Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-05-12

asing new goods for spring and summer
trade. Dwinell will go as soon as his
health will permit.
At the public examination, Saturday,
May 3, Is teachers were present and
took part in the exercises. Some of them
propose to teach school in adjoining
towns.
Capt. Alexander w. Davis starts this
morning, MAY l2,) on a six months
canvassing trip through the State, for
the enterprislng proprietors of the
Vermont Farmer.
Mrs. l.. F. Parker has now full sup
ply of new millinery goods which she
offers to the public at good bargains.
She is located doors south of 0.
French's shoe shop
IRASBURGH.
VIM. Hughes is now in Jail for OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenees.
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The Irasburg Library Association has
just made another addition to its list of
books. 1t now has about 800 volumes.
The Baden brothers soon start for the
West, where they propose to avail them
selves of the provisions of the pre-emp-
ton and homestead law, in getting them
selves farms.
The roads were never freer from mud
at this season of the year, than now.
The farmers have done very little as yet
in the way of putting in crops owing to
the cold weather, caused no doubt, in
part, by the large quantity of snow yet
on the hills.
E. Powell, the proprietor of the Iras-
burg House, has returned from his Flor
ida trip greatly improved in health. He
brought home with him trophies of his
hunting exploits, consisting of the scalps,
tails, wings &C., of birds, heads of ALI
gators, equal in size to the head of Jobs
leviathan, snakes &C., all showing that
he or somebody else caused good deal
of death, among the ''varmints of the
South. -
At the regular meeting of Central
Lodge No. IL, May 8, the following Off
GERS were installed: A. A. Smith, w.
G. T.; S. A. Clement, W. V. T.; H. E.
Jackman, w. S.; Ella S. knight, w.
A. S.; H. T. Forrest, W. c.; Ellen
Wells, W. F. S.; J. Beede, W. T.; F.
H. Conner, w. NJ; Alice Chamberlain,
W. D. NJ. VIM. Sylvester, W. I. G..
W. Bryant, W. 0. G.; E. G. Flanders,
W. R. H. S. /; Julia Leech, W. l.. II. S.
The attendance at the teachers exam
ination May 3. was very good, there be-
ing ten candidates for the permit that
could enable them to be "brisk wielders
of the birchen rule the coming sum.
mer. There was also small attend
ance of committee men and others, inter
ested In ''schoolmarms. Those teach
ers who have graduated from the Nor
NAL schools or who have Institute certif
Gates, can rejoice yearly in the fact, tina
their souls are free from the vexation
attendant upon the much dreaded exam
: nations. May the time come when W,
shall all belong to the latter class o
: teachers.
: LOWELL.
r Joseph Kelley has solo his house il
the village to Silas Works for $500
$ Kelley has moved to 1rasburg and rent
e ed Pat Cassidy's farm for three years.
Mt. Norris Lodge of Good Templar
/ proposes to have public meeting on tn
18th inst. Dramas, declarations an
0 music will be among the order of exer
f cises.
: The railroad question seems to be til
t topic for talk at present There was
d meeting here on Saturday, the Sd inst
d and general turnout from Lowell an
y Westfeld. The question was discusse
by several gentlemen. A unanimou
n vote was taken in favor of the INDIAN
s road, and all present expressed then
n selves willing to aid in the survey an
n construction Of the road. Encouragin
8 dispatches were received from Montpe
: Ter, Burlington, and several other place
If There will be a general mass meeting i;
IS Morrisville on the 18th inst, and it
n hoped that all interested in the road wi
be present.
NEWPORT.
d /. B. Babcock of West Newport, ha
swarm of bees leave their hive on I'll
70 29th of April and light upon a tree ne;
. by. He succeeded in re-hiving ther
gave them a piece of honeycomb we
filled with honey, and they have set /,
= housekeeping again, and are waiting
y something to do in the line of takil
y care of themselves.
The British steamer "Nora.' co,
manded by Captain George Fogg ma
~ her first trip for the summer, last Tut
= day. May 6. The Captain thinks
az shall be able to run the Lady of t
Lake" by the lst of June, if not befo
e Fred Davis has sold the horse til
= ran into the river with him, to J. S
~ vens, of West Burke, for two hundr