Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-27

sugar orchards, but little sugar has been
made.
I. G. Richardson has closed out his
ninety-nine cent store and gone back to
St. Adams
Eli Noble Of Jay has sold his farm in
that town to J. D. Sullivan of Sheldon
for $3.50, receiving $3.50 down.
EleaEer Porter has rented his farm
just out of this village to NJ. Day of
Hardwick for two years. Day takes
possession soon.
About two feet of snow on the ground
and the teamsters are awaiting them
selves of the good sleiging by drawing
in wood and saw logs with a rush.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Silas Dunton of Lyndon has bought
the c. l. Nelch farm for $500.
St Patrick's Day was celebrated in
St. Johnsbury by the usual ceremonies.
Parties are making arrangements to
build cheese factory near West Burke
Village.
Abner Howard, of Sutton. has sold
his farm in the Eden valley to Lauren
Huntley of West Burke for $3.50.
Danville is happy, having no lawsuit
on hand at present. and only SIS cents
on the dollar to pay in taxes this year.
DR.. Geo. Woodward, homeopathic
physician. has moved from Danville to
Morrisville, where he goes into practice.
Geo. Abbott lately drew from his
place in Sutton to St. Johnsbury 5000
pounds sf straw. at one load. with one
pair Of horses.
The down mail train got of The track
above West Burke last Thursday. but
the air brakes stopped the train before
damage was done.
The regulation length for a barn in
Ryegate is loo feet, and few towns in
the State have as many large and costly
barns as this town.
The Spring term of school at South
Hardwiek, taught by J. H. M'Loud and
Sarah D. Durham, opens with large
number of scholars.
The selectmen's report in Hardwiek
relative to the liquor agency not being
entirely satisfactory. D. W. Aiken, J.
H. George and A. E. Judevine were
made a committee to fully investigate
the matter and to make future report
Caleb Aldrich of Sutton reports hav
ing seen bear some days since Calet
probably thought if poor bruin had
managed to survive another Vernon
winter, it would be too bad to raise TIT
neighbors and kill the fellow, and so lei
him escape
The School Superintendent held /
meeting at St JOhnsbury March 2lst
John Bridgman of Hardwick was chosel
president and Rev. D. E. Miller of ST
] Johnsbury secretary. Voted to hold tn
Spring examinations April %. Candi
, dates seeking certificates must pass
/. satisfactory oral examination. and b
: able to answer IS per cent. of the writ
ten questions.
D The Union quotes from a Wester
: paper big snake story, in which Horae
T Bingham formerly Of Sutton was inpL
0 Gated The story runs, that severs
e years ago Mr.. Bingham, in drinkin
= from a pond somewhere in New England
5 swallowed q small snake. For years h
!, suffered untold distress and anDoyanc
: from the snake which grew to great d
f mansions in his stomach, and consume
r nearly all the food the unfortunate ma
e ate. Finally physician in docto-in
# the patient for typhoid pneumonia su,
e ceeded in killing the snake with h
u medicine. The creature passed throug
S the bowels. and Mr.. Bingham recovere
D. from the fever, and was intensely graf
ie fed in being relieved of the terrib
D monster that had grown in his stomach
re The reptile was four feet In leBgtl
le This Is Western snake story.
rs ANOTHER FIRE AT ST. JoHNsBURY-
ID On Monday forenoon about half pa
D. eleven a fire broke out in the old stea
N mill building. 50 called, situated opp
site the passenger depot. The FIRE toe
in the second story on the south end.
d. rooms occupied by Mr.. Howard. II
> building was used for a variety Of pu
al poses as follows: J. II. Warner. mowiI
d machines. and Horace Carpenter, Wo1
J. work. on the first floor. The upper pa
IL was occupied for sash and door manufa
Il. turing and tor other purposes. In Il
% basement was Laird Brothers machine
n for polishing granite. In the rear
y this building was Miller's carriage sho
70 which was partially destroyed The 10
as Is estimated as follows: Warner, s;
Us 600; Carpenter. $500; Laird BrC
$500; Howard. $1,000; Miller, $50
mt There was no insurance. the pOlici
,ig having expired about one week befo
1t- the FIRE
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