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Vol. 42 No. 30
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913
Single Copies 5 Cents.
Orleans
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Advertisements will be inserted nndei this
head at two cents per word for first insertion
and one cent per word thereafter. Cash must
accompany the order. No advertisement will
be inserted for less than twenty-five cents.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE My residence on Park
St. Inquire of A. C. Chester, Barton.
12tf
FOR SALE Full
ter tools with chest.
Farland, Barton.
set good carpen
Mrs. James Mc-30-32
FOR SALE Sawdust at our
Brownington mill. As large load as
-you want for 25 cents. Chandler
Company. 6tf
FOR SALE Fine maple sugar in
ten-pound pails at 12 cents and linseed
oil at 55 cents per gallon. F. W. Bald
win, Barton. 30tf
FOR SALE Three-year-old gelding,
also yearling colt. Would exchange
for yearlings or cows. Roy Long,
West Glover, Vt. lwp
FOR SALE Beautiful Edison home
phonograph with 12 two-minute and 12
four-minute records, beautiful oak
cabinet holding 200 records, but little
used. Cost $70.00, for only $45.50.
Lang's Jewelry Store, Barton. 29tf
FOR SALE Genuine Edison Home
Phonograph with 12 two-minute rec
ords and 12 four-minute records, horn
and all eauimnent in perfect order
used only three months for only $33.,
regular, price $55. Lang Jewelry
Store, Barton, Vt. lw
Watch for Brown Tail Moth.
H. L. Bailey of Bradford was in
Barton last week. He stated that he
made an inspection of the lights of the
village for brown tail moth but found
none but he urged everyone to be on
the lookout for them. The brown-tail
moth is now in the flying stage and peo
ple of this vicinity should be on the
lookout for it. The moths are pure
white except the tails, which are
brown as the name implies. They
spread from tip to tip about an inch
and a half. They are likely to be
found flying about lights or clinging to
the poles or buildings to which the
lights are attached. They may also be
found depositing masses of eggs on the
leaves of apple, wild cherry or the
other trees which they infest. Last
year this pest was round m button,
and it is important that every effort
be exerted to prevent its spread fur
ther north. The caterpillar of the,
moth is not only very destructive to
fruit and shade trees, but also causes
a highly discomforting itch, when it
comes in contact with the human
skin. If moths are 'located in this
town the fact should be reported to
H. L. Bailey, Bradford assistant to
the commissioner of agriculture, in
charge of insect suppression. The
caterpillar common to this section this
summer is the tent caterpillar, and C.
O. Ormsbee, tree expert says in two
years the tent and forest caterpillars
that have proved such a nuisance this
year will have . entirely disappeared.
His reason for this prediction is that
the tiny parasites that devour the
cocoons of these worms are getting in
their work. There are but few living
cocoons of next year's brood left and
by the following year Mr. ' Ormsbee
believes they will all be dead.
'PHONE MONOPOLY IN VT.
Special Counsel Report to Governor that
They Find Vermont in Grip of Trust.
Relief Ordered. Companies
Reply.
FOR SALE All my household goods
consisting of chamber suits, tables,
stands, dining chairs, odd chairs, car
pets, rugs, cabinet Glenwood range,
nearly new, three-burner oil stove
with oven, refrigerator, 1 black wal
nut parlor suit, sewing machine, 1
rubber trimmed hand made driving
harness. 2 buggies, sleigh and 1000 !
other articles. Cheap for cash or
good paper. Sale closes Monday night,
July 28. M. H. Lewis, Glover St.,
Barton. lw
TO RENT
TO RENT Furnished
Powney, Barton.
rooms. Mrs.
30-33p
TO RENT Two tenements in the
Nelson house, all modern conveniences,
reasonable price. H. R. Cutler,
Barton. 29-30p
WANTED.
Congregational Church Notes.
Rev. W. A. Warner will take his
vacation the first two weeks in August
and there will be no preaching services
in the church August 3 and 10. The
C. E. meetings will be held as usual.
Twenty-one attended the early morn
ing meeting of the C. E. society on
the heights near L. M. Hubbard's
house Sunday morning. The morning
was ideal and the service, led by Miss
Glemma Seaver was interestine, and
much enjoyed. It is expected others
will be held at this hour in the near
future.
