Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-08-23


Doctors Stacey and Shaw and Miss
Mcclure have returned to Springfield
after spending several weeks at the
Stacey-BaldWin cottage in Crystal Lake
Grove.
Ariel Gardner, who is working at
Littleton, N. H., was at home a few
days last week with bruised knee,
the result of an accident, but returned
Friday.
Rev. w. A. Warner was at New
port, N H., Sunday, where he
preached in the Congregational church
there. Rev. A. B. Blake supplied for
Mr.. Warner.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Percival have
been occupying the Smith cottage at
Willoughby lake for the past two
weeks, where they have been enter
tanning friends.
The Moxie gold leaf car. an adver-
town this week. It is quite a freak
car and is said to have cost over $1,000
for the gold leaf alone.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Cutting leave
today for Croydon, N. H, to attend an
| Old Home Week celebration there, it
being the l50th anniversary of the
settlement of the town.
/ Mrs Esther Titus, who sold her
restaurant in the F. w. Baldwin block
on Main street soon after the death of
| Mr.. Titus, has repurchased the busi-
ness and took possession Monday.
The library will be moved the first
| of Il IL
Davis block to rooms over the Monitor
office. No books will be let out after
Saturday until further notice
Carl Hamblet, who is in the employ
of Cross-Abbott, is taking a week s
vacation, the first he has had in four
years. He is spending the time at the
home of his parents on Church street.
Eddie Wilder of Mortified, formerly
a major league ball player, and for
one season a member of the Barton
ball team has been secured to umpire
the ball games at the fair this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mears and son, Robert,
of Mansfield, Mass, and Miss Edith
Allen Of Montreal are guests at the
Misses Mays for a week. All these
people have been former guests here.
Someone broke into the Normandy
Cafe Monday night by breaking of
the lock at the back door. No money
was left in the cash register and the
thieves secured only some cooked food
G. L. Hutchins says that if the party
who took watch from the top of hi!
show case Monday will return it tt
him or to George E. Jennings before
Saturday, she will save herself any
trouble.
A kitchen shower was given Mis-
Ida Pauquett at her'home Wednesda,
evening, about 35 of her friends beinf
present to enjoy social evening ant
= to extend their best wishes to tn
bride-to-be.
? Henry Damon has the foundation
, completed for a new house on High
: land avenue. Mr.. Damon is a railroa,
carpenter and expects to complete hi
f home before his three months leave o
absence is up.
5 Wilmer Daniels, formerly employ et
at the Webster mill, and now at Skin
ner, Me-, where he is running the stor
for the Skinner Lumber company, wa
at his parents home in Westmort
,, and visiting friends the past week.
May shore has again become tn
objective, during the present no
weather period and the small boy
: two-inger sign each afternoon is mucl
in evidence. Few towns in Vernon
can boast of so fine bathing beach O
a better bath house.
DR.. and Mrs. w. F. Gilman, former
ly of this place, but recent. resident
of California, were in town last week
a They are visiting in Bloomington. bu
expect to spend the winter with DIR
2 Gilman's sister, Mrs. Edith Comstock
in Bridgewater, Mass.
' Two officers from st. Johnsbur,
: have been hired by the village to hell
5 police the town during fair week an,
r an officer is stationed on all the princi
! pal corners. A new ruling this seasol