Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-10-07

read by Della Courchaine and gold wa.ch
and chain were presented to her a re-
membranee of the day. Ice cream and
cake were served and a very pleasant time
was enjoyed by all.
A young gentleman got off the train at |
the station here recently and, seeing quite |
| number of young ladies with beautiful |
bouquets, he thought 1t would be a good |
plan to buy some flowers and send his |
| mother, 30 he accosted one of the boys
| present saying: SIS there. a greenhouse
here?" "No," the young man replied,
| ''there's only just the Crystal Lake houss
| and Hotel Barton"
The work of macadamizing Main street
| is going on apace and the street is nearly
made resdy for the crushed stone and the
| steam roller, when the street will be closed
/ TO traffic. Tnere is gang of about 20 men
working and the work takes shape rapidly.
The dirt drawn out of the street is being
used to fill in on the new street laid from
| Whitcher's to Church street, near the
| schoolhouse, and also for filling on Water
| street.
| The first meeting of the Afternoon Study
|
| Webster Thursday, October 8. % mem
bers and three visitors were present. Roll
cali was responded to by quotations on
the ocean, an excellent paper, "Routes to
| England, the ship, and Life Aboard" By
Mrs. Elliott; reading from John L. Stod
dard by Mrs. Cordelia Cutler; song by
Mrs. Wright. English history lesson
taught by Mrs. Seaver.
About forty members of Sunbeam Re-
bekah loisa, NJ. II, I. o. o. F., attended
district nesting No. 5, held al Newport
5 last Thursday: h fggooa- delegation from
Island Pond and Derby Line were [rccscaH..t.
I Several of tbs Grand officers from the stete
g and some from the Province of Quebec
/: were present About two hundred ard
fifty attended. Degree work was conferred
by Sunbeam Rsbekah lodge. A ba1quet
d was served, one hundred and forty sitting
!. down at the first table, and general good
time was experienced.
1t always gives the MONITOR pleasure tC
note the success of Barton boys in all
i things after leaving town. Clyde Heath,
who is attending Goddard seminary at
Barre, is Barton boy and 1s there consid.
cred the athletic star of the school. In 6
10 recent game of football between thai
school and Montpelier seminary in which
Goddard won, a Montpelier paper says
9. Heath, the star quarterback of last yeal
n went in at the beginning of the second
# half and played his old time game, despit'
the fact that he has not practlced this
year. In the next play Heath took the
y. ball and went to q touchdown. He rar
=, like deer and writhed and lodged abou
II among tbs NJ. S. men who tried to stol
him.
The first chance to use the new fire alarm
J. system installed by the fire Wardens few
l. months ago came Saturday evening whel
IS. a smouldering fire was discovered in Geo
e. Scott's house on High street. The fir
ce company responded quickly and the fir
tn was under control Immediately and com
1g paratively slight damage was done to tn
.e. house, though a quantity of Mr.. Scott
90 tools were spoiled and there was no insur
10 ance on the tools. The house is covered b
ar insurance The company showed muc
,r- better control OF themselves than at tn
last fire in the matter of waiting for com
mands from the company chiefs themselvt
NJ and not taking them from the crowd. Til
-, cause of the fire is unknown.
AZ The MONITOR takes the following fro
long article in one ofthe NJ ontpetier dali
papers Of last week regarding Prescelle
entertainments there:
'eo The largest audience OF the seasc
nd turned out to see the popular Prescelle
Ike the Blanchard Opera House last nigh
Before the curtain was raised every avail
able inch of standing room was taken sn
the many were turned away greatly disal
sh- pointed at not being able to gain admi
a. sion. PresceIle received such an oveti'
ase as should have pleased a Mansfield or
ears Jefferson. Rounds Of applause greet'
this youthful artist as he stepped befo
the footligh,s and, after few prelimina
'eo' remarks as to the value of hypnotis
eler as therapeutic agent, committee of s
on. WE'LL known business men were solicit
.l,a by Prescelle to assist in a demonstrate
10 OF mental telepathy. One of the featul
of the initial performance was the prese
ssE tation by the ELS lodge of this city 0
handsome bouquet of red and white ros
;igh Mr.. PrescelIe, who is a mem Der OF t
= to Montpelier lodge, having joined t.
this years ago when he was here, was deeE
effected when he received the flowers q
in few well-spoken words he express
o,d his thanks and extoiled the order.