Episcopal Mission Notes.
next Sunday
hall at 10.45
at
a.
Modern
m. All
WANTED Competent cook. Mosh
er's Restaurant, Barton. 29tf
Services
Woodmen's
welcome.
Friday, July 25th being St. James'
Day, Fr. McKim will conduct short
services at his camp at 1 a. m. and
5 p. m. All welcome.
WANTED Live poultry. Eggs not
over week old. Elrick, Express office,
Barton. 18tf
HELP WANTED A woman to do
housework in family of three. Mrs.
F. C. Williams, Newport. 25tf
WANTED You to train for and ac
cept a good position. Write for partic
ulars. Nashua Business College, Nash
ua, N. H. 29-43p
WANTED Highest market price
paid for firstclass dairy butter. Large
dairies solicited. G. M. Hassam, Ayer,
Mass. 26-31p
. LOST.
LOST July 11, heavy hitch rope
with leather neck strap on West
Glover road to Barton. Mrs. C. W.
Cook, West Glover. 31-32p
MISCKTLANEOUS.
See adv. wool carding and hand spun
yarns. . 25etw
WARNING A note for $125.00
signed by G. E. Newton, dated in Sep
tember, 1911,has been lost. The public
is warned against buying or selling
this paper should it be found. 29-31
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Will give instruction in vocal music at
my house on Eastern avenue. Marion
G. Redfield, Barton. 26tf
Maynard Foster was in Northfield
last week to visit Norwich University.
Mrs. Nettie Rand Miller of Stone
ham, Mass., is visiting at Verne Miles's.
Mrs. McGoff and daughter Beatrice
are visiting relatives in West Charleston.
Mrs. Amanda Foster of Evansville
is at
time.
Mrs. Delia Willson's for some
Mrs. Mary
been visiting
Cook.
Hadlock of Troy has
her sister, Mrs. H. P.
Miss
list.
BARTON
Annie Wright is on the sick
Harland Paige, is spending a short
time in Sutton.
r- C. C. Baldwin was in town for a few
days last week.
A. C. Chase was in Hyde Park on
business Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Powell and son
Richard called on friends in town last
week.
James Colhson, who has been ill
with pneumonia, remains in a critical
condition.
T"k TIT 1 m. -r .
rercy w. uowies or JNew York is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
K. Cowles. .
Mrs. F. B. Lang has been entertain
ing her sister. Mrs. Julia Young of
L-raitsbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rines of Srjring
field, Mass., are guests at Wm.
Pawney s.
The V. I. S. picnic at Mrs. E. W.
Barron's camp was well attended and
much enjoyed. . ,-
Mrs. T. S. Sinclair of West Lebanon.
JM. Jd., is spending the week with Mrs.
E. G. Baldwin.
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Mrs. C. A. Currier and daughter
Josephine of Philadelphia are at Mrs.
Susan Currier's.
Mrs. W. M. Wright has been visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Black in Newport.
As mentioned last week in these
columns, a report ' has been made to
Governor Fletcher by W. R. Graham
of Bellows Falls and E. A. Cook of
Lyndon, special counsel to the gov
ernor and clothed with authority as
special investigators for the public
service commission. This telephone
inquiry was made on account of com
plaints concerning service and rates
made to Governor Fletcher by tele
phone subscribers in Orleans and
Caledonia counties. They have ex
amined substantially all the - telephone
companies doing business in the state
and they find that the New England
Telephone and Telegraph company
owns or dominates the entire telephone
situation in Vermont, partially by
ownership of stock and partially by
certain alleged vicious and funlawful
traffic and purchasing contracts.
