Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-06

the leading members of the fraternity.
He was in the war of 1912, and gives
minute accounts of the battle iof Platts-
burg. Enoch Rowell of Albany who
acted as master of ceremonies, very I'M
CALAMITY tipped his wife into a pond of |
water going home, and lost his hat. but
his wife kindly loaned him her nubia
to wear home
WEST CHARLESTON.
Jacob Stearns, of West Burke. has
purchased the store of the late Daniel
Webster, and has gone to New York to
purchase stock of dry goods, intending
to open store about the first of May.
DERBY.
Over $50 were received at the Metho.
dist Society sugar party Thursday, the
26th, inst.
The last lecture of the course will be
delivered Wednesday evening, by B. F.
D. Carpenter of Charleston.
At Colonel Ohilds' auction, COWS sold
at $40 per head. Nearly $4,000 worth
of property was disposed of.
The students at the Academy have
organized Lyceum. Subject for dis
cussion Thursday evening, "The Wo-
mems Prayer Crusade"
The lecture last Wednesday evening,
by Rev. J. W. Marsh, was pronounced
one of the most instructive in the course,
the many experiments being at once in,
teresting and novel.
The Derby Temperance Society held
their annual meeting Fast day. Interest
ing and able remarks were made by DR..
Richmond, Hugh, Elder, Mr.. Hay and
others. Prayers were offered that the
Ladies Praying Bands might meet with
success wherever organized. Over 24o
have signed the pledge during the past
few weeks.
CLOVER
Cows sold last week at McLellan's
auction at from $50 to $50. But little
else was disposed Of
But little maple sugar has been made
in town as yet Mr.. G. p Bean stands
at the head in this community, he hav-
ing made between three and four humid
red pounds from 900 trees.
The lecture delivered on Fast day at
the Congregational church. by Mr.. D. B.
Russell of Barton, was pronounced by
all who heard it as most excellent pro-
duction.
At the annual March meeting of
school district No. 3, the following Off
GERS were elected Moderator. NJ. Good
win /; Prudential Committee, L. II. Nye
Clerk and Treasurer, G. Leonard Col
lector, Benjamin Hancock The Treas
urer reported a surplus of over $50 in
the Treasury, after paying all liabilities
of the district.
VEST GLOVER.
L. A. Chase has sold to his son, A.
G. Chase, one half of his farm, stock
farming tools and saving machine.
GREENSBORO.
A little boy living at Mr.. Albert
Chesley's, while playing in the barn al
one of the neighbors, fell, catching his
foot in the floor or beam, breaking his
leg near the ankle.
Mr.. Fitz has preached to the people
here the two last Sabbaths to large con
gregations and, Notwithstanding the
desperate efforts of his enemies abroad
to defeat him, the people here give hin
their earnest support. and insist that h,
mast come to stay with them.
LRASBURGH.
Iras6argh. Aprzl 3d. 1874.
ED. MONITOR Il saw an article il
your paper of March 80, purporting t
be an item of news from Irasburgh, il
which the writer says that Thomas anc
Mary Crowley were returning from Bar
t ton Landing, ard that Mary was badl,
bruised, on account of insuficiency O
the highway. He says the accident hap
pened in the dug-way, where the roa,
3 was badly washed. Now, sir, it was n
such thing. l have lived in town fit
: years, and have never heard that plac
called the dug way before, or any othe
place within mile of there. The roa,
t was not washed out at all, but was Level
! He says it was sideling and icy. 1t wa
n not so. There was no ice at all in tn
road, but was all bare ground. 1t wa
on the fiat just below the grist-mill house
They were going to. instead of comm
l. from Barton Landing Mary was not S
" badly hurt but what she went back t
J the Landing to work the next morning
= | have taken pains to learn what cause
q the tip-over, and from, the best informa
a tion | can get, l learn that it was cause
If by the horses baking and getting strat
die of the thills and becoming unmal
ageable, running out of the road TOWARD
j. the river. The road was good and a
y. right. We think it is bad enough 1
h have the truth told about the roads
town, as well as in any other town.
this time of year.
N Very truly yours.
L. S. II. H.
of VEIL.
Horse shod all round for S1.0O
Greenwoods
to The temperance people will please
err recollect the temperance meeting ne,