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J BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1913
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Vol. 42 No. 9
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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be inserted for less than twenty-five cents.
FOR 8ALR.
FOR SALE Green cut bone for
Poultry. R. P. Webster, Barton. 4tf
FOR SALE
hay baled.
Glover.
Twelve
T. J.
tons early cut
Telfer, West
9 lOp
FOR SALE Two Jersey Bulls ready
for service from Registry of Merit
cows. D. G. Speir. Greensboro. 6-9p
FOR SALE Sawdust at our
Browningtan mill. As large load as
you want for 25 cents. Chandler
Company. 6tf
TO KKAT
TO RENT
Tenement.
H. T.
2tf
Seaver, Barton.
TO RENT Tenement on Highland
Ave. All modem conveniences. S.
T. Lester. 52tf
TO RENT A tenement with modern
for a small family. E.
M. Holtham, Orleans.
7tf
TO RENT Tenement, six rooms
and pantry, cellar, store room, wood
shed, bathroom, hot and cold water,
spring water, furnace, electric lights,
cook stove with house. F. W. Bald
win, Barton. J 50 tf
WANTLI.
WANTED Ten teams to draw logs
to Lawrence mill, Glover. R. D.
DwinelLj 49 tf
WANTED Man to work on farm.
Married man preferred. R. A. Dut
ton, Orleans. '9tf
WANTED Man to work on farm.
Good pay for the right man. II. A.
Cleveland. Orleans. tf
W ANTED Capable girl or -woman
to do housework through sugaring.
Mrs. G. B. Fulton, Trasburg. 9-10
WANTED Calf skins, dead calves,
hides and all kinds of sacks. Will
pay highest cash price. J. Goldfield,
Barton. 6 9
WANTED At once, man to drive
team. No objection to man with
family. O. A. Parker, Irasburg.
9-10
WANTED Live poultry. For Sale,
chicks. Eggs, dollar setting, six a
hundred. S. C. Reds, brown, white
Leghorns, Young's best stock. Elrick,
Express Office, Barton. 7tf
rtlfeCKT.l.ANEOUS.
NOTICE Take your stock to the !
yard, Feb. 24th and Mar. 10th. W. E.
Hanson, Barton. 51tf
FOR SERVICE
Yorkshire boar. C.
Thoroughbred
H. Blood, Barton.
6tf
SUGAR LABELS Order them
early Our popular two color labels
with state seal cover the law fuliy.
500, $1.25 postpaid, cash with order.
May be part sugar and part syrup.
Monitor Press.
Good Roads Talks by Government Man.
The good roads movement of the
County received an impetus last week
when J. H. Dodge, superintendent of
road construction in the United States,
lectured in various towns in the
county upon the way to make good
roads and proper maintenance. He
spoke in Newport Thursday evening
and Albany Friday. evening and Glover
Saturday evening. As a preliminary
he stated that goofi roads and improved
agriculture were closely allied, a
community couldn't have one without
the other. In order that the farmer
may practically market his pwoducts
he must have a good road pass his
property. Mr. Dodge's practical talk
was weld illustrated by 80 stereoptican
views. The varied treatment of roads
in different soils and conditions vas
shown. The history of road making
from Napoleon's time to the present
was outlined. Although Napoleon's
Toads were the most costly they have
withstood the ravages of time and are
practically as good ls ever at the
present day. The macadam idea was
shown to be the best road of the pres
ent era, although the lecturer appreci
ated the practicability of the gravel
road in Vermont. (We wish it had been
the summer season aad Mr. Dodge
couM have taken an auto trip over the
Derby Line road or other stretches of
our good roads in Orleans county.)
His foundation diagrams demonstrated
that proper drsinage was one of the
greatest essentials in permanent road
building. The subtle working of
water under and about a roadbed
means sure destruction. The attend,
ance was fair and undoubtedly many
interested in road building received in
valuable information.
Congregational Church Notes.
There was a fine attendance at the
C. E meeting Sunday evenirrg. The
meeting next Sunday will be Jed by
Mr. Warner.
The Fidelity class will meet at the !
home of Rev. W. A. Warner Tuesday
evening, March 4th, at 7 :30 o'clock.
