Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-18


The dwelling house and store of Geo.
D. Percy narrowly escaped destruction
by fire last Thursday morning. about
o'clock. The fire was discovered under
the stove in the store and had burned
through the floor into the cellar, but
was soon extinguished by Mrs. Percy
who smelled the smoke in the bed room
WE.ST'HORE.
Miss Elsie Howell. of Barton is teach
ing school on the vert side of the lake.
The scythe stone factory. after va
cation Of IL weeks in building a dam,
is running again full force.
About 5000 bushels of potatoes will
be used in the McNeal starch factory.
this year. Quite large amount are
brought from the west side of the lake
in a fat boat.
SUTTON.
David Wishart of this town, has been
selling scales, during the last . months.
for the Fairbankses. in n. Y. and Cana
da, and his success has been such that
he has been employed by that company
to 90 to London, as salesman in that ci-
ty. His family resides at the Corner.
The selectmen of this town have final
ly decided to lay out the portion of the
contemplated road from So. Barton to
Westmore. that crosses the northern cor
ner of this town. The road will be
one mile and half long, and quite ex-
pensive to build. 1t is built for the ac-
cOmmodation of the citizens living on
the west side of Willoughby Lake.
n. X. Campbell, drover. farmer and
produce buyer. is one of the hardest
working men in this vicinity. Monday
he starts for Boston with from four Il
ten loads of cattle and sheep Wher
these are sold he takes night train fol
Canada, where arrangements are made
for the buying of several car loads fol
the next week. On Thursday or Friday
he returns homo and spends the remain
der of the week on his large farm, anC
in buying butter and produce.
| The suit long pending between Jacl
Bean, formerly of Glover, versus Beck
with & Henry, has been decided in Mr.
Beams favor, and he gets $4,000 dam
ages The suit started during the war
Bean was accused of being in the boun
ty jumping business, was arrested by D
n. Beckwith, deputy Z. S. marshall
under Henry and imprisoned. Beal
sued the marshalls for false imprison
ment and damages. The suit has final
ly been tried at Rutland. The expense
of the suit and damages are reported t
fall upon the governm ent, and not o
marshalls Beckwith & Henry.
SHEFFIELD.
At Sheffield village and vicinity ther
are sixteen widows, no widowers, and on
bachelor, according to recent reckon
ing. t.ffat
Noah i. Folsome has fitted up the b
room of his hotel into grocery and pr
vision store and is already doing thri'
, ing business. YrEs ts
NORTH TROY.
Some miserable sneak thief stole
big washing of clothes from off the liz
5 at Edward Donegan's last Monday nigh
= As luck would have 1T, they we're see
\ by a near neighbor. and unless Il
thieves return them. Mr.. Donegan sa,
, he will put them through to the fu
extent of the law. 1927
John W. Currier has invented chul
= which beats anything ever yet intrOdu
ed 1t is adjusted to a wagon and all
man has to do is to put his churn in
the wagon box, pick up his reins, dri
half mile and return, take out b
churn. and he will find his cream turn,
e to butter. 1t is a very simple contri
! ance. The wagon box is so arrang
that tie temperature can be kept ev
either ID hot or cold weather. On t
= whole it is the best invention for t
"a accommodation of lazy man we ey
heard of.-PaIladium.
3 TROY.
Hops are selling at 10 cts. per pour
:. H. Carpenter has bought 10 acres
! land of Lucy Smith in the Falls d
trict, and he is erecting a house a
shed.
: L. W. Ferrill of Riehford, VT,
: bought the Houston house, paying So
for it. He will remove here soon a
: will be ready for any work in the pail
p ing line.
of One night not long since, Owen Do
ir gan discovered some fellows making
J. raid on his orchard. Instead of goi
r. for them with double barrelled gun,
st some might have done, he quietly
ID hitched their horse from the fence VIII
it stood shivering with cold, led it to
re- stable and fed it. When the young Il
70 got ready to resume their journey Il
i found the horse nan est and were obi!
bv to make inquiries of Donegan if he
Of seen anything of it. He informed th
r that he found horse out by the 70
NJ and thought it would be more comic
of able in the barn where be had put
i'm He then cordially invited them into