Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-11-04

dience to waltzing. while the BLUE Bells
of Scotland" as we heard it remarked,
was worth sitting all night to hear. The
gentlemanly, ladylike and graceful bear
ing of this troupe, at once captivate and
hold the attention Of the listeners.
The rain kept many await having
kept up steadily for twenty-four hours,
so that more unfavorable night could
not have been selected. We are glad,
however, to be able to announce that
this company will give another evenings
entertainment at the white church, this
Monday evening, when we hope they
will receive what they SO justly deserve
"a full house.
"WHAT KIND OF RoAD's THIS ?'-
Not many nights ago-only last week
and, by the way, it was not moonlight
night" either, but, to quote from Col.
Crockett, $50 dark the moon and stars
couldn't navigate for fear of running
foul o each other" young man from
the country-a stranger in these parts
we presume-came into town, accompan-
led by couple Of young ladies and the
ladies, we are informed, acre, ladies in
every sense of the word But the young
man, either before or after he came to
town ut must have been before, of course)
had drank few times too many from
somebody's little brown jug, SO that he
was as limbera as an eel and swayed round
like liberty-pole in a hurricane. In
this condition the fellow guided the horse
as best he could, but the road to him was
crooked as ram S horn. Seven years age
hotel was destroyed by fire, leaving
nothing but the old cellar, which is
here yet In one corner of this cellar
used to be kept rum-hole, the recollec'
tion,-if not the smell-of which re-
mains to this day; and for this once. ia
miliar spot. Timber Joints refined his steed
Up over the bank, and, sure enough
down into the old cellar he went: horse
wagon, ladies and the whole concern
A gentleman who saw the perform
ance fastened with all speed to the spot
expecting of course, to find somebed.
hurt. Arriving at the edge of, the Gel
lar he shouted: "What are you doing
here 2" and from the depths. of darkness
, came back in coarse hollow voice, "Wha
kind of - road do you call this :?
, Explanation followed, help arrived AM
, the team was brought back into the road
, the young man inquiring if there wer
? "any more cellars around here?" Strang
? as it may seem, nobody was hurt an
4 no particular damage done to the team
/, That sober man could drive off tia
D same place in broad day light withou
any load, and not sprain an ankle or d
g something worse, we should be 10th
believe; and we believe this fellow &C
mits that nothing but the Spirits save
J. him. This must be brother, or SON
. connection of the fellow who got cal
sized one dark night a year or two ag
!, in ditch near Mr.. Corey's, and can
into the village and frightened all tt
-. women-and men too-out of the
% houses, by crying at the top Of his voic
- "FSre! FIRE FIRE!!I" WI
q Pitcher, who then lived at the old Jer
Drew Stand, perhaps was the most sea
ed of anybody for the reason that t
:. hideous sounds were uttered just aroul
! the corner of his barn. Down went |
- newspaper, and without stopping
. boots, coat or hat, out into the darknt
i he went, inquiring, "Where! WHERE
: WHERE !" In less than a minu
>. VIM. had confronted the chap who "
! giving the alarm, and was not lit
- chagrined and taken aback, when I
,;a fellow, after stopping to take breath a
scratch his head, said, in all meekne
my horse has ran off the bridge .,
the ditch" Bill stopped only 10
we enough to ask if he couldn't 'take P
cir of water and put him out" If tn
er- two fellows are not brothers, then v
w. are they ?
e" BARTON LANDING.
Miss S. A. Stearns has just filled
E. her millinery shop with new goods, c
wn sisting of all the latest styles of hi
oot bonnets, &c. Miss Stearns is MILL
of much experience and does not fai
Is give satisfaction. Read her advert
a ment in another column.
The enterprising firm of Grandy, 81
hat ner & Parker, have just returned Fl
:. market with an unusually large stocl
-, fall and winter goods, consisting of
tne most everything you can think Off
ich cam brio needle to hoop-skirt and
ack ty yards of bingham. AS a proof
con the enterprise of this firm, we VIZ
point to their double-column advert
ing ment, which tells the whole story.
CRAFTSBURY.
wv COMPLIMENTARY SELECTIoN.-To
'O selected as speaker for the Wilt
gu prize for oratory at the seminary
" Easthampton, Mass, is regarded a
very high compliment to the scholar
" and oratorical talent of the fortu
y ones, and the friends of J. G.. Simp
of Craftsbury may we'll feel proud
!, his name is among those on whom
lot has fallen this Fall.