Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-06-10


spending week visiting friends here.
II. d. Stannard was in Massachusetts
and New Hampshire on business last week.
Grace Martin is working for the ]. G.
Tdrnbun company in Mr.. Turnb BULBS
Office.
Mrs. E. III. Holt ham, who has been in
feeble health recently, is somewhat i'm
proved.
Lester Stewart has moved into the CIough
tenement which was recently vacated by
II. Gage.
George F. Hunt of st. Johnsbury was
the guest of his brother g, Frank aud Van,
last week.
Marion Ordway, Floren ce Gillis and Ger
aid French are working for Whipple,
French & Co.
Have you seen E. r. Baraw's three new
signs? Henceforth p ople will know his
place of business.
Mrs. Geo. E. Cole was recently called to
Springfield, Mass, on account of the sick
ness OF her mother.
William Clarkson has moved from the
Darling block into one of Mrs. John
Chamberlin's tenements.
Jennie Holtham is having the ell raised
and making quite thorough repairs on the
house she recently bought.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bowen are happy
over the advent of daughter, who came
to their home Sunday, June2.
The village fire company will meet next
Thursday evening at 7:30 sharp. 1t is de-
sired that every member be present.
Rev. G. L. Shaeffer and Mr.. and Mrs. A.
8. Grow attended the Congregational
church convention at Island Pond last
week.
Willard Trip has the foundation laid
and cellar made for his house, which will
be moved onto the foundation in the near
future.
L. M. Clement is still unable to work
and intends to 60 to Lowell, Mass, for
short stay, hoping a change of climate will
benefit him.
Oscar e. Gibb is home from Geneva, N.
Y.,for short vacation, whore he has been
in the employ of J. G. Maxwell & Brothers,
fruit growers and dealers.
Mrs. J. B. Rogers was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers will spend this week
with friends in Craftsbury.
Whipple, Frerch & Co. have built an
enclosed room for an office in their hard
ware department. 1t is finished in o flee
style with windows opening into the store.
Several of the young people from this
place attended the lecture on the Washing
ton trip by the graduating class OF the
Barton high school Tuesday night at
Barton.
Ali who are interested in baseball and
would favor supporting first class team
here this season are requested to meet at
the band room Tuesday evening at 7:3O
o'clock.
w. B. Bowman bought nice horse,
| harness and carriage last week of Albert
| St. Peters of Charleston and 81. D. STAN
nard bought fine mare of F. Wheeler of
Newport last week.
The directors of the e. L. Chandler Co I.
were here last week and held meeting.
| The work of the local manager was highly
complimented. Some large and important
improvements are contemplated later.
| Mrs. j. M. Bartlett and Mrs. N. L. Skin
ner, who went as delegates to the Woman g
Foreign Missionary society convention
held in the M. e. church of Bradford, re-
/ port an interesting and profitable meeting,
John Lawson's horse was frightened by
the through freight one day last week and
reared and threw himself, breaking out
both shafts of the wagon and breaking
the harness, but no one was hurt, and the
horse did not get away.
"The Dutchman's Honeymoon" attracted
large crowd to the opera house last
Thursday evening, and the play was ONT
of the most enjoyable entertainments Civ.
en- during the season. This company IL
always sure of large house and an appre.
ciative audience.
The men working on the new water
works struck for higher pay last Tuesday
but later decided to go to work for tn.
same rate of wages, and the work is goins
} on satisfactorily at the present. Wher
completed this village will have one of th'
best water systems in this section of TIT
: state.
The MONITOR reporter is glad to not,
the prevailing spirit of the owners to beau
tify their premises by repairing the build
ings, painting, grading, setting out trees
and doing much more to make things lool
tidy about the village. This is certainl.
commenda BILE, seems to be contagious, ant
indicates a progressive spirit among tn
people.
W. T. Wedgeworth's death, which oc
; Cured here Sunday, June 2, was shock +
his friends of the salesmen's fraternity
He was a man highly respected by his co
laborers and the house he travelled for. 81
!, came to the Valley house the Tuesda
!, night before and complained of not feelin
well; and when 1t was suggested to call