Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-11-15

Misses Mildred Larabee and Mar
jorie King are spending the week
with the formers relatives in Canada.
The weather for the past week has
been remarkably warm and summer
like for this season of the year in
northern Vermont.
Regular meeting of Crystal Lake
Grange Friday evening. Election of
officers, followed by box social. "a
dies bring boxes.
The Barton postoffice advertises the
following letters for the week end
ing November 18th. Maurice Laboun-
ty, Bert Pelkey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Comstock and
twins of Montpelier and Mrs. Ethel
Smith of Barre were weekend gtlests
of Mrs. P. M. LABEL.
The Legion boys of Barton Post re-
port very bad neglect and respect
for Armistice day. Only one small
flag was seen in this village.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. w. Nelson and
daughter, Mrs. Harold Nelson, and
son of Bath, N. H., recently visited
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Knighten
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolphus Valley are
result Of rheumatic trouble which has
troubled them for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A Scott and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Flanders and son of Newport were
weekend visitors at A. L. Wilcoxl
The whist party at Hotel Barton
friday evening for the benefit of the
Jarton Golf Club was well attended
and a pleasant evening was spent.
Miss Ina Paige leaves Thursday
for her home and work in Mexico
City, stopping in Akron, Ohio, for a
short time with her brother, Harland.
VESSEL, Nickel & Gross have pur-
chased the property on Cemetery
avenue of Ora Willard, who is MAX
ing his home in Tarpon Springs, Fla.
G. S. Webster, Ralph King and W.
A. Tower were in Burlington Satur-
day to enjoy the football game played
between U. V. M. and Norwich univer-
sity
Mrs. F. r. Hastings was notified
Monday of the death of her father,
P. Hamilton, of Charlo, N. B. Mrs.
Hastings has gone to attend the fu-
neral.
Barrows & Pierce have recently
purchased of I. A. McRitchie an Ar
cola steam heater and are installing
same in the Barton Improvement
clubrooms.
Sam Hastings of Boston has rented
barn number one at Roaring Brook
park and will bring seven horses here
for training on December 1st. Has
tings is young man well spoken Of
by horsemen..
Mrs. A. D. Abbott is in St. Johns
bury with her son, Wallace, for a
few days. Her daughter, Hazel, has
fine position in a Boston art store
decorating cards and lives with her
brother, Alvin, in Somerville.
Two recent weddings at the Meth
odist parsonage were those of Har-
ley w. Stevens of Newport and Mona
A Bickford of Orleans, on November
5, and Guy E. Vinton and Cora Har-
dg, both of Newport on November IL.
At the annual n eeting Of the Bar
ton Cornet Band held Wednesday
evening, November 8th, the following
officers were elected: President, G. L..
Hutchins; manager, II. H. Drumming,
secretary and treasurer, j. M. Blake;
conductor, A. &. Owen.
The hearing before Judge W. M
Wright Tuesday between Mrs. Clara
Johnson VS.. Mrs. Frank Gilman for
wages amounting to nearly $100 was
well contested by their respective
lawyers, Reirden and Thompson, but
no decision has been rendered.
Mrs. F. w. Cutting returned from
Springfield, Mass, Tuesday night
where she has been for several weeks
with friends. Miss Hart, who has
been with her the past summer, was
quite badly hurt at Claremont juno
tion getting onto an electric car, and
much time was given to her care by
Mrs. Cutting while away.
Owing to the building of cement
retaining dam at Echo pond in
Charleston by the Clyde River Power
company, water was held back from
our plant last week and voltage was
low ard some heavy power users
were cut off for few days. There is
a better fowage again at the plant
and the current is much better again
and no further trouble is anticipated.
Mrs. A. M. Ruggles, 78 years of
age, one of our oldest citizens, who
was married in Cabot 60 years ago
last Saturday, came to Barton Sc
y
on Park street, only three or four on
Elm street, three on Lincoln avenue
and very few on the east side of the
railroad track. She has seen the
town grow into a very modern, up
to-date village with it's many i'm
provements and advantages.
The following hunters have been or
are out of town for the past ten days
as reported: O. H. Messman, Eugene
Rash, Geo. Jennings, Tom Harring
| ton, Reuben Mason, Parker Barrows,
Tom sRedington and Alvin Bryant at
Norton; Clyde Heath, John Frechette
Merrick Hanson, Ross Wright and
Milton Lyman, at Wenlock OF these
hunters several have returned home
and report poor hunting season
with few deer. John Mcclellan and
others have also been out.
The Ladies' Society viii meet for
social afternoon in the Congrega-
| tional church parlors on Friday, No
vember 18th. At 6 o'clock an oyster
supper will be served and the public
is cordially invited. Children under
IL years 80 cents, adults, 40 cents