Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-05-22
Local News.
RARTON

Inc railroad has been sufnciently re-
paired TO allow trains to run regularly.
John /. Twombly has begun the
erection Of a double tenement house on
the building lot opposite his present
residence.
The officers Of the military companies
formed during last season will meet at
spalding's hotel next Saturday afternoon
to organize aregiment.
Mr.. Gay, who gave such general sat
isfactiou in the carding mill here last
season, returns again, and will put his
mill in excellent order for summers work.
Mrs. j. b. Robinson sold the Gilbert
Ellis premises last week to d. r. Hunt.
for $780, and then bought the Andrew
Twombly place Of Skinner & Drew, for
sl4OO.
The loyal Democrats, and all persons
who favor reform, are requested to meet
at the Town Hall on Saturday evening,
May %, to choose delegates to attend
the State convention, to be held at Mont
pelier, June lst. DEM. Town Conn.
New Springfield muskets, suitable for
use in the military companies, and ex-
cellcnt guns for shot, can be had Of Capt
John Goss, Greensboro, Lieut.. Robert
Walker, Glover, G.. II. Blake, Barton,
Capt. Kimball Coventry, and Capt. Az
Grille. of Bloomington, for $3.50 each.
Last week the Centennial spirit of
Improvement got hold of L. F. Dutton.
and a new piazza, new paint and other
improvements about his store and dwell
ing will be the result d. McDougall is
putting his store in apple-pie order, and
II. @. Pierce shines up his house with
new paint.
A foundry will be put up Immediately
in connection with the Murkland ma
chine shops. Those desiring work will
do well to consult the agent of the
Foundry Company, who proposes to LEI
out the job Of building bridge across
the river and putting up the foundry
building.
There Is q wonderful unfolding o
buds and lifting Of grass spires, afte
the rain this warm May morning. Thre
days have taken us out of winter int
summer. Only last Tuesday night Bel
water pond, which had been clear of ic
for some days, froze nearly over-to.da,
the weather is so warm that the sight O
an ice cake would be refreshing.
School finishes at the Academy ant
Graded school tomorrow, and those VIII
have an interest in the welfare of th
school will do we'll to attend the exam
nations and rhetorical exercises. Tn
last term in each department been yer
pleasant and profitable. The rhetorica
exercises for the lst and End primar
departments will commence at p. m
on Tuesday, in the lower south schoC
room for the high school and intei
mediate departments, exercises in I'll
hall at z o'clock p. m. All are invited
BARTON LANDING.
Q. Cade has commenced the cellar
ms hotel.
II. Blaisdell has sold building lot
Nathan Leonard.
The road TO Evansville has been mac
Passible, but is dangerous still.
Deputy Boyden couldn't raise suf
Gent steam to form grange in tn
place
Ihirty.three persons we're received i
to the Methodist church on Sunday NJ;
H. on probation and otherwise.
CLOVER.
Mrs. Ruth Randall. has purchased Il
house and lot owned by Henry Whitne
price paid, $1,000
A. c. Anterior sells all his househo
goods, furniture, crockery. bedding, ct,
at auction on Saturday afternoon, next
l.. II. Nye is doing large busine
lor country tanner. Within the Ia
20 weeks he has put 500 hides into b
tan yats.
Y. B. Stone, proprietor of the gri
mill, has hired Mr.. Chase, the accol
nodating and faithful miller, for anoth
year.
Mr.. Henry BabcOck closed a SUGGEST
term Of school last week. at Orleans Ii
e'al Institute. The examination evinc
"0Toughness on the part of the teach,
a. Z. Anterior has sold out the IN;
1uu express route between Glover al
parton to G. S. Whitney. together wi
n'' real estate, for $500. "AndreV
"15 run the express" for several yea
aud has won the respect of the public
honest and faithful discharge of dut
James b. Simonds is canvassing
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~Ont' Miss Hemminway's work is t
'e'ult Of many years of hard labor, a
+ e'H'a'ns almost everything of intert
: PERTAINING TO Vermont. We are l
= Usually enthusiastic, either to buy
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