Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-05-20
Local News.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Dry Goods, :. %. d. Owen, Barton.
Millinery, M. A. Woodman, Barton,
Seed Oats, E A. Ufford, Irasburgh.
ALBANY.
LETTER FROM ALBANY.-Friend Web
Ster. A few weeks since furnished you
a letter, an attempted description of AL
bany and its surroundings, in which it
appears that some forlorn friend in the
east part of the town, feels himself sore
ly sighted. He says | make West AL
bany paradise. He is doubly mistaken.
In the first place, it is not Vest Albany,
but simply Albany, for, be it known that
this is the Hub, Notwithstanding it is in
one corner of the town. In the next
place do not make it a paradise, -it is
as near an approach to paradise as any
thing earthly can be, without any of my
assistance. He says also that Adam
and Eve were turned out long ago
What of it? Is that anything for or
against me, or the place? They were
expelled from the garden after eating
the forbidden fruit, but we were not a.
ware until now, that the forbidden fruit
was India wheat. Still further, he says
that think West Albany is all there is
of the town. Another mistake. If he
will take the trouble to look up that let
ter, and read it over carefully, he will
see at once that my object was Albany
village and its surroundings. He says
[ conine myself to the southwest part
of the town. So | did. did so inten-
tionally. Good old father Hall, in his
Biography and History, confines himself
TO the northwest corner of New England
suppose he did it on purpose. Hope
by friend will not take the good old man
TO account for his conduct
He thinks, also, | am very happy here.
= Indeed, am, sir You could not be
more correct. | never saw but one
place in which | was better contented,
Ind even that place had its failings, and
t was many hundred miles beyond the
fonfnes of New England. | am very
happy and did not know until recently
that any one begrudged me my happi-
ness. MISERY likes company" I should
conclude that my eastern friend is not
enjoying himself very well in his pres
ent location, and would suggest to him
that he sell out and move into Paradise
] suppose there is good soil and good
people in other places,-.but because one
speaks good of particular locality, or
a particular people, does that signify
that he considers all other localities and
all other people, bad ? am afraid Mr.
B. j.. is just little jealous. Respecting
the railroad question, Mr. L. is not to
be blamed for wanting the road on the
Creek any more than | am for wanting
it on the River. He has no greater
cause for hurting thunderbolts at me
than at scores of others. CHARITY be-
gins at home" and we are all acting on
that principle, and yet l say-and ]
think l speak the sentiment of the west
part of the town generally-establish
that route which is found to be most
feasible and practicable. I think Mr.. D.
is mistaken on the cost of grading. L
my memory serves me right, we were in
formed at the last railroad meeting in
this place that certain gentleman haC
offered to grade the entire route fo1
$4,000 per mile. Should any one con
slider this letter pointed or personal,
would refer them to Mr.. LIS letter
to be found in MONITOR No. 16, and asl
them what they think of that. A.
BARTON.
Look out for new goods at Skinner
Drews to-day, tomorrow and next day
Owen Robinson lost valuable hors
last Monday night by its getting hun
in the stall.
Corn, wheat, oats, peas, beans, barley
rye.-aN just now seem to be singin
''Put me in my Little Bed
]. W. Hall returned from market las
Saturday night. His store will be file
'chuck" full of nice goods this week
Jim's a "brick" to trade with.
Mosman sawed spruce tree las
Thursday that made l74O feet squar
edged boards. Such spruce trees as tina
are not very common.
One extreme follows another, as Rus
sells old hen said the other day whel
she laid an egg that weighed ounces
and the next day one that weighed onl
drams
Oscar Owen has got back from marke
with larger and better stock of good
than he has ever had before, which h
says he will sell cheap for cash, an,
what he says he'll do, he will, you bet.
We learn that our townsman Cheney
Sewing machine Fred) has bought
house at st. Johnsbury Centre, and vii
soon move toathat village. Sorry to hav
you go, Fred, but suppose we shall hav
to submit to it.
The executive committee of the Coun
ty 5. 5. Convention met at Derby tn
l4th (Iuesday0 The nov+ so,o;o.,