Will each member please come pre
pared with points for the Suggestion
committee and with Scripture refer
ence or sentence prayer for roll call
response.
Barton Academy Notes. , '
Exams this week.
The spring vacation of two weeks
beg ns Friday, Feb. 28.
Washington's Birthday exercises
will be held in Mrs. Jennings' room
Frilay afternoon.
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
Winds Up Its Affairs Saturday Morning.
Campaign Publicity Bill Smothered.
More Tax Measures Idled.
The most costly legislature Vermont
ever had adjourned sine die at 8 o'clock
Saturday morning, after having been
in session 119 days. The total cost of
the legislature of 1912 13 is nearly
$200,000, as against $145,000 two years
ago. Each member of the legislature
received $476 and mileage for his serv
ices during the 119 clays.
The chief act of the closing hours of
thtTlegislature was the smothering of
the campaign publicity measure.
There had been marked disagreement
between the House and the Senate
over this measure,' and last night the
committees of conference got together
and agreed on a proposition to be pre
sented to their respective branches.
The senate on its part accepted the re
port of the conference, but the house
refused to ratify the proposal, one ot
the stumbling blocks being a provision
to prevent the publication of newspa
per articles for pay, although owners
of newspapers could say whatever they
wished.
-Mr. Aldrich of St. Johnsbury' fav
ored the bill as did Mr. Locke of Bar
ton but it was opposed by Mr. Jose of
Johnson, Mr. Cooke of Lyndon and
others and was killed 116 to 90.
Another feature of the closing hours
was the act in reducing the appropria
tion for the weights and measures de
partment from $15,000 to $13,080.
Another tax measure was brought
out and discussed but was kilted.
No more will we have protracted
town representative contests, as uov-
ernor Fletcher has signed the bill mak- ;
ing the election by plurality alter
three failures at majority election.
The popular election of United
States senators was rati hod by the
just ciosed legislature and a concilia-
tion and arbitration board is provided !
for. A referendum has been provided
for on the direct primary and many
; other important measures passeu ;s;heduled to appear here in the lec
! which we have not the time and space ! tare course March 14. cannot fill his
to enumerate here, in tne course ol :!
a few weeks every suoscriber will re-
ceive an official copy of the bills
passed by the legislature as a suppJe-
ment to this paper.
At the close of the legislature a num-
ber of the officials
ous gifts. Harry
were made geiier-
A. .Black ot New -
port, chief clerk of the house, was .giv
en a handsome watch and Rev. M. W.
Farman of West field, chaplain of the
senate was presented with a purse of
money. A permanent organization of
the legislature was made, C. A. Plum-
ley being made president. Mr. Locke !
of Barton is tae member from Orleans j
county on the executive committee.
The senate also organized and Mr.
Blanchard of Newport was made one of i
the committee of three on the execu- :
tive committee. j
The Or leans -county members of the !
General Assembly of 1912, organizea !
Feb. 21st by electing Senator E. (.1 i
Blanchard of .Newport, .president; H. i
A. Robbins of Newport, vice presr-1
dent ; O. W. Locke of Barton (Or- j
Jeans) secretary and treasurer, and an
executive committee of three to act in
conjunction with the other officers as
follows : Mr. Robinson of Westmore,
Mr. Flint of Brownington, Mr. Lathe
of Craftsbury. A midsummer reunion
is now contemplated.
A photograph of the Orleans county
group was taken and the Monitor
expects to use the picture .soon.
Teacher' Examinations.
"The public examinations of teachers
will be held at West Charleston and
Derby Center in the graded school
buildings Feb. 27 and 28. 1313.
M. R. JCelley,
Supervisor of Schools.
