Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-16
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good time.
DERBY.
The Orleans County Good Templars'
Union. will hold its next meeting in West
Derby, March 10 Essays will be fur
nished BY Echo, Frontier and Jay Peak
Lodges. A general attendance of the
Lodges is solicited.
CLOVER
DR. c. L. French recently sold a calf
not yet one year old. for $4,000.
There will be a meeting at the Cong
church Thursday evening of this week,
devoted to the interest of temperance.
The next meeting of the Ladies' Par
sonagc Society, will be holden at Mr. E.
Cooks at West Glover on Friday after
noon of this week.
Mr. Lewis Fisher had a ..house warm
ing" on the afternoon and evening Of
Feb. 18th. There were 66 persons pres
ent. and all seemed TO have most ex-
cellent time
\. VI. Scott. while at work in his saw
mill last Friday, met with quite seri-
Gus accident. 4 piece of board thrown
with great violence from the circular
saw, hit him in the abdomen and altho'
badly injured, it is expected he will re-
cover.
The lecture last Friday evening, by
DIR. Cutting. State GeOloglst, on the Mi
croscope. was listened to by large and
appreciative audience. The next lecture
of the course will be delivered by Major
Josiah Grout of Newport. Subject
Horace Greeley"
Caleb A. Clark. like Captain Cook. VT
guess is bound to travel round the world
before he comes home He is now bask
ing in the sunshine Of California Gc
it. Caleb. but look out for the Fee Jee:
when you get to the Islands.
EDITOR MoNIToR:-I see that oul
town is put down as the Banner towI
for Selling Liquors. l think perhaps /
word from the agent by way of explana
ton will not come amiss. The sale o
liquors have been steadily decreasing
from year to year. ever since l have ha'
it to handle. and for the year past ha
been at least one fourth less than an
year previous. | have sold in all a
the full retail price, s545 WORTH and a
least One-half of this to other towb:
around that are either minus, an agen
or more easily accommodated here tina
in their own town, this leaves but S29-
80 worth sold to our towns people.
: think when we consider the number {
invalids there are in town that have
n make daily use of spirits, also the nun
e Der of families and camphor bottles
# town l have to supply, We can feel v
It are on the whole rather temperate tow
e ]. T. DwISELL. Agent.
IS GREENSBORO
h H. A. Rice has fiddle which. if it
u as old as da tie upon it indicates is OIL
e hundred and nlnety-eight years Old.
Samuel W. Rice, aged rs years, is q
; old resident of Greensboro He came
= the town % years ago; has worked {
the farm known as the Rice farm, mo
or less, ever since he was ten years ole
: has outlived all of the inhabitants tn
were here when he came here-not o.
Z besides himself is left. and he has new
!, been sick, to be obliged to call doctt
Very few men live to the age of n
- Rice without considerable tinkering
the doctor. He ought to be thankfl
:" and we presume he Is. that he has {
capped the pills SO well.
e Rev. Edward 5. Fitz, of Chicopt
g Mass. who preached to US so acceptat
-. a few Saba tbs ago. has been called
= the pastorate of the Congregation
g Church by unanimous vote, with 5
- airy of $500 per year. His call to
!, pastorate of this church is remarkah
=. viewed in the light of the past few yea
so remarkable that it deserves menti
That Mr.. Fitz should be called to t
church which contains some Of the
terest anti masons in the county, VIII
the question has been carried on SO ]
terly for years is indeed strange.
there seems to be something of char
=, in public sentiment on the vexed gu
- ton. So VIC hale it.christians hale it'll
= - sons hale it mot as triumph of mas
ry;) but as the commencement of new
= in the social. political and religious "
INV being Of this town. inlay brothe
az. love continue and every social and me
ant virtue cement Us.
last IRASBURGH.
per- The State Temperance Agent, Rev
say \. Granger. lectured at the common
N the evening of the 10th inst.
The wife of DIR. Adgate, formerl
Irasburgh. died a short time since. a
a short illness
The jury was dismissed Saturday
the l4th inst, and court will probably
tfuI journ about the 18th Of this month.