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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
IRASBURG SUFFERS FIRE
$35, 900 Blaze. Old Courthouse Gone
Wheeler Estate Suffers Heav-
lest Loss.

A fire which proved to be the most
disastrous of any that has occurred in
lrasburg for many years broke out in
the basement of the C. w. Wheeler
store and destroyed that, together
with the dwelling house, Friday after
noon. The fire was discovered about
4 o'clock. A large crowd gathered
but it was seen at once the store could
not be saved there was absolutely
nothing with which to fight the fire, so
the buildings were soon doomed. From
these it jumped to the old Courthouse
and that was soon in ruins. 1t was
only by the most strenuous efforts of
the men who were greatly assisted by
members of the fire company nnnf Or
cans that the residence of Mrs. B. G..
Pike was saved. Nearly all of the
effects from the Wheeler house were
saved, but very little of the stock
from the store was saved and practi-
cally nothing was saved from the tene.
ment over the store occupied by Miss
Eunice Wheeler. About three o'clock
Saturday morning a second alarm was
sounded when the barn below the Ma.
sonic hall belonging to the G. w.
Wheeler estate was discovered to be
on fire. The barn was full Of hay.
wagons, sleighs, etc, part OF
which were saved. The total loss is
around $4,000, partially covered by
insurance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
Mas ons District Meeting at Barton.

The Annual meeting of the Tenth
Masonic District will be held with Or
leans Lodge, No. IS, at Barton. Mon
day. February Is, at 2:30 o'clock p.
m. A Master Masons' Lodge will be
opened by Central Lodge. No. 81 of
Irasburg At o'clock Orleans Lodge
No. 55 of Barton will work the E. A..
degree and the lecture given by Val
ley Lodge, No. 106 of Orleans with a
review of the work by R. W. David
A. Elliott, G. L. A banquet at SO
cents per plate will be served at 6
o'clock in the vestry of the Congrega-
tional church. In the evening Mem
phremagoG Lo'lge, No. 65, of Newport
will confer the M. NJ. degree, A. H.
West. W. M, with review of the work.
NJ. W. Henry L. Ballou, Grand Mas
ter; r. w. David A. Elliott, Crane
lecturer; r. W. Henry H. Ross,
Grand Secretary and other Grand anc
Past Grand officers are expected tc
be present. A special train will bring
the Masons from Newport and parts
north. returning after the work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

Miss Ferrin and Miss Renfrew spent
Sunday in Newport with friends.
Mrs. c. C. Baldwin has returned
home after two months absence.
Miss Katherine Hinton of Brown
ington is visiting friends in town.
Kimball J. Page and family have
moved into the Douglass Lester house.
Elisha Foster, one of our oldest cit
i'll.
William Collision. who has been
very i'll the past month, is now gain
ing.
Ina Paige leaves Thursday for
Springfield, Mass, for a visit with
friends.
Miss Jennie Asseine of st. Johns
bury is visiting her brother, Joseph
Asseline.
Eva Anderson has had to leave
school for some weeks on account of
sickness.
Henderson M. Nelson has gone 10
Apthorp, N. H., where he has found
employment.
The Barton String Trio will hold a
social dance in Odd Fellows hall or
Friday evening.
Mrs. George Sylvester of Nashua,
N. H., has been the guest of Mr.. anc
Mrs. F. D. Thompson.
The Peerless sale is now on and the
loaded counters and fine bargains are
attracting many custom mers.
WJ. A. McCauley tried his New Mitch
ell automobile last week by taking
trips to Orleans and Glover.
Thomas F. Tighe has sold his poo
tables and business TO Willis O. Cole
who has recently worked at Hote
Barton.
i William R. Webster. wife and fami
\ ly of East Weymouth, Mass. are il
town recuperating and visiting .ela
: tives and friends.
\ The following letter remains un
) called for at the post office: Pleas
,ay advertised when calling for thes
Il letters. Mrs. Oscar Wheeler.
Ralph Church, who has been livinl
at the home of John Teller for mum
ber of years. went to Boston to tn
Bessey hospital last week for an oper
alton for adenoids and other troubles.
That business is booming at tn
tubshop is shown by the fact tina
about fifty men are employed, and tn
output is 1890 butter tubs and cover
a day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
AN OLD ADDRESS FOUND
Long Sought for Address of Pliny H.
White at the 50th Anniversary of
Runaway Pond Found and
Here Reprinted.
Continued from last week.


