Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11

eight o'clock. The price will be twenty
five cents 3 couple to pay for the ball.
Everyone please consider this an invitation
to come.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post office March II. Please say
advertised when calling for these letters:
L. J. Bckiord, Palmer Chaffee. George
Chickey, Miss Iottie Hartwell, Andrew |
LaClair, Levi Lspste, Seth B. McCIearn1 |
A. H. Williams, Robert H. Watts.
Village meeting tomorrow evening. |
Going? Sure, everyone is going. How |
are you going to vote? For the best good |
of the village of Barton, my home; for |
progress, for business administration, for
protection, for advance. For what my
honest convictions tell me is best for the
village of Barton, and progress. Progress
is what we need.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. A d. Bemis
will be pleased to know they are now
spending a little time at Roswell, New
Mexico, enjoying sunshine and flowers.
They write US the weather at Roodhouse,
Illinois, where they have spent the winter
with their son Charles, has been rainy and
foggy, but no snow. They will probably
return to their home at Mechanic Falls
| when summer comes.
Most of the Washington party arrived
home on the air line last evening as
expected, some of the party dropping off
at various points to visit for a few days.
Not mishap occurred during the trip to
mar the pleasure of the party and all the
points of interest were visited as expected.
The MONITOR had expected to have full
account of the trip ia this paper but is
disappointed in getting the account. Next
week, however, We shall give detailed
account of the trip.
| Fourteen of the members of Sun beam
Rebekah Lodge, No. II, went to Island Pond
Friday evening to witness the institution
OF lodge of Rebekahs at that place. The
new lodge was instituted under the name
of the Clyde River Rebekah Lodge, and
started with a membership of eighty one.
Mrs. E. r. Flanders installed the officers.
There were number of visitors from West
/ Burke and also from Newport. A banquet
| was served both before the organization
and after A pleasant time was enjoyed.
, | On Friday evening of this week is the
, last lecture and entertainment in the
lecture course. 1t is a lecture by the in
teresting, original and witty orator, s. A.
Long, on 'Lightning and Toothpicks.'
Mr.. Long has been booked four and five
times in such places as Indianapolis
: Detroit, and Cincinnati, and twice il
Noc i'm nf
cities, which speaks volumes for thi
young thinker. The press and public al
4 over the country speak in highest terms o
him and it looks as though the committe
n having charge of the course have 'sstrucl
find" Tickets at Pierce's.
A number from this place attended tn
Knight Tamplars' meeting at Sherbrook
last Tuesday evening. 1t was the officia
:, visit of Supreme Grand Master M. E. Si
Knight John B. Tressider and r. e. 81
L Knight A.SE. Evans, Provincial Crane
Prior to Sussex Encampment and Priory
Ii The banquet was most elaborate affai
y and was held at the Sherbrooke House
The guests were the Richard C9ur de Liol
1t preceptory, Montreal, and William de
+ More, the Martyr, Quebec, and Malta Com
mandery, No. 10, K. T., Newport. Abou
+ one hundred of the Newport Commander.
2 were present and most enjoyable time re
ported by all who attended.
&, Tuesdays town meeting was as calm au
r unruffied as the weather was fine on tina
day and but for a slight hitch In the cleo
tion of road commissioners there was no
- a ruffie on the peaceful waters. The con
test for road commissioner in the sout
end of the town was between GEO. F. Rec
r. and B. B. Blake. MIR. Reed has held tn
W place for several years and Mr.. Blake ha
run against him once previously but failed
]. this time on the second ballot A votes wer
l., necessary for choice and Mr.. Blake GO
a. A second ballot was necessary also ol
10 the road commissioner for the north end
"a the first ballot almost looked as thoug
each man voted for himself, there bein
r one vote each for several and only a fey
o votes for several more, Charles Pierce lead
,, ing. Mr.. Pierce was elected on the mex
ballot. SIS was voted for each g. A.
post in town. The article to see if th
IL Pillsbury & Baldwin plant should b
d. exempt from taxation for a term OF year
If met an unusual fate and the plant was no
s. exempt. This action was the request @
ID Messrs. Pillsbury and Baldwin themselve:
300 was voted for the town library an
to q centson the grand list was raised for per
e manent road fund in order toget the bene
Id fit OF the new law providing that the stat
will duplicate the sum raised by the tow
y up to $500. This will give the tow
"A about 5000 permanent road money. Tn
~ officers and license vote will be found i
IN the town list on page six. Jerre Marsto
of Barton Landing was elected TO the ne
office of tree warden.
~ Melvin Drown, whose illness at South
"a ern Pines, n. C. vas mentioned in th
~ MONITOR last week, died last Monda,
and Mrs. Drown arrived here with tt
bo6v ThurSdev night Sfx wears ap0 la