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

and organize town temperance society
Nelson W. Hoyt has leased N. Bout
wells farm for the term of five years.
Mr. Harry Mason has moved his har-
ness shop into the store building of Mel
son Rand, where he hopes to receive
share of public patronage-which he
Justly merits. The room formerly occu-
pied by him is to be used by Martin &
Seaver, for the manufacture Of the pa
tent. milk pans, on a larger scale than
heretofore.
ae DERBY
Mumps.
Horace Field has sold his place, and
bought out Lemuel Stevens.
CLOVER.
In consequence of defective stanch-
ion, Mr. Sam Dewlng, in the west part
of the town, lost good cow one night
last week.
Mr.. A. p Bean is engaged putting
into his sugar works an evaporator of
large size. He has thoroughly remodel
ed his sugar house, and his boiling apa-
ratus will be one of the best in town. d
Sumner Blodgett, of the village has
recently obtained patent on his clothes
wringer, in the Dominion of Canada
Mr.. Blodgett has the best wringer in the
market
Some one in this town learns that the
sum of fifteen million dollars in the
bank of England, is waiting for distri-
button among the LITTLE heirs in Amer
lea. Prove your heirship as soon as pos
sible; we want some of the money.
The Grange of Patrons of Husbandry
held public meeting for the installation
of their officers for the ensuing year.. on
Wednesday the 18th ult., and in the
evening they served their friends at 81
per couple, sumptuous repast. The
Grange is fourishing and bound to live
in spite of opposition. If they carry
out what they propose to do, the mer-
chants must divide their profits among
their customers.
IRASBURGH. K
The surplus fund of the Irasburgh Ma
tional Bank is over $4,000.
John Lonks has slashed and cut ur
the timber on nineteen acres, for Moses
Kenniston, this winter.
The lawyers bill of the town for the pas
year is about $50, and still the towr
hasn't had much law business to attenG
to.
At Patrick Cassidy's auction sale tn,
other day, hay sold at the low price o
$500 per ton.
G. l. Vail. formerly of this place
writes that it is hard for lawyer t.
start in business in new place, evel
out West.
, Simeon H. Flint has snapped farm
with Geo. X. Hill. Flint moves on t
his new possessions in a few days.
Owing to the heavy snow storms o
the past winter, Sawyer & Beede hav
drawn into their mill only 500 clapboar'
t logs instead of l2O0logs, the stock draw
during the winter of II and '72.
, The Town Auditors, for the past tw
' or three days, have been sweating owe
D the accounts of the Town officers, an
4 find every thing all right and also fin
| that the financial management of til
e town affairs has been good.
r The storm which commenced the a
s ternoon of Feb. 81 and its accompany
: ing elbow beat all their predecessor
s of the season. Saturday night there ws
l. no mail from any point; Sunday. roa6
;. still blocked up-but very little churc
: going, but good deal of blowing ar
r shoveling, which was grievous to Dol
1t flesh and spirit.
y From the record of the school just Gle
n ed at the Common, it appears that in Il
1T higher department the whole attendan
y was 1865; average daily attendance 8
D. hardness, 10l dismissals before t
usual time of closing school Of; n
lie having 70 absence 2. In the primal
Is department the whole attendance w
RS 1856; average daily attendance "A ; ia
h. diness l64 dismissals 81: No. havil
no absence 2.
Henry Badger, boy about Is We;
IN old, had a knock down fight the event
ut of the 26th inst Thursday he W
arrested on the complaint of the 10,
ny Grand Juror, and after trial before j,
g. tice s. H. Howard. he was fined S. a
n, costs Sl0,60. Failing to pay the sal
M he was committed to jail We hope Il
lis will be a wholesome lesson to ST
he young Americans as think the true 81
of manhood is the ability to fight a
swear
~ Now that so much interest is be
~, manifested in public libraries, it may
nu interesting to know how the Irasbul
Library Association has been conduc
MD during the past four or five years.