Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-18


her hind legs badly. The authorities
have been notified, and damage claimed
by the owner.
NORTH TROY.
C. A. Barry is building new shed
in connection with his dwelling house in
this village.
S. B. Hammond has been building
an L part to his dwelling; and new
shed.
George E. Braley and wife, started
last Tuesday for Philadelphia for two
weeks visit at the Centennial exposition.
The prices of butter last Friday
ranged from % to 80 cents per pound
for fair article, the latter being the
highest price paid.
Miss Nettie Elkins a daughter of
Salmon and Julia Elkins, died at this
place Friday the Sth inst. of typhoid
fever.
Work on the new road from the depot
to connect with the west road, has been
commenced. The job was let to Geo.
Porter for $50.
The highway surveyor has been grad
ing and making Improvements on the
street leading from the postofic to the
hotel.
We understand that J. w. Currier
intends erecting tenement on the east
side of the river in this village. Work
is to be begun this week.
Rev. George Arms of Richford occu-
pied the pulpit in the Baptist Church
Sunday the 10th. The address was
f a very scholarly one and merits more
than casual notice.
WESTIKORE.
Harry Cheney has built new hop
house and picked his hops
George Drown has broken up keeping
house, and his family are boarding.
A. Rowland has rented part of G..
; NJ. Robinson's house and moved into it.
John Litchfeld has moved into the
, house built by Sylvester Bishop, and
h gone to farming.
IS Mcneil Is in town, ready to receive
J. potatoes for starch. His stOre-hOuse is
1t completed and the last years stock Of
starch moved into it.
CALEDONIA COUNTY,
= Aaron Twombly has been licensed by
tho selectmen to keep hotel at Lyndon.
n vile. Lyndon now has four hotels
Of Three houses are already raised il
ne the burned district at st. Johnsbury
ed Center. and others will soon 90 up
ed Everybody is going to build too stories
in Drenan Brothers and Batchelder O
p Hardwick are pushing their new hote
a along with railroad speed. They viii
,e. soon have a frst-class hotel
K There is an agent for the Singer sew
" ing machine IN St. Johnsbury who j
ne 81 years old and never tasted glass o
'er liquor, never smoked cigar, chewed
at piece of tobacco or took pinch of snuff
nd
:, Charles Winn of Danville has an ed
ucated hog, If the stories told of hi
are half true. He tells the time of day
plays cards and does many other won
- deful things, and yet was only cOmmo
= pig which his master bought of Henr
= Bradley of this town year ago. M
VIM is exhibiting him at Fairs an
it is said he draws well. Humbugs a
= ways do.
bis Thomas Bartlett, ESQ.,, died at Lyl
m don Tuesday night. He had been
md usual health until Sunday, when he wa
vas taken with spasms caused by indigo
.,, ton. These continued until Mond;
ride when he fell into stupor from viii,
Gov he never aroused. In his death V
;fo cancy is made in the Caledonia Coun
Bar which it will be hard to fill al
chit which will be much observed. especi;
ma. ly by the elderly people of the county
in On Wednesday everything about {
all new water works in st. Johnsbury bel
d to in readiness test was made to asct
'un- tain how nearly the pump approximat
y of the work which the Vergennes @
here agreed that it should do. Eight strea
With were playing at the same time on Ra
ties. road street, all of which were good
ar streams Six streams on the Plain We
be also good fire streams. With such
and protection as was furnished Wednesda
the the village may feel quite secure.
'he Mrs. Sally Page. mother of our tow
'neu man. Henry Page. Esq, died last Fric
II at the age of 90 years and 5 mont
"'ie' Mrs. Page was the oldest person in toy
lcere She had lived IN the state 60 years q
in the town 80 years. She was born
JUDI the close of the Revolutionary War,
''i'' Exeter, n. H. January. 1884. II
;. her life ran parallel with that Of
hi'n' nation and during her life the best P
'usH of the worlds progress was made.
ono- was born before the power loom,
well railro ad, the steamboat, or the telegra
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