Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-09-21

The Mothers club met last Tuesday
Sleeper avenue.
The concrete foundation for E. B.
True's second tenement on SUNNI err
street is all in and work on the super
structure has begun.
James Williamson of the True &
Blanchard Company's store, will soon
go to St. Johnsbury where he will as
s1me the management of an automo-
bile garage.
E. w. Savage, agent for the Cana
dian Fa :iic railroad, here is taking
his annual vacation. During his alb
sence, his work is looked after by
Walter Abbott.
Conductor Charles Hayes, has pur-
chased of Mrs. M. C. Brigham her
house on Central street and will take
possession at once. The reported
price paid is in the vicinity of $4,000.
New concrete sidewalk has been
laid on the south Size of Main street
from the Drew block to the crossing,
and concrete gutter takes the place
Of the culvert at the intersection of
Third and Prospect streets.
paid in Full" at Lanes opera
house Thursday evening. drew only a
fair sized audience, though the play
was worth better patronage. Owing
to waits between acts the audience
became uneasy and the last act was
somewhat abridged. MCauley's or
chestra furnished music.
The Steamer Lady Of the Lake is
tied up for the season and is being put
in shape for cold weather. The per
feet condition for service in which
this boat always is. after more thar
forty years of usefulness is due, .o1
course. to the care taken of, her by the
Boston & Maine railway, which ex
ponds large sum of money in reI air:
each year.
DIR. E. E. Whitaker, who has beer
, in Montreal for an operation for the
removal of cancer on the tongue ha!
returned and is in much better shape
physically than was thought possible
at one time. He is able to talk quit,
> plainly, at least so as to be under
stood, and if there is no recurrence OF
the malady will probably be able to re
sumo his practice. Everyone sincere
ly hopes this may be the result.
= Capt. C. A. Davis and members O
/ Co. L. who attended the state shoe
2 and competition for the Centennia
t trophy at Mortified recently, made
very good showing. The SQUAD wa
made up of the following: Sergeant
I Reed and Percy, Corporal Merrimar
$ and privates Fairbanks, Richart
5 Lawson and Wyman. The first prize
Q ten dollars in gold for slow fire OF
q the 200-600800 and 1000 yard ranges
was won by Corp Merriman, his scor
: being 155 out of possible 200.
e Extensive changes are soon to b
O made in the interior of the local post
J. Office, to better accommodate the mai
!. carrier system and give more room fo
other branches of the work. Up t.
- the present time it has been neces
sary to use the stamp window for
carriers delivery window, much to tn
7 Inconvenience, both of postal employ
ees and public. A portion of the tier O
- boxes on the south wing will be re
moved and a carriers window in
stalled while half of the large ban
of boxes will be taken out and tn
south wing moved forward into tn
public room. The large number Q
patrons now enjoying Tree delivery .
mail renders about half of the boxe
useless. The contract for maxim
these changes has been awarded an
the work will begin soon.
Shortly after noon Friday a sma
house IN Glen Derby was discovere
to be on fire and for time conside
able apprehension was felt for otht
buildings in the vicinity as that pa
of the village has no fire protection
is The Newport fire company was Gale
out after time to assist in the pr
lection Of property there. The hous
which was entirely consumed, W;
owned by Louis Hitchcock and occl
pied by Frank Burns. Mr.. Burns W;
away from home, but his wife MAJ
frantic attempts to save some hous
hold goods. She managed to secu
her money (about thirty dollar