Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-29
Local News.
ALBANE


.ey and wife on to his farm in the west
village
Horace Toplin has bought the place
formerly owned by Mrs Farwell, de-
cc1'ed, located on Water street. for ST.
300; and VIM. Brockway has moved
fom the same place into the Skinner
house on the same street
BARTON.
Next union meeting on Thursday night
o.. the brick church.
No sugar weather yet, but it must
c.mc soon. Be We ready.
J., this this winter, or last winter or
next winter, or what is it?
Sec A. c. JEWELS advertisement of
musical instruments for sale.
Don't forget the school meeting to-
morrow tuesday evening.
Two or three hundred able bodied
men and boys wanted, to shovel snow
permanent employment given till the
middle Of July.
At the town meeting Saturday. there
was a general setting off, of those who
wanted 70 get into other districts. Sew
cal were set out Of town and it is hoped
they will now be happy.
Alexander Trip had bad luck with
bis stock, last year. First he had q calf
drowned then steer choke to death
cow hooked so that it died, and last
saturday horse got its leg broken and
Dad to be killed. His whole loss figures
OPP TO to s242.
George ". Jenness has collected the
taxes ia Barton for the last three years
and has in each year paid into the town
treasury the whole town tax, on or be
fore the lst day of March. No lega
tax has been lost, and Mr.. Jenness hai
advanced of his own money, when h,
La, not been able to collect the same.
sum sufficient to balance all uncollectet
taxes so that he could make n compiled
settlement with the town before Marcl
meeting
The White church was we'll filled las
Tuesday afternoon and evening by tn
singers Of Mr.. pinney's several schools
lde concert given in the evening wa
thought to have been better than eithe
one given at Mr. Emerson's convention
lIC Pinney has given very general sat
rac,i.n in his schools in this vicinity
ml The singing Of the chorus on Tue.
ay, showed that his classes have ha
trtutc training.
Landlord Spalding has put new har
wood a5or in his bar room and is maxi
''s some other alterations and improve
uaHt. ln removing the counter a hol
HN discovered through the partition
H'' over the money drawer throug
Which a mouse had gained access an
helped himself to scrip. How much h
"I taken Is not known. but he ha
'H.i him a comfortable little house in
"Her all out Of ten cent bits.
pcnnie Bean has presented the Honit,
once with a huge lump of maple suga
which was made by his grand father
9'Hlei Bcan-forty. seven years az
'l'n they used hog troughs for bucket
N1 gathered the sap with handle bas
q" boiling it down out doors in KEITH
'lended from lug pole supported
witches. with backlog behind and
'eIos before. Notwithstanding Il
|''hyenienccs under which it was ma
"''lTed It is clean. 6nc grained al
'-'e much more wholesome than sol
s'aye seen made by the use Of par
operators aud all the ingenious ute
aHd PATENT contrivauces Of the pr,
lly Deunic has nearly a bucket 4
'D' old sweet which he intends
'0p and have handed down from o
-''iluon TO another. until some of
'.''' great great grand children c.
'le To- donate il to some antiquari
'sf or it jissolves and vanishes W
'iagc.
'' exciting runaway. and one Il
'-e Tear being serious. but turned {
''''e''' came off in our village !
q 1l] evening F. W. Baldwin. Z
81 '' much respected attorueys-at !;
b messed up Gen. Grouts colt .'Yor
and went mp to Mrs. Gums al
'''hIug Arriving there be turl
'1' heading the horse towards no
DO vent 10 after the baskets. which
~. "' coming out. stepped into
I'd '' Just ~ that instant a loose ST
% wood fell from a wood pile. fright
~. we horse. which. without waiting
p ." 10 take seat. with a jump. ST
% -'''h at double 2:4O rate.
IN .'' g'' out Of the sleigh over
81 y.. u" such a hurry that when
= e' 'erra-drua. instead Of having
"a /, ny. -'''er him. they were in the
"a D''' however, take him long
.e,' L. an upright position. but he
u 'le horse and sleigh were XII
10, ~. road at a fearful rate. slrcv
'''1n linen aEd cotton aubdubbs