Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-12-16

and their fine will be valuable. The U.
S. mail bag for North Greensboro occa-
sionally passes through the place with
an amount of mail matter which only
the post-office officials can understand.
1t is said to be marvel of postal service
in this region. All of which is respect
fully submitted. Yours, &c.,
HOLLAND.
On the 9TH inst, child three years
old, son of Morrill, and Emeline Perkins,
died from the effects of scald four
weeks previous by sitting down in a pail
of hot water.
The new school house in district No.
6, which will be the best in town, is
completed, ready for the painters, but
owing to the lateness of the season will
not be painted until spring. School
commenced in it the 10th, so that now
there is school in all the districts in
town.
Samuel McWhirter has sold his inter-
est in the saw mill and lands, owned by
McWhirter & Baldwin, to Mr.. Caswell
of Barnston, P. O., for $4,000. VIM. R.
Ward has sold his farm to G. W. & A.
R. Gregory, price $1,000. Henry c..
| Baxter has sold the west half of lot l,
range 2 to Hiram H. Elliott for $500.
IRASBURGH.
He. Waller sells all his 5000 worth
of goods at auction Thursday and Satur-
day of this week. afternoon and evening.
See poster
Mr.. Eben Grant lately killed an eight
months old pig that dressed 376 pounds.
The same day J. B. Clement killed one
seven months old which dressed 33S lbs.
These pigs were bought, when small, Of
H. H. Stevens. He keeps the kind to
buy.
| E. w. Powell announces his Annual
New Years Ball at the Irasburgh House,
for Wednesday eve., January l, 1878,
and invites all to attend, feeling conf.
dent that he will be able to so entertain
them that they will have no cause to re.
greet that they were there. Music by
Burdick and Davis Quadrille Band
ST. JOHNSBURK.
Josh Billings is to lecture here on thu
evening of the 18th. Subject, "Wha
| know about hotels"
The second entertainment of the Y
M. G. A. course, consisting Of the read
ing by Prof. J. M. Churchill of humor
e Gus selections, was at the Town Hal
J last Friday evening. Mr.. Murray, VIII
failed to arrive here to fulfill his form
d er engagement, writes that he will dc
" liver his lecture at some future day.
S SUTTON.
The oyster supper given last Thurs
: day night by the Ladies' Society CAV
: them about $500 above expenses,
, Richard Jenness, our new LANDLORD
gives an oyster supper on New Year
IS eve Tickets 500 per couple. Let
d give him full house.
|, The school at the village taught
r Mr.. E. M. Campbell, commenced De
lie 2. and has about ffty-fve scholars
attendance. Rev. Elisha Brown
at Montpelier teaches the North Rid
lie school This is his fifty-third term
k teaching.
Is SHEFFIELD.
is J. DIN Ingalls, sends the followi
b. item to the Lyndon Union:
Id Friday, the 29th of Nov, the day
the first big snow storm. l missed TIL
b. of my turkeys. After hunting for the
wv Saturday and Sunday I gave them
cb as lost. On Tuesday afternoon last
e. happened to be crossing drift ovel
dc brook running near my barn and slump
ev through four feet into the bed of /
nd brook. After drawing myself up I lot
ed down the hole, and there stood one
the turkeys, all right. After diggi
w. with shovel for about half an houl
~ found the other two, all in good tri
10 having lain under four feet of snow fir
-" Friday until Tuesday night.