Petit Jurors Drawn.
r oiiowing is tne 'tist oi petit jurors
just announced Dy uounty uierk uush
man, for duty at the County icourt to
convene at Newport M arch 11th, viz:
C. E. Andersen
W. W. Bailey
H. H. Bartlett
F. A. Buchanan
H. H. Bailey
R. M. Rowley
G. D. Burrows
Amora Crawford
Glover
Westfield
Newport
Irasburg
Greensboro
Derby
Brownington
Newport
Lowell
Glover
S. R. Chase
H. E. Clark
G A. Dean, P. H. Duke
W. A. Elliott, J. J. Labell
Fred Foss, P. G. Stone
J. H. Gilmore
Erwin Gallup
N. W. Gray
Jas. Hinton, Chas. Niles,
Bert Kennison, H. X). Peck
S. W. Keith
Barton
Coventry
Albany
Morgan
Jay
Holland
Charleston
Troy
Newport
Lowell
Irasburg
Westfield
Craftsbury
Charles Kelley
Henry M. Kennersoa
A. J. Miller
Geo.'MorriU, C. L. Wheeler
J. D. Olmstead
E. E. Pierce
I. O. Robinson
Greensboro
Barton
Westmore
Herbert B. Tice, L
L. Wiiley Derby
Judge Stanton
will preside at the
March term.
St.
Johnsbury Seeking Government '
Building.
The prospects for a new government
building for St. Johnsbury begin to
look bright. The postoffice omnibus
bill which passed Congress contained a
provision for an appropriation of $100,
000 for the site and building for the
new postoffice building in St. Johns
bury according to the bill introduced
by Congressman Plumley a year ago.
The only other Vermont town to be re
membered in the bill is Brattleboro
where $50,000 is added to the present
appropriation for the government
building. The complete bill, of which
Vermont items are only a small part,
is a large one calling for an appropria
tion of $25,643,800. Of this amount
$2,500,000 is for a new building for the
interior department in Washington.
Successful Entertainment by Schuberts.
The entertainment by the Schubert
club of Barton given in Seaver's hall
last evening was successful from
every standpoint; The program was
enthusiastically received by a good
sized audience who enjoy good home
talent. Mrs. Robinson as soprano
soloist was warmly applauded and
miss laoss reau several seiecuwns wu
a r . . j 1 . i . 4- li
very good taste
The orchestral work K
by the club was probably the best
home talent music of the kind ever
heard in Barton. The duet by Mr.
Potter on the clarinet and Mr. Wheeler
on the cornet was fine and created a
desire for other instrumental pieces.
The public should take pride in the
development of this club and give it
liberal support.
Educational Meeting at Glover.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend the educational meeting and
teachers' conference at Institute hail,
Saturday, March 1. The meeting will
open at 10 o'clock a. m. with the first
year reading class under the direction
of Miss McDuffee At eleven o'clock
there will be an exhibition of arith
metic work by pupils of the second
and third years. The afternoon session
will open at 1:30 o'clock, with a talk
on arithmetic m the upper grades by
I Prin. II J. Stannard. An exhibition
j of authoritative books on Agriculture,
1 Domestic Science, Breeding, Poultry,
i School Sanitation and on many other
I subjects of vital importance to the
! community will be open to the inspec
I tion of all. A Bibcock milk tester
! will be in constant operation testing
milk free for any and ail who wish to
bring samples. A traveling library
ioanea to us by the state
,:ii k :
exhibition. Be sure to
attend this j
meeting. It is your chance to see a
ievv cf tne things that are being done
;n ofhnn1?
inc urw: ..s.
Word has feeen received that Reno,
the great magician, who had been
ttl rw a ,1 i r . f :
New England engagements until April
j acd the Barton date will be April 18.
i The Redpath bureau of whom the
j course was bought offered to fill the
long time between the date of the
Ulast number and the appearance of
j Reno with the famous Dunbar Male
i Quartette at a very reasonable figure
.and give Barton i-Tiday evening,
March 21. This has been accepted
and will be put on as an extra
number. 'This will undoubtedly be
the star concert number of the
course .;and it will surely .draw a
large house. The Dunbars are famous
and are better than ever beforet
Besides the quartette work, there is
orchestra music, bell ringing and
impersonations.
Methodist Episcopal Church Notes.
There will be a union serviee in this
church Sunday evening, Reijr. W. A.
Warner will speak.
The annual Missionary Tea for the
benefit f Home Missions will be held
Tuesday afternoon, March 4th at the
Methodist church. ,The regular
meet
ing of the W. F. M. S. at 3 o'clock and
a social hour after which supper will
be served at 5 o'clock. AM the ladies
of the church are..most cordially invit
ed. BARTON
Rollins McGorty is quite sMk.
