Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-05-14

perhaps presages much further &C
! tivity in the granite business in Bar
| ton.
ed to this country recently, and is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sheldon.
N. NJ. Lewis of Northampton,
| Mass, is in town for a few days on
business. His son, Neal, who was in
| the 26th Division in overseas service
| has returned
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Hawkins and
their son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Hawkins, left Saturday for Thetford
where they have purchased a farm
and will make their home.
James Durkin, recently returned
from overseas service, who has been
visiting his sisters Mrs. Cornelius
Buckley and Mrs. Jerry Buckley here
returned to his work in Boston Sun
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Rush, who
/ have been stopping at o. H. Moss
mans for a time, have rented the
Redfield cottage at Willoughby lake
and gone there for the summer.
Mrs. E. W. Barron, vice president
of the Vermont Branch of Woman's
Board of Missions, was in Derby
Line last week to visit contributing
society of the Vermont branch.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Campbell of
Newport are the happy parents of a
daughter, Margaret Scott, born Fri
day. Miss Ruby Campbell of New
/ York City is caring for the mother
and child.
F. B. Flanders of Portsmouth, n.
H, has purchased the c. B. Webster
house in this place. Mr.. Flanders
has been the income tax man in this
vicinity and will find a welcome in
Barton.
Have you left your gift to the Sal
walton Army needs at the bank? Bar
ton is asked for definite quota and
it is largely left to the people to see
! if they will do their duty without
solicitation.
Mrs. C. E. Hibbard returned from
two weeks stay in South Royalton
on Monday evening. She was ac-
companied by her daughter, Mary,
who has been working in Randolph
several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Goodro are in
Burlington to attend the state meet
ing of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
Frank Chesley will have charge of
the Independent Telephone exchange.
A stranger in town Saturday visit
ed the acadamy ball game on. the fair
grounds and expressed his surprise
at the profanity heard there among
the young people. When it comes to
mere matter of speech, let US not
allow strangers to carry away the
impression that Barton is a vulgar
place.
In the September IL, 1905 issue
of the Monitor it is noted that E.
W. Barron advertises that a So bill
buys barrel of the best pastry, all
round or white winter wheat flour
milled in America. Times have
changed and S5 bill will soon buy
but a quarter of a barrel we are
told.
One of the pleasant events of the
week took place at st. PauTs Roman
Catholic church Monday, when Miss
Agnes Kilgallen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. W. Kilgallen of Elm street,
and John Morley of Craftsbury, were
united in the bonds of holy matri-
mony by the Rev. FIR. Hagan of Or
numerous and valuable gifts from
their large circle of friends. After
trip to Boston and Philadelphia and
other places, they will be at home on
Elm street where they will receive
and entertain their friends.
1t must have been the same Uncle
Toms Cabin shov in Mortified that
was in Barton recently, and this is
the way the Mortified News de-
scribes the show: Little Eva was a
dear, sweet and refined and a good
actress. Uncle Tom had a dialect
unknown in this section. He was
awful. Eliza talked as she appeared,
Ianguid, and struggled through her
lines The hit of the evening, or at
least the one that attracted those IN
the box seats, was the green stock
ings, with a bransack for an over
garment, with the addition of a
fiaring green bow on the alleged uni
form. Harriet Beecher Stowe would
have turned green with envy could
she have gazed on these green stock
ings."
The Afternoon Study club met with
Mrs. H. r Cutler May 8. Twelve
members and a visitor were present
The topic for the meeting was
V-LaTz-