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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02
HOTEL BARTON SOLD.

]. V. Rowen has sold Hotel Barton
| to Charles Darling, man we'll known
about the hotel for the past fifteen
years. It may be we'll to note that
Hotel Barton was built twenty years
| ago by syndicate of Barton business
men. who determined that the village
should have good hotel The hotel
cost this syndicate sum in excess Of
S26, 900 but they accomplished their
purpose and Barton has since then
been able to point with no little pride
to one of the best hotels in northern
New England. The first proprietors
men, Elliott & Pattee. who were sue
ceeded by A. w. Mears. Twelve years
ago the syndicate sold the property to
H. F. Pillsbury, and A. w. Mears and
K. D. Burtt acted as the managers for
those years. Mr.. Pillsbury sold to Mr..
Burke. who bought it for his nephew,
J. V. Rowen, who has been the owner
and proprietor for the past ten years.
70 MIR. Rowen belongs the credit of
bringing the hotel back to a paying
investment as we'll as making many
improvements on the property. He
has been most genial proprietor and
well liked by everyone with whom he
has come in contact. In fact John"
is born hotel man.
Charles Darling. the new proprietor
OF the hotel started as porter when A.
w. Mears took over the Elliott &
Pattee lease and has been at the hotel
ever since. He is thoroughly COM
petent hotel man and understands the
trade and conditions to be met at this
hotel second to no other man. There
is no reason why Mr.. Darling should
not have the support of the entire
commercial trade, as he knows all the
patrons, and certainly he will have the
CO. operation of the business men of the
town.. We understand that there will
be few If any changes in the help at the
house and that Miss Clara Looms, who
has been one of the cooks in the hotel
kitchens for more than fifteen years,
is financially interested in the new
management. Most certainly we ex-
pect the new management will receive
the liberal patronage which this
famous hotel has always maintained
and we are very sure that they will
deserve it.
Mr.. and. Mrs. j. V. Rowen will re.
main at the hotel until May, when Mr.
! Rowen goes to Barre to take manage
ment of the new hotel, which is being
built in that city. hotel, by-the-way
which we understand will be the equal
of any hotel in Vermont. Barton
people will much regret to lose Mr..
and Mrs. Rowen and the village will
also lose one of its trustees, who was
again elected at the last village meet
! ing but everyone will join heartily in
wishing them every measure of
| success.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02
Method st Episcopal Church Notes.

Sunday morning the pastor preached
from Nehemiah 6: 80. 81 am doing a
great work, so that / cannot come
down. He magnified Christian serv-
ice, and said that the church needs a
higher and holier conception of the
work - s trying to do He spoke Of
thos il-~e ces and forces in the
VIC - which to draw the Christian
a II 1Ecl ~ost of duty. and
aEed tnas cae safety lies only in
.4.sEaF.ssing Il elity to his task.
zs-es ef SEse> sermon Sunday even
ing, eeso1e "John Wesley, the
Methods 90 was given. Some inter.
esting thing in the life of this great
man were spoken of. It is of particu-
lar interest to us to learn that during
the last year 10000 new members
have been added to the Methodist
Episcopal church.
A Junior League, has been organized
with Mrs. Ranney superintendent. The
meetings are held every Sunday after
noon at $50. Twenty children were
present Sunday.
A1meeting of the primary teachers
of the Sunday school was held at the
parsonage Monday evening to consider
grading this department and using the
graded lessons published by the Metho-
dist Book Concern. This is a step in
the right direction and should receive
the support Of every member of our
church To attempt to teach child
of tender years the selfsame lesson
that you would teach his father or
mother. is absurd to say the least.
Another meeting will be held soon to
complete the plans.
There will be Christmas tree and
Christmas exercises in this church.
The evening has not yet been settled
upon.
The regular monthly union service
will be held with us Sunday night.
Rev. w A. Warner will preach.
You used to attend the Thursday
evening prayer meeting. You brought
inspiration to this service, and you
yourself were blessed and helped. But
after while you began to allow
worldly interests and worldly things
to come between you and your duty.
You said to yourself, Il am too busy
to go. or. II am too tired to CO." and
in short time you had no particular
desire to go. Such is the fruit of
neglect. Why not come to the prayer
meeting Thursday evening? Thomas
missed one of the most blessed and
| inspirational experiences in the lives
of the Apostles because he stayed
away from certain service. Motto
Attend all the services of your
| church.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02
Hubbard BaR Burns.