Miss Harriet Austin
Orleans.
is nursing in
Slayton Lang wts
last week.
ill several days
C. E. Rollins is in New Yorik buying
new goods.
Alvm Jewell has been suffering
from quinsy sores.
Miss Edith Ruggles was in St.
LJohnsburylSaturday.
James McFarland iias not been quite
OiS well the past week.
Mr. and Mrs H. J. Stannard were in
St. Johnsbory Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah Fox of Brownington is
visiting at S. A. Hunt's.
Hev. W. A. Warner .attended a fu
neral in Charleston Sunday.
Miss May Woodbury, who has been
quite ill the past week, is. better.
Jessie Gorham has returned from a
several weeks visit in Coventry.
A. J. Smith has bought the Frank
Tower farm on the Evansville road.
Miss Anna Karston of Grand Rapids,
Mich., is working in the Titus restaur
ant. Mr. and Mrs. Cfaarles Pierce attend
ed the funeral of his mother last
week.
Rev. M. W. Farman of Westfield
was the guest of friends in town re
cently. s Rev. W. A. Warner attended the
funeral of Carlos Drew at Glover this
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Jenness attended
the funeral of beth Allard in Sheffield
Wednesday
Mrs. Seymer Hunt has returned
from several weeks' visit in Boston
and vicinity.
Mrs. Geo. Findlay of East Charles
ton was the guest , of her daughter
Lillian last week, t '
Mr. and Mrs. Eber Watson of
Burke were callers on friends in
the first of the week.
West
town
Mrs. F. B. Lang went to Barre last
week to attend the funeral of her
uncle, John Patterson.
j Mrs. Margaret - Kelley district
deputy of district No. 6r Rebekahs,
called on several - friends h p.rp Snf-nr.
jday. ; V
AT
s
Seventeen of the 28 rural letter
carriers of Orleans county met at
Barton Saturday, Washington's birth
day and one of the six holidays en
joyed by the R. F. D. men during the
year, for their annual convention.
mq uQ ,ri.;o WOT-o n
-fVl Q -
by their families, who with a tew m
vited guests, including six carriers
from the Caledonia county organiza
tion, made up a company of nearly fifty
who thoroughly enjoyed the day in
spite of rather dampening weather
conditions. But the weather condi.
tions did not in the least dampen the
spirit of goodwill that prevailed and
enthusiasm run high. It. was declared
to be the best meeting the carriers of
the county have had.
E. L. Richard of Newport, president
of the organization called the meeting
to order about 11 o clock and the whole
company joined in singing 'America."
Following this Rev. ivlr. Eddy of West
Glover, a postmaster at that place,
offered prayer and Postmaster C. B.
Webster of Barton welcomed the
carriers to Barton. During the pro
gram of the day the Misses Pearl,
Goldie and Sylvie Jenness, daughters
of B. J. Jenness, carrier on one of the
Barton routes, gave recitations to the
great pleasure of all and one was re
peated for the benefit of late comers.
Other numbers on the program were;
piano solo by Mrs. Adams, vocal solo
by C. B. Webster and solo by Mrs.
Webster all of Bsrton. a song by Miss
Swett of Newport Center was es
pecially pleasing to the carriers as the
words were original and containea a
i . j? 1.1 : x : Ti
- nisi,ory oi i.ne organization, it was
Y,oted to Jiav this made a part of
tne report oi uie meeting. j.ne inree
Jenness girls mentioned above also
favored the audience with a vocal trio
and letters were read by Secretary A.
A. Webster of South Albany from a
number of officers and men higher up
in the state and national R. L. C.
organization.
Assistant Postmaster Wood of New
port conducted a question box on the
parcel post which brought, out some
discussion and the settling of several
points "by reading and interpreting
parts of the rules and regulations
governing this department. Mrs.
Carpenter'read a poem by Amos R.
Wells on the R. F. D, and remarks
were
made by Messrs. Carpenter.
Allen Batchelder, Humphrey, Alexan
der and Parks of the Caledonia county
organization as well .as by Mr. Gilpin
of Barton.