Strange As it now seems to us none
of the party seemed to have the least
expectation that any considerable
part of the pond, much less the whole
Of it. was about to escape. Though
they had seen the channel undermine
it's walls and deepen it's bed so rapid
ly, it had not occurred to them that
the same undermining process was
going on behind the thin sheet Of wa
ter which poured over the margin of
the pond. The water in the pond was
about six inches deep at the shore,
and continued thus shallow for four
rods, when the depth increased to
fourteen inches, and soon descended
almost perpendicularly ten feet, and
so increased to an unknown depth.
The hard deposit had thus far re-
tanned the waters, but the washing
of the sand from beneath had so
weakened it that it could no longer
support the immense weight. This,
however, was not suspected by those
who looked on, and they were begin
ming to speculate as to how much the
pond would be lowered by the new
outlet. Some declared it would not
be at all perceptibly lowered, others
that it would be lowered foot before
night, and 2 person who hazarded the
opinion that it would be lowered three
feet, was silenced by the emphatic
reply, accompanied by an oath; You
fool, this might run three weeks
without lowering the pond that
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

DR.. F. r. Hastings will speak to
the pupils of the High and Grammar
schools on the subject, "The Blood
and It's Functions" on Thursday Iaf
ternoon at 2 80.
Barton people viii he interested to
know that D. /. Grapes of Lyndon
Vile has traded his hotel there for a
farm near st. Johnsbury Center and
has moved there.
Work is progressing as rapidly as
possible on the new Pillsbury Baldwin
plant at ST. Johnsbury. 1t will prob
ably not be completed SO that the
company can move until spring.
| The Afternoon Study club will Oh
serve their club night Thursday eve
ning, Feb 9th in Odd Fellows Hall.
The members of the Woman's Liter
ary club with their gentlemen are in
vited to attend.
Mrs. G.. A. Bennett of Por tland,
Maine, spent a few days in Barton
sast week ct the Crystal Lake hotel
studying Barton's attractions for a
summer outing. She was accompa-
MED by her maid.
Special meetings of Orleans Lodge,
No. IS, F. and A. M. will he held both
Wednesday and Friday evenings of
this week for the purpose of confer
ring the E. A. degree. Let all Off
GERS of the lodge be present.
One of the chimneys in the Tower
block on the square burned out yester-
day morning, setting fire to the wood
work. Had it not been for the timely
appearance and work of the fire de
partment there would undoubtedly
have been serious fire. Moral, clean
out your chimney.
The worst and only storm of the
winter that could be justly termed g
blizzard hit Vermont the last of last
Iweek. In the vicinity of two feet o1
1 snow has fallen in the past week ano
the train service has been somewhat
tied up. This for the benefit of oul
readers in other climes.
The Epworth League extend a cor
dial welcome to the members of the
Christian Endeavor society to tn
valentine social to be held in the M
E. vestry Tuesday evening mex,
Girls are requested to bring valen
!, tine not exceeding five cents in val
! ue. Light refreshments will b
, served. Admission ten cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
Studio Sold to a. Allyn Bishop

The Walcott Photographic studio of
Barton has been purchased by A. Allyn
Bishop of Newport, who has won fame
as one of the leading photographers
of the east, taking first prizes at some
of the leading professional exhibits in
Boston. and never failing to receive
top notch prizes wherever he has gone
with his work Mr. Bishop has Sc
cured the services of w. A. Rovston
who has conducted the studio for the
past year to take immediate charge
although Mr.. Bishop will himself
spend some time here. The equip
meut will be added to and improved,
and the studio will take rank am ong
the best in the state.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
CRAFTSBUaY