The Barton fire companies responded
to fire at 1890 p. m. today for a
fire on Highland avenue which proved
to be the Hubbard barn. The origin
of the fire must have. in all probability,
been from electric wires as the fire
seemed to originate in the very top of
the barn. Mrs. N. M. Hubbard and
Mrs. Fred Richmond were the first ar
rivals and united the stock so that the
horses, cows and pigs were not lost.
About Is tons of hay was a total loss
and the upper story was practically
burned off This damage below the top
floor is confined to water damage. 1t
was fortunate that the village had in
stalled new hydrant on Highland av-
enue this summer as the distance to
the former hydrant would have been
practically a thousand feet. Hose
Companies Nos. and did remarkably
good work and the entire fire company
showed that they were able to take
orders and properly handle most any
contingency. The loss is partially COW
cred by insurance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02
FLEXNER ON PARALYSIS
Great Doctor Visits Vermont and alks
about Infantile Paralysis. Fund in
Hands of State Board of Health.

The reason why a prompt and ef-
fectual cure for poliomyelitis Gnfan-
tile paralysis cannot at once be dis
covered, according to DR.. Simon
Flexner of the Rockefeller institute,
New York. who has been in Vermont
studying the disease, is because it is
impossible to treat the brain, spinal
cord and greater nerve centers of the
body with powerful germ killers as
might be possible in the liver, kidneys
or other organs of the body. Pending
the discovery of serum that might
render the human system immune from
the scourge which has stricken down
283 Vermonters during the past year
and caused the death of AZ persons DIR.
Flexner, who met with the state board
of health in Rutland recommended
preventive measures.
1.-THE disease can be prevented,
said the distinguished bacterio]ogist.
"and in time we may discover a
method of propagating the disease in
animals in order to secure a serum,
but just now we know only that the
disease is communicative We know
how it is communicated and we have
isolated the germ. We have also
separated the substance that per-
sons system cultivates when he finally
conquers the germ and makes a
recovery, but we cannot use this from
one person to another.
cit would not be practicable. So
far, we have not been able to induce
the disease in animals as they do not
seem to be susceptible. And so, pend
ing the discovery of treatment, we can
only urge on all physicians the
Importance of informing themselves in
regard to the disease and of prompt
report and quarantine of infected
| cases.
"Poliomyelitis is communicated by
means of the saliva and the discharges
of the nose. Children contract the
! disease. infect their hands. their hands
infect their parents and others, and
the infection is carried to the mouth or
nose and so spreads rapidly unless the
! cases are strictly isolated.
Il should say that Vermont has
made progress in treating the disease,
| CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02

The sOuthbound train reaching Bar
ton at 10. 13 which a former time card
stated would be removed the first of
November still continues to run and no
notification of it's later withdrawal has
been received.
Remember Katherine Ridgeway is
the next number of the lecture course
and the date is Friday evening, Dec.
II. Katherine Ridgeway is great
favorite in Barton and the Monitor
anticipates a full house.
The Batchelder dance at Seaver's-
hall Wednesday night, brought out
very good crowd of dancers, although
very few people attended the concert,
which was given by the Batchelder
orchestra before the dance.
Mrs. James Collision is spending the
winter at the home of J. w. Mum at
South Fairlee. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Williamson are caring for the Collision
home here and Mr.. Williamson will
continue the milk business formerly
run by Mr.. Collision.
"The Third Degree" will be the fea-
ture play at the Gem Theatre Friday
night. The Gem is running these
nights and they are exactly the same
pictures that are attracting much
attention on Broadway, N. Y.
There was quite serious automobile
accident Thursday afternoon at Glover,
when w. E. Hanson had the misfortune
to run into team being driven by
Harland Paige. The sleigh was COM
pletely demolished and Harland Paige.
the only occupant of the team, was
injured.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the postofice. Please say
advertised when calling for these
letters. Mrs. Mary Allen, Mrs. Rhoda
Dutton, Miss Hazel Raymond, Lincoln
Campbell 2, Earl T. Flaherty, VIM. M.
Hall 2, w. A. Jerome, M. E. Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Seaver and
daughter, Miss Clemma, were guests
of Mrs. Seaver's brother, Mr.. Davi-
son, at Craftsbury for Thanksgiving.
Their trip to Craftsbury was made in a
sleigh but twentyfour hours Of sum-
mer temperature compelled the use of
a wagon on their return trip.
man, Reuben Mason, Geo. Jennings,
II enry Elrick, John Borland, Geo.
Woodard. John Wells, A. "A. Cook and
| Dean Mcclellan have returned from
their recent two weeks trip to Norton
| Mills and the nine. men brought back
to town Saturday night six fine bucks.
/ One of them was one of the largest
and finest specimens ever seen. When
a hunting party are able to show two
deer for every three hunters we cali it
some stunt.
Reports from w. A. Roystan, who
went to Montreal last week for obser-
i walton and medical treatment. are that
it was deemed best to operate and an
operation was performed yesterday.
The operation was Of very serious
nature and was to relieve a closed
passage leading to the stomach. Mr..
/ Roystan underwent the operation very
q successfully and is doing better than
3 might be expected from so serious .
trouble. Mrs. Roystan will remain
with him for few more days at least
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02
BARTON

