Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-22

Walter j. Lewis and family of St.
Johnsbury visited his brother, "Jack"
Lewis and family on Park street the
last Of the week.
Merrick Winslow went Saturday to
Bethlehem. N. H., where he has
position again this season at one of the
summer hotels there.
Miss Jennie Wilkie has returned
from ten days visit in st. Albans
and is now spending few days with
friends in St. Johnsbury.
Read the opening chapter of ''The
Secret of Lonesome Cove" by Samuel
Hopkins Adams. the famous author, in
this issue. A $1.5O book to be pub
lished in full in the Monitor.
A telephone booth in the passenger
depot here would be one of the small
accommodations which would be appre-
ciated by the general public.
The steel train has been dropping
new rails and beams north from Bar
ton the past week. This heavier steel
will replace the present rails.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Davis and Mr..
and Mrs. A. P Underwood are taking
motor trip to Burlington and will re-
turn via Mortified and Montpelier
Thursday.
Miss Mae Wheeler, Miss Geneva
Whitcher, Miss Hazel Thorpe and Miss
Eva Gilpin. went to Westfeld Friday,
where they took part in C. E. social
and entertainment.
A. A. Larabee motored to Craftsbury
Sunday and returned with his mother
and grandmother, Mrs. Betsey Hoff-
man, "a years of age, who spent the
day at his home here.
At the Crystal Lake House this week
are Mr.. and Mrs. V. E. Marshall from
New York, several local parties, and
for dinner Sunday there was a party
of twenty from Orleans.
Mrs. Israel Valley, who has been
visiting friends in Manchester, and
visited her sister. Mrs. Sophia Valley
at Northwood, N. H., for the past
| week, has returned home.
The Ladies' Society of the Congre-
gational church will serve cake and ice
cream on the lawn tonight. price ten
| cents per plate. A concert will be CIV
en- by the band at 7.30. Everyone in
vited.
Fred Pickel left last week with a
string of twelve horses for Montreal.
where he has several entries in the
races at De Lorimer Park. The bal
ance of Mr.. Pickles string remains
here at the park.
H. w. Carter is building an addition
to his residence on Church street. fin
ishing up several rooms and doing some
extensive plumbing. Later he intends
building large veranda across the
front and one side.
Will Leslie of Portland, Me-. for.
merly Barton boy, has been spending
several days here with friends. Will
has been in the employ of the Parker
Thomas company for several years and
has a very good position.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. K. Zimmerman
returned from their honeymoon spent
at Willoughby lake and the young
couple left for their home at Lancas-
ter. N. H., where Mr.. Zimmerman is
employed on local paper.
Will Taylor of Chicago, formerly an
employee of the Murkland foundry
here, was the guest of his uncle, Geo.
! Katen, the first of the week. Mr..
Taylor is now employed in one of the
sub-electric stations in South Chicago.
The Frank Lang house on Park
street caught fire where the chimney
goes through the jet one day last
week. but fortunately the fire was
discovered Immediately and was ex-
tinguished without calling out the
department.
Mrs. Annie Jewell is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell OF
| Derby. for several days. Her daughter.