These contracts give the New Eng
land company con trol over the rates,
supplies used, transmitters and re
ceivers furnished, and territory occu
pied to such a degree as to be unlawful
and monopolistic. 1
They find that all information that
would be of any great value, so far as
figures are concerned, is confined to
the Boston office of the New England
company. They find unfairness in the
division of tolls," unfairness in the
method and manner of bookkeeping
and covering up of gain for the pur
pose of showing a lack of profit in the
business, they say the New England
company advised them to hire a corps
of accountants to audit the subsidiary
companies' books, and have refused
and neglected to furnish them with
important information, facts and
figures and copies of contracts and doc
uments requested by them.
They find that the American Tele
phone and Telegraph company controls
the New England company, the West
ern Electric conmany and other com
panies with which the New England
deals and through the New England
the subsidiary and connecting compan
ies in Vermont, and that such control
by the American Telephone and Tele
graph company vitally affects the
business in this state, and in this
connection suggest that a national
investigation is needed.
Upon request of the officers of the
New England and subsidiary compan
ies, a hearing was granted at St.
Albans, at which managers, officers
and general counsel of the New England
and subsidiary companies were present.
but no person was present with any
information as to the expense of build
ing, equipping and running a tele
phone business.
The investigation discloses that sub
stantially all of the independent
companies as well as connecting
companies have kept their lines in
good repair and made a very satisfac
tory profit upon much lower rates than
those charged by the New England
and subsidiary companies. This, the
investigators say, is all the more sur
prising when it is considered that the
independent and connecting companies
receive substantially no benefit from
toll business. They find that a tax of
4 per cent upon the gross earnings of
the New England company is exacted
by the American Bell company in pay
ment for, so far as they are able to
discover, nothing substantial except
transmitters and receivers rented to
the New England company ; that the
entire gross earnings of the New Eng
land company for the year 1912 was
$16,136,288, and for Vermont for the
same year $380,118.66. The investiga
tors finally recommend that the burden
in the first instance ought and should
rest upon these public utilities to
satisfy the public service commission
that their rates, charges and business
methods are fair, just and equitable ;
said- commission having been estab
lished by law to protect the public
against unjust, unfair and unreason
able practices, charges and rates.
They recommend a 20 per cent
reduction of toll rates and a substan
tial lowering of rates for subscribers'
rentals that ought to be put in force,
and also recommend such orders by
the commission as will prevent any
increase of rates, tolls or charges and
any limitation of free zone territory in
the future, without the consent of the
public service commission.
It is recommended that the public
service commission order the following
rates for telephone rentals in Vermont :
Valuable Horse Lost by Fire.
A disastrous fire, in which two of
our townsmen, S. M. Bickford and H.
A. Harding of Barton, were heavy
losers, occurred at Delorimier Park,
Montreal about 7 p. m. Friday, "July
18th. Mr. Bickford, with . W. F.
Wormwood of Woodsville, N. H.,
were owners of Baron Forest, a su
perb black horse, for which they paid
$5,000 in Kentucky a year ago last
April, and for which they had refused
$8,000 and were holding him for
$30,000. His sire, General Forest,
was sold for $20,000 and sent to Jtaly
in 1910 Mr. Wormwood also lost
High Ball and Sam Rice, the combined
value of which was about $13,000.
The loss to Mr. Bickford arid Mr.
Harding, in harness and blankets was
in the vicinity of $800, besides all their
clothing, which was considerable, as
they expected to be away for two
months, making the usual circuit of
New York and Vermont tracks. The
origin of the fire is unknown and the
total loss, not including the uniden
tified horses, is estimated at $25,000.
WILL NOW HAVE FAIR.
Reorganization to be Effected Tomorrow.
Grounds Will be Purchased by Stocl
Company Containing About 350 Mem
bers from All over the County.
Rev. C. A. Adam to Leave Irasburg.
The Rev. Chauncey A. Adams of
Irasburg, has accepted a call to the
Congregational church of Danville,
succeeding the Rev. J. F. Schfielder,
who has gone' to Windsor. Mr. Adams
is the son-in-law of the Rev. Henry
Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, and was
formerly in Y. M. C. A. Work there.
He will begin his pastoral duties in
September and until then the church
will be supplied by the Rev. E. J.
Ranslow of Sea Breeze, Fla., a former
well known Vermont clergyman.
