Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30
Local News.
BARTON.

BARTON.
New goods at Ovens.
Not much sugar made last week.
Orange Mosman starts next Wednes-
day for California.
Maple Sugar taken in exchange for
sewing machines at J. ]. Hills.
Wood & Co., are making their glass
business directories at the rate of one
week.
Remember the temperance meeting
next Sunday eve, at the White church
Dr. Ruggles, who has been LAID up by
sickness, all winter calls himself we'll,
and has commenced practice again.
George Bickford has brought us
boquet of pussy-willows. He says
they were in full bloom as early as
March r.
If the person who found a rubber boot
in the road between Irasburgh and Bar
ton last Wednesday night or Thursday
morning will leave the same at C. T.
Davis shop, in this village, he will
much oblige the owner.
+. H. Morse, who went from this town
to Milton, last fall will return this
spring, and would be glad to receive the
orders of any who want anything done
IN his line. He has an advertisement in
this paper which see.
Moses Hubbard's family mourn for
the death of cat, which has been a
household pet for nineteen years. 1t was
one that came to them, and how old it
was at that time they do not know. The
average age of cats, is IA years.
We have in our Office a curiosity in
the shape of small sea she'll, with the
Lords prayer carved upon it in raised
letters. 1t is present from L. I.
Wright of Providence, R. l., who ha.
our thanks for the same
The attention of dairymen is called t,
the advertisement at the foot of the 6tl
column of this page, of a new milk pal
and cooler. manufactured by H. 0
Whitcher
We are again under obligations to
sugar maker. This time for pail O
lumps,sugared off on Tuesday, March Z
by James Guild, who says Mr.. Rowel
must surrender the belt on making tn
.hrst Of the season, lin this town, he b.
ing two days ahead. If anybody woul
ask whether the sugar was nice articl
or not, all our devils can answer yea {
once
Miss A. j. Woodward, of Barton, a
estimable young lady of 10 years. h;
been for some time at cotton mill
Lowell. She is in feeble health by O
erwork, and is obliged to be absent fro
the weave room half of the time al
confined to her room with prostratio
Her friends wrote her to come HON
She replied: 81 do not want father
support me-" Her mother went for he
but she firmly refused; persisting "P
pa must not support me" "A moral
parlor ornaments and piano automaton
-Farmer
L. R. Wood Jr & Co., of Barton, ha
completed their Star Glass Busine
Directory" of Montpelier, and hung t
same in the reading room in the rear
l. c. Phinney's book store, where it
daily attracting the admiration of vi
tors by its many artistic beauties. 7
ground work is of white glass, up
which the signs of the firms represent
appear, the lettering being done in
the colors of the rainbow blended h;
moniously together, and exhibiting no
Of that ''glaring gorgeousness" so pal
fully apparent in MANY directories.
is neatly and Hastily framed, the difft
ent firms being separated by gilt moul
mgs, interspersed with silver sta
Taken all in all, it is rare piece of a
and one of which Mr.. Wood may f
justly proud.-ArguS g. Patriot.
FIREs.-For the past few days
papers have been filled with accoul
OF fires in all parts of the country, a
many are doubtless caused by the d
ness of the spring winds. At no sea:
OF the year should we be more cauti
In regard to fire; chimneys. funn'
ashes, everything ought to be looked
with reference to safety from fiji
Again we urge the propriety and nee
sity of providing better means W
which to fight fire in this village.
ought to have no more confagrati
before we cover up some of the cell
already exposed, and tip over som'