J. C. Carpenter of Irasburg gave
an interesting talk and other remarks
were made upon the subject of good
roads. He said thattnost of the rural
routes are on the so called 'back
roads," roads not given special atten
tion by road commissioners and, that
conditions were often not only irritat
ing to the carriers end destructive to
his team but dangerous as well. One
carrier thought too much money and
attention was given summer roads and
too little attention given the winter
road;;. It was brought out by, Mr.
Carpenter that the 28 carriers in
! Orleans county travel over 700 miles
I pvprv dsiv nr mnrp than 91000 milps
1 . 1 n i n - i r n n lini 1 r- l-i i Y i m t
t uuiiug 4.113 jcai, ixii'xc iiiau cignt niiito
around the globe.
! The old officers, M. L. Richards,
'president; U. VV. Spencer, vice presi-
i dent.; A. A. Webster, secretary and J.
j C. Carpenter, treasurer were reelected
land the former executive committee
j elected.
The meetinsr was held in Odd FeJlows'
1 hall ,and dinner was served by the
i grange. Photographer Roystan took
pictures of the company.
Mrs. C. L. Hutehins' mother, Mrs.
Adams, who has been very ill with
grip, is somewhat improved.
Ephraim Nault, living on the West
more road, suffered a shock Friday.
Mr. Nault is over80 years old.
Mrs. W. M. Wright has been spend
ing several days in Newport caring for
her parents, who have been ill.
The home bakery and lunch room in
the Baldwin building will serve dinner
on town meeting' day, March 4.
Mrs. Peter Plunkett entertained her
sister, Mrs. E. W. Buck of East
Charleston, several days last week.
Miss Ruby Calkins, who has been
teaching in Glover, has finished the
winter term of school and returned to
school here.
Mrs. W. H. Forbes of Lawrence,
! Mass., has been spending several days
with her sister,
Mrs. J. V. Rowen, at
Hotel Barton.
Don't forget the dance at Institute
hall in Glover, Friday evening. Music
by Sawyer's orchestra. Oyster supper
will be served.
Grange meeting Thursday evening,
March 6. Subject for discussion,
"How does the new Parcel Post law
appeal to you?"
Mrs. F. H. Pillsbury went Saturday
to Boston, where Mr. Pillsbury has
been for several weeks and where they
expect to reside. - .
Mrs. H. E. Smith, who has been
1 spending several days at J. W. Murk-
land's returned Saturdayto her jiome
in St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. J. M. Blake was in Newport
Friday evening to sing at the Asbury
Brotherhood Ladies' night as. report
ed in the Newport news. ' N
C. S. Webster was reelected secre
tary of the Vermont State Bankers'
association at the annual, meeting of
that organization in Rutland last
week.
Miss JCiisie .Tease oi btanton, secre
l, (
tary of the young- people's branch of
the W. C. T. U. was the guest ofMr.
and Mrs. A. R. Cowles, en route to
Glover to reorganize the society thire.
She also spQke before the M. E. Sjin
day school oh Sunday. " I
RURAL LETTER CARRIERS
BARTON.
For Orleans County Agricultural Advisor
U. S. Government Will Give $100 Monthly for
Two Years. Organization Being Perfected.
Must Act at Once.
I
Membership Will Be Solicited at All
Town Meetings; Fee $1- Want
1500 to Join.
Following the action of the Newport
Board of Trade in starting the move
ment for a government agricultural ad
visor lor Urleans county , a meeting
was called by those interested at Bar
ton Thursday evening and a local or
ganization perfected to urge the pro
ject to completion. A representative
number of business men and farmers
were out. Frank Parlin, one of Bar
ton's progressive young farmers, was
made president of the" Barton Agricul
tural Association," C. F. Cutler, a re
tired farmer, vice president and'C. E.
Hamblet secetary and treasurer. Del
egates were elected to attend the
meeting for a county organization
when called and a committee was ap
pointed to agitate the
subject and se-
cure members. The delegates were S.
A. Hunt and G. E. Blood. The grange
also appointed two delegates, Mr Par
lin and F. H. Foster.
