Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-04-12

be held at the Brick church in this vii
lage at 1890, An. A union PRAYER
meeting in the evening at the New church.
c. J. UffOrd is driving business as
usual in his carriage shop. He will
have out large lot of good wagons soon.
Mr.. Ufford is getting out quite an
amount Of jiggered chair stock.
A quarterly meeting will be held at
the NJ. Z. Church next Saturday. and
Presiding Elder Puffer will be present.
Several persons are expected to unite
with the church.
1t has been difficult during the win
ter to get grain cars through from
the West IN any season. A. B. Blake
has just received a car of bran and
car Of shorts that were ordered in Feb
ruary.
The Ladies Benevolent Society will
hold a sugar festival at the vestry of the
Congregational Church on Tuesday eve
ming next, at Z o'clock. Admission %
cents. Children 10 cents. Everybody
is invited. Bring your dish and spoon.
DO not fail to attend the prayer meet
ings. At no time during the progress
Of this series Of meetings has the pros
pect for the accomplishment of good been
more favorable than at present The
fields are already white for the harry est.
A large force of help is at work for
r. Deyereaux and Percival & FOrsaith.
getting in the foundations fumes and
water wheels for the new shops, before
the water rises to be in their way. These
new buildings will soon be up and in
operation.
The sap does not flow very freely yet,
though some sugar is being made. If
this prove poor sugar season. the
prophets and croakers will say, IL told
/ you so 5" they have been predicting a
/ poor season for several months. But
then, they didn't know anything about it.
Shipments from Barton station for the
week ending April 10: One car cattle,
two cars lumber, two cars chair stock,
four cases eggs, 149S pounds sugar,
l76O pounds butter, $685. pounds scythe
stones, 1895 pounds merchandise
Number of carloads receired for the
week ending April 10: One car salt,
one car furniture, two cars middlings
two cars nails and FIVE cars corn.
Our village readers must be prepared
to hear something about the "side.
walks during the year to come, unles:
they are put in better condition. We
mentioned this subject last year frequent.
", and some were offended because W,
spoke Of certain practices and nuisancet
that were damaging to our reputation
and to the prosperity of the village. W,
hope that each citizen of this villag,
will make it his duty to do what he car
toward improving the appearance of hi
premises, the highways, sidewalks, fences
&c. A little effort on the part of al
will greatly improve the appearance O.
the village. We are aware that poul
tice is much more agreeable than a bis
ter and we rather speak in praise of ;
man or q practice than otherwise, bu
there are severe cases that pOultices vii
nos cure, and blisters have to be applied
sometimes
BARTON LANDING.
Norman Willis is finishing off q ten
ement to rent so as to increase hi
income, and have more neighbOrs.
Freights shipped from this station 70
the week ending April 10. were are a
follows: car starch = cars shingle
car potatoes; Z cars lumber S,62O
lbs. merchandise 1895 lbs. butter
and ? cases eggs.
7. A. Stafford has moved back hi
dry house and is preparing to eOmmenc
work on house for Mrs. Hibbard whic
be has taken the contract for.
There will be a temperance lecture de
livered at the new Church by d. IVES
ley Hildreth at the annual meeting o
Fast day" evening. The officers of tn
society are also to be elected for the en-
suing year.
r The numbering and lettering on th
! p. U. boxes is q great improvement. an
our P. NJ. may well feel grati6ed .
their present appearance. A little mol
t painting about the Office would not /
/ out Of place just now.
! SOUTH BARTON
= Frank Duke and - Butter6el
/ have quit work at the steam mill an
9 are going to California.
: BROWNINGTON-
o Among the Bloomington items, la
]. week, Lorenzo GrOlC was made to rea
Lorenzo Gray.
5 Is F. W. Alexander going to keepir
house, or what is he finishing off tho
< chambers for2
The milestone shop and the shing
a mill are both in full operation. runuir
!. night and day water enough.