Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-03-31


the past winter and this spring.
at the shop of D. B. Randall 10000 #.
Of spouting, which he designs to put up
as soon as the travelling will admit.
N. NJ. Scott, the miller, has sold the
past year 20 car loads of corn. $50
bbls. flour and 2 car loads of shorts.
He has now at his mill, just arrived.
car load of choice seed wheat designed
for the farmers in town and vicinity.
The officers elected at the annual
meeting for School District No. 8 were
as follows: Moderator, G. 2. Owen
Committee, DR.. G. L. French; Clerk and
Treasurer, Chaplin Leonard Collector,
BENZ. Hancock Agent having charge of
the basement to the Institute, A. A.
Williams. Treasurer reported over 500
surplus money in the teasury; voted to
raise Is cts on the dollar of the grand
list to defray expenses for ensuing year.
H. W. and Chester Phillips, accom-
panied with hound and guns upon their
shoulders started one morning recently
to have little fox hunt. The dog soon
found a fox and commenced barking;
this quickened the steps of the hunters
and they we're not long in finding the
dog; he stood by large hollow tree
barking furiously, as much as to say,
there is fox up tree Thinking Mr..
Reynard could not be far away, they
procured long sticks hoping to rout him
but soon found they could not reach him
this way and wisely concluded to build a
fire at the foot of the tree and thus smoke
him out; but after keeping fire nearly
an hour their hearts grew heavy and as
a last resort they procured an axe and
felled the tree to the earth, and 60 feet
from the ground, found their captive,
dead it is true, but the fur unframed,
by fire.
IRASBURGH.
DR.. Templeton has moved into Henry
Somer's house.
Warren Keith has sold his farm OF
the Greek Road to Scott Keith.
j. Rash has bought the old Flint house
on the Coventry road, and moved int
the same.
There was large attendance at thu
railroad meeting Tuesday. So many
crowded into the courtroom that at on,
time it was feared that the floor woult
give way.
The question of graded school i
being agitated in the Common District
and meets with much favor from all can
did, careful thinkers, who have the vel
fare of the schools of the town in view
Several districts in town are in
brown study over the question how, un
der the laws of 1928, they are goin
to get school tax out of those person
who own property and now reside i
town, yet had no list in town last year.
The wretched manner in which tn
Irasburgh end of the Lowell road hs
been kept broken out this winter is
standing disgrace. Perhaps the town
anxious for few more lawsuits, origin
ating from poor roads.
M. /. Duncan, whose liquor case W;
recently continued till May next, h;
left the State on visit. Of course
will be back in May, as he is at larg
on his own reorganization, not, howeve
through any fault of the justice befo
whom he was arranged.
The Congregational Sabbath Soho
has voted to use the American S.
Worker and Lesson Papers, published
o j. W. Mcintyre. st. Louis, Mo. L
e school has used these Papers and t
Worker during the past year and ha
e found them very satisfactory.
!, A petition has been forwarded to &C
e Converse asking to have the fine rem
|. ted in the case of Henry Badger. N
e in Jail for an assault and battery. he
0 ing minor. and his friends too poor
e pay the fine and costs for him. He
n said to be penitent.
IL There is to be another railroad me
: ing at lrasburgh, Tuesday, April
A large attendance is expected. 1t
hoped that those who came to the i
Re meeting charged with "Greek fire, W
is come to the next meeting charged W
is less combustible materials.
The following officers were elected
Is the Common District at the annual me
u ing: Clerk, W. D. Tyler; Prudent
l' Committee, L. S. Thompson, |. n Gu
III man, S. H. Howard Collector, c.
III Dewey; Auditors, L, Il. Thompson,
" D. Tyler H. X. Dewey. Fifteen ce
Y per dollar of the grand list was vo
Is for the repairs to be made on the scht
house.
The trial of John Louks charged W
III stealing, mentioned in the last MONT
Oh was finished Monday, Mar Oath.
'S- jury brought in verdict of not gui
he This was private prosecution. star
by one G. 7. Bean. Bean claimed t
Lr. Louks stole a rolling pin, ID work-bas
Id and it's contents. consisting of thre
lr shears, a pair of spectacles. thimb