Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-08-19
COVENTRY.

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The surveyors of the Black River Val
ley Railroad are making a preliminary
survey through this town. They ares
in number, and very quiet and gentle
manly men, who. understand their bust
ness. s..-- ,sireT
The Rev. F. w. Dickinson preached
his second anniversary sermon August
4, with the following statistics Aver
age attendance at church, III; prayer
meetings Sabbath evenings, y number
of church members. l49; additions TO
the church the past year, rs; contribu-
tons for benevolent purposes, $205. 70
Sl5.of it given by the cent society rails
ed by the church and society for relig-
ious and benevolent purposes, .$l4o0;
number of pastoral visits, 200; number
of families connected with the congrega-
ton, 1876; Z families added to the con-
gregation the past year; whole number
of persons worshiping with the society,
377; attended IA funerals members
of the church have died-9 from the con-
gregation, and infants.
p Last Thursday night information
reached the authorities that quantity
of liquor had been struggled into the
place, and was held for sale at the black
smith shop of L. Douglass. The neces-
sary papers being placed in the hands Of
constable Bean, he took an assistant and
repaired to the shop and commenced a
search. Wishing to get into the shop
chamber he was informed there was nc
ladder, and while trying to climb up he
was met by burly Frenchman, with an
iron bar, and ordered to "'drop,,, where
upon his assistant picked up neckyokt
and ordered the Frenchman to drop his
weapon and come down or he would "pin'
him to the rafter. The Frenchmar
obeyed orders, jumped down and ran To-
dear life, and has not been seen in tn,
village since. On further search the,
found 4 gallons of liquor.
CRAFT,SBURY. sxsF
Luman Smith has sold his house, land
and blacksmith shop, to J. Fields, Of
Barton Landing. The ring of the an
vii will again be heard at Mill Village.
Our Greeley flag that so proudly wav
ed over the post-oficc, disappeared a
soon as the result of the North Carolin;
election was knowD, rand has; not beef
seen since.
The busy season of haying being over
many of the farmers find their barn
so will flied that they will be under tn
necessity of thrashing their grain a
soon as. it is taken. FROM the field
Thrashing machines commenced runnin|
on the Sth instant.
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald preached sci
mon on the 10th from the last clause o
the 25th verse of the thirty fourth chap
ter of Ezekiel wiz: ''And they sha1
dwell safely in the wilderness and slice
in the woods, and made a strong argu
ment in favor of camp-meetings.
GREENSBORO.
The Montpelierites are again "tentin
: on the old camp ground on the shore
of Caspian lake, thus securing to then
selves, rest, recreation, fresh air ar
fresh fish /; that is, if they are luck
! enough to catch them.
| Notwithstanding the extreme heat
: the season, we are, as a community,
1 the enjoyment of good health. The
has been but one death for several week
o A severe cough is prevalent which sor
i call the whooping cough. 1t attacks
discriminatory those who have, as W
n as those who have not, had that diseas
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e The hay crop is harvested and is
y abundant one though perhaps not
{; much so as was hoped month ago.
IL More must be allowed for -shrinka
d. than in a season when the growth v