Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-13
ALBANY.

same place that Culver built his dam
on few years later.
Coop HELPER. l.. Sanders has
a three years old heifer-came in this
spring-from which he makes over a
pound of butter daily, besides furnish
ing milk for his family.
ACCIDENT.-The Rev. FL. |. Camp.
bell met with serious accident while
taking down a barn on his farm in
Lowell. 1t is thought that several of
his ribs are fractured.
FAST DAY.-The fast day meeting
in this village was at the new church.
The Rev. Mr.. Demeritt conducted the
service. The order of the exercises
were invocation, reading the So chap
ter Of Isaiah, prayer, sermon from
these words: How be it this kind
goeth out but by prayer and fasting"
The exercises were closed by prayer
and the benediction. We had no
singing, which was unusual for this
place, so noted for good singers.
Cow LosT.-Samuel Baldwin lost
a splendid COW April 8th. Disease
internal.
BARTON.
FNED.-Levi w. Stockwell of this
village, and poor addle pated fool
he is too, was brought before justice
Pierce on Monday of last week, and
fined $l5 and costs for abusing his
wife. He says she is ''spiritist." -
He ought to be sent to Brattleboro.
A SURPRIsE.-Daniel o. Brown
was no doubt surprised to learn from
our paper last week, that he had rent
ed his farm for year. We were
mistaken. 1t was DR.. Owen Brown
who has rented his place to S. S.
Johnson, and it is located near this
village.
PURCHAsE.-Alexander Mcdonald
has bought the sugar lot belonging
to Mr.. John Simpson. Price $1050,
and Daniel Skinner has bought VIM.
l.. Barrow's house and lot.
MINERAL SPRING.-Mr. Mark Nut
ter has purchased the mineral spring
of d. W. Robinson, and partially dug
it out. The spring is located near
S. G. Curriers' shop. 1t is not a new
thing, but an old one that it is pro-
posed to develop.
NICE SUGAR.-Mr. Abel Humphrey
has presented US with a very nice ar
ticle Of new sugar. We never saw
any nicer.
BACK AGAIN.-Wm. Gould of West
Derby has bought farm at South
Barton-the "Chappell place of
G. l. Drown. Price paid $500. Mr..
Gould formerly lived in this town.
A PREsENT.-Mark f. Blake of
South Barton has given his son, Alison
o. Blake, one-half of his shop and half
of its machinery, tools, &c.
HURT.-Wm. Collision was quite
badly hurt on Monday of last week,
while unloading logs at the chair fac
tory. The log slowed around, the
end hitting him in the side, for which
he has been laid up ever since.
OUT.-Gen. Geo. s. Dodge, former
ly of Barton, who has been consul at
Bremen for nearly three years, has
been replaced by a Dutchman named
Rochester. Sorry. Grants ways
"are not as our ways"
A BARTON MAN.-Gov. Durkce, Of
Utah, was formerly resident of Bar
ton. lie was a clerk here, afterwards
went into trade and boarded with Gil
bert Ellis for long while. "Uncle
Glib" says she was a nice, clever fell
low"
HORSE TRAINERs.-Peter Mcintyre
Of Newport, and VIM. Pitcher of AL
bany, have hired the old Jerry Drew
stand for year, and are going to
buying and selling horses, and train
ing them. They open their stables
next week with ten horses and are to
have more soon. They are excellent
horse trainers and we hope they may
do we'll here.
BLOOMINGTON.
RENTED. - Geo. S. Spoford has
rented his farm for a term of three
years to Edgar Wells.
ACCIDENT.-A little son of d. NJ
Scott cut his knee some two weeks
ago, caught cold in it, and is now
laid up with fever.
CRAFTSBURY.
FIRE.--On Thursday of week be
fore last, Mrs. Smith was walked from
her sleep, and discovered her hous,
to be on fire. Without trying to pu
it out, she ran to a neighbours for as
sistance, which she got too late, 70
nothing could be saved. The build
ings were insured for $500 in favo
offs. G. Corey who had mortgag
on them.
CRUsHED.-Mr. James Whitney
barn and shed were crushed in by tn
snow on the roof Sunday morning o
last week. His COW was dug frol
beneath the ruins, but she was nc
much injured.
SOLD.-Mr. John Tenny has sol
his farm to Eliab Smith. Price abor
$500.
FINGERS CLIPPED. young ma
by the name of Brown, at work tor ]
D. Jones, cut off two of his fingers
a straw cutter the other day.
MILL.-The new mill Quilt at a
expense of 81, 500, is doing larg
amount of custom grinding. The hol
est miller. II. Forsyth-has COZ
mitted matrimony, bought E. N. RAJ
dalIs place, and settled down hapE
as a stewed toad.
CHARLESTON.
Mr.. Walter Buck was arrested
Island Pond a few days since by She
i'll Morrill,, for breach of promise, {
complaint of Miss Hannah Wilson.