There is no doubt now about there
being an Orleans County Fair held this
fall, although the exact dates cannot
be given out until after tomorrow.
The people of Orleans county have
come to the rescue of the county fair
by subscribing liberally for stock in
an organization for the purchase of
Roaring Brook park and the holding of
fairs thereon in the future. The
organization is to be perfected tomor
row by the subscribers for the stock,
notice having been mailed to every
subscriber last week that a meeting
would be held at Seaver's hall, Barton,
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock for
the purpose of electing officers, decid
ing on dates for this fall's fair,
adopting by-laws, etc. It is anticipat
ed that there will be something doing
immediately following the . meeting
toward booming this fall's exhibition
and the people of this section may
watch for the dates and the news.
Although the time is short, with ap
proximately sou urieans county men
personally interested and enthusiasti
cally behind the enterprise, a good tair
may be looked for.
The matter of purchasing the
grounds and reorganizing on a county
wide basis, so successful elsewhere,
has been discussed for a year, but only
until lately was a determined effort
made to carry the idea out. Fifteen
or 20 of Barton's business men. after
subscribing liberally themselves with
The members of the Ladies' society
are invited to hold their annual basket
picnic at Mrs. tsarron s cottage on
Thursday, July 24. Boats will start at
10 o'clock. Members may invite "one
guest and should provide their lunch
and coffee cups. In case of raii, an in
door picnic will be held at the church
parlors and a musical and literary pro
gram will be given.
When trains are due, and time mails
are made up at the Barton postoffice.
SOUTHBOUND
Train due Mail leaves office
7.06 a.
1.21 p.
4.42 p.
11.58 a.
4.49 p.
6.05 p.
8.03 p.
m.
m.
m.
NORTHBOUND
m.
m.
m.
m.
6.45 a. m.
1.00 p. m.
4.20 p. m.
11.40 a. m.
4.20 p. m.
5.45 p. m.
7.40 p. m.
At the adjourned school meeting
held Tuesday evening, July 15th, the
special committee appointed to for
mulate plans and get estimates for
the remodeling of the old school build
ing made its report, and after lengthy
discussion of various projects rela
tive thereto, the meeting was ad
journed till August 19th, when it is
hoped some final conclusion will be
reached. Everybody is urged to bear
the date in mind and to make a special
effort to be present.
The tables were ccmfcrtrl ly filled
at the supper at the Ctngr g ational
church Wednesday evening of !a.st week
given by the boys of the C. E. society
and a large number weie served ice
cream and cake on the church lawn
during the evening while the band ren
dered a fine concert. The supper was
served at 6 o'clock and consisted of
Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Friday in Johnson.
Barrows visited
Miss Flora Dow is visiting in St.
Johnsbury and Mclndoes.
Miss Shrader and Miss Gallup of
Montreal are at Elma May's.
Mrs. F. K. Powell has returned from
Island Pond for the summer. '
iA daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. H. R. Marsh July 20th.
Zelora Marsh is" in Canada for sev
eral weeks visiting his brother.
Mrs. G. C. Lang goes Thursday to
Laconia, N. H., for a few days.
Miss Lizzie Bryant of Brownington
is visiting Mrs. Edith Comstock.
Mrs. E. L. Gaskell of Bethel visited
last week at A. P. Underwood's.
Miss Pearl Wilmot of Lyndonville
has been visiting Miss Mary Urie.
Miss Belle Fairbanks of West Burke
visited Miss Hazel Thorpe this week.
W. W. Reirden was confined to the
house the first of the week by illnesc.
Mrs. Murray McFarland and daugh
ter Ruth are visiting in St. Johnsbury.
Miss Ethel Dunbar and Miss Nellie
Davis of Lyndonville have been visiting
at N. D. Martin's.
Mrs. Geo. C. Lang has been enter
taining her sister, Miss Dorothy Slay
ton, the past week.
Mr.' and Mrs. H. R. Barron and
daughter Dorothy spent last week in
camp at Stone Pond.
Miss Cordelia Page of
guest last week at the
brother, K. J. Page.