E.P. Wright is home from South
Newport.
Albert Lumbra was at Hyde Park
last week.
Mrs. F. Jay Bates is quite i'll with
bronchial asthma.
Mrs. Robert French visited friends
in town the past week.
Frank Sheldon of Worcester was at
his home here the past week.
Rood E. Fifeld is spending few
days with his uncle, F. S. Fifeld.
Kenneth Hazen Fifeld has been
spending his vacation at Newport.
A. S. Gilmour was in Hanover, N
H., one day last week on business.
The Afternoon Study club will meet
Thursday, Dec. 3, with Mrs. Pierce
Miss Martha Hall of St. Johnsbury
is the guest of Mrs. Orville Rowell
H. C. Wheeler and son, Fay, spent
several days in Boston the past week.
Ralph King of University of Vermont
was at home over the THANKSGIVING
recess.
Miss Flora Dow has gone to West
Charleston, where she is teaching
school.
Crystal lake grange will meet Thurs
day evening at o'clock. Election of
officers.
Mrs. Jane Armstrong of Glover was
the guest of Mrs. H. V. Drown the
past week.
Will Cassidy of Pike, N. H., was
the guest of his mother and sister the
past week.
E.. E. Flanders has moved to his new
home, formerly the Glidden place, on
Main street.
The academy boys are doing quite
an extensive bit Of grading at their
skating rink.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Rowen and Mr..
and Mrs. Forbes went to Barre Monday
by automobile.
Roy Brahana, a Dartmouth student
and B. A. boy, called on friends in
town last week.
Varnum Abbott of Lyndonville spent
several days last week at the home OF
his parents here.
The album quilt to be sold at auction
Friday evening at the fair contains
over 1910 names.
Miss Carrie Jones and mother spent
the weekend with Miss Jones's aunt al
Rock Island, Que.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry WiIkie were
guests of Mr.. Wilkes sister at St
Johnsbury last week.
Bert Adams has added more room tt
his shop on Water street by finishing
off the adjoining shed.
Miss Matte Phillips of the Monito
force spent several days the past weel
at her home in Sheffield.
Geo. King and family were tn
guests of Mrs. Walter Scott of Wes
Glover for Thanksgiving.
Miss Gila Sheldon of Montpelier ha
been visiting her grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sheldon.
Harold Elliott of Groveton. N. H.
has been visiting his mother, Mrs.
w. Elliott the past week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02

