Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-22
ALRANY

ALBANY.
"A There is to be Donation visit at the
& Fee Baptist church, East Albany, Tues
10y evening, Dec Esd, for the benefit of
o w. Griffin. All come. Oysters !
BARTON.
Do you want Harper's Weekly, Monthly, or
mar, We will send the Monitor and either
Nc of the above for $5.2J.
Don't forget Myron Joslyn's auction
Text Saturday.
See the prospectus of Harper's Week
y, at top of 9TH column of this page.
s inscriptions recesved at this office.
Christmas exercises with Christmas
rees, dialogues, speaking &c. will be held
IN each of the churches in this village
IN Wednesday evening next.
Now is the time to buy your gobblers
pr Christmas They are worth from
twenty-five cents to two dollars per COB
pie. Spring chickens of five OF six
springs ago, 10 to IL cts. per pound.
Butter. strong, % to 80 cents.
Walton's Vermont Register for 1874,
published by the Claremont Manufactur-
ing Company, is out and is valuable
compendium of nearly all Vermont mat
tiers. 1t is we'll arranged and will prove
bf great service to every Vermonter.
button and Rawson both have them.
See prospectus on first page of the
Scjentifc american, the best paper pub
ished, for mechanics, and has larger
r. REGULATION than any other paper of the
lind in the world. 1t took ten tons Of
paper to print their last issue. Sub
criptions received at this office.
The next temperance meeting will be
IN Tuesday evening, Dec. 30th. Those
Fho are opposed to the Society and feel
hat it is injuring their rights and theil
business, by creating less demand fol
liquor in this place, and those who think
he attempt wrong to make rumdrinkine
sppear injurious and disrespectable, will
ave an opportunity to defend then
cause and their practices. They are in
ited to be present.
This morning at o'clock, j. B. Free
nan drove his span of gray horses to the
epot with load of poultry, and while
within for few minutes they mysteri
1usly disappeared and up to the presen
6me, p.m.,n trace can be had of them
ouriers have been sent out in all direc
ons and every means taken to fine
hem. There are indications that some
ody had hold of the reins when the,
Fent away.
P.S.-Horses found in John Heating
ugar-place. No damage done excep
couple of broken tugs.
The next writing school will be Of
Monday evening the goth inst. when i
hoped there will be enough present
Warrant the continuation of the school
We should think almost every youn
entleman and lady who ever expects t
he obliged to write o business letter. O
love letter, even, would avail them
elves of this opportunity, for it certain
" is rare one for this vicinity. Spec
mems of Mr.. Goss's penmanship can b
cen by calling at our office. Also a
he post Office in Glover village.
This is one of the shortest days in tn
year, the sun having reached the fal
hest southern point yesterday at 0, 36n
2. NJ. The day is only 8 hours and s.
minutes long. According to the almanac
winter began yesterday according t
our remembrance and the thermometer
it began nearly two months ago. OIL
Probabilities, or some other cause, 20
the months of November and Decembe
inverted, as the weather of the frs
month was colder and more stormy tina
the last, which has been very agreeable
The hay business in this village
very brisk. Skinner Drew and Freema
are running their hay press in their ne'
hay barn and pressing nearly car loa
a day. J. W. Hall & Co. are also ship
ping large amounts. Present price G
best hay $l3 per. ton
Since j. W. Hall & Co. put the pric
Of their goods down to panic prices, q
per their last advertisement, their cas-
sales have doubled.
BARTON LANDING.
Good Templars' Leyee tonight
Whooping- cough is prevalent.
John G. Parker got his foot under
log last Thursday and had it so bad
jambed that he has not been out since.
w. w. Grout lectures at the churc
next Friday evening, pronouncing b
superior production on Robert Burns.
Remember your Christmas gifts to t
youngsters and remember withal that
d. Wilson has large stock of beautif
gifts on baud.
The Dramatic Club have put up
stage In the west end of the school hou
hall, and will soon be ready to appe
in the act of "Ten nights in a Bar Room
Christmas and its frivolities is Gle
at hand. An entertainment and Chri
mas tree will be had at the church. t