Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-07-08


more men; and the addition is to be COM
pleted in about two months.
The postmaster's salary has been raised
four times in the last three years, which
shows that the business has increased cor
respondingly in this village during that
time. The population has largely in
creased with bright prospects of still great
er increase.
II. w. Buchanan has the foundation for
his new barn completed. The ground di-
mensions are 30x3S feet, with additions OF
13x22 feet, and 40xS feet. 1t will contain
fifteen stalls and a carriage room. j. e.
Royston has rented the premises, and will
continue his livery business.
The Vermont and New Hampshire TeIe-
phone association will hold meeting at
theHotel, Low Bradford, next Tuesday and
Wednesday. These meetings are largely
attended and important business trans
acted. The members of the Vermont Peo-
ple's Telephone Co. are prominent in this
association.
Whipple & French are still making i'm
provements in their store. Two large car
pet racks with rollers for showing the car
pets, a raised platform for displaying art
squares, and two large glass show cases
with glass sshelves for displaying silverware
are among the improvements. noticed by
your reporter last week.,
Ray Wilkey, while at ST. Johnsbury last
Thursday, attempted to take the train for
Hardwick, where he is at work for KimbaIl
in a drug store. As he stepped on the car
step he was crowded off, and fell and
injured two of his ribs, and was badly
bruised. He was taken to his home here,
and it will be several days before he will be
able to go to his WORK.
The old house opposite DR.. Stevens
house took fire again Wednesday night.
We say ''again" for 1t was a year ago that
very same night when it was partially
burned before. 1t is thought the boys
must be very careless (?) with their fire.
crackers in that vicinity to have the sarue
accident happen (?) two years in success
sion.
II is little remarkable to have a sugar
party with sugar on snow on the Ath of
June, but this is just what happened at
Verne Govro's at that date. He and his
| friends, to the number of thirteen
| persons enjoyed the treat. Snow had
been kept under sawdust, and was abun-
| dant and nice, and with the best of maple
sugar it waxed on the snow balls just as in
the spring.
A special town meeting is called for
Wednesday, July II, to see il the legal voters
of the town will exempt from taxation for
the term OF 10 years from the commence
ment and operation of a manufacturing
plant for the manufacture of veneer In this
village, contemplated being erected by the
| E. l.. Chandler Co. The investment to be
| made in this plant if erected is $12, ,OO0-
Should this plant be located here as the
people of Barton Landing hope it will be,
and Superintendent E. E. Doe is doing all
in his power to have the company locate
here, it will mean much to the town and
this village, as a large number of men
will be employed in addition to what the
company now employ. Read the call for
this meeting in another part OF the paper.
We think the Oldest person in town is
Mrs. Leonard, who will be SO years old on
The writer called and saw her the other
day, and found her remarkably we'll pre-
served for one of her age. She has been
confined to her bed since last September,
but her mind seems clear, and she talked
intelligently upon many events Of her
earlier life. Her father, Josiah Dean, came
to this place nearly eighty years ago, and
bought of a man by the name of Paul
McNeill 100 acres of land, paying $500 for
the same. Most of the village of Barton
Landing is on part of this land. At that
| time there were only three houses in what
is now the village limit, and these were
built of logs. Mrs. Leonard is living with
her SOD, G. N. Leonard, where she is ten
derly cared for by her daughter, Miss
Maria Leonard, and her daughter in law,
Mrs. c. N. Leonard. Mrs. Leonard has
lived In this town for about seventy years,
much of that time on farm between this
village and Barton. She has been twice
married, and her one daughter by the first
marriage, Mrs. Jane Harris, also living in
this town, will be eighty one years old on
her next birthday.
One of the fine sets of buildings erected
here last season is that of Lucius Nye,
on School street. The house is two stories,
2Sx3 ft. There are six rooms on the first,
floor, namely: kitchen, pantry, dining
room, toilet-room, parlor and sitting
room. The sitting and dining-rooms have
border of hardwood floors, while the
other rooms have hard wood floors entire
The sitting-room has bay window. The
entrance to the front is across a 10.foot
piazza, through vestibule into the hall,
with grill work in front of the sitting
room. The piazza extends the whole
length of the front side and around the
parlor on the east side. 1t has fiuted colo
NAL pillars of the Doric order. The parIor
and sittingroom are separated by por.
there's. The rooms are finished in hard
wood, curly birch, and the doors of the