Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-08-09
doesn't stop pounding his wife with a
pitchfOrk,-a thing he has been practic-
ing, of late.

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ing, of late. E t
HEST.N
A new baby girl is what L. E. Nut
ting feels so grand about nowadays
Rev. E. D. Hopkins of St. JOhnsbury
has rented the Yanarsdale residence at
the south end of Willoughby Lake. and
with his family and few friends, Pro-
pose to occupy it for short time.
CALEDONIA COUNTY,
c. J. Wilson, of Sutton, has sold his
farm to his son Jerome, for 50, 500.
The camp-meeting at LyndOnville be-
gins on Monday August %, holding
days.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the Lyndon bank last Monday, it was
voted to change the shares from $3.50
to 500 each
The Union says that the soldiers re-
union at ST. Johnsbury takes place on
the fair ground this week, beginning
at 10 o'clock, a. NJ
Fairbankses gong, two young ladies,
frightened horse and few pals of
raspberries created scene for the shop
boys at st. JOhnsbury, July 30.
A stroke OF lightning. July 80, at
st. Johnsbury, smashed tree, fattened
three lengths of board fence, scooped
out big hole in the ground and rolled
H. c. Belden off his lounge. This stroke,
says the Criedonidn, came from clear
sky, after a brief shower, and was the
only flash of lightning or peal of thun-
der during the day.
At. St. Johnsbury. on the night of
July 80, one beery Berry made mis-
take and got into Cyrus Sargent's house
where, in hunting for his bed he made
such a racket that Cyrus came in and
spake thusly: ''What in thunder are
you here for?' and got this answer :
"Well, ye see I've been stayin' with ye
all night, and 'thout I'd go away 'thout
disturbing We" Mr.. Sargent went with
him till he found an officer who locked
him up. SIS fine and costs.
VEST BURKE.
NJ. W. Stoddard IS building nice
twO-story house with a twO-stOry ell and
nice horse barn, just north of the Meth
odist church, on church street Build
ings already boarded and shingled.
Mrs. French, now Mrs. Mcfarland
has sold the Hawthorn place for $500
to Mr.. Prouty from Newport. Pos
session given Immediately.
Over fifty from Lyndon and St. Johns
bury are camping in and around Will.
oughby Lake House for week. Pic
nicing, croquet, and social hops are thu
, principal amusements.
CANADA.
Hay crop all around, good, and grain
, looks promising.
The average price, per acre, for farm
E in the vicinity of Hatley, is about thirt,
5 dollars.
The smelling works at Bolton, Cap
, Teton Mines were destroyed by fire las
: week. Loss one hundred thousand dol
t lars.
A man BY the name of Young wa
!, killed by French Canadian while en-
gagged in row the other day at Libby
Mills. The murderer escaped.
A woman lost limb on Friday a
} Richmond by attempting to jump on
train while in motion and another
said to be crazy, was knocked from tn
d track between Richmond and Durha1
: by two different trains She was fnall
found standing in the river not seriousl
!, injured.
> On the night of Saturday, July 81
g two men near Danville, named Cote
9 father and son, went to fish in the Nit
g olet river. During the night they XIII
/ died fire against tree and went t
IL sleep. The fire consumed the trunk {
the tree so that it fell over. killing tn
e younger Cote He leaves wife and
d large family of children.