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BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1914
Single Copies 5 Cents.
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FOX SALW
FOR
ton.
SALsU f uiieU
Eirfck, Bar
4.6tf FOR SALE rMv- $oo& young rows.
C. J. Crawford, Newi err. Tel. 3314.
49tf
FOR SALE Registered Holstein
ow3 due to freshen in February. John
BrennanrOrl 49-51
FOR SALE Glen wood cook stove,
guarantee j fill vi Tht. Good baker. L.
R. Lewis, Barton. 50tf
FOR SALE Farms, houses snd
timber lands Inouire of Barton Real
I state company. Parton, Vt. , 20tf
FOR SALE-Clear, kiln-dried hard
wood flooring in all widths. Prices
right. 'Phone. Orlecrs, 20. 45tf
FOR SALE New Walton's Vprmont
registers jnt received. 'Price 25 cets.
Sent by mail for 31 cents. Monitor
Press, Barton. 33tf
FOR SALE Smith and
rijrht piano Npsir'v new
rnost perfect condition.
Amos R. Robinson. Barton.
Barnes up
and in al
f rice low.
4tf.
FOR SALE Horses : one 1400 Per
cheron rorse. 7 years old : one smooth
mouth Percheron brood mare with
four-months-old colt: one three-year-old
Percheron colt, 1250 pounds ; one
three-year-old Hamiltonian colt, 3100
pounds. Milo J. Owen, Barton. 40tf
FOR SALE The "Kondrick place"
so-called on High street, in Barton
village, consisting of modern two-story
house and barn with about one acre
land; building3 in good repair, best
cellar in Barton. F. W. Baldwin.
50tf
FOR SALE One bay mare, weight
1000 pounds, has been driven four
year3 by woman. One automobile
sleisrh, robes, harness, etc., all new.
As I am going away shall dispose of
this team at once. J. V. Rowen, Bar
ton. 50tf
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE
Large sheets of pretty holly paper at
one cent a sheet. Colored cardboards,
colored blotting paner, calendar pads
and photo mount. We have a lot of
packages containing 30 Xmas stamps,
tags, cards and stickers. which sell at 10
cents each. The outside of these pack
ages are slightly damaged and they
are goig fast at 5 cents each. Better
call early.
wanted
WANTED
Barton.
A laundress at
Hotel
49tf
WANTED Good clean India wheat.
R. P. Webster, Barton. 39tf
WANTED Live poultry. Elrick,
Express office, Barton. 18tf
WANTED FOR CASH Clean rags
for wiping machinery. Monitor Press,
Barton. 50tf
WANTED Dressmaking at home.
Reasonable prices. Mrs. W. R. Mil
bury, Lake street Barton. 50-51p
WANTED Fat poultry of all kinds,
chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese.
Smith & Jenkins, Orleans. 49tf
WANTED Cleaning, pressing and
repairing ladies' and gent's clothing.
Nelson Building. H. Charland. Bar
ton. 47-50p
WANTED to rent or take on shares
farm with about 15 cows or more.
Good references. Box 82, Newport
Center. 50-51p
MISCEt LANEOUS
All wool hand spun knitting yarn at
$1.00 per pound at Barton Woolen Mill.
44tf
CALENDAR PADS on sale at this
office. Call and get what you need.
49tf
FARMERS' NOTICE Will buy stock
on the following dates, Dec. 28 and
Jan. 11. Dodge. Orleans.
Carriage and automobile p&inting.
Years of experience. Work and prices
right. Work housed until spring.
Elliott, Barton's painter. 50-52
BEAUTIFUL, serviceable, reversi
ble rugs woven from your old carpets.
We pay freight. Circular free. Box
392, Manchester, N. H. 37tf
$155 BUYS a most new McPhail
Diano. taken in 'exchange for player.
also Merrill. $110. F. M. Hunt, Piano
Company, Orleans. 49-5052
HAVE YOU seen our showing of
calendars, wall pockets and attractive
colored lithographs? Ornamental and
useful firifts for the holidays. Monitor
Office.
We are paying the market prices
for skunk, muskrat. mink, red fox.
coon, etc. hides, skins and pelts. We
sell crreen cut bone for poultry. Smith
and Jenkins, Public market, Orleans.