A. J. Varney of Middletown, Conn.,,
was the guest of his daughter. Mrs. F.
Jay Bates. the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Smith of St.
Johnsbury spent Thanksgiving with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Elliott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Cook spent
Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs.
Chas. Cook in West Glover.
Mrs. C. L. Hutchins's mother, Mrs
Hunt, has come to remain with her
daughter during the winter
Wallace Bliss and family are moving
to their new home, formerly the Noah
Brooks place on High street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Heath have
rented rooms in the Flanders new
home and will remain there.
Mrs. H. w. Carter has returned from
several weeks visit with her daughter,
Marion. at Springfield, Mass.
Fred Browning has returned from
Barre, where he has been assisting
Geo. Lang at his Barre store.
A number of Masons from Barton
attended the funeral services of DR.. N.
L. Dow at the church in Glover.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D.. Bean of St.
Johnsbury spent Thanksgiving day
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. White.
Regular meeting Of Keystone Chap
ter No. 16, R. A. NJ, next Monday
night. Work in the M. e. degree.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Hazen have
gone to the Alden farm to keep house
for Mr.. Chase. the recent purchaser.
C. A. Barrows & Son advertise a
special sale of women's and children's
coats and suits for Tuesday on page 4.
Mrs. C. L. Hutchins is attending
the convention of the New England
Millinery association at Boston this
week.
A new chimney replaces the old and
somewhat unsafe one at the Home
Bakery in the Baldwin block on Main
street.
Clyde Cooper was at home several
days last week, during the recess of
the johnson Normal school for Thanks
giving.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Will Forbes, who have
| been spending week at Hotel Barton,
have returned to their home in Law
renee, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Bowley of New
port. formerly of Barton, spent Thanks
giving at Mr.. and Mrs. N. J. Caron's
at May Pond.
| Rev. John Stephenson of Lyndon.
vile will hold Episcopal services at
Odd Fellows hall on Sunday evening
at seven O'Clock.
/ G. C. Lang has returned from Barre,
where for the past five weeks he has
been conducting special sales at his
store in that city.
Mrs. E. A. Titus has received tele
gram telling her of the sudden deatl
of her brother, Robert -Coxford a
Pembroke, Canada.
H. j. Stannard is taking busines.
trip to the western side of the state
this week. going to Burlington, Rut
land and Middlebury..
The photoplay Saturday under tn,
auspices Of the bank drew exceptionally
good houses both at the matinee ant
evening performance.
The Woman's Christian Temperanc
Union will meet with Mrs. f. w. Bald
win Tuesday. Dec. 8. at 8 O'Clock
Topic. ''Medical Temperance. Every
one will be cordially welcomed to thes
meetings.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02
WILLOUGHBY

Fred Robbins and family visited at
Frank Robbins's here recently.
Mrs. Geo. Demick is visiting her
sister in Boston, Mass, for time.
Miss Glenn Brooks. also Virginia
Brooks are taking violin lessons in
Barton.
Geo. L. Duke and family of Lyndon
vile We're among the out-of-t town
people here for Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Drown went to
ST. Johnsbury to take dinner with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Drown, Nov. 26.
Miss Mae Wheeler of Westmore
visited the weekend with Miss Glenn
Brooks, also at the home of her grand
parents.
Miss Eta Folsom of East st. Johns
bury, DR.. and Mrs. Clifford of Randolph
spent several DAYS last week with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Folsom.
BRoWNINGTON
Ethel Newton has returned to her
school at East Burke.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Dutton have
gone to Glover to work.
Arthur Davies spent THANKSGIVING
with friends at Topsham.
Miss Eva Day had weeks vacation
from her school at Derby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon A. Ross of
Sheffield spent Thursday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bemis and son, Hugh,
of Barre spent Thanksgiving in town.
Miss Ruby Dutton was at home from
her school in st. Johnsbury last week.
Pomona grange will meet with the
Brownington grange Thursday, Dec.
II.
School at the village commenced
Monday with Miss Laura Whitehill as
teacher.
Miss Alberta Day was home from
Ryegate to spend the Thanksgiving
vacation.
Mrs. Anne Cummings has gone to
Lyndon Center to spend the winter
with her son.
Mr. and Mrs. Allie Grow and son,
Paul, from st. Johnsbury spent a few
days last week in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Cello and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. v. Newton of Lowell
spent Sunday at G.. E.. Newton's.
Miss Durivage, dressmaker from
| Orleans, has been working for Mrs. j.
B. Flint few days the past week.
Henry Newton and Leslie Dutton
| were at home from their school at
Lyndon Center few days last week.
The C. E. society held social at the
| hall Saturday evening. Quite good
number were out and the Family
Album" was shown, causing a good
| deal of fun.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Dutton and Mr..
and Mrs. w. L. Regan will entertain
the Ladies' Aid society at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Dutton by a
calendar party Thursday evening. Dec.
Is.
All of the children of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Newton were together Thanks.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02

