Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-09-02

De the Dulldlng OF store mouse l4XoU
feet and the plan is to put in larger
stock so the mill can be run all winter.
There will be social and supper at
John Brennan's tomorrow evening.
Supper from o'clock until all are
served. In the evening ice cream and
cake will be served A literary and
musical program has been prepared
and Mr.. Brennan has generously Of
fered to carry all ladies who desire
to ride if they will be at the passenger
station between half past o'clock and
p. m.
A number of those who have lived
sire that if the name OF the railroad
station here must be changed, as was
suggested in the Monitor last week at
the request of the railroad commits
sioners of Vermont and the manage
men of the road itself, it be called
chandler" The E. L. Chandlr COM
pany being the largest manufacturing
company here, and inasmuch as the
Chambers have done so much for the
place in the past. Some think it bet
ter be named Riverside" and some
suggest "The landing. No one
seems to want the name changed but
if it must be these names have been
mentioned.
The ride and picnic of the Methodist
Sunday school to Willoughby WeGnes-
day was a marked success. The at
tendance broke all previous records
and including six of the Sunday school
camping at the lake and five of the
congregation who went over the day
before, the total number at the picnic
was 112. Great credit is due to Geo.
H. Hunt who volunteered the use of a
four horse team, to John Brennan who
provided two two horse teams and to
z. B. Goodnough, J. B. Flint, A. w.
Wiley and E. S. Kelley who each took
two horse load from here to the lake
| and back. All reported a fine time
and there was not a mishap nor a
shadow of trouble of any kind in con-
| nectiOn with the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doe and Homer Seavey
recently made an automobile trip to
Plymouth, N. H., where they met the
| directors of the Parker and Young
company. The next day they went to
Woodstock, N. H.: where the company
owns a large mill. The party were
| miles among the mountains on the rail-
road that the company are building
| There were nineteen in the party in
Guiding four ladies. After making q
| visit in the logging camps partaking
| of refreshments etc., they returned tc
Woodstock and dinner was served in
the boarding house. They then made
an automobile trip up through Fran
coma Notch to Lisbon, N. H., The
Parker & Young company own 15C
million feet of spruce lumber and
have formed another company called the
Woodstock Lumber company for man.
ufacturing dimension lumber. All the
butt logs are to be sawed for sounding
boards for the Lisbon and Barton
Landing mills. By this deal they are
assured of sounding board material
| for the next six years. Among the
number present was B. S. Gallup
| formerly of this place. A part of the
business at the directors meeting was
the election of Col. H. F. Parker of
Brattleboro, president Of the company
in the place of Albert Woodland recently
| deceased.
Congregational Church Notes.
| Preparatory service on Friday even
ing at 7.3O o'clock. Let there be a
full attendance.
Communion services next Sunday
morning. The occasion will also be
our annual offering to home missions
The Sunday evening preaching service
will be begun again Sunday evening
at 7.15 o'clock The c. E. will meet in
the vestry at $50 o'clock.
The song services which have been so
successfully conducted the past two
years will again be resumed some
time during this month. A lot of new
music has been ordered and all who
formerly took part in these services
are invited to take their places this
year and others are also invited. Mr..
Taplin, our former efficient leader, will
lead again this year.