Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-07-07

as two bushels in one evening The in |
habitants in the immediate vicinity,
have resorted to the use of tar. placed
around their buildings and fruit trees,
which is found to work well. Like the
locusts and vermin of Pharaohs time,
they entered the houses and were found
in everything. They have proved a per-
feet scourge. They have taken and hold
possession, of 1.-THE grove where the tent
meeting was advertised to be held and
all parties yield the possession to them
Their encampment stretches over an area
of one half mile wide by three miles
long. They are disagreeable curiosi-
ty.-Stansteod Journal.
ST. JOHNSBURY
: Haying has come. farm help is scarce,
and good hands get large pay-larger
than the farmers can afford to pay, in
fact. Complaint is made too that no
Yankees can be hired nearly all the
valuable help coming from Canada.
A new locomotive is nearly completed
and will soon be put upon the Passump-
sic road 1t is to be named eli A. AL
den."'. in compliment to the master me-
chanic Of the road Two locomotives,
the "Groton' and "Plainfeld'' have
been built at the shops in Lyndonville
for the Montpelier and Wells River road.
The Passumpsic road will run these en-
gines for time. and the Montpelier
and Wells River take two old Passump-
sic engines to run their gravel trains
| Caledonaaaa. ,
~ s "a .SI,ANSI,EAD. s3ae
The Stanstead, Compton, and Orleans
/ Counties Union Of Good Templars, held
their annual basket picnic in the grove
near Stanstead Junction on Dominion
Day. In the forenoon business meet
ing of the Union was held with Beebe
Plain Lodge, when the following officers
were elected for the year President,
DR.. N. Cheney; Secretary, Lewis
Hayes !; Treasurer, Rev. G. P. Mallory !;
Executive committee, Mr.. E. Hunt
.stanstead Co.; d. J. Aver. Compton
Co. H. d. Holmes, Orleans Co. The
meeting at the grove was called to order
by DIR. N. Cheney, at about half past
one. Prayer was offered by Rev Mr..
! Blake. Rev. Mr. Meecham, of Massa-
| chusetts, being called upon, made some
remarks in the course of which he stated
that the ultimate aim of the prohibition
party must be to stop the manufacture
and Importation of intoxicants. A. t.
Foster, Esq, then read letter from c.
J; c. Colby, M. p, expressing his regret
that he could not be present. Rev. Mr..
Merriam of Massachusetts, then spoke
somewhat ramblingly. 1t being Domin-
ion day he spoke of the position and
prospects of Canada, favoring independ-
ence as a step towards annexation. He
said when the Almighty cast North
America he made it in one mold, and it
, came out in one solid chunk, North
America, and what God hath Joined to-
gether let not man put asunder laugh
ter. The gentleman then mauo soms
remarks upon the subject of temperance.
| A heavy storm of rain began then,
4 which lasted almost without intermis-
e sion until about FIVE o'clock, scattering
/ the picnicers without hearing Mr.. Cas-.
! wells speech, which was to have been
the, principal attraction of the day. The
t Argureon Cornet Band, of Stanstead
e furnished good music on the occasion
e The committee of arrangements deserve
d praise for the perfection of their arrange
y ments. w. III. w.
d TROY -
The Eastman Machine Company a
. North Troy, are finishing their foundry
and will, ere long, commence the manu-
facture of stoves,
/ There is to be an excursion on tn
g South Eastern Railroad, from Montrea
to Newport, July 9th. We understand
that regular trains will run on that roa,
after that date.
n The Bail Road Ball at the Frontie
y, House, North Troy, July 4th, was de
lie cided success, there being more than s.
s couples present. The music was good
,e and everything connected with the dane
70 passed off with credit. to the proprietor.
IS WESTFIELD.
G. The Orleans county Sabbath Schot
e. convention was held here on June 25t
r. and 26th. A large number assemble
70 and the exercises were interesting frol
In the beginning to the end Presider
ne Carpenter presided with acceptance
m all. Rev. Mr.. Connell addressed ii
IN meeting by welcoming its members
ne the town and to its Inequalities.
us variety Of subjects were ably DISGUISE
ie' by the members present. The commi
us tee appointed to draft resolutions mac
US their report, and all their resolution
er- were adopted except one. This relat.
to, and condemned the practice of hol
ing but one service during the Sabbath
ide it was afterwards amended and now re