Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-11

cease. q. Y. L.
BARTON LANDING.
Three box-shops are now making box
es in this place.
Two new houses are being erected in
this village.
School commences to-day under the |
tutorship of Miss Buchanan, of Albany |
SOUTH BART ON
c. g. Drown has finished plastering
his new house
Rev. F. Randall gave practical dem
onstration of his belief in immersion a
few days since, in attempting to cross
Bean pond on the ice He went through
the ice, but succeeded in reaching log,
and getting out, wetter and wiser, if
not better man.
The troubles existing among the lions
and lambs are increasing, F. Randall
has brought a SANDER suit against A. Q.
Evans, ard Evans threatens to arrest
Randall for irregularities in the post
Office. In the mean time an attempt is
being made to get the pest Office away
from Evans. Better get together and
settle up the whole matter, without
further fighting or scandal.
BROWNLNGTON.
Hay is scarce and selling at from ten
to twelve dollars per ton. Maple sugar
is selling from to 10 cents per pound.
The Patrons have commenced ordering
goods through the State agent. Regular
meetings the first Saturday of each
month, at o'clock. P. NJ.
A. P. Alexander has got up a new
barn and has it nearly covered "A H.
Allard has new house up, on the place
known as the Richards farm.-Ezekiel
Miles has bought the Alma Robbins place
paying 5000. and has new barn nearly
ompleted.-Robert Alexander has the
material on hand with which to build
new house. VIM. Twombly and VIM.
Wilson are to do the work. When this
house is completed he will have the best
set of farm buildings in town.
COVENTRY.
Frank Gray and John Putney, of Cow
entry. have made, in D. P. Grays sugar
place, twenty hundred and sixty-three
pounds of sugar, from four hundred and
fifty trees. Where is Uncle Dudley Z?
Will the Express & Standard please an
/ sWer.
VEST CHARLESTON.
The Vermont Emery Wheel Manufac-
turing Company, of West Charleston,
was organized a week ago last Friday
with the following directors L. W.
Clark and Charles Carpenter, of Charles
ton, Emera Stewart and Hubbard Joslyn,
of Derby, R. p Stewart, of Beebe Plain,
John Currier, of North Troy, and Charles
X. Alden, of Boston.
CRAFTISBURT
Hay has heretofore been considered
plenty, but suddenly has become scarce,
and the price has risen from ten and
twelve dollars per ton, to eighteen and
twenty. Many tons that have been
pressed for market. find market at
home.
Messrs Dawson & Randall who came
to town the first day of May with a
drove of cattle, report snow four feet
deep on Lowell Mountain. They found
it difficult to get their cattle through.
CLOVER
Wesley Aldrich has made 1900 pound;
of maple sugar this season.
Mrs. L. F. Parker has Just returned
from Boston with fresh supply o
goods.
Wesley Scott has bought and moved
T into the house recently occupied by DR.
. Templeton.
: Lyman Darling has secured him
r self a permanent situation. by purchas
: ing the blacksmith shop of Ira Strong.
The superintendent of schools ha,
r 26 applicants for certificates to teach, a
e the public examination, only half Q
j which were successful.
. Mr. Charles Lynds, last week bough
: Jersey bull of the Fairbankses, of ST
; Johnsbury, paying SIS. Alonzo McNea
d of Barton, last week paid the same me
e the same price for heifer calf.
c GREENSBORO
n The boys are talking Bond agair
G We hope they will talk to some purpost
d FOR it is good thing for the boys, an
o agreeable to the rest of us.
{ The Bulls and Bears alias M
II Clary and Hancock, made the butte
-e market quite lively here last Thursda
'0 The price was advanced cents poun
re The farmers like this amazingly.
Farmers hereabouts are winding I
sugaring. having had successful season
but some would rather have less suga
OF and more hay, judging from the LOAF
7e run on to the hay scales, in the village
/ The. people of this town and vicinit
C. will be panied to learn of the death