Mrs. L. F. Smith is quite i'll.
Bernice Allen was ill the first of
the week.
Both departments Of the village
school will close tins week Friday.
r. w. Noodle is confined to the
house by illness.
Cora Shields has finished work for
Mrs. N. B. Williams.
Daniel Crowley. who was seriously
i'll last week, is improving.
Mrs. Lydia Patterson from lover is
visiting relatives in this town.
George T. Howard, who as been
seriously i'll in Boston, is reported bet
ter.
The selectmen of this town will hold
business meeting in the town clerk 5
office, Feb. IA and Is.
Rosa Smith, teacher in primary de-
partm ant. was detained at home last
Monday by the illness of her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Spaulding
have rented and taken possession of
the tenement in Harry Emery S
| house.
The donation at the M. E. church
last Wednesday night was a success
in every particular. The proceeds
| were $43. 45.
| The Sunday school class of Miss
Leota Stratton will give a valentine
social in the vestry of the M. Z.
church, Feb. IA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Shields accom-
panied by their daughter Cora plan to
leave the last of this week for Haver.
hill, N. H., where they expect to
make their future home.
NORTH CRAFT SBURY.
Miss Cora Shields has finished work
at N. B. Williams
| A. J. Smith is among those i'll with
| the grip at present.
Miss Pearl Burdette is working fol
Mrs. N. B. Williams.
Joseph Mullaney from st. Johns.
bury was at home over Sunday.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
Methodist Church Notes.

The mid-week prayer meeting will
be held as usual Thursday evening at
7 80.
Rev. w. B. Dukeshire goes this
Wednesday night to Concord to give a
lecture.
The subject for next Sunday morn
ing's sermon is "Reasons Compelling
Us to Believe in the Literal Resurrec-
tion of Jesus"
The subject for the Epworth League
cations of Neighborliness, Leader,
Miss Cora Mossman.
The Odd Girls society served a
baked bean supper at the church din
ing room~Feb. 3. The proceeds of the
supper and dues were $14.75.
Next Sunday evening service will
commemorate the birth of Lincoln.
/ The subject of address, The Peer
less Leader" Special music and
other exercises.
The pastors morning sermons upon
the Apostles Greed continue in inter
est and heIpfulness. The specia!
subject Sunday morning was the
words, "Suffered under Pontius Pi-
late, was crucified dead and buried"
At the union service Sunday eve
ming Rev. Mr.. Dukeshire spoke con
corning "Harriet Beecher Stowe and
John Brown" their incentive and in.
fiuence. Slayton Lang, C. L. Hutchins
and c. S. Webster assisted in the
musical part of this service.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
BARTON

Carl Jewell was home to spend Sur :
day. 4
Ruth Burnham is seriously i'll witt
pneumonia.
Thirty-two degrees below zero Mon
day morning
H. A. Glazier is in quite feeble
health this winter.
J. V. Rowen went to Boston last
week on business.
H. F. Pillsbury has been critically
all for a number of days.
Gail and Ruth Forrest have been
sick but are some better.
Mrs. Archie Wilkie, who has been i'll
for few weeks, is much better
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
County Tuberculosis Exhibits.

- AS per advertisement in this paper
by the state board Of health, tubercu-
losis exhibits VIII be held under the
direction of the state board of health
at Academy hall, Derby, Feb. 18th,
Charleston town hall, Feb. 18th and in
the opera house at Orleans, Feb. goth
with illustrated lectures in the eve
ming. Everything is free to all. The
exhibit has been neld in other parts
of the county previously and is very in
tPresling and instructive.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
ST. Paui's Church Notes.

Father lie Blanc was quite i'll with
the grip the first Of the week.
Forty Hours devotion will take
place at the church, Feb 18th, 10th
and 17th. Services each day will be
as follows: First mass will begin at
5 80 a. m.; second Mass, 80; third
mass, 1880; fourth Mass, $50; fifth
mass. 9 80; sixth mass, 1000. Eve
ming mass for each day will begin al
7 80.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
Telephone Lines Merge February 20.

The Monitor has been informed that
the merging of the Passumpsic teIe-
phone lines and the old Peoples com
pany lines will take place Sunday
Feb. 19, and chat on Monday, Feb. 20,
one central Office in Orleans. Newport
and North Troy will be dispensed with.
1t is understood the readjusting OF
rates will take place little later.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

