Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-10
STATE NEWS.
R Lougee of Chelsea. picked a fresh
dandeliOn blossom Oct 2S.

Zen turkeys belonging to Nathan Nor
rlll. of S.arksboro, were recently killed /
and piled up, and SIX others carried off
J. NJ Currier can beat c. A. Stevens
of Wa den. on oats. having raised 400
bushels from 6 sowing.
E. r. Stevens has recovered So from
joseph Harker. blacksmith at Mont
gomery, for damage to horse, in shoeing
the same lastspring.
A new weekly paper. to be called the
the Grand Isle County Recorder, will
be published at North Hero on the 22d
of November.
Two weeks ago D. Fl. Kendrick. of
Putney, lent man his team to go to
Walpole. N. H.. and return the next day
and that is the last he has seen of his
team.
Dave Hamblin resident of Addison
county, was absent from home week
or two, during which time his wife and
child left for parts unknown, whereas
Dave feels very badly, and is searching
the country for them.
Asa Low of Bradford. one OF the oldest
paper manufacturers in the country. and
we'll known through the Connecticut
valley as a great business man has been
obliged. on account of the infrmities of
age. to take his room.
Isaiah Desautel, of Burlington, was
returning from a shooting excursion last
Friday, and when near Rock Point he
fred off gun loaded with shot, the bar
rel of which burst SCATTERING his left
hand in terrible manner.
Tuesday of last week Charles Z. Winch.
Gouldsvi!le was working in saw mill.
when a pile of green plank fell on one
leg, breaking both bones just below the
knee. and badly tanning his foot and
ankle. He was carried home on a board
by his nclghbors. and his'wounds dressed
by Dir Porter He is doing well, though
suffering considerably.
A young orphan girl living with John
Guyer, of St Johnsbury was arrested
for stealing, and lodged in Jail. On ac-
, count of her tender years, the sheriff
gave her the liberty of the house and
soon she was missing. as was also.
watch belonging in the family The
. watch was afterwards found. smashed
Friday of week before last Daniel
| Batcheldor and wife. of North Danville.
! were descending hill ON the road lead
, ing to Lyndon. when their horse fell,
, capsizing the wagon. and completely
wedging III the occupants underneath it.
1t was sometime before help arrived, but
h no serious injury was sustained.
f James Johns, of Starkboro formerly
: of Huntington, and the eccentric and
veteran editor of the Autogroph and
Remdrker. has become insane on account
: of his religious belief. He has profess
= ed to believe that there is no God. and
It thinks he has ruined many young men
h by preaching his perpicious doctrine.
:. A few days ago man at work on the
o farm of c. Wheeler of Fairfax found two
looking glasses buried two feet below
> the surface. They were in the woods
IS so rods from the house. and were in a
1t good state of preservation when found
t, 1t is supposed they were buried there
i 10 years ago BIZ a woman who lived on
the farm at the time. but would not sell
or give them away when she removed to
n the Meet.
n A st. Adams shop keeper put up a
e placard advertising prints at ten cents
d per yard. A rival dealer Immediately
;s offered similar goods at nine cents, and
a third and fourth competitors announc.
ed their willingness to sell at eight cents
E. Every woman in town went shopping
te on Tuesday. some Of them buying loo
,r yards apiece, and nothing to wear
will not be said in st. Adams for 6
week.
Edwin Dean, of st. Johnsbury, is the
= owner of a curious cat. 1t is rather
Y more than medium size, with very fine
is fur, four inches long and as white az
10 the driven snow. Its tail is sixteel
! inches long. and when carried up pre-
scnts fiat appearance. being eight inches
5 wide. making, considerable of MARIA
he tive" The cat is very quiet and affec
he tomato and an excellent mouser.
es A shocking accident occurred to Mr.
to Curtis Persons of North Montepeller
ID Wednesday afternoon. He was employed
:. in the saw-mill of Martin Hallister, anc
- at the time eff the accident was fixing
II something in the vicinity of the circular
r saw. when he so moved his head as t,
er bring it in contact with the saw. HI
"a head was cut from the crown quite dow
to his ears. He was not instantly kill
q ed, but will probably not recover
= A locomotive passed over the entir
~ length of the Montpelier and Well
r; River railroad last Saturday. when tn
So charles River came over from Well
is River to the 'gravel pit" above Plain
- field, with Manager French as one of it
passengers. The work of ballasting ant
gu finishing the entire line is now bein,
d. pushed so rapidly that before the clos
he of November through trains will be run
no ming. The track is all done to poin
= beyond the Alarshfeld depot. and tw
= engines are drawing gravel to finish til
IS other side of that. while the passenge
is engine on this end is kept at the sam
n. work here, when not drawing the regula
no trains. Money having been provide
: for paying all the bills for labor. etc
y that are now contracted. there will no
ng be another days delay.-Aayus.
Ut Sunday before last Philander Morse
by aged % years, and Curtis Gerry, ,
he years old, both residents, of Cabot wer
,e. evidently very thirsty and covetou.
IN Going up to the Methodist meeting hous
- they ascertained that Allen Perry til
ny Town Liquor Agent. and his wife ha
eir not yet arrived. Lettering about unit
IN they saw them enter the church, the
nd at once thereafter made for Mr.. Perry