Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08
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Local News.
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in the woods last Friday, Jan. 81 fell
tree which lodged upon another. He
chopped the second and as it fell his leg
was caught and broken near the ankle.
He was held fast at first, but after
some perseverance and hard scrabbling,
he managed to get loose and hobbled to
within hailing distance of the road, where
he attracted the attention of some men
who assisted him to the house. DIR.
Parker was called who fixed up the bro
ken limb in such manner that 1t is
now doing well.
The Levee and Oyster Supper at the
Congregational church at West Albany
on the 23d inst was no exception to the
many gatherings held heretofore. The
evening was pleasant and the house was
quite we'll filled. j. G. Dow, Esq, was
chosen to preside, and interesting remarks
by Rev. Mr.. Smith and N. M. Darling,
and good poem read by Mr.. Macomber
then the very instructive and amusing
exhibition was witnessed with marked
appreciation by the audience, all the ex-
ercises being enlivened by good music.
The best of oysters we'll cooked were
then served in Saunders Hail. The
receipts of the society after paying ex-
penses amounted to 800 The attend
ance would no doubt have been greater,
had not the false report been circulated
that we had case of small pOx in our
village, but to the brave ones who did
come the thanks of the committee are
tendere d.-ErpreSS.
BARTOM-~
Only eighteen degrees below zero this
morning.
Barton village. now has watch
man, in the personnel one Joseph Elliot
"Watchman tell us of the night
To those in wanh of new sign, we
would refer to thu advertisement Of H.
r. Wood, ir., in another column. He is
good sign paintei II and deserves patron
age.
To travel our iby streets, for the past
two weeks, one needs we'll be shod with
spikes. Many ah ambitious youth has
found himself suddenly 'downed' Sew
eral sleighs have gone sideways until
they were quickly overturned. Nobody
hurt though. Ais we'll that ends we'll.
A meteor was observed by citizens of
this village about o'clock, last We'd
nesday evening, the explosion of which
made noise which sounded as loud as
the firing of small cannon. Mr.. John
Twombly saw the flash, and supposing
of course there was another fire, went to
the door just in season to hear the re-
port.
We have in our Office mammoth hor-
nets nest, picked from hemlock tree
by p L. Webster of Irasburgh, which
measures 80 by 46 inches in circumfer-
ence. If there is any town that can
produce a swarm of these red-hot little
fellows that can do better than this, we
should be glad to give them puff.
Mr.. Earle, late editor of the Barton
Standard, having been beaten in law
suit at st. Johnsbury, expresses himself
as follows:
1--WE have been fighting the tiger
this week, and, as a result, are badly
scratched. In other words, we have had
a lawsuit with Dr. G. B. Billiard, in
which we are the plaintiff and are beat
en-, much to our surprise and that of
everybody else. We wouldn't care if
it didn't cost so much. We amt we'll. -
The following officers were elected
at the regular convocation of Keystone
Chapter No. Is, Barton, VT, Sept. 25,
1871: d. Baker, H. P; J. 2. Baldwin
X; E. Cook, S. ; E. E. Rawson, Sec.
J. Z. Skinner, Treas N. NJ Scott, G.
H.; c.. P. Owen, P. S.; J. n Webster
r. A. c.; j. c. Batchelder, NJ Sd V.
G. A. Clark, NJ. I'd "; A. S. French
NJ. LIST V.
At a regular convocation of Orleans
Lodge No. 50, held December %, the
following officers were chosen: Emery
Cook, W. NJ. Heman Mcclure, S. W.
James F. Taylor, J. W. J. E. Skinner
Treas G. H Dwinell, Sec Geo. Bush
S. d. O. V. Joslyn, j. D.. D. w. Rob
inson, Tyler E. Z. Rawson. Organist
VIM. P. Virgins, G. B. Warner, Stew
ards; NJ. R. Chase, Chaplin; H. Pierce
Marshal.
The house and barns of Geo. D. Bick
ford, living on the Duck Pond road abou
three miles south: of this village, wer
burned on New Years morning about ST
o'clock together with most of their con
tents. Mr.. Bickford was expecting con
pany and was going to have an oyste
supper and jolly New Year visit wit
his relations but the fire iend interrupt
ed. Instead Of receiving company !
was received by others. The fire caugl
from the stove pipe between the plaste
ing and floor. His loss was $500; i
sured for $1,000.
Somebody in Barton has friend VIZ
down in Providence, who felt so got
after eating his christmas pie that