Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-01


ton, Lizzie Nelson, Sam Nelson, Herbert
Jessie Belfast, Bertha Elliott,
Addie Critchett, George Jenness, Mary
Booth, Aurilla Valley, Nellie Whitney,
Eddie Jones, Carl Jewell, Clarence Fisk
and Patsie Heating.
L. M. BAXTER, Teacher
BARTON LANDING.
Charly Ford sawed off thumb in
Grandy & SINNERS mill, last Saturday,
Barton Landing needs a good boarding
house. It's new mills and school house
open up a fine opportunity for enterprise
in this direction.
J. B. Fassett, agent for Taylor and
Farley, and Mason and Hamlin organs,
is in town. Mr.. F. thinks he has sold
about 80 in the county.
The Chandler building goes up brisk
ly. 1t stands "a by 40 at the founda-
ton, and two stories high. Mr.. G. hopes
to have it working about April l.
Austin, Joslyn & Co., run their mill
only eight hours per day, commencing
to day, Dec. l, on account of the hard
times.
The bad light on Tuesday, made the
shooting-match profitable to the proprie-
tors. Not so of the Understanding
One musket loaded with slugs, killed
three times out of four shots.
Thanksgiving passed happily. Bust
ness places closed. and a general holiday
given. A few seeming to remember that
twenty -four hours make one Thanksgiv-
ing, went to Glover in the evening but
more gave thanks at home.
We thought the good boy story about
1.-THE children sliding on the ice
Upon summers day.
had suficed to make skating a remem.
brance of by-gone recklessness. The
boys didn't seem to think so Thanksgiv
ing day.
We have received a letter from Brown
ingtoD, very highly complimenting DR.
j. F. Wright upon his successful cure o
a child of George Gallup, only six week
old, which was singularly attacked will
five different diseases EDS.
The Orleans County Musical Associa
ton, will hold their next Annual Con
vention at Barton Landing, commencin!
January 18th, 1874, and continuin,
four days, under the direction of Prof
L. O. Emerson, of Boston.
E. F. DUTToN, Sec'y.
Our hotel-heeper came near coming t.
grief on Friday last. While driving
with his wife. near the crossing, his mare
a spirited animal, took fright and .brok
things some. But for Jacks presenc
of mind the accident might have bee
serious. AS it is a few dollars will
mend it.
Our committee men have placed in tn
school house, two new clocks, one globe
ten outline maps, one set cubical blocks
one set geometrical blocks and othe
things for the benefit of the school, spar
ing no pains to have things in perfec
order for first class school, which CON
mences to-day, Monday.
There was good attendance at til
Lyceum, Friday eve After discussio
of more than two hours, the resolution
Resolved that immediate reparatio
ought to be demanded of Spain," Wa
given to the board and Immediately d,
cided in the affirmative. Next Frida
evening, the question whether "suffrae
ought to be granted to those who cam,
read" will be discussed.
BROWNINGTON.
The snow is Is inches deep in IL
woods by accurate measurement.
: Andrew Gray, who has been so da1
, gerously i'll, is on the gain.
Remember that I. G. Smith sells
large amount of property of the late Va
entine Going Tuesday, Dec. I'd, at
o'clock P. NJ.
HI. c. Bruce unloaded car load
corn of 400 bushels, last Wednesday,
the Landing and drew it to Brownin
ton hills, that he will sell very che
for cash. Call and look at it before pu
chasing elsewhere.
CRAFI,SBURY.
Our Academy school, taught by n
j. M. Dutton and Miss Louisa Kline
closed on the 2lst ult., with rhetoric
exercises in the afternoon and evenir
:. The school has been grand succe
: Whole number of scholars. ITO. Av,
S age attendance, 100. The scholars ma
S lfested their friendship for their teache
C by presents, to the amount of fife