Hereafter the M. W. A. will meet in
Odd Fellows hall the first and third
Fridays in the month.
Mr. Fisehiin of Porto Rico has been
visiting Mrs. Fischlin and Mr. and
Mrs. Harley Wheeler. ;
Mrs. M. A. Fuller of Boston and
Miss Osha' of Randolph are at Hotel
Barton for some time. '
Boston was a
home of her
Business, T party, , $33.00
Business, 2 party .24.00
Business, 4 party 21.00
Business, more than 4 party 18.00
Residence, 1 party 24.00
Residence, 2 party 18.00
Residence, 2 to 6 party 15.00
Residence, more than 6 party 12.00
After Gov. Fletcher had studied
the report of Mr. Graham and Mr,
Cook he addressed a letter to the
public service commission in which he
says:
-uonaitions as described in the re
port of these gentlemean make it im
perative fdr the state to obtain relief
for its citizens, and I wish to express
my belief that it is your plain duty to
take such steps and to issue such or
ders based upon a liberal and reasona-
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Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hutchins have
been entertaining her brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Hunt, this
week.
Miss Avis Brewster and Master Irv in
of Boston and Morton Stanley of Wal
tham have been visiting at Harlow
Foss's.
(Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Lamberton and
son btanley are taking a carriage
drive to Woodbury, Bethel and Marsh-field.
H. P. Baldwin has purchased Fred
Percival's summer cottage and will
repair and alter it somewhat exten
sively. Austin Kimball of New York and
Mrs. Charlotte Johnson of Newark, N.
J., have been at Hotel Barton for sev-
eral days.
Mrs. H. B.- Orcutt is visiting her
uncle, Edward Ufford in Marshall,
Minn.; and friends in Chicago and
Wisconsin.
Miss Lydia Colburne has been enter
taining her niece, Mrs. S. M. Couch of
Manchester, N. H., and friend, Mrs.
Geo. Heald.
Ralph King got quite a fall from his
wheel Friday evening when the fork
oroKe. ms iace ana one hand were
badly bruised. k
John McLellan and family, Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Cutting and Miss Clara
Underwood spent part of the week at
Willoughby lake.
Mrs. Althea Pierce and Mr. and Mrs.
D. Pierce leave tomorrow for a ten
day trip by automobile to Portsmouth,
N. H., and Boston.
he weather the past week has not
been very good for haymakers but a
much better crop is being harvested
than was expected.
Mrs. Geo. R. Scott- of Troy, N. Y.,
whose girlhood home was in Newport,
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. W.
Barron, for a week.
Bernard Young of Texas and Mrs.
Charles Young and children of Bloom
field, N. J., have been visiting their
aunt, Mrs. F. B. Lang.
H. P. Baldwin of Springfield; Mass.,
has been in town for a few days and
leaves Monday for his regular trip
through the middle west.
Fred Campbell and Miss Sadie Seele
of Haverhill, Mass., spent several
days recently with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Whitney of Mil-
ford, Mass., and Miss Mamie Weed of
Melbourne, P. Q. , are visiting their
aunt, Mrs. L. M. Hubbard.
E. W. Barron, executor, has sold
the Elisha Foster place on High street
to W. F. Mitchell ; of Orleans, who
takes possession immediately.
Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Stevenson of
Los Angeles are guests at P. L. Web
ster's. Mrs. Stevenson will be re
membered at Miss Lula Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rollins are en
tertaimng his mother. Mrs. Rollins's
mother, .Mrs. Forsythe, and grand
others in town, volunteered last week eans an? a fine spread of good things
a. jl ' o- -i rv , . tn TA XX71 fn tncm Trio ct-nni r rr itt r
to give their time and effort to a whirl
wind, county-wide campaign to distri
bute the rest of the stock over a wide
territory. Consequently several auto
mobile loads of Barton's business men
started out Tuesday of last week to
various parts of the county, and they
found deep interest in every quarter in
maintaining an Orleans county fair.