48tf
NEW PAINT SHOP at Orleans Our
new shop, near veneer mill, is com
plete, and we are prepared to. paint
vnnr waerons. sleiehs or buggies, also
to do interior house finishing. Mr,
Elliott is an expert paper hanger and
has had vears of experience. Let us
do your outside painting next spring.
Sargent & Elliott, Orleans. 46tf
Katharine Ridgeway again Pleases.
Katharine Ridgeway pleased a large
audience Friday evening with her
readings at Seaver's hall as the second
number on the school lecture course.
With rare good taste in selecting read
ings with sparkling wit, deep pathos,
and subjects of general worth, she held
her audience under the spell of her
charming personality during the entire
program. The pianist accompanying
her on her tours was well received and
played some rarely good music, but
the audience plainly wanted Katharine
Ridgeway. Miss Ridgeway has read
here several times before and is prob
ably the best and highest priced
woman reader in the world today. She
has read to audiences in every state of
the Union and in Europe. She would
certainly draw an audience at all times
in Barton. The next number in the
course is the Dunbars on January 30.
Congregational Church Notes
There will be a Christmas sermon
and special Christmas music by a large
choir at the Congregational church
next Sunday morning.
The Junior Sunday school will fur
nish music at the close of the regular
church service on Sunday morning.
The tree and exercises will be held
Thursday evening of next week. Plan
to attend
The C. E. society reorganized Sun
day evening by electing Gustavus
Burdick, president; Mrs. Mabel Hib
bard, vice-president; Mary Urie, secre
tary ; Hazel Thorpe, treasurer ; Geneva
Whitcher, pianist; Mary Wilkinson,
assistant pianist The usual commit
tees were also named.
A collection for the home work of
our denomination will be taken Sunday
morning.
BARTON
Allen Thompson is seriously ill.
H. C. Wheeler is in Boston this
Mrs.
Mrs.
week.
F. D. Pierce was in
on business.
Boston Tuesday
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Alden M. Twiss Thursday.
Dean McLellan attended the dance at
Derby Line Thursday night.
Mrs. R. P. Webster has been ill the
last week but is much better.
Gerald Plunkett visited friends, in
West Charleston the week-end.
C. S. Webster was in Burlington the
past week on business and pleasure.
Kenneth Winters of North Troy was
a guest of friends in town last week.
The Prescott store has recently put
in a telephone on the Independent line.
Call at the Barton Savings Bank &
Trust company and receive a 1915 calen
dar. Miss Annabel Young of West Glover
was a guest at H. D. Phiilips's the past
week.
Clyde Brooks was the guest of 'his
mother Mrs. Mary Brooks in Sheffield
Sunday.
Mrs. Chas.
Mass., is the'
Seaver.
Merrill of Waltham,
guest of Mrs. H. T.
Miss Eva Rosebrooks of West Burke
was the guest of friends in town for
the week-end.
Ansel Wheeler of Connecticut was
the guest of his cousin, Fay Wheeler,
the past week.
Mrs. Zuar Hanson has been enter
taining her sister from Craftsbury the
past two weeks.
Mrs. G. A. Drew has been confined
to her home for the past two weeks on
account of illness.
Mrs. Cora Winslow entertained a
party of friends to dinner at her home
one day last week.
Will Goss and daughter of Newport
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. D
Pierce on Saturday.
The Woman's Literary club will
meet with Mrs. F. D. Pierce tonight,
Wednesd ay, " Dec. . 16.
H. P. Baldwin has rented the base
ment of the Gem theatre and will do
upholstery work there.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Rowen were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Powell at Island Pond.
The Christmas meeting of the After
noon stuay ciuD win oe on Thursday
with Mrs. C. A. Barrows.
Miss Ethel Brown of Stratford, N.
H.. is the guest of her mother, Mrs.
John Tate, for a few days.
Rev. John C. Stephenson will hold
Episcopal service at Odd Fellows Hall
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
Mrs. F. J. Bates who has been
suuering irom oroncniai asthma is
better and able to be out again.
Miss Katherine Currie spent the
week-end with Miss Dorothy Walter,
one of the Orleans high school teachers.
uean acaaemy wnere many ot our
Barton boys have attended school, is
quarantined for smallpox just at pres
ent.