The question was thoroughly dis
cussed and all were of the opinion that
here was an opportunity
that Orleans
county cannot afford to miss. It is
planned to have local men in each town
solicit membership from all- on town
meeting day. It is desired to get at
least 1500 members who will pay $1
each per year for two years for a
meeting of representation from each
town. This should make the success
of the project sure. Soon after March
meeting a call for the perfection of
to .nnnfu nrtriniT-itinn wi hp issiipri
M11 VX -! X A J t V V W
and officers from che county will be
elected and an advisory committee
with one or more members from each
0la
wv.ii v.iv 1..-V..
. m oruer rogive iuh imorraauuu re- The double team of Exefer Hanna
garding this proposed organization of jof Glover became frightened this fore
an "Orleans County Farm Bureau" I noon while hitched in front of the
r j. i i i . . .
awd the work of the agricultural advi-
sor
this organization expects to
set
through the United States jgovern
ment, the Monitor quotes from infor-
CONTTNUED OS PAGE TWO
Clemma Seaver and Anna Corley
were the guests of their brothers,
Amory Seaver and Frank Corley, at the
TJ. V. M. cakewalk in Burlington last
week.
H. J. Stannard was in
urday evening to operate
Glover Sat
the stereop-
tican for the "Good Roads"
given under the auspices
lecture,
of the
grange.
Miss Clara R. Whitcomb and Perley
R. Griggs, both of Troy, were married
Tuesday afternoon at the Congrega
tional parsonage by Rev. W. A.
Warner.
Mrs. Boardinan, who has spent some
time at the home of A. K. Story, who
is critically ill, left last week or a
short visit to her home in Framing
ham, Mass.
Mrs. Eliza M. Page of Wilmington,
Mass., who has been visiting her
nieee, Mrs A. E. Brunning. spent the
week end with her sister, Mrs. P. H.
Skinner of West Glover.
C. C. Baldwin, who expects to go to
Montpelier soon to look after his inter
ests there, has sold his coal business
here to E. R. Cook, who has been in
the business some time in Barton.
Regular meeting of Orient Chapter,
No. 13, O. E. S., Friday evening at
7:30. Several of the. Grand Officers
and Deputies are expected to be
present. Banquet served at six
o'clock.
The following letters remain un
called for at the postoffice. Please
say advertised when calling for these
letters. Edson Connal, J. D. Kelley,
Mrs. Truman Kittredge, Leon Longe
vine. Bert Pettintrill.
In speaking of one of the ice races
at, St. Johnsbury one of the papers
says: "A horse that attracted much
attention was Chi Ids, a three year old
stallion owned by Lang of Barton.
He Xvas a fine gaited trotter and
trotted one quarter in 341 seconds.
He won in straight heats from Lady"
The Barton horses won honors at
Lyndonville Saturday at the ice races.
Childs, Lang's horse, won in class A
trot and Louise Patch was second in j
class A pace. Highball driven by
Harding went down to beat the track
record of 31J an1 won in 311. Sam
Bean's Wooer won first in class B trot.
Those interested in keeping Barton
in the decisive "no" column should
take pains , to vote on the license
question next Tuesday. Last year the
vote was 82 to 154 showing that some
350 voters in Barton did not express
themselves at all on this important
question. It has been stated by those
believing m the saloon that they
would "catch 'em napping some
day."
The Woman's Lit Tary club held a
most enjoyable Washington party at
the schoolhouse Monday with Miss
Ferrin as hostess assisted by Mrs"
Pierce. Twenty-five members and six
visitors were present, the majority
wearing costume. A program was ar-
FREE SPEECHES AND MUSIC.
If there's lots of talk about the pro
posed "Orleans County Farm Bureau"
in this issue, it's because the move
ment is a live one tnd gaining impe
tus every minute. Orleans county is
going to have a government agricul
tural expert if a reasonable number of
the farmers take hold of the project.
The newly organized "Barton Agricul
tural Association" told about in an
other column, organized to assist in
putting this project on its feet, has
made arrangements to give a free en
tertainment Thursday evening, to-
j morrow, February 27. at 8 o'clock at
which time, M. F. Downing ot Vail s
agricultural school at Lyndonville will
speak. C. W. Richmond of Newport,
M. M. Taplin of Orleans and others
will also talk upon the subject and
every one is most cordially invited to
!come and enjoy the speeches and
j music by the fine Barton orchestra.
