Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-03-09

The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety OF the IA. e. church met with Mis-.
0. w: Locke last week on acc 1unt of the
sickness Of Mrs. Glen Dodge, who was
to entertain it,
Among those who were on the sick list
several days last week we mention Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B. Cotton, w. &. Twombly, Mrs
Carl Farley, M e. 81. o Clough, H. P. Con-
way, Mrs. Robert Murray and Glen Dodge.
Miss Margaret Carter, who has bsen spend
ing month at home, has gone to Lisbon,
n. H., where she is to do stem ographic
work at Sunset Hill house, White noun
tains. She has had this position for two
years.
Mrs. Elwin Wheeler, has recently had a
surgical operation for appendicitis in
hospital in Montreal, is reported as doing
well. Mrs. E. d. SITS ford, who had very
serious operation for gall stones at that
place, came home Saturday.
The installation of Off GERS % Bartol
Landing company, No. 9, U. R. K P. will
be held Friday evening at 7:3O o'clock in
charge OF Capt. Ellis OF st. Johnsbury.
Refreshments will be served. This meet
ing was postponed from Friday night last
The Jubilee Singers concert was much
appreciated and considered one of the best
of the kind ever given here. A good au-
dience was in attendance, and the receipts
netted good sum for the Masons, under
whose auspices the entertainment was Civ
en-.
While drawing lumber from the sawmill
Wednesday night +. G. Brown was badly
hurt by the binder pole flying and striking
him in the face. Three teeth were dislo-
Gated and his face somewhat cut. While
suffering from this hurt he was also taken
i'll with grip.
The Book and Tnimble club. met with
Mrs. Locke last Wednesday afternoon.
II members were present. The program
for the afternoon was, "Sanitariums.''
Mrs. Parlin, "Children's Hospitals" "5ea
| Breeze Floating Hospital" Mrs Wells;
| ''Jane Adams and Hull House," Mrs. Per-
| ley; constitutions for the Blind" Mrs.
Whipple. Adjournei to meet with Mrs.
Harris April 1st.
The play, "Hickory Farm" by the Thes-
plans to- morrow evening promises to be
fully up to former Thespian productions
and by the large number of advanced sale
| seats a crowded house is assured. Some
new members will appear in the cast at
| this time and much interest in the produc-
tion is manifest. Get your seats now.
| There will be dance after the play at
which Sawyer's orchestra will furnish
music.
Your reporter found everybody highly
pleased with the Bostonia Sextette, givins
it the hig hest praise. The players were al
artists and their instruments being in per
feet tune they discoursed some of the mos
harmonious music ever listened to in thi
village. When using mutes the selection'
were as soft and sweet and enchanting q
the singing Of the fabled Orpheus was K
the Greeks. Madam Clemaire appeared
three times and ena bled her audience t,
hear what a fine voice could be trained tt
do with classic music, which was littl
beyond the ability Of unframed musician
to appreciate. The instrumental musi
|
} and I b soloist's productions were encoret
again and again. On the whole it was
high class concert, fitting entertainment
to close the lecture course for the year.
A new ten inch Crosby chime whistl
has been placed in the engine house at tn
sounding board factory or south mill {
the E. l.. Chandler Co. to be used for fir
alarms only. Its tone is easily distin
guished from the OF her whistles. 1t is con
trolIed by Gamewell whistle blowin
machine furnished by the GameweIl Fir
Alarm Telegraph Co, of Boston. This ma
chine is operated by hand keys place.
in the Central telephone offices. By thi
means every telephone in the village be
comes call box for fire. Printed cards
giving signals and full instructions, will b.
distributed to every house. Tack it a.
3 near your telephone. Ii lire occurs tele
phone either central where 1t is; the opera
tor manipulates key and the whistle in
stantly responds with an alarm whici
shows the location of the fire. Fire call
will be repeated three times. Test cal
daily at a. NJ, once only, followed by tn
recall or all out signal. Should 1t eve
seem desirable to place signal boxes on tn
streets, this islone step toward that end
Through the courtesy of the E. l. Chaudle
company and the two telephone companie
! this arrangement is made possible at
t much less expense. The installation wa
superinteuded by the GamsN ell company
r representative, L. w. Bills of Boston.
7 {. W. L.
The community was shocked Frida
= morning to learn of the sudden death @
y Mrs. Mary E/Richmond, which occurre
at O'Clock that morning. Mrs. Rich
mond had been about the house as usua
> the previous day, though she bsd been i
delicate health for soma time! For abou
IL gears she had not been strong, and bu
for the loving care given by her friend
she would doubtless have gone long before