Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-08-14

a. y. Sargent has corn that is ripe.
DIR. Parker has rented Wheaton Liy-
ingstone's house.
The thermometer scars among the
nineties every day, and the springs and
wells are drying up.
DIR. Rich. who lost his foot a few days
ago. is so much improved as TO be able
to ride out.
A. H. Darling is giving his house a
coat Of paint. Cowles has hired a
hand and is driving business on his new
house on Lowell street.-W. X. An
mis-, Jr. is building a new house on
New street.
BARTON.
II. Nye brings in some "green corn"
almost ripe, that grew in 70 days from
the planting. - "...
The Barton Grange will meet at the
usual place of meeting, on Saturday
next Aug 49,, at 2 o'clock, p. m.
John i. Twombly is bringing his new
tenement house to rapid completion.
lie has already let the tenements.
This is dry. dusty, smokey, red hot
weather. The mercury has been up
among the nineties for several days.
Springs are drying up, crops are suffer-
ing and cool weather and rain is looked
for with anxiety.
About thirty persons from this place
and South Barton visited the Notch. +"
on Saturday. They we're detained sew
eral hours in the mountains by wood
burning near the track, but reached
home, Sunday morning.
FIRE AT NEwBuRY.-A fire occurred,
yesterday afternoon, in Nowbury, de-
stroying two stores, two jewelers. shops
and other buildings. 1t was an extern
sive fire. but full particulars are not yet
received.
The Walter Haywood Chair Co. tele
graphed to Mr.. Mosman, agent, to tender
4 the thanks of the Co. to the citizens Of
Barton and the st. ]. Fire Co. for theil
\ successful efforts in saving a large
amount of lumler exposed to fire las
Monday.
The scorching heat prevented large
attendance at the Republican meeting
on Friday but there was good repre-
sentatiOn of leading Republicans from
the surrounding vicinity who were in
tensely interested IN the spirited, pow
erful and Characteristic address of Gen
Swift. Col. Veazey followed Gen. Swift
IN few patriotic remarks that wer
highly applauded.
The concert by the Sheppard Jubile
singers, on Tuesday evening last, wa
we'll attended, and gave very genera
satisfaction. The voices were all of ther
good-.twO Of them remarkable. Tn
bass Of one of the singers was tremen
dous he could beat the lowest keys q
an organ all out, in both lowness an
quantity of tone. TIE concert is VOL
Thy Of general patronage
FIRE caught in one of the rooms {
Spalding's hotel last Monday night bu
was easily put out. There was altOgetl
er too much fire water lying round loos
that evening for the safety or credit (
The town. On Tuesday night, as peOpl
were returning from the Jubilee cOncer
IRE was discovered in the shed belong
lng to d. r. Hunt alarm was given .
Once and the fire was extinguished will
put serious damage. This fire caught
very mysterious manner.
More wedding cake This time
happy couple we're married at the D.
Steam mill in Sutton and remembers
'ne poor editor by sending him a pie
splendid cake. May their future
lst as full q happiness as that cake
"plums" it was Mr.. Robbins wi
married Miss Berry. and we add the fc
owing gratis
SS,thery had rpened and hung by The way.
men lone little Robin went out for his prey.
, n us sought rcpast that sweetest and best
"''Aed the fair Berry aud hied TO his nest
The Cdiedonian is Justly indigna
the conduct of certain "St. Johnsbui
'"dles who came to this place Of
eek ago to-day on the train tn
Ougat up the fire comp any, whi'
e pught the fire. That some Of the
ns 'O0eedings were disgraceful no one CT
,ls e'y' but there is no disposition here
- 'ane the respectable members Of [
ela company for the faults Of those W
''graeed themselves on that occasio
y Tie other hand we feel very gratei
,sa the hre company and others who ;
e., &C. 'el ~ putting Out tie IRE. The @
~ ''''o' also blames Spaldlng. the hOI
ePer Tor having sold liquor to IN
~ u boys during that day and evenir
" conceded that spalding sold liqu
= "e say "a great deal" others ~
! ue0' but it is equally true that lar
lb mount was brought in lOng-necked
g. on the FIRE train. Barton peoI