Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-07-29

1u6T6 Will De eteS party al bhO SloN
house to- morrow evening. There will be
no admission charged. Matters pertain
ing to the regatta will be discussed.
DR.. Knox left last week to attend a CEN
tennial celebration at Woodstock, the
home of his ancestors, and Mrs. Knox goes
to- day to her home in Stoneham, Mass.
Mrs. Mary Barnard of San Francisco,
but well known by people here, has been
calling on friends in this town, Barton
Landing and Bloomington the past week.
The building formerly occupied by the
Barron & Hamblet store, now owned by
the Catholic society and used as a tenement
house, is being moved back near Crystal
Lake hall.
G. H. Counter of Megantic, P. O., and
Geo. c. Wheeler were at the Crystal Lake
house last week in the interests of their
horses which are being trained at Roaring
Brook park.
III. F. Pillsbury has caught his 74th fish
from Willoughby lake during his outing
at that place. His desire was to catch one
for each year of his age, and he has accom-
plished that object.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Babcock of Brook
Iyn, n. Y, who have been visiting at w.
M. Wright's, returned home some time
| ago, leaving their daughter, Miss Mar
garet, for longer visit.
! The following letters remain uncalled
for at the post-office July 20. Please say
| advertised when calling for these letters:
Mrs. Matte Collins, Mrs. Edward Gariur,
Mrs. Alice BERNSTEIN, DR.. g. N. Winslow.
The superintendent of streets is doing
good job all through town by cleaning out
the cutters, lining up the sides of the
| streets and cutting the sods to line.
Nothing adds to the appearance of the
streets more than little cleaning up of
| this kind.
The Heating brothers, Patrick and Will
liam, have bought of A. F. Stockwell sixty
acres of land which adjoined their farm.
These men are among the best farmers in
town, and their dairy products are in such
good demand that they propose to enlarge
their business.
A special school meeting is called for
Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 7:30 O'Clock in the
schoolhouse, to see If the voters of the
district will vote to have new street laid
out across the north end of the school lot,
taking half the width of the road from
the school land.
Geo. II. Davis is building granite wall
over 100 feet long In front of the cottage
he bought of Fred Kimball. and making
other Improvements there to make things
pleasant and convenient about his prem
ises in Crystal Lake Grove. Valley Brothers
are doing the stone work.
Beautiful Barton' has been the means
of bringing several summer visitors from
the cities to this place, and especially into
Crystal Lake Grove, this summer; and they
are delighted with the lake, grove and
mountains of this beautiful summer resort.
Some from New York and others from
! spent a little time here, have expressed
themselves as highly pleased with the sur
roundings, and we may expect them here
, again another season.
3. 8. Johnson of st. Johnsbury, who
lived here for several years and moved to
St. Johnsbury about two years ago, died
7 Friday in the hospital aG Waterbury. Fol
many weeks past Mr.. johnson had beer
, insane, much of the time dangerously SO
{ Mr.. johnson has lived in several towns in
the county and was held in the highest
respect by all. He leaves to mourn hi
, loss a wife, two SONS and five daughters
The funeral was held at WestfieId yester'
day and interment was at that place.
Last Tuesday evening while one of ou
citizens was fishing in boat in Crysta
lake outlet a bullet passed within a shor
, distance of his head. He judged it to b.
1t hissed by most uncomfortably near
On the shore were some boys. Now II th1
was carelessness on the part of the boys
was criminal carelessness; If it was acci
Il dental boys should be more careful; II
d was for the purpose of frig htening tn
fisherman Young America ought to b
O dealt with according to the statute law.
y A little before O'Clock yesterday after
noon two freight cars were dera!led upo
s the passing track at the south end OF tn
% train yards, blocking the main line an
delaying traffic for several hours. Th
, wreck train was called from Lyndonvill'
and while trying to lift one OF the wrecke
cars had the misfortune to derail the del
rick with which they were working, add
'i ing to the confusion and delay. The trac
W was finally cleared by tipping one of tt
9, cars into the lake. Traffic on the mai
- line was resumed about 10:30 p. m.
L. large number of people visited the seer
% and watched the work of the wreckin
crew.
IN Mr.. and Mrs. Wilber A. Mott of Sout
be Orange, N. j., Mr.. and Mrs. 81. ]. Morgs
at of Washington, d. c., g. s. Baker and fan
lily of Providence, r. l., Mrs. e. G. Wei
of ster of East Providence, R. l., Miss III.
w Beech of Princeton, n. j., Mrs. W. F. Pol
al of Machias, Maine, and Judge and Mr.
F. g. Fay of Meriden, Conn, are amor
lie the summer boarders at Hotel Barto