Frank Robinson was a visitor of
school friends here last week. He was
in the Junior class of the academy last
year. . ' '; :. . '
W. R. Aldrich has had . commodious
law offices fitted up iif the Kittredge
block, street floor, Orleans and is now
located there.
TO RENT
TO RENT Furnished
E. J. Wilkinson, Barton.
room.
Mrs,
50tf
TO RENT Tenement at corner of
Park andElm-streets; .-O. A.- White.-
1 Barton. 48tf
Bank Makes Christmas Distribution.
, The Barton Savings Bank and Trust
company is this week making distri
butions of the Christmas funds to
those who availed themselves of the
opportunity last season to join one of
these Christmas saving clubs and over
100 people did avail themselves of this
opportunity and are now wearing that
much pleased expression of receiving a
lot of easy money. The small savings
of each week show how easy it is with
out any great self-denial to save a
considerable sum. These clubs were
started last year by the bank, whereby
you might save a very small sum each
week and find at the end of the season
you had accumulated to your credit
sums ranging from $25.50 to $63.75.
You were permitted to start payments
at either end of the period, that is
with the smallest or largest payment
first, the sum increasing or decreasing
at the rate of 2 to 5 cents per week.
The bank will again conduct this
Christmas savings plan,' and everyone
who went into it last season will with
out doubt do so
number of local
clubs this season
again, while a large
people will join the
who were not mem
The clubs are now
and it is., to you
bers last year,
starting again
interest to get
in at once. You
will be much surprised to find how
easily you can save these small sums
out of your weekly earnings and still
more agreeably surprised next holiday
time to find yourself possessed of a
very sizable check. There is no
objection to your joining several times
if you are sure you can keep up the
payments, and you may be abie to
have several large checks at the end
of the season instead of one. These
clubs are really much more valuable to
our local people than to those who
have to spend money for postage, but
there are several hundred people who
would find this a, splendid and easy
method of saving,
Mrs. James Collison has returned to
South Fairlee, where she intends
spending part of the - winter with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Chase, who has been spending
some time here with her daughter. Mrs.
E. G. Baldwin, has returned to her
home in Littleton, N. H.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the postoffice. Please say ad
vertised when calling for these letters.
C. A. Grow, A. E, Wilber.
H. R. Cutler's camp at Long pond
has been broken into, but so far as
known, nothing was taken from the
camp or any real damage done.
Miss Delia Bliss, who has been with
her parents the past three weeks, has
returned to her school in Wheelock, it
being her fourth year in the place.
The Monitor was in error last week.
L. P. Case is slightly imDroved in
health, but has not been able to leave
the house since h's recent illness of
several weeks.
There was an alarm for fire Sunday
morning about 9.30, but the fire was
confined to a chimney burning out in
the Fred M artel 1 part of the Wright
house on High street.
H. W. Carter has a very interesting
letter from a Max Weber, who was
formerly manager of the Kolonoys
company in Germany but who is now at
the front with the German army.
C. E. Hamblet was called to Charles
ton Sunday morning through news
that his father had had a shock there.
Mr. Hamblet's father died Sunday
night and the funeral was yesterday.
The skating rink at the school has
now been flooded and while it will be
much better than at present after a
good fall of snow to bank the sides
with, it has been fairly good the past
few days.
At the grange meeting tomorrow
night a short Cnristmas program will
b.e presented after the initiatory work.
The social committee request that each
member bring a gift which shall not
! cost over five cents. .
Mr. and Mrs. Bacon, the ban joists.
-ail 1
were greeted by a large audience at
the Gem theatre Thursday evening and
the entertainment given by these banjo
artists was very novel and well re
ceived by Barton people..
There will be a special meeting of
Orleans lodge tonight, Wednesday,
when the E. A. degree will be con
ferred. Friday night is the regular
meeting The M. M. degree will be
worked and there will be a bite to eat.
Senator-elect H. T. Seaver headed a
delegation of Shriners composed of C.
A. Barrows, H. W. Carter, J. F.
Batchelder, F. P. Thrasher and J. V.
Rowen at Montpelier at the big Shrine
meeting held there Friday evening.
All have returned.
