Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-09

Now, Ge0. W. Haskell mas bought the t
drug store of R. c. Vaughan and CON-
menced business.
Moose River is breaking up, brought |
down Hovey's milldam and the ?. &. Q
bridge below it, on Wednesday, and the
highway bridge near the St. Johnsbury
poor farm. A crowd collected to see the
Portland street bridge 60 off, but it
stands yet though its middle support is
gone.
Some three weeks ago, Ghas. Sanborn,
of Lyndon, sent to market BY W. Z.
Campbell. one yoke of oxen, weighing
here 44l5 pounds, dressed weight in
Boston 299S pounds. Also one yoke
weighing here $3.50 pounds. dressed
weight in Boston, 247S; and has now
in his barn yoke weighing 1900. He
also sold to Campbell 50 sheep, averag-
mig in weight l5l ID pounds, at about
$1,000.
The Springfield Republican says:
'.There can be no doubt that the great
scale works at St. Johnsbury were obiig-
ed to reduce their working force in con-
sequence of the financial troubles, but
with their accustomed shrewdness the
Fairbankses concealed the true state of
things, as far as possible. Their bust
ness has not yet quite recovered itself,
but they have, within few days, filled
up their foundry. and in short time
the other departments viii doubtless
have their complement of men" Won
der if this information came from the
same source that posted the Republican
so we'll on Vermont railroads last year,
and on Vermont politics the year before ?
Farmer.
1t was quite ludicrous to see the strait
to which the rum party were put last
week in Caledonia County, to find cam
didate for County Commissioner. They
at last put up one Randall who used to
keep drug store at ST. Johnsbury, and
he got rs votes. against 296 for his OPP
ponent, Mr. Stone, in his town. In
other towns IN the county, where ne was
not so well known, he had larger per-
centage of votes, but the fact was pretty
clearly demonstrated that the voters to
elect man to even local Office, who
has had fines three times for selling IL
quors, and once had to run away until
his bail was declared forfeited, in order
to keep out of Jail.
We are informed from creditable sour
ces, that new enterprise is about to be
started at ST. Johnsbury, which will be
most important to the interests of that
place. Arrangements are said to be COM
pleted already with leading lines of rail
roads west, so that lumber can be ship
ped to this point at such rates as will
allow the building up of a lumber mart
of much consequence. Beside making
it point from which pine and other
Canada and western lumber can be ship
ped to supply our home and New Eng
land markets. it is proposed to build
very large manufacturing establishment
| for the working of this lumber into fur
niture The Fairbankses are at the bot
= tom of the enterprise, and are trying t
! establish business that will be perma
f nent and of advantage to the town.
= the undertaking is carried out, it will b
r of great advantage to St. Johnsbury, a
well as to surrounding towns The P.
O. R. R. will be employed to bring tn
S lumber from the west.
LOWELL.
n Smith W. Warner has decided the far
:, known as the Cass farm, to Orlando .
Cass.
v LYNDON.
, Curtis Stevens is the first we hear
! to gather sap this year. He tapped
few trees last Monday and reports GOO
run.
On Monday, March ,, the workme
Of in the shops began work again on ii
% full ten hours
Il NJ. l.. Leach has baby s Enonths o
2 feet inches high, q inches aroul
o. the waist and weighing 90 pounds.
~ months old this baby weighed
pounds, but sickness has prevented
~ growth. The mother wants to knC
who beats, and if no one comes fOrwa
III with bigger claim, she gets prese
he from one of her friends.
u Joseph Mathewson reports that
he has been able to get good maple sap fro
L. the trees every month this winter, a
cd a few trees he tapped in January.
u run was good and unusually sweet.
{" can look back 50 years and has ney
Gu seen the like before. Union.
The Lyndon Mill Co. met with a
LII we're loss by tie freshet last week. TIL
80 boom gave away, and logs sufficient
'n- 100000 feet of lumber went down t
" river fortunately, an ice jam some
'io miles below the mill, damned the ri
and raised the water so that it flow
7aS over and upon the island, and nearly
nal the logs were hoated on to the islal
ISL and left above ordinary highwater ma
They can be put into the river at leis
IN and sawed at lower mill This sa
nat company is starting new branch
The business in pine lumber, and is send
Wn cars to Ottawa to load with pine, VIII
1u- will be brought to Lyndon to be plal
en- and manufactured into sheathing, boxe
pea otherwise to suit the market. This /
I've enterprise will require capital and in
lch lioent management both IF which