Monday evening Archie Buswell had
surprise birthday party. A large
company of his friends were invited
and had very pleasant time Every
member of the party was cordially
welcomed by the hostess, Mrs. A. T..
BusWell; refreshments were served
and the party broke up about nine
O'Clock, all feeling they had had a
very pleasant time.
A party consisting of Eli Flanders,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mcfarland. MI.
and Mrs. Mark Brunning anu Clara
BusWell went to Derby Center last
Wednesday to institute Rebek n
Lodge. There were ten cnarter mem
bers and seventy-six candidates, NJ.
ii. Brunnjng is the district deputy
Of the encampment. Mrs. James NC
Farland is the district deputy of the
Rebekahs.
WlLLoUGHBY.
B. G.. Berry is very much better.
Glen Brooks visited in Orleans last
| week.
w. T. Brooks children are on the
sick list.
E. C. Drown spent the day in st.
Johnsbury recently.
Will LaFoe from Barton is drawing
logs fo the Willoughby Company.
| Mrs. Victoria Stone of Lyndonville
visited at the w. w. ard l.. Company
boarding house over Sunday.
w. D. Young is doing quite an ex.
| tensive paddle business here, having
about all the orders he can fill.
Mrs. Julia Drown spent the weei
with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Brooks
| on account of the children Deing i'll.
F. P. Thrasher, who was called tc
| York state by the death of his broth
r. Judge Thrasher, returned Saturday
night.
H. j. Brooks took flying triI
dow the mill stairs Friday receiving
some bruises. The boys Say Better
take the time and walk down Henry. ;
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
Congregational Church Notes.

The pastor will continue his series
of Sunday evening talks on 1.-The Re-
turn of the Exile,' which are drawing
such large crowds, next Sunday eve
ming.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

FOR SALE-At our electric mill,
Rrownington, sawdust, Is cents per
load, large or small. At Orleans MILL
one horse load so cents. two horse
load rs cents. We have 5CG CORDS
slabwood 4 feet long at Brownlngton
mill a so at Irasburg mill at 81, 5O per
solid cord, good for sugar wood ne
z. L.Chandler Company. oztt
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
EAST CHARLESTON
Additional items on another ps

Additional items on another page.
School closed in Echo district on
Friday, Feb. 4th with Miss Ruth
Calkins as teacher. Pupils having no
absent marks we're: Ila Drown Lyle
Hopkins, Ruth Trip, Ruby Trip and
Ray mond Tongue.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

statesmen WANTED to look af-
ter our interest in Orleans and ada
cent counties. Salary or Commission.
Address the Harvey Oil Company,
Cleveland. o. Twp
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

FOR SALE-On account OF poor
health | wish to sell my store-a VII
loughby located near railroad station.
New England and Citizens phone, pay
station and post-office connected: For
terms call on or address b. Z. berry
Willoughby. o.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

WANTED-to hire, 200 acre farm,
stock and tools included, in vicinity
of Irasburg. Address W. l.. Fulton, 19
Highland street, Ward 19. Boston,
Mass. Asp
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

FOR SALE-Good building lots
overlooking Crystal lake, of VARIOUS
sizes, location and prices; also other
locations. Inquire Of George -Good-
heart, Barton. ooCl
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head at t,co cents per word for first 1nsertl On
and one cent per word thereafter. Cash must
accompany the order. No ddUertisem ent aCtU
be inserted for less than Twenty-Five cents
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08
Here 1t Is.

MIR. Editor =
The ladies of the place feel that you
owe the people of this village a pub
lie apology for printing the trash, you
cannot call it poem, that you did
print last week signed by W. E. Sher-
burne. We people here in the village
who know the parties let it pass for
what it is. but to people outside it
conveys the idea that our streets are
unsafe for ladies to travel after dark
and also think that even if such
things were true, it is no credit to
any public paper to print them. Our
streets are as clean for ladies to be
upon as any village street and clean
er than great many. | go home
from my work every evening any
where from nine to eleven o'clock.
(as any lady CAM and have never met
with any but civil treatment. I think
the gentlemen of the place must feel
as Indignant as the ladies, for it is an
insult to them even more than the
ladies and for this we feel an apollo
gy is due US.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Amy l.. Anderson.
| Glover, VT, Feb. 7, 1911.
The Monitor is glad that the people
of Glover resent this poem (?) and
will say in explanation, not defense
OF publishing it, that when Mr.. Sher-
burne first appeared with this poem(O
we pointed out to him the very points
made in the above letter: that the
! affair was purely local and the publ
I cation OF it would give the town IN
necessary defan4atory publicity, that
the verses as such had no merit what
ever and that besides it had all tht
! earmarks Of venting personal spite
through public channel. We drew
up few lines Of prose containing
warning against iawlessness in gener
al, submitted them to him and t0l(
him that if it was thought necessar.
to publish any thing, this would bette
go into the Glover locals With thi
we sent him home. A few days late
he appeared again and said the Glove
town grand juror thought the poem
would have the effect of possibl
keeping some from committing acts O
lawlessness, that be thought it bette
than the few general lines we ha
penned, and ought to go. Upon thi
we made him sign this so called poem
which he did hot want to do, and afte
further argument showing that w
thought the whole matter uncalled fol
, consented to publish it. Possibly
we had known Mr.. Sharburne and tn
circumstances then as we know thel
now we should have tiatly refused t
publish it at all. AS stated above tn
Is an explanation rather than a d.
tense of our act in the matter and "
trust is sufficient apology to the pc,
pie of Glover. ed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

