Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-10-21
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resented by Browning, Hunter and
Robinson. Mr.. Browning conducts the
grocery business established and
carried or for many years by N. M.
Scott. This store has become we'll
known because of it's location and its
many years of successful business, and
Mr.. Browning has become favorably
known by his correction with the bus
mess as clerk for Mr.. Scott. This
store has become popular with out
of town customers because it handles |
such a large amount of choice dairy |
butter, maple sugar, syrup and eggs. |
Both Mr.. Browning and Mr.. Hunter
take orders and deliver the goods.
The store of Mr.. Hunter in the King
block near the depot is neat and
clean grocery which has won much ia
vOr. Indeed Barton is fortunate IN
the selection of its grocers. Mr.. Hun
ter makes speciality Of fine groceries
and because Of that fact he has fine
class of trade. They are fresh, clean
and of the best quality obtainable.
He buys his goods often and in small
quantities, thereby :voiding the ne
cessity of putting out goods which
have been upon his shelves or about
the store until they become stale or
unhealthy. The amount Of his sales
shows that the people of Barton ap-
preciate the advantages of pure food.
| E. B. Robinson has carried on the
grocery business in the Seaver block
| for many years and has built up an
established trade because Of the quail
ty of his goods. His speciality is
choice goods and he has fine trade.
| A. A. Larabee has a hardware store
which is we'll in keeping with Barton's
idea of what a store should be- This
| is the business which was carried on
for many years by Alonzo Clark, but
since Mr.. Larabee took possession he
has thoroughly renovated the whole
lstock and has brought everything in
the store strictly up to date with a
stock of stoves. ranges, tools, cutlery,
} guns, ammunition, builders supplies
an extensive plumbing and heating
business. He knows the business thor
oughiy, having bad nearly IS years
Experience with Mr.. Seaver.
Such are the stores in Barton having
a strictly retail counter trade of mer-
chandise. There are other lines OF
: business here which show clearly that
, Barton is a good place in which to buy
or SELL The feed business, the stock
business, the farm machinery bnsl-
! ness. the banking business and the
laundry all illustrate the advantage
of being at natural trading center.
:. The feed business was established
: here rs years ago. After various
l oranges it is now carried on by the
9 Tower Co. and by S. c: Currler
> Each carries large stock and each
eLor tox hn1n
. ness in Barton. 1t is an exceptionally
y good center for the feed business be-
II cause of the vast amount of live stock
. > |shipped from here 1t is the shipping
= point for farmers for miles around a:
L we'll as the proper place for them t.
do their trading, and this advantage
has led the two feed dealers to carr,
large stock and to quote the loves
living prices Amos Tower of tn
Tower Co. has been in the feed bust
ness here for rs years, having retire
from active management only fey
wears ago. F. B. Tower, who is nov
in charge, has had several years O
Successful experience, having been on
of the partners in the Tower 4 Web
ster firm of young men, who were dc
servedly popular. Scion G. Currier Q
the Crystal. Lake Mills has been i
business at the present stand to
nearly five years, but he has had
lifetime of experience in the feed bus
ness. For Is years he was a flour an
feed salesman for Griswold 4 Pear
which later became GrisWOld q Mo
Kinnon of st. Jchnsbury. For a fey
years he carried on the business in tn
Tower block but sold to Tower & Wei
ster and soon afterwards bought tn
Crystal Lake Mills.
The wagon, harness and farm m;
chinery business Of +. S. Whltche
perhaps illustrates the advantages {
Barton as we'll as any other line {
business in the town. The bushes
was founded so years ago by Ii.
Whitcher, who died in 1908, sine
which time the business has been ca
ried on by the son. Mr.. Whitcner hs
sold more hay leaders and milking m:
chimes than any other man in the coul
ty and two years ago he sold more M
nure spreaders and moving machine
- than any other man in the state. t
is carries a complete stock of harnesse
GU buggy and farm wagons. plows, ha
We rows, moving machines and all kline
of farming tools. Now Vermont is
NJ very respectable farming state ar
ne when Mr.. Whitcher can go out I'M
", the country around Barton and Sc
k more moving machines and manu-
a spreaders than any other man can Sc
)e- in the state it is good recommel
rs dalton for Mr.. Whitcher and for Ba
in ton as a natural trading center.
m If no che else here received state re
,es osnition we might think Mr.. White
he er's success depended wholly upon hi1
10 self without regard to location, b
lse when another man from Barton c;
me sell so many threshing machine
ere horse powers and saw rigs that lea
go; ing manufacturer is glad to give hi