Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-25

oAOCie DSuDei.. UHn seventy HVe
years old last October, died at the town
farm last Thursday. Mr.. Bennett came
from Canada about eight years ago and
bought the Buell. place near c. w.
Cooks. Here he and his wife have lived
until the 18th of last January. Mr.. Ben
nett has been sick with throat trouble fer
about six months, which was the cause of
his death. The funeral was held Friday,
Rev. w. G. johnson officiating, and the
remains were taken to West Glover for
burial
The following from a San Bernaroino,
(Cal., paper will be of interest to Barton
people who remember Mrs. Meyer as Miss
Maude Mossman of this place.
sDr. John H. Meyer, one of the brilliant
young physicians and surgeons of this city,
is contemplating removal to Los Angeles,
where ne has been tempted with the offer
OF professional position in the new hos
pitai association of that city. There is q
magnificent salary attached to the offer,
but DR.. Meyer is hesitating about leaving
san Bernardino, where he has built up
splendid practice, especially in the line of
surgical work, at which he has been almost
phenonaenally successful.
The body of the late Mrs. Reed arrived
in Boeton Tuesday morning, Feb. 10, at s
O'Clock, accompanied by George Reed and
Aaos Robinson. Friends were at the
North Station to meet Mr.. Reed and the
remains were taken to the chapel at the
beautiful Evergreen Cemetery in Brighton,
where the Gnal services were held at 1890
O'Clock, the officiating clergyman being
Rev. Charles w. Wendte of the Brighton
| Unitarian church. Mrs. Reeds body was
inferred in the Reed lot where her hus-
band and daug liter are buried A large
number OF relatives and friends attended
| the services, among them being Frank
1 Niles, Mrs. Della Niles Copeland, formerly
of Barton; Mrs. VIM. Bartlett, formerly
of Newport, and Carl Ell. Jewell
Theaong anticipated Washington trip of
the senior class OF the Barton high school,
| is at hand, the party now numbering about
55, some Is going from Barton Landing.
/ The party will leave Thursday in special
] car on the 1 20 air line for Boston where
| they will remain one day: From Boston
| the party goes to New York by the Fal
| River coat line where they cross to the
| Jersey City side and have breakfast, sail
| ing fron Fall River to New York in the
night. From Jersey City they go on te
Philadelphia and stop there a few hour!
ard then on to Washington, where The
main stay of four days will be made. Here
nearly all of the government buildings
will be visited, congress will be visited
while IN session, tour about the city in
sightseeing car will he taken, Mount Yer
Esea and Arlington will be visited and 10
a moments time will be lost. On the re
turn trip the party will stop two days il
| New York city, where a seeing tour hal
been laid out for them. From New Yorl
they will return to Boston by boat and ar
rive here 10 days from the start. For th
time and money expended this trip prom
ises to be one OF the best aver mapped ou
/ as it gives the travellers a chance to visi
J four of the most noted cities in the Unite,
States, it not in the world, gives them
| | taste of travel by water and by rail, gives
i chance to see bit of the government ma
| | chinery at work, and the whole trip cost
. but little over $50. e