Will Roystan. who recently went to
Montreal for an operation and who had
been apparently getting on very well,
has been compelled to submit to anoth
er severe operation from which he has
rallied but. his condition is considered
critical. Mrs. Roystan went to Mont
real again last night.
The Gem theatre is circulating a
very attractive little program, which
has all the photoplays for the entire
week listed therein A study of these
weekly programs will permit patrons
to decide just the sort of photoplays
they like best and the management
intends to get just such plays.
Ernest Urie. a brother of- Armour
Urie. who had an attack of infantile
naralvsis. and in fact is one of the
last patients of the disease of whom
we have knowledge, is recovering and
aoDarently will not have any serious
results although one hand is partially
paralyzed.
A letter to the Monitor from
P-nllis" the wrester. who meets Sher
burne in a three-fall coa'est Thursday
night at Seaver's hall, -expresses the
oninion that he, "Collins," will be
Lyman P. Brooks.
Lyman P. Brooks, who died at his
home in Barton near Roaring Brook
Park, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 6, was
born in West Charleston in May, 1835.
He had been ill for more than two
years and had been afflicted with. a
serious heart trouble for many years,
death finally resulting from absorp
tion. His parents were Chas. and
Sally Brooks of West Charleston. Mr.
Brooks was married to Phally Levins
on July 24. 1862, and enlisted as a soldier
in our Civil war shortly after his mar
riage, serving for three years and
being mustered out in 1865. He was
a member of the G. A. R. post at
Newport. Mr. Brooks came to Barton
only a year ago with his only daughter,
Hattie. and has been ill nearly, all the
time since he has been in town. He
leaves a daughter and one brother,
Daniel G. Brooks, of Morgan to mourn
his loss. The funeral services were at
the home here on Tuesday afternoon.
Dec. 8, the Rev. I. A. Ranney officiat
ing and the interment was at Morgan
Center, Wednesay.
CARD I wish to
neighbors and friends
thank all the
for their many
deeds and words of sympathy and the
members of the G. A. R. here for
their kindness and the floral tributes.
Hattie Brooks.
Methodist Episcopal Church Notes.
Christmas exercises by the children
are progressing finely under the effi
cient leadership of Rev. and Mrs.
Ranney and F. W. Cutting. Sunday.
Mrs. Adams played for voluntary the
famous sextette from Donizetti's
"Lucia," every note of which breathfs
the highest spirit of devotion. The
chcir sang the anthem, "I Will Extol
Thee" in a very spirited manner,
while hymns appropriate to the occa
sion were sung in a way to give zest
and appreciation to the sermon which
was to follow, based on the text found
in Deut. 22:8, "When thou buildest
a new house then thou shalt make a
battlement for thy roof," etc. On
oriental houses the flat roof was often
used for gatherings of various sorts,
making the battlement or parapet
necessary to the safety of life and
limb. He gave this as an illustration
of the need of the prohibitory law
which is' soon to be voted upon as a
nation-wide issue, the most forceful
and convincing talk on the subject we
have ever heard. In the evening he
preached on "The Man who Failed to
Go to Meeting and What He Missed."
able to get "Sherb" for the necessary
two out of three, although he admits
Sherb to be "some wrestler." It ought
to be a good contest.
For the benefit of out-of-the-state
readers the Monitor will say that the
weather for the two weeks previous to
Sunday was clear, mild and the wheel
ing had become good on the frozen
ground, wnich had worn smooth.
Since Sunday enough snow has fallen
so runners are in use and yesterday
and today have been cold and blustery.
Mrs, S. C. Currier received word of
the death of her brother-in-law, R. A.
Barker at Vera Cruz, Calif., Sunday.
The Hon. R. A. Barker was formerly
well known in Glover where he studied
law and his daughters, Mrs. Walton and
Mrs. Hale, have been visitors here on
several occasions. Mrs. Barker was
Miss Julia Pierce, daughter of Major
Pierce.
Miss Gertrude Skinner of New York,
while at home for her holiday vacation,
will give a story recital at the Gem
theatre on Dec. 30 assisted by the
Batchelder trio. This 'entertainment
will be a novel feature for Barton - and
the Droceeds will be given to "Sunshine
Home,' the infantile paralysis sanita
rium which is being conducted by Miss
Austin.
