Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-19

The Montreal night express going
south last Saturday night made sausage
meat of two horses at Felker's crossing
between the Landing and the village,
belonging to John Felker. Some scoun-
drel, a few days since, cut a hole in
the shoulder of another of Johns horses
and put in vitrOl. poisoning the horse so
that it will probably die.
HAY.-An estimate has been made of
the amount of hay grown in the limits
of the incorporated village district of
Barton, during the present season. and
it amounts to over 600 tons. Thursday
last, IA loads we're put into the
barns in good condition. G. W. Bick-
ford drew IN one load of nearly two tons,
and B. Mosman drew in load with his
steers that weighed over two tons.
The religious meetings for the week
will be as follows On Tuesday evening
at ID O'clock, the Young Folks meet
ing at the vestry of the New church on
Thursday evening at l-2 o'clock. the
Union prayer meeting at the Brick
church on Friday evening. Glass meet
ing at Mrs. Drew's. There will be a
Quarterly meeting at the NJ E. church
on Sunday next. Presiding Elder Puffer
will preach at l-2 p. m. The Chris
tian workers will hold meetings, at 5
o'clock. in the Hiram Cass district, in
the Trip district, and at o'clock p.
m. at South Barton.
At directors meeting of the Barton
National Bank, July I'd, it was voted to
call in $50 on each share of the capital
stock Of said Bank on the 10th day of
August. 1875; also s25 on each share
on the 10th day of September, 1876
making, with the assessment of $50 al
ready collected, the total sum of Sis
on each share-the sl5 being for the
premium to be paid for the bonds so far
as it may go. 1t was also voted to pay
6 per cent. on all sums deposited with
the Bank to pay assessments oil stocks,
from the time Of deposit till assessments
fall due.
SOUTH BARTON
Boy DRowYED.-A little boy, son Of
Lyman D. Hopkins, aged four years,
was drowned on Wednesday last. in
Bean pond at the Steam mill near South
Barton. He left his playmates and went
to the foot Of the slip, on which the logs
are drawn into the mill, and, it is sup.
posed, slipped into the water. When
discovered he had not been seen for an
hour, and had probably been in the wa.
ter nearly the whole of that time. Thi;
is the fourth child out of FIVE that the
afflicted family have lost within a few
years.
BARTON LANDING.
A. o. Joslyn Of Bloomington, found
one of his cows dead in the pasture, las
Saturday.
Lewis Simpson commenced burning
his brick kiln, last Friday, and thOsC
waiting for brick Will be pleased t.
know that 20, 900 will be ready mex
week.
Mrs. E. L. Wallace of Boston, is Wis
iting her parents at Barton Landing
and intends to stop few weeks. Sh'
has few very choice building lots t,
sell, and any one wishing to buy vii
do we'll to call and see them at d. W
Baldwln's, and those who would hear
good song are invited to call.
A sad accident occurred at Austin
Joslyn & Co.'S mill. last Saturday. Nh
VIM. Green raised the table to tn
hatcher, and in putting his hand on tn
boxes to see if they were heating, ha,
his right hand caught by the knives
mangling it so badly as to require tn
amputation Of the thumb and foIefnger
the Drs. Skinner Of Barton, perfOrme,
the operation.
The primary department Of the sum
mer school closed on Thursday, and bot
schools united in a picnic at the school
house hall on Friday afternoon. The ez
ercises were we'll selected and very we
executed, giving much credit to bot
teachers and scholars, and pleasure
those parents who were present. RI
marks were made by Messrs. Bemen
Matthews, Skinner and Bartlett, exprei
sive OF great confidence in the teacher
and their success. A bountiful suppt
was prepared-4l nice, frosted and o
namented cakes we're placed on the t;
bic, with numerous smaller ones an
other eatables in abundance. The pr
sensations from the scholars to the
teachers and others, with appropriate r
: marks, showed the interest manifested
the school. The higher department wi
close with a school examination {
Thursday next. Thus will close a vel
successful term of school. Efforts wi
be made to secure the same teacher
} the Misses Beede and COWles, for Il
. remainder Of the year. The Roll
e Honor in the primary department is
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