Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-04
County Munitpr.
Local News.
BARTON.

Read MeDougall's new advertisement
on this page.
About a hundred teams were in this
village, May I'd, on runners.
skinner g. Drew started 10000 pounds
Of maple sugar for Illinois this morn.
ing. They took in 1000 pounds Sat
urday
Helmer's Sensation Troupe, at School
House Hall, tomorrow Tuesday even
inc.
G. d. Rowell has two calves ten months
old that weigh 1904 pounds, and a fat
COW that weighs 1852
John Z. Skinner picked a May-hower
last Friday, May y from the ewes of
his house, that measured nearly four
feet in length. Twas an icicle
Last Saturday night winter sat down again in the
lap Of Spring.-EzpreSS.
We should say it laid down with its
whole heft, and went to sleep 1t looks
now, though, as if would have to "git up
and git"
The frogs got their heads up through
the mud and snow, and began their
spring songs last saturday evening. The
swallows have put in their appearance
this morning. Welcome, frogs. birds
and spring
There will be Union Grange meet
ing at school house hall next Saturday,
May 9Th. at l o'clock, P. NJ The Iras-
burgh, Bloomington and Glover oranges
are respectfully invited to attend
JOHN BEAN, Master Barton Grange.
We dislike to refer to misfortunes of
birth, hut since our contemporary the
"sow moulded and logy" brother Chas
Of the Union has opened the subject, We
must say that it is a misfortune to be
born on April Fool Day, but it is
greater calamity to be born fool on
some other day.
The sugar house, near this village,
owned by I. c. Cobb, was burned at
about . o'clock. last Thursday night,
together with about 800 pounds of su-
gar and syrup enough for 500 pounds
more. George Clark. who carries on
the sugar place this year, is a part
looser.
1t will be seen by an item in another
column that man in New Jersey, was
50 anxious to make his paper interesting
and sensational, that he was willing to
commit suicide in order to furnish the
reporter with an exciting item. The
times are exceedingly dull just now. and
though we do not desire quite so violent
an effort in our behalf, we hope our
readers will keep US well supplied with
interesting local news.
The SroRM.-We shall be obliged to
call in the oldest inhabitant to tell when
We ever had month of April that was
more muddy, snowy and disagreeable
than the past. According to record
kept by q. V. Percival, Esq. of this
village, snow fell on eighteen days of
the month, amounting in depth, to five
feet and FIVE inches. On the lst day
Of May the snow lay on the ground.
where there was none ten days ago. to
the depth Of from Is to "a inches
sleighs were running. and it was snow
ing with apparently as good courage as
when 1t began the winters work on the
9Th of last November. On the hills the
new snow was drifted in some places,
ten feet high. Among the sad things
occasioned by the long continued storm
is the loss of large numbers of bird:
from starvation and cold they came too
early this year. The snow will help tt
thaw the ground, and may be of benef
to the grass, but it will make a lat,
commencement of springs work. 1
will soon be easy to determine what II
do with the surplus hay that was sup
posed to he on hand month ago.
SOUTH BARTON
George Berry. who is in the emplo
of Charles Downing, had his collar bon
broken last Friday, by falling timber
He was at work under a shed whic
broke down from the weight of snow.
BROWNINGTON.
Young pigs are dying off at a terribl
rate in this town.
l. 81. Wyman is selling out his good
at cost and is going to leave town.
The rosette party at Mr.. Evans's, Ma
day eve was success. There was
full house The proceeds of the part
amounted to sl4 after paying expense
Abner Mack undertook to draw hon
his sugar, May l, with four oxen, b.
got stuck in a snow drift, and had
unyoke and drive them home single FL
VEST BURKE.
On complaint of State Attorney Ma,
David Niles was brought before justi'
Joel Trull at West Burke on Tuesda
charged with the crime of rape upon
little girl, and was bound up in the su
Of $500 for his appearance at the count
court, and in default of bail was col
mitted to Jail in this place. Niles is
man 50 years old. fiddler and daneiI
MASTER and has been about Burke Su