Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-21

FSFS1ee society hel1 us annual meeting
on Feb 6. and elected the following Of
6oers; President. \. II. Kinney: Vice
President, c. c Hoyt; Secretary. VIM.
Chamberlin. So Temperance still lives
in this town.
EAST CHARLESTON.
John Sweeney has moved into the vii
lAge. occupying rooms in NJ. C. Davis
house
Gospel meetings were held here, last
week. led by Workers from St. Johns
bury, Newport, Island Pond and West
Charleston. We feel that much good is
being done here. and hope the work may
long continue
GLOFER.
The Temperance lecture. last Thurs
day evening. BY Rev. Mr.. Stone. was
pronounced the best ever delivered in
this place
The public schools of the village clos
ed. last Friday. with appropriate exer-
eises- Both departments have been
taught with god success
A large number Of the Christian PEG
pie Of Barton were with Us. last Sabbath |
P u, and our languishing souls were
refreshed by their humble prayers and
earnest exhortations-
Mr.. C. NJ. Gifin. dentist. will be at
the village. on Wednesday next to at
tend to the duties Of his profession. and
will stop the rest of the week. He will
be found at the residence Of Walter
Phillips.
GREENSBORO
J. A Goss is mourning the loss Of
valuable COW which died last week.
The oyster supper held at FOlsOm's
at the Bend. for the benefit Of Rev. Mr.
Damon. realized about $50.
The Insurance Co refuse to pay the
insurance money on the premises Of d.
B. Skinner. which were burned last sum
mer.
We hope that our delinquent Dist.
I clerks will examine the law and find
out their duties and fulfill them before
the town clerk shall be forced to prose
cute, OF himself be liable.
Ed. Smslley must think be is some"
BY this time. having kept out the term
Of school in Dist No. I. commenced by
Fred Collier. and now is completing she
term in Dist No. 9. left unfinished BY
Ella PaddlefOrd. who failed on account
Of sickness
The question Of consolidating some of
our school districts is being agitated. as
some are 50 small that no school can be
had with profit, and others are constant
ly decreasing. Adopt the town system,
gentlemen. and then you are all right
The logic Of events IS making converts
to that system. faster than argument.
in towns like ours
School Dist. No. :. has hired three
teachers this winter, and there Is good
chance to hire more as the school is not
finished yet The first one was warned
not to appear. and being Obedient, did
not The second kept the school for a
time, then was advised BY the committee
to leave, and be did. The third one
halls from the State Of Conn, and We
hope for the honor Of the district. that
he will be the last for this term
EARLT HISTORY OF GKEENsBORo.-
Of the early settlers who figured in the
early history Of the town, and whose
posterity remain in the town and vicin-
ity, may be mentioned. the three
Shepards, the three Hills, the two Stan
leys, Col Levi Stevens, David Vance
: Jonathan Nay. John Law, Capt David
Stone. John Carpenter, Timothy Hin
nan. Amos Smith. Amos Dodge. Icha-
bod Dagget, Jonathan Pettengill, ThOm-
as TOlnan, Asahel GerOuld. Josiah Elk
ins, DIED Cutler, DR.. Samuel Hunting
, ton. Salmon Elkins, Amos Blanchard,
I John Ellsworth. Aaron Farnham. VIII
. ard Lincoln. Ashbel Hale. Ephraim
: Strong, John Law, Asahel Washburn,
Elder Marvin Grow. Seth Eddy. jacob
Babbitt. David Rollins and Moses L.
; Haiues. As early as 1910. quite .
] thriving little village had sprung up at
the outlet Of Caspian Lake, where the
present village Is situated. and the har-
dy settlers had built his home on almost
every hill and eligible lot in the town
Roads had been pushed out into the
different sections. and public highway
known as the old Norton road. had beer
laid through the town into Glover. A
grist-mill had been erected on the fall:
near the outlet Of the lake, the old saw
mill had been moved down the river auc
a carding-mill put in operation By FL
Austin in 1904 Hale & Strong. enter
prising merchants. had started stOr'
before the year 1900. and during tha
! year built large house in one part Q
which they finished eOmmOdious store
z In few years other merchants inelud
ing Joseph Chapman and Thomas TOl
: nan. Jr-. sold goods in town As early
: as 1894 = school vas started in AarOI