Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-28
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
l. B WELLMAN Local

evening. Congressman Henry of Tex
as was advertised to appear but for
some reason Mr.. Quinn was substituted
and proved to be an orator of no mean
ability. There are other rallies in
prospect for all three parties.
Golden Rule Lodge, No. 5, F. and A.
M. with other Masons, will go down
the lake to Owls Head on Monday,
Sept. 2 The ascent of the mountain
is planned with degree work in the
natural lodge room on the summit.
Steamer leaves Newport at 8 a. m.
The round trip fare will be rs cents.
Those who do not ascend the noun
tain can take trip about the lake in
stead.
A special freight train of thirteen
cars, carrying about $780, worth of
binder Irvine. passed through Newport
Thursday This shipment was con
signed to parties in Winnipeg. Man.
by the Plymouth Cordage Co., of Ply
mouth, Mass. The expense of this
was $1,000 over and above the regular
freight charges, and it was run on
express time. H. w. Hobbs, N. E..
agent of the Canadian Despatch, and
Mr.. Libby. of the Plymouth Cordage
Co., accompanied the shipment to
destination.
The Fifth Annual Cruise of the
Memphremagog Yacht Club, which
occurred on Tuesday of last week, was
favored with beautiful weather, and
all who participated had a most de-
llghtful trip. The fiotilla was in com.
mand of Commodore Geo. F. Root and
formed at the clubhouse, about 10
a. m. The number of boats starting
from the clubhouse was smaller than
usual, but those from down the lake
sWelled the number to about 80. A
picnic dinner was served, on the
grounds of Gen. Butterfield's summer
home at Lake Park. No special pro.
| gram had been arranged, but several
interesting races between the fast
| boats were run, and upon the return
to the clubhouse a dance was held
which concluded the festivities.
The attendance at Barton fair from
this vicinity was as usual very large,
especially on the second day, when the
morning train took twelve coaches to
accommodate the crowd. All seem
satisfied with the exhibition in gener-
al, but particularly with the flying
| 0S~t.eo VI AAA. DCoCuCys WulCu 0ACc0U-
ed the expectations of all who had not
been observers Of any feats of avia.
ton. F. L Patterson and F. l..
True had an exhibit of the True &
Blanchard line of Monarch sugar tools
and apparatus at the fair and report
very satisfactory results from their
endeavors. The Sherbrooke fair opens
the last of this week and will draw
some patronage from town. as will
also the Lamoille Co. fair at Morris.
vile. which IS now in progress.
Co L, VT. Natl Guard, returned
Monday from the joint manoeuvers
around New York city. The company
was numbered with the blue army
that defended the city, and although
the experience was one of the hard.
est the company has gone through,
the boys acquitted themselves with
credit, the First Vermont Regiment
being compared favorably. by the
Commander General, with the soldiers
of the regular army. During the
eleven days. maneuvers, with excess
sively hot and damp weather, and
very long. hard marches, no member
of Co. L fell out of ranks, which is a
record hard to equal, even by s'regu-
lars. These results show painstak-
ing care on the part of the company
officers. both in the selection of men
for enlistment and their training after
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