The W. C. T. U. met with Mrs. F.
W. Baldwin Tuesday afternoon, Dec.
8. Responding to the roll call, mem
bers gave brief medical temperance
items. The topic, Medical lemper-
ance," was discussed, many pertinent
truths being brought out. A paper.
"Why This Department is Necessary
to the Success of the Temperance
Cause," was read by Mrs. Geo. Goodro.
This was followed by music and the
meeting closed with the W. C. 1. U.
pledge and benediction.
The third dance given here at I. O.-
O. F. hall by the Batchelder orchestra
was not largely attended. They have
been rather thickly sprinkled of late.
Don't forget the carnival ball on Newi
Year's eve. This will be a feature
never tried in Barton and it will be a
success. If you don t dance, secure a
front seat in the balcony early, because
it is guaranteed there will be fun
enough to go round and it will reach
every balcony seat as well as the
floor. No small sum will be spent to
make the decorations and lighting
effects something entirely different
from any tried here before, and some
very novel stunts will be pulled off at
midnight.
David C. Grondin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Grondin, died at their home
in Barton Wednesday, Dec. 9, from a
complication of diseases, having been
an invalid from spinal troubles for the
past ten years. He was born in Bar
ton Nov. 16, 1896. He leaves to
mourn his death his father and mother,
one sister and four, brothers. The
funeral was held Friday and the burial
was in the Catholic cemetery, here.: .
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- Card We the ; undersigned '. wish to
extend our , sincere thanks to the rela
tives and friends who so. kindly aided
us during the death and burial of our
beloved son and brother, also for the
beautiful floral gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Calixte Grondin, v
7 Mrs. Delia M. Dubuc,
Lewis J. Grondin, .
. , C. Fred Grondin,
Dennis Grondin,
Hr. and Mrs. Ely Grondin.
Spugs.
Spugs, attention ! You are requested
to meet at the home of Mrs. C. A.
Barrows Thursday evening, Dec. 17 to
determine what shall be done with the
money in the treasury. Be- there to
answer the roll call. E. W. Barron,
Mrs. E. W. Barron, R. P. Webster,
Ruth B. Webster, H. R. Barron, Kittie
S. Barron, Mrs. C. A. Barrows, Mary
B. Smith, J. I. Parker, C. A. Barrows,
Luvia Webster, Jennie Baldwin, Alice
Underwood, Mrs. O. fl. Mossman,
Mary E. Freeman. Mrs. Malvina
Wright, Mrs. Mary Morrill, Mrs. Lizzie
Glazier, Sharon Webber, Miss Erma
Webber, Mrs. C. E. Hamblet. Mrs.
Cora Winslow, Mrs. Annie Pearson,
Miss Delia Rushford, Mrs. Mary
Murk land, Mrs. W. W. Reirden,
Miss J. E. Blaisdell, Mrs. P. L.
Webster. Etta McLellan, Mamie E.
Hanson, Mrs. G. A. Drew. Mrs. Sea
ver, Mrs. Vercoe, Mrs. E. J. White,
Mrs. H. C. Pierce, Mrs. F. D. Pierce,
Mrs C. P. Jenness, Mrs. W. M.
Wright, Miss Katie Smith, W. F.
Scott, W. P. Barrows, Mrs.. H. J.
Stannard, Mrs. J. V. Rowen, Mrs. Ai
Dana Mrs. J. M. Blake, Mrs. Hull.Mrs.
Annie Jewell, Mrs. F. R. Hastings,
Mrs. F. W. Comstock, F. A. Hunt,
Wallace H. Gilpin, F. H. Pillsbury,
Mabel Nelson, Aftian L. Scott, Mrs.
P. S. Whitcher, Unknown Friend. Mrs.
Edith Comstock, Mrs. C. F. Cutler,
Mrs. F. A. Lemos, Ida M. Cutler, Mrs.
H. W. Carter, Mrs. V. F. Hunter,
Mrs. C. B. Webster, Mrs. G. C. Lang,
Mrs. W. H. Burrows, John McLellan.
Mrs. Mary Dutton, Miss Renfrew, M.
