Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-07-21
IRASBURGH.


Albert Webster, who lives on the VIM.
Bryant place, near the Coventry line,
came near losing his barns, his hired
man, and within two minutes of losing
his own life,-in all probability.-all at
one stroke of lightning, during the ter
rife thunderstorm of last Monday even
ing guly l4.) The lightning struck
the gable-end of one of his barns, hit
ting it at the ridgepole, splitting and
passing down each corner rafter, and
then down the posts,-at the foot of one
of which Albert sat, milking, not two
minutes before.-splitting the rafters
into slivers and scattering them with
any quantity of other pieces of boards
and timber in every direction, and
knocking the hired man-Luke Living
stone-as fat as halibut. The hay
was set on fire nearly the whole length
of the end of the barn, and it was with
the greatest effort on the part of Mr..
Webster and his man, the women folks
and the neighbors, that the fire was
extinguisbed. Although young Living
stone was never laid out more sudden in
his life, he was not much hurt, and
waded through thunder, lightning, smoke
water and fire, with the rest for about
an hour as though he was mad. The
barn and hay was damaged to the
amount of about sixty-fve or seventy
dollars Insured in Vermont Mutual.
Mr. Webster thanks his neighbors fol-
their assistance and will help them il
ever the lightning comes boiling dowr
upon any of their barns.
JAY.
The wind unroofed barn belonging
to l.. Robinson few days since, expos
ing his hay to the elements.
The hay crop will be the lightes
gathered for many years.
Aquilla Chase, has abandoned rathe
suddenly his hired farm, and taken VI
his abode in Canada, for reasons know
to himself and his creditors.
Henry West returns home after som
years of absence, to provide home 70
his parents.
N. & J. E. Chase, B. N. Chase an,
H. Bannister are each building ney
barns.
LOWELL.
Geo. Eddy has a dairy Of forty COWS
and nearly all of them are lame wit
the foot-rot.
NEWPORT.
Snow fell in the west part of New
port,-in the vicinity of Philande
Wright ,-last Saturday, July 10.
A man can leave Newport at SIS /
NJ, reach Montreal at 10, remain unit
3.l5 and reach home at 0.55 Or b
can leave at 5.15 A. NJ. for St. Alban
connect at Richford with the mornin
) train over the Missisquoi, arrive the,
about 9 and stay until 4.2o and the
get home at 9.55.
STATISTICAL.
John Rourke, for many years hea
clerk in the store of George R. Holm'
of Rock Island P. O., committed suicid
} last Thursday evening by shooting hin
i self. No cause assigned.
q VEST BURKE.
R. L. Huntley is building nice hor
i barn which will add much to the appea
ance of his place.
J. B. Corlis, of Newark, is just cor
pleting one of the best set of building
8 in this village, and will soon have the
! ready for occupancy.
: The farmers in this vicinity are g
: ting along well with their haying, al
4 to their pleasant disappointment, a
getting nearly an average crop. Co
. and potatoes are looking finely al
promise an abundant harvest.
WOLCOTT.
4 G. F. Stanley has purchased the sta
ar line from this place to Irasburg Of Bru
10 Ladd, and has furnished new rig al
N hopes to be able to give satisfaction
IF those patronizing this line.
Our band has been twice this week
IN furnish music for DIR. circuit and Sti
4 man Brown. Although they came We
- late in the evening yet they went aw
!, feeling as though they had been W
used.
John Williams, at work for diff Alb
:. fred off blast July 18th that NOV
IS yards of rock, and only used pour
of powder.-Reporter.
Mt SOMETHING ABOUT BANDs.-The
" Johnsbury Caledon;an has been gui