WANTED-You to read A. B.
Speir's 1vertisement on another
page Of this paper. by
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

FOR SALE-Gasoline engine for
farm use at less than one-half origl-
nal cost. Just right for all round use
on farm. Can be seen in operation
at W. B. Bullock's Printing Ottlce'
Newport, Vt. u
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

WANTED-Work by young lady il
a small family. Mabel Sanborn. Or
leans. lWI
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

FOR SALE-Green bone for poul-
try, R. P. Webster, Barton. 2tf
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FOR SALE-Empire cream separa-
tor, Buckley Brothers, agents, Barton.
39tf
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FOR SALE-Second Hand Sugar
tools. wooden sap buckets, galvanized
sap buckets, sugaring oil rig, galvan .
lied gathering tank, at low prlce.
Ray P. Webster, Barton. 4Cl
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

FOR SALE-Drv cord wood and
block wood. Buckley Brothers, Bar
ton. 4oIl
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

TO RENT-Tenement for small
family. J. Goldfeld. Barton. Twp
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

FOR SALES tons good early cut
hay. M. D. Newton, Brownlngtoh'
Peoples phone. 4CI
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TO RENT-Two tenements, G. A.
Katen Barton. OIL
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FOR SALE-The Sam French place,
the Chaplin place, the Will Drew house,
All in Glover village. All are IN good
repair and fine residences. W: =.
Sherburne, Glover. 4tI
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

TO RENT Small tenement. In
ouire of Harley Marsh at the Or.
Skinner house. OIL
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FOR SALE-Two horse tread power
drag saw rig and grain separator
cheap. VIM. and John Baird, Barton,
r. F. D. op
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FOR SALE.

FOR -SALE-Harnes at Fletcher's.
Orleans. 44tt
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TO RENT

TO RENT Tenement, Mrs. II cy
Robinson, Barton. oCI
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WANTED.

NOTICE-Will take stock Jan. 23rd,
Feb. 9th and goth. W. E. Hanson,
Barton. 49tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

The entertainment of the lecture
course will be given Monday evening,
Feb. 13 by the Jesse Pugh concert
company which is composed of Mr..
Pugh and two ladies. Misses Lothrop
and Kellogg, all of whom are artists
widely known in the Iyceum field.
That this entertainment will be of a
high order, there can be no question
and those who are privileged to at.
tend are sure to be pleased. Tickets
will be on sale at Davis store.
Whereas-The all wise Father has
seen fit to call one of our sisters, Mrs
A. P. Bean, from her earthly home to
the Heavenly one.
Resolved in her death, her
husband and son are called to mourn
the death Of devoted wife and a
kind mother, and Pomona grange a
faithful member.
Resolved-That we hereby extend
to the husband and son our heart felt
sympathy in their bereavement.
Resolved-That we shall long cher
ish the memory of her kind and cheer
ful words. her noble patience, and may
her example invite US to a better liv-
ing.
That copy of these resolutions be
sent to the husband and son of our
sister and copy be placed on the rec
ords of this grange
Mrs. Will Dutton,
Mrs. M. E. Calkins,
Mrs. S. nj BickfOrd
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-02-08

DIR. F. r. Hastings will speak to
the pupils of the High and Grammar
schools on the subject, "The Blood
and It's Functions" on Thursday Iaf-
ternoon at 2 80.