Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-05-13

elected: President, F. r. Hastings; vice
president, F. D. Thompson; secretary and
treasurer, Z. Q. Hamblet. f. J. Percival,
F. d. Pierce, Ray Underwood, e. FL. Glazier
c. R. Powell, executive committee; w. w.
Reirden and j. T. Batchelder, auditors.
Mrs. e. II. Webster and Mrs. FL. A.
Glazier will entertain the Ladies' Aid
society of the Methodist Episcopal church
Wednesday afternoon, May 15. Supper 15c,
served at 6 o'clock. Following the sup
per a reception will be given Rev. and
Mrs. Dukeshire from to 10 O'Clock in the
church parlors. Everybody is very COR
daily invited.
DR.. A T. Buswell returned Friday from
his southern trip. During his absence he
visited Washington, d. e., New Orleans
during the Mardi Gras and several other
Southern cities, stopping on his way home
| for two days at the Jamestown exposition.
He reports that the exposition is yet very
| incomplete and would not advise anyone
to attend it before the latter part OF June.
| The annual business meeting of the
reading room Wednesday evening, May 8,
with Is members present. The following
officers were elected: President, Mrs.
| Heath; vice president, Mrs. Blake; secre-
tary, Miss Gilpin; treasurer, Mrs. Stan
nard; library committee. Miss Gay;
program committee, Mrs. Pillsbury; Mrs.
Pierce, Mrs. Percival; federation director,
| Mrs. Heath. The club is in hourishing
condition and plans were made for raising
money for the coming year.
The snow on the ground Saturday morn
| ing and the cold weather which followed
it caused many to remark on the lateness
of the spring. But perhaps many may
remember that on the morning of the 10th
of May, 1902, 1t was much colder and there
was more snow. The spring started out
warm and promising. The leaves on the
trees were about one-third grown; but the
big freeze of the night of May killed
them, and the foliage never showed its
natural fullness and beauty during the
summer that followed. On the hills snow
was more than foot deep at that time,
and was number Of days going off.
liz Da1 bOA uSoOCA1S OAAA WAN PAoJ W
two games last week, winning one and
losing one. The first game was played
with the Craftsbury academy team at their
home grounds Thursday, where Barton
lost by score of II to 6. On Saturday
afternoon however the order of things was
reversed when Barton won from the same
team on the fair grounds by a score of 19
to T. Some good baseball stock showed
up on the academy team Saturday. Lee
the academy pitcher, shovel good form
and cool head and played a star game
while most of the others put up a stiff
game, Burrows sAying his usual good
game behind the bat.
The Afternoon Study club were very
: pleasantly entertained at the home of Mrs
o. Fl. Mossman, Thursday, May 8, Sc being
present. After roll call the following off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year: pres
, ident, Mrs. Nell Y. Barron, vice president
, Mrs. Susan Currier; secretary and treas
urer, Mrs. Annie Pearson; program com
l mittee, Mrs. Emmeline We bster, Mrs. Ma.
Barrows and Mrs. Lillia Lang; committe
t on music, Mrs. Lois Mossman and Mrs
| | Emma Prescott. The club and visitor
) were favored with duet by Miss Mcclellan
9 and Mrs. Baldwin and song by Mrs. Blak
which was rnuch enjoyed by all present.
after which refreshments were served.
q Last week we gave list of the drown1n
:. accidents which had occurred here for tn
Il last sixty years and we supplement tha
with an account of the accident wh1c
took place at the reservoir on July II, 1S9i
!, This is located about mile east OF tn
= village. The circumstances We're as fol
lows: Miss Nellie Gilman had been SUI
;. fering with mental alienation and wa
sent to the asylum at Waterbury. Recover
ing she was later taken home and shove
10 little sign of insanity. On the morn
= ing of that July day she took her pail an
Il went to get some raspberries. About moo
s thunder shower came up and she did nc
return. After the shower her friends an
neighbors began search tor her and nigt
st came without finding her. The next da
N about 10U people from the village searche
y all over the territory where they though
% she might have wandered, but in vail
n At last some one found her tin pail wit
d. berries in it on the shore of the reserve
ID about one quarter OF mile from her hom
n Below the dam down the brook her ht
=, was found, and then the pond was searched
Id ed, where the body was found. Wheth'
is this was an accident or whether she wit
re her unbalanced mind Intentionally con
mitted the deed was not known.
-, The ladies of the Thimble club were ii
of vited by Mistress Ida Cutler to visit b.
o on Wednesday afternoon last and enjc
os an old fashioned tea. Between the hou
bo of two and three the Zone Horse Shay
,is could have been seen stopping at Il
different houses and the DANES eppearir
at the doors looked as ii they had steppt
10 from the old picture frames. The co
1's tunes were of an ancient day and repr
- sented many different periods from t.
80 =, calash, mantilla and snuffbox to the sho
"" waist and hoop skirt of LincOln's da