It should be understood that the ld
association did not own grounds but
has rented them from F. B. Lang
since Mr. Lang bought them of the
late F. T. Holder a number of years
ago and the old association was limited
to 25 members with a capitalization of
$2500. The shares of stock in the new
organization are set at $25, thus insur
ing a wide distribution of the stock.
The Barton men who have made this
tour of the county request that the
Monitor state it has been impossible to
visit everyone, owing to the hurried
manner in which the canvass . has been
made. Undoubtedly there are many
who would like to take a share of
stock for the sake of making this a
successful county affair and there will
probably be an opportunity for such
to subscribe, now or later.
,H. J. Stannard, Rev. W. A. Warner
and J. F. Batchelder spent the first of
the week at Stone Pond.
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Several automobile loads of Crafts
bury young people were in town Satur
daynight for the band concert.
Ruth and Karlene King of Passump
sic recently visited their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Williams.
- Mrs. E. F. Dutton has gone to Wil
loughby lake to spend some time with
her sister, Mrs. A. D. Chandler.
Mrs. A. T. Buswell and Mrs. A. M.,
Vercoe are in camp at Crystal Lake
grove for the rest of the summer.
C. C. Elliott of Derby has purchased
the property of Dr. A. T. j Buswell on
Lake View avenue and is moving in.
Gertrude , S. Taller of New York,
designer for the Peerless Mfg. Co. ,
was a recent guest at F. W. Cutting's.
Raymond Harvey is recovering from
a fracture of the bone of the upper
arm occasioned by a fall from a horse.
mother, were also recent guests.
Lena Dewey Nichols of Winchendon
Mass.,- was married July 16th to R. H.
Cheney of Manchester, N. H. Both
parties are well known in Barton.
The band concert in the park Satur
day evening was very enjoyable. The
boys have some fine selections this
summer. Be liberal with your cheer
ing. ;
Miss Alice Foster: district deaconess.
conducted two very acceptable services
at the M. E. church Sunday and will
have the services in charge next Sun
day. :... .; . ;
. Mr. and Mrs. J. -G. Fischlin have
been taking a trip to Buffalo, Niagara
fans and the Thousand Islands. Mr.
fischlin returned this week to New
York. '.';.
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mrs. kj. Liewis noitnaus and son
Lewis, of Baltimore, Md.. who are
spending the summer in the north
were guests of Miss Lida Warner the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bean of Lowell.
Mass., Miss Carpenter of Boston and
Mr. and Mrs. H, L. Dean of Mont
pelier have been at Hotel Barton for
several days.
Mrs. E. A. Wheeler and Harlan
Wheeler of New Britain, CdHh., and
Mrs. H. D. Allbee of Littleton, N. H.,
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Baldwin for some time.
F. E. Ryder has opened the Gilman
M. X - X 1 AT 1
restaurant in xne assiay djock oppo
site the passenger station. The rooms
have been put in fine shape and the
public should pay the place a visit.
Mrs. Cora White of Massachusetts
has arrived to spend the summer in
camp in crystal Liane grove.. She is
accompanied by her son and daughter,
Leon and rriscilla.
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xne ioi lowing letters remain un
called for at the postoffice. Please
say advertised when calling for these
letters. Kenneth L. Hazen, Mrs.
Lilla P. Libbey, Andrew LaClair.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Marsh have
moved to Enosburg Falls, where Mr.
Marsh has a position in the milk con
densing factory. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh
will be greatly missed by many friends
in town.
Five young horses owned respective
ly by F. S. Whitcher, W. P. Barrows.
C. L. Shores and Fred Jackman were
killed by lightning in the Jackman
pasture near West Glover some time
ago and were found only this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rowen and Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Barrows went to Mont-
pelier on Tuesday .where a meeting of
Shnners of Mt. Sinai Temple was held
and adjourned for a trip next day to
Burlington and Ausable Chasm.
Harry Graves of Sherbrooke visited
this week at G. H. Davis's. Mr.
Graves is now in Barre, where he will
become local manager of the sales de
partment of the Buick machine and
will later be joined by his family
there.
