Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-11

more serious than at first reported. The
liabilities thus far foot up to near sI0.-
600. Assets about 81, 600. Mr.. Smith
lost about $4,000 in the great fire in
Boston, and other losses owing to the
decline in leather One party in this
place is holden for the sum of $1,000.
Mr.. Smith had decided all his property
including his homestead to Mr.. N. Steb-
bins previous to the failure. A credi
tors meeting will be held the 18th inst.
VEST BURKE.
The merchants represent that business
is Frightening up in this place
The Musical Convention held at West
Burke last week, was fairly but not
largely attended on account of the wealth
er. Prof. James Whitney conducted the
convention in very satisfactory man.
ner. His instructions in the elements
OF music were very useful, and he has
the advantage over most conductors in
having superior voice and in being
able to render difficult passages SO per-
feetly that his class can follow by imi-
tation. Among prominent musicians
present, who participated in choruses and
song singing, were Prof L. A. Whitney
and Miss Bundy, pianists Prof. B. f.
Xix, Miss Ide, Miss Matthews, Messrs.
May, Dodge, Herrick. and Finley with
harmOnicOn from St. JOhnsbury; Messrs.
Pinney, Streeter and Green of Orleans
County, and Mrs. Davis of Burke.
WHEELOCK.
If you want to buy horse power,
threshing or saving machine, you will
find the machines manufactured by S.
&. Cree of Wheelock, to be very dura-
bly, built, and all right in every respect.
MIR. Cree does the iron, as we'll as the
wood work, and from personal knowl-
edge of the machines, we can recommend
them to be more than Mr.. Cree claims
for them in his advertisement.
WESTHORE.
On account of the very bad weather
and the necessary absence of some of the
Christian Workers, the meeting to be
held by them at Mill Brook, was post
pOned until next Friday evening, when
1t will commence and continue until the
Sunday evening following. Invitation
is extended to all for assistance.
SUTTON.
A. Q. Evans has sold his steama saw
mill in the North part of the town to
A. B. Norris of Barnet, who has made a
contract with Evans to furnish him with
hard wood lumber for series of years.
Norris works the hard wood up on a
contract. Evans has bought of J. L. C.
Corliss his share of the Beckwith lot to
increase his timber supply
ISLAND POND.
A series of religious meetings will be
held here during the week, under the
auspices of the Christian workers, CON-
mencing on Wednesday and continuing
through the week.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Last week Thursday Mrs. Susannah
Smith Eaton, of this village was 90
years old, on which occasion she reeeiy-
ed several birthday presents from her
relatives and friends. She is in the en-
joyment of good health, and retains her
mental faculties to remarkable degree.
She came to Danyille when about six
years old when Danville Green and vi.
cinity was an almost unbroken wilder
ness-and she has resided in this vii.
lage ever since, and on the original lot
of land which her father, Mr.. Harris
horn, bought when he came here. She
has been twice married, her first hus-
band being Daniel Smith, who deceased
many years ago. Her second husband
was the late Ebenezer Eaton. She is,
we think, the Oldest member of the Con-
church in this place, having
joined that denomination some sixty
years since.-North Star.