Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-10-21
BARTON
A Village of Homes and
Prosperity. A Brief Re-
view of it's Advantages
as a Place of Business
or a Place of Res
idence.

In offering this souvenir edition we
are prompted by no other motive than
that of presenting the advantages OF
Barton as place of residence and as
a place of business.
Barton is a clean, thrifty and pro-
gressive village with all the ad-
vantages of any village and without
the disadvantages of many.
Barton began nearly 20 years ago to
establish records, and Barton is still
establishing records. When our cleo
trio light plant was built and the
power transmitted from Plunkett
Falls to Barton it was the longest
transmission of power east OF the
Rocky mountains. We soon had more
electric lights per capita than any
village, town or city in the United
States We have as much or more
macadam road than any village OF
equal size in the state and more than
most villages larger than we are. We
are the only village in TIE state. so
far as we know, authorized by the
legislature to appropriate money from
the village treasury for the purpose of
advertising the attraction OF the
town as a place Of residence. We are
the only town in the state, so far AS
we know, authorized to give tree
lights, free water and free power as
an inducement to manufacturers to
locate a manufacturing industry IN the
town. We probably have better
school building than any other town OF
equal size in the state and there are
but two or three better school build
ings in the state regardless of the size
Of greater Importance however is the
fact that Barton academy ranks with
the leaders among all the seminaries,
academies and high schools in the
state.
Such are some of the signs which
point to the reason why Barton is what
we claim for it. They show that Bar
ton as municipality is seeking to be
progressive and seeking to give to the
general public as many advantages as
is possible. But aside from the rec
ords as village, the people of Barton
have established other records which
prove conclusively that the people as
people are equally as progressive as
the village. For instance, we have the
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finest half mile track in New England,
and to-day hold the state race record
on a half mile track, of 2O82. We
have the fastest racing mare in the
world and the champion baseball team
in the state. The one thing more
than all else that insures the con-
tinued growth and prosperity of Bar
ton is that Barton is FIRST in the
hearts Of it's people.
The mere fact that we have
macadam roads should not be of so
much Importance to you as the fact
that the people of Barton are such as
want their streets kept in good condi-
ton. If you have been successful in
your chosen line of employment and
have acquired enough of this worlds
goods to insure a competence in your
old age you may naturally seek out
some place where you may enjoy the
result of your labors. In selecting
such a place. other things being equal,
you will naturally choose place which
in your own opinion will be most con-
genial, and the most important feature
for you to consider is the character OF
the people among whom you are to
live. These records are cited not in a
boastful spirit but as true index to
the character of the people in the
incorporated village Of Barton.
If there is one thing lore than
another having a tendency TO make
you happy in Barton, it would be in
the fact that you will be welcome
here. You are not only welcome but
you are cordially invited. The public
spirited people of Barton have ex-
pended nearly thousand dollars IN
advertising the attractions OF the
town as a place of residence and in
viting you to come. This has been
done by private subscription and not
by an appropriation from the village
treasury as we might have done.
This in itself should convince you that
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