Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-10-20

handle. The axe few over and struck
him in the neck cutting the large vein.
He bled very fast but MIR. D. succeeded
in stopping it so that he lived until
night, when he died. Drs. Adams and
Tracy were called but he had bled SO
much they could do nothing for him ex-
cept to stop the blood, which they did.
NEWPORT
A. J. Dudley of Newport, native of
East Montpelier has recently paid S425
for four years old colt to match one
he already owned. If the match proves
to be good one Mr.. Dudley is to have
$4,000 for the pair.
Hollis Gould is the champion skunk
/ killer of the town. Fourteen is the
number he has put to death on his own
farm this summer The chickens and
turkeys thus saved the modification of
being killed by skunk, will doubtless
cheerfully give up their lives on Thanks
giving day.
| One day week before last, Fred H.
Baker South Eastern R. r. baggage
master, found a package of money In
one of the cars containing $4,000, and
afterwards found the owner-a rich man
by the name of Arpan-who rewarded
him for his honesty by giving him s4.65.
There is no doubt but what Baker is an
honest man, but there is some doubt
whether this Arpan camel can get
) through the eye of needle.
Tae proprietors of the Express and
; L. B. McCintock. have purchased the
Job printing establishment of Royal
Cummings and have moved the same
| into True's block. The work heretofore
turned out at this office has been as
good as they do it anywhere, and as Mr..
, McClintock who we understand is to
. have charge of the Office, is an old head
|
= in the business, we expect to see the
{ same kind hereafter.
.STANSTEAD, p. Q.
Monday evening, about nine or ter
9 0 clock, a boy in the employ of Lucius
Bangs of Stanstead, was driving one
horse in buggy and leading another
4 behind. and when near the old Witch
Y er farm was run into by two rufians il
J. a wagon. who not content with pushing
4 the boy and team out of the road, stop
o ped their horse, got out and took hole
r of the wagon in which the boy was sit
: ting and overturned it into the ditch
Y thereby seriously breaking it in man,
! places. The boys horse took fright an,
d dragged the lad several rods through
S the mud and water bruising him consid
l. erably. Justice is on their track
a Journal
SUTTON.
G. W. Young and Corydon Parker
is will during the present season disti
l. cedar oil enough to bring them $500
G. i he most of it is sold to E. f. DutJon {
5. Barton.
T. The new school house just built i
sr the west part of the town, is now Ii
re best house in the town. Daniel Eros
G. and Silas RouDdy built it by the jol
and spared neither time nor expense j
: making it first class.
~ In the village school district are
Y, families. only two of which. consistln
ty of 8 persons, lived here 81 years ag
and the heads of those are dead.
Is. that time there have been 81 death
of The oldest person is Mrs. Barber. age
mo- so, who does sewing, knitting, and was
70 ing dishes, and steps about the hou
or like girl
bo WESTMORE.
Mr.. J. c. Page is putting new m
!. chinery into his saw mill, and inten
having it ready to run soon.
no A. D. Bemis sells at public auctio
ON the 29th inst. personal property al
of household furniture. For particula
he see auction bills.
in Mr. Geo. B. Chandler Of Westborou.
nd Mass. is in town paying his taxes a
lp- collecting his rents. Mr.. Chandler ow
mt about 5000 acres of land in town, most
ow timbered land.
nd. Messrs. Fassett & Eldrid of Enc
The burgh, were in town last week selli
vas organs, they sold one 5000 Taylor
ult Farley organ to Miss Martha China
to and think they shall sell more.