F. Prime, M. D., Mrs. M. F. Prime.
Alice B. Chamberlin, Fannie T. May,
Mrs. Geo. Brigham, Geo. Brigham,
Mrs. John Une, Ethel Urie, Ernestine
Willson, Viola Rollins, iL G. Perley.
Lucy M. Robinson. Carrie E. Jones, C.
E. Rollins, Mrs. C. L. Hutchins, Miss
Smith, Eva A. Gilpin, Mrs. Jennie
Hanson, Mrs. J. F. Batchelder, Miss
L. C. Colburne.
ALBANY
Turner is home from St.
Geo.
Albans.
Chas. Stewart
to work.
has gone to Barnet
Rev. I. P. Chase was in Concord one
day last week.
Mrs. Head has
gone to Chicago to
spend the winter.
Rev. and Mrs. Perry played croquet
on their lawn Dec. 8.
Muriel Brown is spending a few days
with her sister, at North Troy.
Foster Campbell has returned from
a visit to his sister in Worcester.
Miss Mildred Baird of Iron Hill,
Que., is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Almon Burt.
Carroll Whitcher, Mrs. Ann Whitcher
and Mrs Chamberlin were visitors in
Orleans Friday.
The poles for the Independent Tele
phone company line have been set
through to Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Campbell of
Morrisville were callers at Mrs. Helen
Campbell's Dec. 13.
The Whitcher estate has erected a
fine monument of Scotch granite in
the village cemetery.
Mrs. Clarence Hand, who has been
in Bnghtlook hospital nine weeks,
returned home Tuesday.
Joseph Fisher has moved from his
house in the village to the place pur
chased oi ueibert smith.
Mrs. John Taylor, Joe Gonyeau and
bam (jonyeau attended their mother's
tuneral in Lowell Wednesday.
Carroll Hitchcock and Mrs. Alice
Clifford, visited at Derby Center Tues
day, making the trip by auto.
Mrs. Elmer Andrus returned Satur
day from Hyde Park where she has
been visiting for several days.
Harland Gage of Craftsbury, who is
recently home from Lincoln, Neb.,
visited friends in town last week.
Elias Searles has purchased the mill
of Mr. Stafford instead of Mr. Shat-
ney's mill as reported a few weeks
ago.
W. R. Aldrich has had commodious
offices fitted up in the Kittredge
block, street floor, Orleans, and is now
located there.
WILLOUGHBY
Mrs. Jane, Duke is visiting her son in
Lyndonville.
Mrs. H. J. Brooks was on the sick
list last week.
Fred Graves has rented the Aaron
Annis place and has moved there.
James Dodge is cutting a lot . of
wood and hauling it to Barton.
Miss Glenn Brooks recently visited
her aunt, Mrs. S. B. Nelson, in ; Bar
ton. Geo. Demick has moved his family
to Lyndonville wherehe has a position
as dispatcher.
A. J. Laclair and Joseph Laclair
have bought Aaron Annis's sawing
machine and are ready to saw wood
anywhere.
BROWNINGTON
W..R. Aldrich has had commodious
law offices fitted up in the Kittredge
block, street floor,: Orleans, and is nowt
located there . ;
BROWNINGTON CENTER
' Mr; and Mrs." J. C. Bullock were
guests of his sister in Charleston Sun
day. S. E. Gray of Morgan was a caller at
Lincoln Campbell's the first of, the
week. .. ' ' .. ; - .'.
Miss Esther Stone" entertained three
of her school friends from Orleans
over Sunday. -
A Department
An opportunity, which is greatly
appreciated, has been given the mem
bers of Barton academy and graded
school to present school notes in the
Monitor every week. This is not an
innovation. School notes have been
printed in the Monitor at various times
before this but never with such com
pleteness as they are to be given
from now on. The question of a
school paper has been in the minds of
many pupils for some time. For various
reasons the academy is not able at
present to issue a school paper of
own but the school does intend
handle this space in the Monitor
though it were a separate paper.
its
to
as
to
present to the public from week to,
week school news, items of interest,
announcements, jokes, . letters from
alumni, etc., thus letting the public
know exactly what the school is doing.
