tied g. N. Morrill,, who is in a hospital
there, and report him slowly gaining.
E. c. Martin has been doing considerable
grading about his premises. He is making
arrangements for keeping a summer hen
merry on his land east of the residence.
On Tuesday evening, June 4, at seayer's
Opera hall the students who went on the
Washington trip will give a talk on the
trip illustrated by 110 stereopticon views.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Cowles spent Sunday,
May 26, at Craftsbury, where the anniver-
saries of Mr.. Cowles and Mrs. Dorman, the
hostess, were celebrated in most fitting
manner.
Frank Towers hired men vouch for the
statement that Frank team horse has on
two different occasions drawn from q car
near the freight station 5000 pounds OF
feed at load.
John Suitor has put new roof on the
ell OF his house, clapboarded 1t and will
paint the whole set of buildings.
Henry Gay is painting his house and barn
on Water street.
| Joseph Barton has the job of excavating
and putting seven foot wall and under-
piDning under the G. M. Darling block
and ell at the Grow place. The wall will
be 26x55 feet.
| Last week was decidedly cold week for
| the time of year. Water was frozen sew
eral mornings, and it is reported that
mercury ran as .losv aisr Is above zero7 1h
some places Saturday morning.
The ball game Saturday between the
town and academy teams resulted in a tie
score of IL to IL. While little science is
displayed in some of the plays the games
prove very interesting.
j. f. BatcheIder's storehouse for pressed
hay will be when completed. 29x6O feet or
the ground and will hold from six to l.
tons OF hay. 1t will be located on the site
formerly occupied by William Pawney's
wood shed near the tub shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Baldwin are hom,
from the West and are occupying theil
cottage in Crystal Lake Grove. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Adam Dummett and Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Rouleau have gone for the summer
to cottages at the same place.
G. Ell. Counter of Megantic, P. @, tool
another horse, "Baby Exum," here las
week for II. A. Harding to train durini
the summer. Mr.. Harding now has four
teen horses In training with the prospec
of more coming.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. 81. Pillsbury will star
for California the first of next week. The
expect to visit San Francisco, Los Angelo!
the Yellowstone Park, Portland, Ore, an
: other cities. 1t is expected that Ruth ELL
will accompany them home. They will
! absent about six weeks.
The band will render an open air concel
on the square next Saturday evening.
is the request of the band boys that peop
hitch their horses when left that no runs
ways may happen by frightened horse
9 By the way this is a pretty good suggestio
: at any time, night or day any time In tt
week.
s Howard Dutton caught a squaretalle
native red spotted trout Thursday morn
ing in the river near the Jenness bridg
q which measured 17b inches long ar
!, weighed two pounds, 13 ounces. Saturda
May Is, Eli Grondin caught a rainbo
trout that weighed five pounds, tv
, ounces and measured % inches In lengt
in May brook just below the falls.
The Modern Woodmen plan for graz
= concert and ball on Friday evening of til
. week. There will be concert between
and o'clock by Madam Brooks orchest
n assisted by Leon c. Batchelder, piccolo S
oI loist, a former Barton boy now with t
Redpath Lyceum Bureau OF Boston. Su
,r per will be served in the l. o. o. Z. hs
in A large turnout is expected and go
time is assured. The grand march will
T. at O'Clock.
ke Saturday morning while team belon
ing to Frank Barber of Sheffield Y
,a hitched to the rail in front of g. c. Lam
;s ieweIry store the horse became frighter
by an automobile, broke away and !
toward Glover, turned in between the
as and front of Davis store, continuing III