Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-08-12


Fing to the hurry of the season, the
Tendance was not so large as it other
Use would have been.
LETTER FROM PROF. QUINTUS.
fal, now Mr.. websteere, just atween & me,
a dusid lengthy while hav Inquired sighentlee;
bit I'll tell why I've did it & hoap will xkuse
enty ov work, lack ov time, hOrid case blue.
knots in your paper little rhymng letter,
Ghich upon my sacred oner think is quite setter;
twas ritten by phrend of mine tat everlastin Clown
md poasted the gus in old Montpelier town.
hen LIST red that Letter wuz aweful thunder-struck
lore my hair & scratched my phaise, skreamed,
''confound the luck
r once the devil had his wa & 1 got dredful ried-
ouch lot of dusid lie wuz not wreckonsiled
I'D hav think that general Grant is the rode to
rOOn
bat awl hiZ phTends hav turned assigned, anuther
coarse pursooin
bat every man in this town a knu white hat doth
war;
BID that the hte ov their amlsh is Greeley IN the
Chair.
I'D hav think the generals men hav gone and hid
ben twas for shaim and knot for phear ov Greeley's
pack ov elves,
BIT stop-Lhere's yuse tockin, sir for such IL knot
Pants men are phirm and true steele. Il sure to
win the raise
lis tru, sir Greeley haz his phrenz, like any luther
''gol darn phool,"
2 our shaim it must sed, thare IL a little skool
"A Greeley men in this town-their number l
can't tell,
t be it or q or 3, perchance, wish the idiots
well.
NJ pheel for them, we pity them that raegymuphin
traine
bhlickted with that mania ov Greeley on the brain
ber caise is most deporable, most wonderful alarm
ing;
hey just had better content themselves with what
tina knO ov pharming"
HAT my old phrend, my Onered phrend my deer
phrend Ebeneezer
ould pen letter that sort, me, sir, is a sneezr
hat on arth possessed the man, RELY cannot tell
sir,
think he must hay ben beguiled by urchns fresh
from Il, sir. !.
tluph, enuph, turn ava disgustid with the notion,
hen viii this turmoil ever ceese-this Polly -tickle
komOtion;
had power do my WILL I'd Civ partin kiss.
hd then ON sera wings I'd sore to everlasting bless
now I've freed my mind somewhat l pheel some
what relieved.
hat heavy binder from my sole, DER which sorely
grieved,
hoap these barking Greeley perps will peze to rec
This little hash will settled be- sometime in next No
vember
Yours, refectively,
QUINTUs.
Albany, Aug o, 1879.
BARTON.
FOR SALE.-An excellent five wears
|pld cow. Also her calf, 3 l-2 months
bid. Inquire at this office.
The gale of wind on last Saturday
blew down trees, fences and grain, doing
Some damage at the Landing.
A. D. Bigelow has leased his black
smith shop for one year, to Richard
Brennan, who has worked for him ovel
b year. Success to you, Richard.
Geo. Bush of the Landing intends t.
break ground on his lot this week. A
N. Garland has been making some i'm
|provements in his grist mill recently
His milling can't be beat.
The citizens of the Landing would b
glad to have their butcher pass more O
bis time at the slaughter house, if it woul,
not endanger his health. 1t IS hghl
Odor0atS.
By referring to another column, gu
Democratic and Liberal Republican sui
scribers will notice that the time fc
holding their County Convention is posi-
poned till Tuesday, Aug. 20.
The Orleans Central Base Ball Club
of Barton Landing, have accepted chal
lenge from the "Union" Club, of Glover
to play match game of Base Bal
The game will come off on the ground
of the Orleans Fair Ground Company
next Saturday afternoon, Aug. II, a
l o'clock.
The 18th day of August has com,
and this world still ''hangs on nothin
in the air." Notwithstanding Monsieu
Platmour's fiery comet, which was sal
would arrive to-day and set thing
a-whirling. Postponed, no doubt. tt
after Presidential election.
HURRAH BOYS Hurrah for
GRANT CLUB in Barton All r
publicans in the town of Barton are +
quested to meet at the school house
this village on Thursday evening mex
for the purpose of forming a Grant al
Wilson Club. Let there be good a
tendance. Come at half-past seven.
Died, in Barton, VT, July 80, sist
Rebecca w. Pollard. wife of Gilbert
lis, aged II years, having been 40 yea
a native of this town.
Sister Ellis was the last one of a fa
lily of nine children. She was me
Der of the NJ. f. church As years. H
life was one above reproach. Her pie
was not demonStrative, but rather
that type which manifests itself in o.
beamings of kindness and long sufferil
Owing to ill-health she was unable
attend public services much for the |
ten years, and yet in cheerfulness
bore all her trials. She was kind mo
er, thereby making the old homestea,
place loved and cherished by her 81
dren, who forgot not to cheer her in
closing hours. AS citizen she
highly esteemed and beloved as nei
Dor. She leaves companion, with wi
81 years were spent in deepest harmc
to mourn her loss also four child