In short this space is to be a school
paper and handled as such. '
This work will be done by the mem
bers of the high school and thus ex
perience in practical newspaper work
will be gained by nearly all, not all,
the members of the school. The school
believes that the public will heartily
welcome this new feature of the Moni
tor. The printing of school news
every week will be the means of bring
ing the citizens of Barton and surround
ing towns into closer touch with the
school, of interesting the pupils of the
school more arid more in the public
life and lastly, of increasing the inter
est and value of the Orleans County
Monitor to all its subscribers.
SCHOOL EXHIBIT
The teachers and pupils of the high
school and of all the grades are plan
ning to give an exhibit of school work
some time during the third week in
January, to which the public is cor
dially invited, not only invited but
urged to attend. This is not to be an
exhibit of work especially prepared for
the occasion, but rather it is to be an
exhibition of daily work. The aim and
purpose of this exhibit is to show the
public exactly what work the school is
doing every day. Each grade is to
exhibit its work in its own room and
the work of the high school will he
exhibited in the assembly hall. Each
department of study and every class
will probably have some work on exhi
bition, while the elocution class, glee
clubs and orchestra will give an ex
hibition of their work in the form
of an entertainment. The domestic
science girls will serve lieht . refresh
ments. Those in charge of the exhihit
earnestly hope that it will prove a suc
cess and this can onlv be brought
about by co-operation of the nublic.
Therefore let everybody keep this
exhibit in mind and help to make it an
inspiration to greater work by the
pupils, teachers, and public.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the Christmas exercises at the
high school on Wednesday Dec. 23, at
2 o'clock. The program will be short
and probably interesting, but not
elaborate. The program will be as
follows: Song, "Bethlehem;" read
ing, "Santa Claus," Maud Hubbard;
recitation, "Christmas Hymn," Flora
Emerson; violin solo, Doris Whitcher;
recitation, "A Man Who Quits," Clif
ton Dunham; selection, girls' glee
club; recitation, "Old Christmas,"
Maryejhel Brooks; recitation, "A
Face at Christmas," Gladys Christie;
clarinet solo, Viva Potter; reading,
"The Girl Who Walked without Fear,"
Nellie Cooke; song, "Silent Night,"
by the school.
After working fast and furiously
for the last six weeks, through rain
and sunshine, we believe we actually
see the possibility of enjoying a skat
ing rink this winter. It would of
course take volumes to write the history
of this work that has been going on of
late. At one time we seriously consid
ered establishing an emergency hospit
al for those unfortunates who suffered
the following: lame backs from shov
elling hard pan; paralytic strokes
from driving the pick at unseen bould
ers, when soft clay seemed underfoot;
or blistered palms from wheelbarrows
loaded for giants to lift. When Mr.
Metcalf and John Thorpe attempted on
Saturday to master the fiery and
untamed fire hose, the former received
a refreshing shower bath not shown on
the program. However, Mr. Metcalf
did not mince matters with his stub
born antagonist, but he soon put his
adversary hors de combat.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Emerson visited
their daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Dutton at
Glover last Sunday.
Miss Helen Smith has returned to
Orleans and will work for F. J. Kinne
through the holidays.
Mrs. Leon Gilman of Orleans and
Mrs. Frank Jones of Ayers Cliff visited
at the electric mill Friday.
I
Marcia Young went to Westmore
Monday to begin her first term of
school. We wish her success.
Mrs. Ora Woods has been quite
seriously ill for the past few days but
at the present writing is gaining.
The entertainment given by the D.
of L. last week was a success. There
was a large - attendance and all report
a fine supper. The readings by : Miss
Enna Goss of Irasburg were very much
enjoyed and we hope to hear her again
in the near future.
One morning last week Mrs. Lucius
Lund heard a disturbance among her
fowls and going out discovered some
thing had killed a grown duck.- That
night a trap was set which caught a
large horned owl. On extricating it
from the trap, it was found that a
smaller itrap was on the other foot
for School News
SENIOR CLASS RINGS
The class rings of
have arrived and the
class (as a whole)
pleased with them.
the senior class
members of the
are very much
The rings are
very small in comparison with those
of former classes and also very plain,
bearing only B. A. and the class
numerals. It is hardly necessary to
describe them, however, as they are
vrey much in evidence on the hands of
the boys, and girls in the senior class,
especially the girls (?) -
SCHOOL NOTES
The Misses Greta Gray and Mary
Chapman, both of the class of 1918,
returned to school Monday after sev
eral days' absence on account of sick
ness. Frank Johnson, ex '15, was a visitor
at the high school Thursday. On
account of his recent illness Frank has
not been able to return to school bur
we hope to see him with us daily soon.
