Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-25
as the ..old red tavern" near Butternut

as the ''Old red tavern, near Butternut
fat.
The main aqueduct bringing water to
the Corner has frozen up. and there is
a dearth of water Several wells are
dry, and many are obliged to bring wa
ter from and drive their stock to the
brook east of the village.
There are five boys" at work for the
o. & c. Steam Mill Company. whose
aggregate height is 81 feet inches.
The youngest is not out of his teens.
and the eldest is but thirty-six. They
are thrifty and will be tall when they
get their growth.
Isaac T. Blake former resident and
native citizen of this town, died in Tex
as on the 29th of December. He went
to Texas several years since. where he
has been engaged in business. He has
been ailing for some time, and died with
consumption. Mr. Blake was verv
eccentric man. He possessed fund of
knowledge and "reminiscences that he
had gathered in roaming about the
world. and no man could better enter
tain his hearers by relating them than
he. He leaves no family, and his rela-
tives are now in Massachusetts, except
one brother in Texas.
SHEFFIELD.
Samuel Berry's house in this town
was burned to the ground Sunday after
noon. Mr.. Berry and wife had gone to
see their daughter, leaving about noon,
with everything all right, as they sup.
posed, in the house. On their return
they discovered flames bursting out Of
their roof. They were too late to save
much Of the contents, six chairs being
all they got out. There was no insurance
Senator Morton is credited with tax
ing hopeful view of the Republican fu
ture. He thinks the Republican party
has yet great future before it, and tina
its victories will be no less than the
have been in the past. He thinks tn,
conduct of the people of the South ant
of the Democratic party will unite tn
North on the old war issues, and tina
the Republicans will carry every North
ern State. He believes there will be
greater war feeling in the North than il
1872, and that the people will show al
earnestness on the Southern difhcultie
that must be needed. He referred to tn
late elections to show the tendency G
the Southern people to support the oil
rebel element. lie said he was informe
by persons who had taken the trouble t
ascertain the facts that in the next Hous
Of Representatives there will be Sc rel
ell officers and soldiers and % Union Of
fcers and soldiers. He had no dout
that the Forty-ffth Congress would b
as largely Republican as the present ont
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/ NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING UNDER Din
FICULTIEs.-The Rutland Herald peopl
had rather an exciting time during th
recent fire. which was close to then
The Herald SAYS: "Many of our con
positors lived in the doomed building
and were obliged to leave for a time {
care for their lares and penates. Or
poor fellow moved three times and fna
ly left his goods in the street and h
wife at hotel. and came back to he
US through. The gas gave out, and v
had to beg, buy. borrow or steal LAM
and candles. The fremen carried a hoi
to the roof directly over our office doc
and it leaked in torrents, and we cou
escape ducking in going in and out o
ly by smart lodging and finally '
struck off our edition with fear and trer
bling. The water got low in our boile
while the engines were draining Il
aqueduct and there was no more to
had. As the water sank down below Il
4 lowest gauge. we were IN momenta
e dread of an explosion.
AN INCIPIENT RAPHAGL-The DetrC
Free Press says: a Cass avenue faith
procured an outfit of oil paints and brus
es for his elght-year-old son the 9th
day the lad having developed a tale
e for drawing. Little was seen of the b
: for two or three days. and then he to
5 his father and mother by the hand a
led them into the parlor. and triumI
e antly pointed to the proofs of his art
y tic skill. The gilt paper on the wa
n formed fine ground work for him, a
Il / he had Oainted n horse oyer ono door