It will nil hp frpp and has been ar-
j raT1r(ifi kv Mr. Parlin. resident of the
association Every farmer for miles
around" should avail himself of this
opportunity to get acquainted with
this great movement for the benefit
and uplift of our county.
ranged and the
rooms tastefully
and wafers were
! decorated. Punch
served following a flashlight picture
taken by Mr. Roystan.
The Afternoon Study club met with
Mrs. Barrows. Feb. 20 with thirty-two
members and fifteen visitors present.
Roll call, current events; piano solo
by Mrs. Emily Baldwin; debate: "Re
solved, That automobiles are a detri
ment to business." Affirmative, Mrs.
Nell Barron, Mrs. Mae .Batchelder;
negative, Mrs. Luvia Webster, Mrs.
! Alice Hamblet. It was decided
by a
The
small UldjuilLy ill LUC auuiuauvc
papers on ootn sides snow, a a great
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f1i f vpfni ctnri pnri rpspatvh
j Miss Doris Whitcher favored the club
with a violin solo, acccompamed Dy ner
sister, miss vjeneva un uic jjianv,
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to
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; tnti enjoyment oi an.
ii huire arm uroKe away, running
riown Main strppt. at a tpmfif rafa
, just south of the Baldwin block the
sled carne in contact with a hydrant,
j breaking it off near the ground. The
jteam did not make the turn onto
iG'over street but run between the
tJatchelder block and tne Pierce and
Barrows block into the meadow back
of these buildings, where the horses
stopped, owing to entanglements in
the harness and neckyokes. No seri
ous damage was done to the team but
the water from the broken hydrant
flooded the streets.
I Mrs. Matilda Woodward, wife of
!Eben S Woodward, died Feb. 20 at thp.
age of 77 years, two months and five,
days of heart trouble. The funeral sei v
ices were held Feb. 22. She had been
in very poor health for a long time but
was confined to her bed onlv fnnr
j weeks. She had lived in the home of
her granddaughter, Mrs. Geo. King.
who lives on the River road to Orleans,
for nearly a year and it was her wisri
that her three children should care for
her in her last sickness and everything
that could be done for her comfort was
done. Mrs. Woodward possessed a
remarkable -talent for needlework,
which she never tired of doing and
many, many homes have pieces of her
beautiful work, which will be a kind
remembrance in years to come. By
request of the deceased the funeral
was conducted, by Rev J. M. Burgin
of Newport Center, the burial was at
West Charleston eemetery. Several
pieces of beautiful flowers adorned the
casket.
Considerable interest was manifest
in the wrestling matches in weaver's
hall Friday evening. Four matches
took place and the audience was
treated to some very evenly matched
wrestling. In the Leland-Leonard,
130 pound match, Leland won the two
bouts in three and one half and one
minute respectively. The Burdick
Thorp light weight match was the
only one going three full bouts. In this
Burdick threw Thorp in four minutes
the first time, ThorD threw Bnrdirk
ithe second time in three and onp-half
minutes and Burdick won in two
minutes the last time. In the Jen-ness-Nye
170 pound match, Jenness
threw Nye in three minutes but after
7 minutes on the second bout forfeited
the match to Nye because of noor
wind. In the collar and elbow match
between Marsh and lngerson. Marsh
threw his opponent in eight and one
half minutes and lngerson declared
Marsh the winner without further
bouts.. This bout was to have been
between lngerson and Z. Marsh, who
on account of trouble from an old
injury resigned" in favor of his son.
O. A. Lyon acted as referee and N
M. Hubbard as timer.
EROWNINCTON
LeorTJloss was
town.
a recent visitor in
Linnie Newton
spring vacation.
is at home for the
Alsey Young closed
Coventry Tuesday.
her school
in
Rev.W. A. Warn
at F. E. Newton's.
r recently visited
Little Kenneth Duttnnha
I sick for several days. " M"ILC
Mrs. Vincent, who ha? been quite
sick, is much improve!.
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