FOR SALE-Horses one 14OO Per-
cheron horse. years old; one smooth
mouth Percheron brood mare with
four months-old colt: one three-year-
old Percheron colt. 1850 pounds; one
three-year-old Hamiltonian colt, HOO
pounds. Milo ]. Owen, Barton 4Otf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02

NEW PAINT SHOP at Orleans-Our
new shop. near veneer mill, is COM
your wagons. sleighs or buggies, also
to do interior house finishing. Mr..
Elliott is an expert paper hanger and
has had years of experience. Let us
do your outside painting next spring.
Sargent & Elliott. Orleans. 46tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02

WANTED-Will pay $25 each for a
few extra nice maple logs 14a feet
long and 27 inches or over in diameter
the narrowest way at the small end.
Must be free from all visible defects
including seams, cracks, burls, tap
holes, etc. Also want some smaller
logs to go with the large ones. Write
G. H. Davis. Danville. 46tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02

Miss Bessie r. Converse and Carroll
E. Rash, both of Westmore were mar
ried at the parsonage by Rev. w. A.
Warner on Nov. 25th.
Scan the advertising carefully.
There is beginning to be considerable
Christmas talk and several special
things are advertised.s sy-tY.
Miss Vera Webster was summoned
from Troy to her old position at
Lebanon, N. H., but spent Thanksgiv-
ing with the home party.
g Mrs. Barrows, Mrs. Stannard, Mrs.
Pierce and Mrs. Batchelder attended
the bazaar given by the Ladies' Aid
society at Orleans yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Cutler entertained
MIR. Cutters sister, Mrs. Emily Baker
and family Of West Glover, party of
twelve. on Thanksgiving day.
Raymond Lewis has returned from
West Burke where he has been the
past month assisting his father in his
furniture store in that village.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Drumming were
among the Is guests at the home of
Mrs. Brunning's uncle, Simeon Clark,
at Glover on Thanksgiving day.
Some remodeling and changing of
the electric wiring is being done in
the King block and another tenement
is being wired for electric lights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hall of Lennox-
vile, p. O., were guests of MIR. and
Mrs. Fred Richmond. Both MIR. and
Mrs. Hall were formerly Barton people.
Homer Smith of St. Johnsbury while
here to spend Thanksgiving was taken
suddenly i'll and has been confined to
the home of j. M. Elliott for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. j. F. Batchelder enter
tained Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. True and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Bishop
and daughter of Newport for Thanks
giving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judah Brooks and Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. Labounty are visiting
relatives in Lowell an Nashua. Judah
Brooks will visit his brother in Fall
River also.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Robinson enter
tanned the remaining members of the
Robinson family here in Barton at their
home on Glover street for Thanksgiv-
ing dinner.
Miss Maybelle Gray of st. Johnsbury
was recent guest of Miss Leda
Hawkins. Mrs E. Patrick of ST.
Johnsbury spent Thanksgiving at A.
Hawkins's.
Joe Brooks has done an exceptionally
complete work of masonry at his home
on Water street. building a granite
wall about the place and doing a good
| job of grading.
MIR. and Mrs. Forest S. Fifield enter.
/ tained at dinner on Thanksgiving day
Mr.. and Mrs. John l. Buck and family,
also Mr. and Mrs. James D. Fifield anG
son, all of Newport.
Karl LeBarron of Sherbrooke PLAYED
the violin for the Batchelder orchestrs
at their concert and ball Wednesday
night and Fay Wheeler is now playing
drums and traps with this orchestra.
DR.. F. R. Hastings took his daughter
Bunny" to Montreal Tuesday morn
ing to have specialist examine hel
arm which has given her much trouble
from recent injury through falling.
The vaudeville show at Seaver's hal
on Thursday evening did not draw
large attendance but was considerel
much above the average entertainment
of the kind by those who did attend.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02
LOST

STRAYED OR STOLEN-F1ve year.
ling heifers from the pasture of H. P.
Darling on the Henry Hayden farm.
Any information given will be re-.
warded. II. P. Darling. Albany.
1913
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02

Having rented a portion of the
Pillsbury- Baldwin plant am ready to
store autos. carriages. furniture, etc.
and, do auto and carriage painting
there A. B. Morency, Barton. 47tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-02

FARMERS NOTICE. Will take
stock on following dates, Dec. Id, and
%. Wanted at once, so store sheep.
Dodge, Orleans. Both phones.
1851