Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-27
leans County Munitnr.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Local News.


Prof. w. ~. AIMS mas gone 10 w Mite
Ej7er Junction, into the employ of Mr..
!. B. Ballard.
Mr.. B. 0. Aiken lost a $50 horse
a5e other day, of lung fever; and sim
srlarly enough. his COW came very near
roking to death the next night.
The Albany Temperance Society holds
/, next meeting in the Congregational
hurch next Friday evening. Subject
tor discussion, THE duty of parents to
their children, in respect to temperance. J"
The school-house in district No. 10,
village DISTRICT is now furnished with
IA full set of outline maps, globe and
hictionary. We understand that our
committee has secured the services of
ZlNIiss Abbie Beede to teach the summer
term to commence May 18th. Miss B.
is graduate of the johnson State Nor
nal school, and has the reputation Of
5being a first class teacher.
BARTON.
John Bean lost his best COW week be.
lore last.
twenty-five years ago, ) feet of snow
seLl after the 23d of March.
The sugar-makcrs are making lots Of
good sugar these days.
There are now three live and working
temperance societies in town.
The largest assortment of paper col
Bars at McDougall's that he has ever had
This is the birthday of Presiden
Grant and the Editor of the MONITOR
Extremes meet.
Wood & Forsaith have dissolved part
ner8hip in the sign painting business
Fcrsaith retiring.
Daniel Virgins has leased the Jerom
farm on Burton Hill for one year, pay
Ing 800 and the taxes.
The next temperance meeting will b
held next Sunday evening at the Whit
church, at > l-2 o'clock.
There has now been a month of th
most disagreeable weather and roads in
aginable o the mud
Two letters, one from Rev. VIM. 4
Robinson, and one from North Carolin;
will be found on the first page.
Peter LaPete chopped one of his gre;
toes off last Thursday. 1t was purel
accidental and no blame is attached
him.
T. c. Kimball, Esq, of New Yorl
who was born and reared in this tow
is not unmindful of his early home. H
gave $1,000 toward the new church, an
$500 toward the new parsonage.
The public examination of teache
for the town of Barton, will be held
the upper south school loom of the A
aademy, on Saturday, May I'd, common
lng at o'clock, A. NJ. Oral examin
ttiOn commences at 2 P. NJ. Citizens a
cordially invited to be present
I. W. BALDWIN, Sup't.
The new snow that has fallen sin
Saturday night lies from IL to Is inch
deep on the ground, and is very solid
that. We have not had so heavy a stol
during the year. A St. Johnsbury m
who has measured what has fallen p
yious to this storm, puts his figures
little below IA feet. This will make
feet for the season, and still we ha
been in mud half the winter.
Any person in this vicinity in W;
Of anything in the line of gravestol
and monuments, will do well to rt
the advertisement, in another colun
Of N. J. Smith, and then call at
shop and examine his assortment
Italian and Vermont marble, and Y
mont granite. He has just finish
ready for lettering, a large and ha
some granite monument which
would be pleased to have you call
see.
+. 7. Forsaith has formed partl
ship with Charles F. Percival, in
furniture business, putting in mo
enough to double the capital in busin
They have purchased of W. F. Robin
the lot on the corner of Maine and
ter streets, formerly owned by Wa
Brothers. upon which their tin shop
burned little over two years ago,
Will at once commence the erection
building 80 by 50 feet, two stories
on the front side and three on the b
with French roof, to be used by t
Tor sales rooms. James Spiller, of
cord, VT, has taken the job of put
up the building, for which the til
Is now being sawed.
SOUTH BART ON
A. 0. Blake is having trouble
the water wheels of his mills.
The Post Office has been moved
The Evans building into Gray's stor
Pillsbury & Bridgman are wor
about 10000 feet of boards into b
every week, at the Steam Mill.
BARTON LANDING.
A. d. Matthews is having his h
reprinted.
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