Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-10-28

%, by Rev. A. A. Murch.
The board of trustees and house COM
mittee of the Y. M. /. club met in
their rooms Monday afternoon. In
terest in the club is small during the
summer months owing to other attrac-
tions but it is hoped that it will be
revived during the winter months.
Lakeside Chapter. o. E. S.. will hold
their regular meeting Monday evening,
Nov. 2, with banquet at D. m. A
large attendance is being prepared for
and will be expected. The matron de-
sires as many as possible who attend
the banquet to remain to the meeting
afterward.
Lewis Carter of West Derby, who
was arrested last week, charged with
| the larceny of $50 from neighbor.
and escaped from the officer. was re-
captured in Sherbrooke and brought
| back here and lodged in Jail. His case
came up in the municipal court Mon
! day and was not disposed of at this
writing.
Richard Hurst is enlarging and re-
modelling his rooms in the basement
Of the Drew block. The tenement on
the south end has been dismantled to
admit of the placing of box ball al
! ley which Mr.. Hurst purchased when
| in Boston recently. Other rooms in
connection are being fitted up for bill
lard and pool tables.
Work on the Newland block on
Coventry street is nearing completion.
The building, beside Mr. Newland's
private apartments, will be fitted up
for three tenements of 10 rooms each,
heated with hot water with all mod
ern improvements. The work of re-
modelling this property has been in
progress nearly ali summer and will
involve the outlay Of several thousand
| dollars.
| There will be many disappointed
hunters through Gov. Prouty's abrupt
closing of the hunting season. but
there is no great loss without some
gain, for with the leaves as dry as
| they now are no hunter, at least an
amateur. could expect to come within
shooting distance of any self-respect-
ing deer unless he was caught asleep.
While after the long prayed for rains
there will be some chance at least Of
success.
Bernie Gilbert who recently sold his
livery stable at the Raymond hotel to
Roy Meachan, has purchased Of C. A.
Ramsdell the hotel property known as
the Frontier house at North Troy and
takes immediate possession. Mr.. Gil
bret will remodel the house to quite an
extent and put in system of eating
and other improvements. The frienc s
Of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert will wish
them good success in the new line of
business.
BY special invitation of Valley lodge
, No. 1O6 F. & A. M. of Barton Landing,
a party Of A members of Memphrema.
cog lodge. No. IS went to that place
Thursday night, where they worked
the M. M. degree on one candidate.
The trip was made by special traiI
which left Newport at Z 80 p. m. anc
returned after the ceremonies were
over. After the labors of the evening
substantial refreshments were servee
and oratory from both visitors ant
, hosts followed unchecked for an hour
Barton Landing is one of the best
towns to visit on any occasion of thi:
T kind and only very pressing engage
ments in other directions prevented
, much larger attendance.
. Sunday evening between 4 and
O'Clock while searching for eggs from
hens which had stolen their nests. G
Kaniers of West Derby discovered tn
dead body Of an infant in the bushes i
. ravine between Maple street an
= Northern avenue. The case was re
ported to A. B. Cobleigh, selectman
! who took charge of the body. and a
inquest was held at which it was de
termined that the child lived about l
hours and that the cause of death wa
strangulation. The matter has bee
e placed in the hands of States Attorne
E. A. Cook, who with Deputy Shel
/ riffs Ed. Miles and E. J. Hill is doin
i his best to unearth the mystery of tn
crime, but so far have found no clue
promising the apprehension of tn
= criminals.
Anyone in this village or West Del
- by who is fond of butter would bet
- ter not mention the fact in the hear
- ing of the local police, as somethin
8 like dozen refrigerators have bee
I'd robbed of their supply of this delec
f. able compound in the last two weeks
is various householders losing from or
to three pounds. It would be quit
;. satisfactory if this perpetrator {
- - petty theft could be apprehended an
a. dealt with according to law Success
>. does not always reward the endeavol
Of the thieves as perhaps the one WI
as tried the refrigerator of C. r. Storr
ne obtaining only shank bone and abol
til three ounces of meat with which Ca
s. intended to feed his cat. can testif
Il The thief was frightened away or
- might have Jared better.
a Seldom has more appreciatiye a.
- dience appeared at any function in tn
= town than that which attended tt
impersonation of Rip Van Wrinkle
en- Geo. Herman under the auspices
he the Y. M. /. club at Schoolhouse ha
,m Tuesday evening. Oct. 20. Mr.. Kie
ry nan is an artist and his work was fe
lowed closely by those present and 9
of express themselves well satisfied. II
u attendance was small in number. t.
:. - small to instil into the minds OF tt
- committee any idea that entertai
uc vory,to IF tho host class cOrld be mat