Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-10-27
THE STANDARD.
Local News.
BARTON.

urday 0fhcer y. w. Omltn walked III
TO our Office and served a writ in IA
yor of R. NJ. Kimball for 100000
mere tribe.
WIFE WHIPPING.-Sumner Warn
err gave his wife licking one day last
week, when she got mad and said she
would not live with him any longer
and came as far as this village, when
her loving spouse followed her, pitch
ed her into the wagon and carried
her home again "to his bed and boara"
then he started and run away himself,
at least he has not been seen for sew
eral days. Mr.. Warner is large
muscular man, and it is thought that
he can whip any woman in town!
SoLD.-Geo. White has sold his
share Of the Mcdonald farm to his
brother Ora, and has bought farm
of W. G. Parker in Browning ton.
MINISTER'S AssOCIATIoN.-The St.
Johnsbury district preachers asSoci-
alton Of the NJ. E. church, held a meet
ing in Barton last week Tuesday and
Wednesday. Besides the usual es-
says, services and criticisms of such
meetings, a sermon was preached on
Tuesday eve by Rev. Mr.. Currier Of
West Concord, from Mathew :26.-
A love feast was held ON Wednesday
afternoon, after which Rev. Mr.. Park
er, a returned missionary from India,
gave very interesting account of his
life and laborS there for ten years
past Wednesday evening an excel
lent sermon was preached by Rev. Mr..
Titus Of st. Johnsbury, Theme-Our
Influence, Text, Romans, 14:7
GRAND REPUBLICAN RALLY-There
will be a meeting of the Orleans Co.
Grant and Colfax Club at Barton
Landing, on Friday, the 30th inst, at
10 o'clock A. NJ. Hon. Simon CorIey
Member of Congress from South Car.
Dina, will be present and address the
meeting in the afternoon, upon the
political issues Of the day. Other
gentlemen have promised to be pres
ent and address the meeting on that
occasion. 1t is hoped that every le-
gal voter in Orleans County will be
present.
TEACHERS INsTITUTE.-The session
for Orleans County is to be held il
Barton, this week Friday and Satur
day, according to previous notice.
The citizens of Barton offer their hos
pitality during the session 10 all teach
ers, committees, or superintendent,
who wish to attend the sessions of the
institute. The opening lecture will
be held at the white church, Thursday
eve, at 7 o'clock.
CURIOsITIEs.-We were shown the
other day at the residence of Rev
VIM. A. Robinson in this village, some
specimens of Koordish and Turkish
handicraft, domestic utensils, and Of
the flowers, pods, and burrs of thai
country, that interested US very great
ly and are worthy of mention. Thes'
specimens were sent Mr.. Robinson b.
his sister, a missionary at Marash
Central Turkey. He called our at
tention particularly to a large wOveI
mat, ma e by the wild mountain
Khoords, and bought in the Bazaar
of Marash. This mat is warranted
to wear for a generation and to waSl
without fading; also to bead purs
made by the same tribe which is yer,
pretty and ingenious. There wcr
also a pair Of goatskin bootees mad
for chiIdren's wear, very curious il
shape and style; a common pewter
pail such as the children use, hammer
ed out in the same way in which thei
larger pals and pans are made wood
en- spoons, one of rough workmanship
such as the common people use, ant
one Of ebony finely finished, whicI
one Of the poor natives thought to b
so nice that our people in Americ
would like it for pattern china
ware COTE cup set in a little bras
holder, and containing perhaps four o
five table spOOnfuls, such as all tn
better classes there use whenever an,
one calls upon them. The coffee i
made strong and usually slipped clear
ana the passing coffee is the token oil
hospitality; also carpenters nail
used there, being merely straight pie
ces Of wire headed 10y hand, and file
by hand in little notchcs so as to hol,
in the wood; also glass rings an
bracelets brought to Marash from Je
rusalem by religious pilgrims and pc
upon their children as amulets.-
There were also burrs, one from tn
evergreens on the Taurus mountain
one from the so called sacred twelv