Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-05-03

Nearly one hundred tubs we're offered
and seld On saturday last, u prices
ranging from twenty to twenty-seven
cents. as to quality. Huntley boaght.
or sent. large quantity Of sugar
Prices for sugar are low. Only about sew
en- cents can be paid for the hest
C b Whi;en barely escaped a fatal
accident a few days since He was
ehapping On very steep side hill. and
lOdged szaan tree uPOO aAosheE. 10
attempting to get the tree down it Few
around. struck his legs and knocked him
down the Hill ever perpendieulAr rocks
many feet He was badly hurt and was
carried home. to spend few days in
bodily repairs
The annual reorganization Of the Sab
hath school Of the Methodist church At
this place occurred Sunday, the 18th.
and resulted in the selection Of the fol-
loving ofseers for the coming year
Superintendent, Miss Lucy Sinclair /:
Secretary. Willie Clement; Treasurer,
Z D. Dutton Librarian, Wm-H. Ward
The number Of scholars eRrolled during
the past year was two hundred and for
". Average attendance about one hun
dred Receipts from penny collections.
s3S-07. which Is applied in payment Of
expenses. and for benefit and care Of
Library
IVA J. H. Dimiek have some
sheep. IT 60 gladden. the eye. If not the
heart. Of any entsrprisIng farmer. They
recently SHARED ten. whose united feeees
weighed one hundred and SIX pounds.
averaging about ten and half pounds.
The wool was Of only eleven months
growth They we're all full blood or
high grade CotsvOlds. From seven ewes,
they are raising eleven lambs. one Of
which, at SIX weeks old. weighed forty
two pounds. and had wool three inches
long The wool Of yearling buck
measured eleven inches in length. Of su-
periOr quality. Their heaviest eve
weighed before shearing. two hundred
and twelve pounds. The Messrs. Dim
lex rank among Cur most enterprising
farmers.
ST. JOHBSBGRE
A party VIII leave this place for Cal
forni2. May Is. Tickets. Sis
Fifty persons have joined the NJ z
church during the winter On probation
A Z Rankin Of s.. Johnsbury has
been appointed consul 1t MessTna, ItaIy.
Jerry Drew has bought the St Johns
bury House for 49, 500 and rented It
70 Geo B. Walker of LypdonviIIe-
WI Nelson received the feet of
= kicking horse some days since and was
rendered unconscious in consequence
4 new bell, the largest in this part Of
the state, has been put On the Methodist
church at ST Johnsbury. It vii be
used for FIRE alarm purposes
jim Whitney, the Boston tenor, was
n town last week He expects 70 spend
some months here. during the sumner.
The religious interest Is still una
bated and meetings are held almost ev-
err night Noon prayer meetings are
held II several places
Fear young men hunted skunk On
Maple Street On Saturday night for =
half hoar, and we're neither satisfied Or
odOrized- The animal proved 70 Be =
pet rabbit
The lew Nzti0nal Bank was oxgzn-
lied 1t St J0hnsbury On Tuesday last
The following directors were chosen :
Frederick Fletcher, Hiram Weeks, A.
N Diekey, H Z Fletcher, Geo- Ide,
J D. Abbott. c. A Sylvester. Freder-
lex fletcher was chosen President
Two gentlemen Of this place are pre-
parIng TO cone out reIigioasIy. but dat
feel warranted IN taking the step TIL
they are fully competent A few days
since while coming ID the railroad track
from Pzssumpsie, and eouvsrsing upon
the subject. they queried if they could
make speech or 0fer prayer IN .
style which would be acceptzbIe to hu-
man ears As they passed into > deep
ledge cut, they proposed to make the ex-
Periueat, and one Of them took the Do
sIti0a q a1dIenee while the ether stood
4 little way of and soIemnIy gave N
his testimony. The audience" pro
noaneed It satisfactory, and very much
ike what he lad heard IN real meetings.
Then they changed PAGES. tie Erzs
speaker beng the audience. while the
ether stood ID with Al intensified grave
yard ezpressiou and passed IN as tesz-
mouy. IN manner which. II real work.
Eo1ld have moved the u0st rebeIIIozz
heart CeueIadIng the Efforts n the
way Ct tessimouy Indicated satisfactory
capacity. they next tested their respect
i've merits IN the line Of prayer After
eaeh had made his best eEors shey we're
about % express entire ssti<fsetion wTth