The Woman's Literary club held
their annual club day picnic yesterday
at the outlet of May brook. Twenty
members and four guests were present
and while pleasure was the order of
the day, yet many questions for the
good of the club were considered and
reports of Federation work giveiu ;
- There will be a meeting of the Vil
lage Improvement society at the li
brary, promptly at seven o'clock on
Thursday evening. Estimates of the
cost of the work to be done around the
railroad station will be furnished and
it is important that members be pres
ent. ' Mrs. Lydia F. Dwinell, grandmother
of A. D. Abbott, quietly celebrated
her 94th birthday Saturday, July 19th.
Mrs. Dwinell, -who was born in
Sheffield, has spent most of her life in
Glover. She has now in her possession,
blankets which she wove herself and
for which she spun the yarn, also the
wheel and loom on which the work was
done. She is in practically full posses
sion of - her faculties, attends to
various small duties, goes up and down
stair3 without assistance and assures
us that she takes much pleasure in
reading the Monitor. " Her many
friends congratulate Mrs. Dwinell on
a life lived in a manner that would en
able it to span so many years. .
to go witn mem. ime evening was
certainly enjoyed by all who attended
and demonstrated that the boys can
make a success of whatever they may
turn their hand to. Most of the credit
for the success of the entertainment
must be given to Gustavus Burdick
who had the matter in charge.
M. H. Rowell and Robert Otley of
the Lowell, Mass., fire department,
and who are visiting friends in town,
made a shawl one afternoon last 'week
which is an especially interesting piece
of work. The shawls were originally
made by the Japanese and the method
was learned by a fireman and passed
around among the firemen of New
York and, so on to other cities as a
pastime while waiting calls. . The
work is done on a frame by means of
a hook, with which half-hitch knots
are made with double knots around the
outside, 7400 being the whole number
in the shawl mentioned. It is especial
ly beautiful when completed and would
require a much longer time to make a
shawl of the same size with crochet
hook or knitting needles.
WILLOUGHBY
Orrin Lunt is our new grocer.
Miss Etta Folsom is at home for the
present.
Miss Winifred
for a time.
Kimball is at home
G. F. .Wheeler is doing his haying at
his old home at Undercliff.
Trefly Laclair is working for F. F.
Kimball through haying
Remember the service at the school
house Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Gilbert Gray from Lyme Center is
working on the railroad section for O.
E. Gray as is also Burleigh Kimball.
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Gray and daugh
ter, Effie, made a business trip to
Stanstead Plain Wednesday of last
week.
Isaac Laclair is at home helping his
father do his haying. We are sorry to
see Mr. Laclair's health is not as good
as usual.
ALBANY
Glendon Goddard is
Park.
visiting in Hyde
Elba Miles is visiting her brother in
Windsor.
Augusta Eldridge Z is sick with
pneumonia.
Four of James Hamilton's, children
are sick with fever.
Will Turner was home from South
Ryegate over Sunday.
Rev. Goodrich has returned to his
home in Jefferson, Ohio.
Edward Miles frcm Montpelier is
visiting his son, A. J. Miles.
Bernice " Martin is visiting at P. G.
Stone's in Brownington Center.
Mrs. Eliza Poor of Wolcott is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. S. A. Searles.
' Mrs. Lawson from Chicago is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Harvey McLary.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Dow of Stowe
recently visited at Charles Winget's.
Fred Newton visited
Hall, at Orleans Sun-
Mr. and Mrs.
his sister, Mrs.
day.'
Dr. and Mrs. Johnson have moved
from Harry Darling's house to Crafts -bury.
Charles Goddard f rem Hyde Park
recently visited his brother, Dr. A. M.
Goddard. y
H. C. McLary, son and daughter
from Windsor arej guests at the Mc
Lary home.
Mrs. Elmer Wallace from Somerville,
Mass., is visiting ;her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Dow.
Theodore Hall from Waltham, Mass.,
spent several days last week with his
uncle, Fred Newton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winget and
Dr. and Mrs. Goddard took an auto trio
to Ayer a iuu ounaay.
Mrs. J. B. Rogers and daughters,
Juline and Ruth from Burlington, are
visiting friends in town.
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