Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-25
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B.O. Smith. Harry Dickens, George
Porter and Ed. Gauvin camped at May
pond and did some fishing recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. j. Maxfeld attend
ed the funeral of George Dudley, Mrs.
MaXfeld's father, at Morgan recently.
James Murphy of Lowell has been
engaged by w. B. Bowman to assist
IN his livery business for the summer.
The reunion of Company |. 18th
Vermont, will be held here on June 2.
Veterans and their friends are invited.
There will be special meeting of
Valley lodge, No. 106, F. & A. NJ,
Thursday evening. Work in second de-
gree.
There will be a special meeting of
Philemon lodge, No. 6, Knights ofPy-
thias, Wednesday evening. Work in
first and second ranks.
Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Shaeffer and Mr..
and Mrs. l. D. R. Collins attended the
Congregational club meeting at Lyn-
donville Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Emery of Cor
NTH, who have been boarding with
Mrs. Myrtle Perley for some time, re-
turned to their home Tuesday.
Miss Dora Pudvah, who has been do
ing millinery work and furnishing mil
linery goods to the people of Lowell for
several weeks, is home again.
The band concert given in front of
the opera house Tuesday evening was
much enjoyed Musicians say Barton
Landing never had a better band.
Arthur Folsom, formerly of this
place but now of Woodsville, N. H.,
was here with his automobile recently.
Carl Skinner returned home with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hooker of ST.
Johnsbury were here Tuesday evening
to attend the concert and dance, also
several from Barton, Lyndon and other
towns.
The village trustees have been doing
some work to improve the bakery.
They have put in two large window S
of plate glass and done some other re-
pairing.
Mrs. Wimber Haws, who has been
living with her son Wilber at New
port for some time, will come here
soon to live with her sons Clarence and
Charles for while.
G. L. Kidder, who has been living in
Woodsville, N. H., for a year and
working for the B. & M. railroad COM
pany. is back here and will start a
meat cart. Corrected.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Lyon and Mr..
and Mrs. Will Dane were called to
Charleston last week on account of the
serious illness of N. G. Dane, father
of Mr. Dane and Mrs. Lyon.
Four of our fishermen went to Stone
pond one day last week and brought
home 25 pounds of lake trout. Quite q
number of fish have been caught al
Willoughby Falls since our last report.
+ ]. G. Turnbull has let the job tc
build set of buildings at the place
known as the Simon K Locke or Frank
Hall place. The buildings here were
burned several years ago and have nev-
er been rebuilt.
The band will give an open air con.
cert in front Of the opera house Tues.
| day evening before the Village I'm
provement society meeting commences.
This will take the place of the Thurs
day evening concert.
Charles Ellis of Concord, N. H.,
spent Sunday with George Ford's peo-
| pie. Miss Susie Ford returned to Con.
cord with him, and will stay a short
time with her sister, Mrs. Ellis. Late,
she will visit friends in Massachusetts,
Thomas Buzzo has finished work fo,
the E. L. Chandler Co. and hired the
Bailey cottage at Willoughbv lake,
stocked it with groceries etc. He will
keep lunch room. have boats to let
and furnish supplies for the fishermen
and visitors during the summer.
The lean year concert and dance at
opera hall TUESDAY, evening was real
success. About 30 couples staid to the
dance. Madam Brooks orchestra, as
sisted by Leon Batchelder, was highly
appreciated. Such music is seldom
heard and lovers of music consider they
enjoyed very rich treat.
There will be Village Improvement
rally at the opera house Tuesday eve
ming. May 26. The program will con-
sist of music by the band and orches-
ira. readings and songs by local talent.
The concert is free. Membership for
the Village Improvement society will
/ be solicited at 25 cents member.
H. w. Buchanan has been doing quite
a thorough job repairing his block. He
has put new platforms on the south
and east sides, put in large windows
in the front door of J. B. Rogers shoe
and clothing store, papered and paint
ed w. B. Bowman's barber and livery
stable office and added much to the
appearance'of the building.
The following is the program of pub
lie exercises to be held in the opera
house at 2o'clock p. m. Memorial day !:
Ritual service: music, band: PRAYER,
Rev. w. R. Davenport: recitation.
sThe Tattered Flag" Miss Edith
Sherburne: singing, ''Song of Peace, ;,
by the school children recitation ;
song. "The American Soldier" Mrs.
Ethel M. Dickens: music band: adj