Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-11-04
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his place at West Derby for S2lOO.
John Wright has sold his farm to E.
Clark. Mr.. Wright is looking around,
to purchase another place i'm
mediately.
We omitted to notice last week the
open lodge meeting which took place at
the Good Templar's Hall. The meeting
was opened by an address by Gilbert
Miller. Dialogues, recitations, and an
address by Rev. I. P Moulton filled up
the evening. The recitations were good.
the parts in the dialogues well acted, and
the whole comprised a very pleasant en-
tertainment.
There is considerable sickness in town,
sudden colds with fever is the rule.
Nearly every one complains of severe
colds. Some think that it is distem-
per going the rounds the same as the
horse disease.
GLOVER.
Willie Tate and Ed Bodwell have ex-
changed farms.
Hon. E. B. Simonds is very much out
of health. He has been confined to the
house nearly all the time for two months.
The Swiss Bell concert Sat. eve, was
success considering the unfavorable
weather there was good house, and all
seemed to fully appreciate the exertions
of the actors.
Many of the horses are suffering from
the distemper raging throughout the
country. The six owned by the ply
sicians in the place are sick. The Doc
tors walk it out or are carried by the
messengers OF. the sick. Anterior plods
periodically through the mud with the
mail bag swung over his back.
There seems to be good many re-
pairs and improvements about town just
now. Mr.. E. B. Simonds is remodeling
his house by cutting down the windows
and putting IN larger ones and changing
the forms of rooms E. E. Foster has
painted his hotel. It looks, with its
newly painted blinds, as good as new
Ounce Mcclellan has also thoroughly
painted his house. Geo. Whitney, al
West Glover, is putting up new barr
to go with his new house. Norton Nc
Lellan has recently brought water to hi'
buildings from spring situated 13(
rods away.
WEST GLOVER.
Last week Guy Anderson shot wilt
goose which was filling his crop in hi
oat field.
: There is fallen cedar tree on tn
farm of O. V. Percival seventeen inche
in diameter at the butt and eighty-on
feet in length.
The horse disease is prevailing il
West Glover to great extent. Nearl
every horse is afflicted with it, and it be
gins to tell on business seriously.
GREENSBORO.
= E. K. Hunt has sold his farm to Nose
Haines for $3.50. Hunt returns to Jay
- his old residence.
), The universal horse distemper is il
/. creasing to an alarming extent here, b,
v we hear of no fatal cases.
r The steam mill company at the bend
le have their engine in running order ar
ID are putting in the machinery as fast
is possible. They intend to have it doir
'r business in month or so. They a
SIS also building large boarding hou
!! which is about completed outside.
e. The new road to the bend" from Il
as village is progressing rapidly. One
lie two weeks more of good weather will
ne all that "Sam." will want to complete
- The machinery for the new steam m
at Greensboro is fast arriving, and t
- proprietors expect to have it running |
. fore Jan. l. The main building is To-
- %, with an L 45x50. They have ?
~ in $50 horsepower engine, and int
" to put in machinery for the manufactr
of all kinds of lumber
The citizens of Greensboro were fav
M M ed with lecture on temperance by 4
is. BENZ. Smith, last Monday eve. The
her tendance was not large; neither was |
to audience as appreciative as were the p
Sc pie Of Glover and Barton, according
:; your correspondents. We think tn
nm may be material enough in the 'yor
of man" to make something when he COZ
al down from his "stilts' a little. 7
i. I'm schoolboy oratory Will not do for
VI public in these times.
uld HARDWICK.
lse- We have to chronicle another Fad
uality upon the G.. & P r. R., result
in the death of an estimable citizen.
NC the cattle train going south was pass
'on under farm bridge in the vicinity
a' Thetford, Mr.. Daniel Goodrich, ca
"a drover, who was sitting upon one of
mp cars was struck upon the head, and
'a'e stantly killed. His head was crus
son. by the blow It is said that Mr.. CT
na' rich saw his danger, but was unable
Tic avoid it, owing to the lowness of