Mis3 Cora B. Healey, 18, after a two
weeks' absence on account of illness in
the family, resumed her school duties
Monday.
Miss Emma Lanou, '15, was absent
Thursday because of sickness.
Misses Gladys Basford and Edith
Dewing, both of class 1918, are ab
sent because of illness.
Melvin Goad, '18, is welcomed back
to school'after his long illness.
The junior class held class meeting
Friday and Monday afternoons.
The Apollo club will hold its next
meeting on Tuesday evening, Dec. 22,
at the home of Miss Julia King.
The Juniors will give a reception to
the high school this (Wednesday)
evening at seven o'clock in Odd Fel
lows hall.
There is a new feature of the work
in domestic science which deserves men
tion. In order to afford the members
of the class the benefit of more practi
cal working knowledge of cooking than
that received in class, a pi an is now in
operation by which Miss Hsrris takes
her class to visit many of the best
kitchens in town. On Friday the girls
called upon Mrs. Chas. Hamblet, here
several apple pies were made and
cooked by Mrs. Hamblet, while the
class looked on. Now on Monday
afternoon Mrs. Hamblet came to the
school to see how well the girls had
learned their lesson from her in apple
pie making. The members of the
class not only receive invaluable"
instruction in cooking, but the homes
of many representative citizens of the
community are brought into closer
relationship with the school.
A Christmas entertainment will be
given by the pupils of grades II and
III on Wednesday after oor, Dec. 23
at 2 o'clock. The public is cordially
invited to attend the exercises.
Program for Grades two and three as
follows: Recitation bv the school.
" 'Twas the Night before Christmas ;"
song, "Come Sing a Song for Santa;"
recitations by Earl Lewis, Marion
Baldwin, William Merriam, Annie
Daigneault. Avis Knapp ; song, Pearl
Jenness and Madaline Hawkins ; reci
tations by Stanley Reirden. Millard
Tate, Francis Goodro, Flossie Cook,
Rosie Daigneault; song by school,
"Santa Claus;" recitations by Charles
Quinn, Wendell Blood, Angus Barton,
Clarence Cornish, Earl Lewis, Justan
Allan, and Milton Lewis, Pauline
iicaicy, mauanne nawKins; song.
Alice MCfariane and
dramatization by
Claus"; recitations
Marie Browning:
school, "Santa
by Rose Cohen,
Fearl Jenness, Mai com Ash,
Forrest, Leigh Wakeman.
Henry
' Marie
Amelia Justan
Austin
Browning, Arlene Flanders,
Cornish, Austin Turcotte,
Allan; song, Charles Quinn,
Turcotte.
JOKES
First Student: "School's going to
be closed, did you hear that?"
Second Student: "No! You don't
sayso! Tell me quick, why?"
First Student: "Because they found
small pox in the dictionary."
A member of the senior class, in
writing a theme on "The Life of
Macaulay," penned the following:
Shortly after he left college he be
came Bachelor of Arts, a position
which made him independent for seVen
years." That's the college to attend.
Where is it?
which from appearances
carrying for some time.
it had been
EVANS VILLE -
Forest has moved to Barton.
Jos.
Chas. Hilliard is working for Thomas
Neddow.
Mrs. Jos.
A. Grow.
Hamel is working for E.
Jos. Hamel has moved to the Mc
Dowell house. . .
J. W. Moore visited his daughter in
Sutton last week.
E. H. Alexander has been in New
Hampshire the past week.
1
Miss Hazel Mason of Irasburg is
working at W. J. Montieth's.
Fred Bean has finished work for
Louis Larock and moved to Barton.
Darwin Wright has bought Ed.
Aldrich's farm and has moved there.
Ellie Clark has sold his farm to Ed.
Aldrich and moved into the parsonage.
Ralph Skinner has bought the black
smith shop and is moving hjs family
into one of the Pike company houses.
CONTINUED ON PAGB SIGHT.