Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-04-20
LOCAL NEWS
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of the veneer dryer, was here Thurs
day with prospective buyer from
Burlington, to look over the plant which
has been installed here.
The Book and Thimble club met with
Mrs. Taplin Wednesday afternoon. 20
ladies being present. The program
for the afternoon was as follows: ~.
S. Lighthouses, Mrs. Rood; ''The-
atres,' Miss Sadie Lothrop: "Cathe-
draIs.' Mrs. Locke song. Miss Edith |
Lothrop; magazine article, Social
Life at Washington, Mrs. Tapl1n.
Adjourned to meet with Mrs. Gay April
81.
The outlook for business is brighter
than it has been for several months.
and some Of the workmen who have
been away in other places are back
again in anticipation Of going to work
in the mills soon. While there has
been some complaint when the mills
were running about cinhers and smoke
etc., it is allowed that these minor
things count but little in comparison
to the benefit to this community when
the mills are running and everybody
has employment at good wages.
w. C. Tripp is preparing to build
barn in the rear of his residence. It
will be 64x5O feet on the ground. It
will contain IA single and two box
stalls. An office, sleeping room and
harness room will be built in connec-
ton with it. Water, electric lights,
and all modern improvements will be
added so as to constitute a first-class
livery stable. Mr.. Trip has let the
job of taking away the old barn, put
ting in the foundation, and building the
new barn, to Dwinell & Pearson. The
work will be begun in few days.
A good and much needed work on oul
village library is nearing completion
A committee appointed from the Book
and Thimble club took the matter IL
hand and have carried it forward, a
much expense of time and labor, til
good results are now apparent. The
library has been entirely remodeled
recatalogued and placed on an up-to
date basis. Old and damaged books
have been repaired and new ones add
ed. In variety it should meet thu
needs of all. The list includes essay
on religion and ethics by such author
as Lyman Abbott, Hills, Van Dyke
Mathews, Marden and Ruskin. Tn
standard works of fiction. includln,
many of the best Of recent date, a full
| set of Shakespeare. recently presented
Stoddards lectures, 13 volumes, richl
illustrated, other books of travel b,
Bayard Taylor and the Zigzag series
a good line of books of nature by sue
authors as Flagg, Grant, Clifton John
son, Roberts and others. In juvenil
literature, there is the Every Chill
Should Know" series by H. w. Mabie
u which includes myths, legends, fair
tales and stories, the Henty books an
Electricity for Boys, the latter of es
pecial interest at the present time
Others equally interesting and instru'
tive for girls. A new library room ha
been secured and librarian, Mis-
Ruth Rogers, has been engaged: TT
library will be open Saturdays from
to 5 and to 9 D. m. The rules pr
vide that all lost or damaged bool
shall be replaced and a fine of fly
cents per week for those kept ov'
time. The librarian is to deliver I
books to delinquents. It is hoped tn;
these rules will be strictly enforce'
No library can prosper without stri
enforcement of its rules. The publ