Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-11-04
Moody Conner will sell at public auc-


ton, on Thursday. November ID, his
farm of l66 acres, stock, hay and grain,
farming and dairy tools. For further
particulars see posters.
W. G. Taplin hopes to finish haying
this week, if winter will only hold off a
little longer. He was put back some
what in haying, by the overlooking of
his meadows in the summer.
Why cannot this town as well as Der
by and other towns, have course of
lectures during the coming winter p
We say it can if its people will only en-
gage in the matter with determination
to succeed.
It is query in the minds of many of
our farmers, whether OF not the Farmers
Institutes held by the State Board of Ag-
riculture in this and other counties, are
a paying investment. We think ma
jority-of them are inclined to decide in
| saf-
the negative,
R. S. Orne is repairing his premises
at the Common. There is quite chance
for improvement, and it is to be hoped
that he won't stop in the good work, un-
, til he. has thoroughly repaired the build
ings on his corner.
) c. w. Wheeler is building new Gel
, lar under his dwelling house. A. A.
Earle, former resident of the house,
says, "That cellar would freeze over the
'bottomless pit. ~ Who is better able
, or qualified to express such an opinion
q than Earle.
: A. A. Earle is spending the fall in
: this town. Since Poland's denomination
e he has devoted his time almost wholly
S to writing poetry and reading history,
e earnestly and honestly endeavoring to
qualify himself for consulship, say
: that of Egypt. 1t is earnestly to be
+ hoped that he will get it.
g NEWPORT.
S In the short space of 9 days three
g aged people have died on Coventry street
s Orville Robinson's mother, R. V. Halls
IS mother and old Mr. Eaton
:. Blaisdell & Ingalls, Swiss Bell Ring
y ers gave an entertainment here last Mon
It day evening. 1t was we'll attended and
n all were satisfied. They are genera
; favorites and cannot fail to give salts
is faction.
o SHEFFIELD.
"Lolan Gray" under Sheffield news o
last week should read Laban Gray.
ID Mr. Olin Ingalls, and Aaron Ora,
is have exchanged farms.
James Drew lost yearling colt tn
lie other day by its falling into well som
es twenty feet deep, and before he coul,
ne be got out he died The colt was val
ued at $50.
in Last week monument was erected t
" the memory of George Washington Ches
: ley. 1t stands eight feet and four in
T. ches high with 26O letters engraved o
it. The work on the monument is exc
cuted in the highest style of the ar
es This makes two family monuments tia
have been put up this season in this tow
~ by M. J. Smith of Barton, and they civ
good satisfaction.
n Mr.. Elmer Bartlett of Sheffield ON h
ut return from Lyndon on Thursday afte
noon soon after leaving Sheffield villag
-, got out of his carriage to walk, leavin
u his wife and daughter who were with hin
nd to manage the team; and when the
as reached Asa Barriers saw mill, dro,
no over some logs by the road side, upse
ting the carriage and its occupant
''0 breaking Mrs. Bartlett's right ankl,
use the daughter escaped unhurt. MI
Bartlett managed to get to Ezekiel Nile
The house, close by, and after getting SUI
able conveyance was taken to her hor
vi about three miles distant. We were
be the spot soon after the accident, al
it. think the injuries received are of tn
,;u nature which may affect her all throu,
:. -. life. We deeply sympathize with t
the family. They were burnt out recent
be- and this accident coming soon after ad
)Ox to their list of misfortunes. We und,
mt stand DR.. Templeton of Glover was ca
ed.
WHEELOCK.
Taylor and Sullaway, merchants, ha
dissolved partnership. We understa
Vor- Sullaway intends to 60 West.
Mr.. The log houses are disappearing
at West Wheelock Mountain. David Hi
the has put up new frame building VIII
cost $500, and Hiram Barton is prep
peo- ing to put up a new frame building 3
g to Sc, to cost $500.
ieie Jonas Folsom's hired man the ot
ung night while driving over W. Wheel
mes Mountain, came very near losing a ho
This by getting its leg in one of the bad :
Tho ter courses in that locality.