Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-11
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is scarce. Butter Sc to 40 cents.
| St. Jchnsbury is going to be city
one of these days. The first bootblack
arrived Monday Have a shine
A daughter of Hub" Lee of Fair
field, was found dead in the eastern part
of that town, Wednesday of week before
last.
There is a great scarcity of hay in the
western part of the state. and to add to
the misfortune very little corn or feed
can be obtained.
/ The st. Adams Butter Market, May
9Th, was firm. We quote fair to good
at from 50 to 33 cents choice. at 81 to
So cents selections, at SO to IS cents.
L. J. Leach of Cambridge, was dis
covered taking hay and provender from
one of his neighbors, and had to settle
the affair by paying slS.25. damage
| and cost
G. B. Ballard of Hartford. has receiv-
ed the contract for saving the wood for
the Passumpsic railroad. Jonathan Bug
bee furnishes him with ten wood carts,
and BENJAMIN Dutton with ten harnesses
for the purpose of hauling the wood.
Ex-Governor Smith and Rev. L. o.
Brastow. pastor of the White street
church, and who was Chaplain of the
Twelfth Vermont Regiment, will deliver
the orations in Burlington on decoration
day. Gen. George ?. Foster will dis
charge the duties of Marshal,
Had Joe Graves of Jacksonville,
not done the publisher of the news
paper he subscribed for, years ago, he
might have escaped the misfortune that
recently occurred in his family. Some
how people who neglect to pay for their
newspapers never prosper.-Argas.
Saturday night of week before last,
the wind demolished three barns belong
ing to Ransford Randall of Sandgate.
killing and burying in the ruins p
sheep and several cattle. The barn of
Thomas HAYS was also blown down, and
one or two others in the neighborhood
moved from their foundations.
Joseph Yaw of Walden, has been in
| the habit Of amusing himself by annoy
ing colt. and Thursday of last week
the animal convinced Joseph that two
could play at that game, by giving him
kick in the face which broke his nose
and a tooth, and nearly put out an eye.
Mrs. Lizzie Kearney of West Rutland,
while laboring under fit of temporary
insanity, drowned herself and infant
child in a pool of water, on Monday
night. When found she was lying face
! downward, completely dead. The infant.
which was only five days old. had float
ed about six feetaway and was also dead
A good COW belonging to Q. A. Wood
of Calais, died Friday of week before
last. and while they were skinning her,
in the night. some child of the devil
went into his sugar place, sugared off
and stole two tubs of syrup. leaving just
enough in the pan to burn on, thus max
ing their meanness the more damaging
a little boy of St. Johnsbury, 10
years old, had quite an interesting ad-
venture. He was playing in boat on
a pond, when the limb to which the boat
was chained broke, and the craft went
over the dam 1t hoated at least half a
mile, when the chain caught on rock,
and the little fellow climbed out and
waded ashore. where he was found an
hour later. sitting on a rock, crying
! iUut ~ INN, Is sP,CuuIauU
OF Brldport, was assaulted on Monday
night on the highway as he was going
home, and robbed of two hundred and
nifty dollars. a young man who was
last seen with him, PANIED Joe Wilson.
Is suspected Of committing the crime.
Myrick's head was beaten almost to a
Jelly the weapon used being a large
stone, which lay by his side when he
was discovered insensible in his wagon.
In Enosburgh the listers found on a
little mountain farm of about so acres,
widow woman (Frenchl with eight
children, trying to provide for herself
and family IN the old fashioned way.
and to all appearances succeeding very
well Her farm was stocked with four
cows. SIX sheep and team. Her girls
were clothed in blue drilling, their gar
ments all clean and whole. In an outer
room the woman was swinging fax
which was probably going through the
various processes to the loom
The Burlington Free Press says: The
druggists of this city have resolved not
to sell either ale, wine, porter or intox-
icating drink of any description. pre-.
scnptlon or no prescription. to any one,
whether in sickness or health. This
would seem to lay pretty efeetual EN-.
nargo upon the sale of liquor in Burling-
ton The hotels and restaurants have
already shut down, the city agency is
closed, and now that the druggists have
gone out OF the business, persons desir
ing stimulus must procure it elsewhere.
A couple of facetious drummers. who
were on train of cars that was going
very slowly up sharp grade near Bur-
hngton' the other day. made eonsidera-
Die fun OF the conductor for the slow
ness with which the cars were moving.
and began to amuse themselves by iump-
ing OF from the rear car and RUNNING
around the train. Soon, however the
cars reached the top Of the hill, and be.
gan to spin off at rapid rate. One of
the men succeeded in jumping on, but
the other was pitched heels over head
down bank. his hat going one way and
MS cigar the other, and he was obliged
70 walk four miles to the next station.
That was not 50 funny.
P0mfret Changers discussed tree and
mower planting at their last meeting.
ana voted to devote the 9Th day of Nav
10 practical demonstration of the sinh.
!eea each male member to plant or
transplant trees. either fruit or forest
and In yards b.. roaIa:l