Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-25
for Canada the last of this month.

VIZ anu Aaiin " Tracy TRAIT
MIR. Clifford talks of going West.
Many of the farmers about here are
drawing their potatoes to the cars. get
ting forty cents per bushel for them.
1t is expected that two or three more
of our young men will start for Califor
MIA soon. This makes nine that have
gone since spring
Hop buyers are stirring very little.
They pay twenty-five cents per pound.
There have been some very good hops
raised about here this season.
j. Fl. HoltOn is moving and repairing
his barn. DIR. Human is building a
shed and store room, and others are
shingling and getting ready for winter
generally.
CRAFT'SBURK.
A Conference of Cong. churches meets
at North Craftsbury, Tuesday and We'd
nesday. Sept. 26 and 81. Rev. ]. P.
Kimball, Secretary of the American
Tract Society. is expected to be present.
We have not received programme of
the exercises, but presume the confer
ence will be of usual interest.
DERBY
FAIR AT DERBY.-The Patrons Acri-
cultural Society will hold a free show of
the products of the farm. garden. or
chard. shop and house at the packing
house of Elder & Burpee at Derby Cen
ter, Friday. Oct 9th. This large and
convenient building is rendered free to
the society, and all who gain living
by productive labor are invited to con-
tribute toward filling the tables that
will be arranged for exhibitors. Let
there be general comparison of pro-
ducts. Committees of examination will
be appointed, and pleasant and profit
able time expected. L. E. JAMESON.
GREENSBORO.
s. Ingalls, and wife and W. B. Simp-
son are going to the Centennial.
No frost has appeared here yet, but
on the river it is said to have been quite
severe.
o. c. Hagan thinks he can beat the
world on potato vines, having some in
his garden eight feet long.
No arrangement has yet been made tC
retain Mr.. Patten, who has preached al
the Cong. church the past three Sundays
though it is expected there will be.
J. B. Lovejoy's horse broke through
the covering OF well, some days since
and made drop and dive for the bot
tom Of the well. He was drawn out no
much injured.
! LRASBURGH.
Court takes another recess to meet DC
tober 2. Several very important case
are to be tried at that time. includin!
the Ruiter case, and as we understand
the murder case of Hayden.
MORGAN.
EARLY HISTORY OF MORGAN
HARD SEASONS.
Both 1882 and 1887 are remembers,
as seasons of great severity and scareit
of provisions. In July, 1888, hal
storm with tornado, taking its ris
near Salem Pond. swept through tina
part of Salem, a corner of Morgan an
Holland, and so on to Canada, prsstrat
ing the forests to the width of sixty o
hundred rods, and greatly damagin
several buildings in its course.
: The principle crops raised in town b
the farmers are wheat, barley, oats, In
dia wheat. corn and potatoes. To thes
several kinds of produce the soil is we
adapted. A good proportion of the Ian
is excellent for grazing and the stOc
, /, raised here, such as cows, oxen, horses
Z sheep and swine will average with tina
Of most other towns in this part of tn
state. These animals, together with tn
: various kinds of produce above name
and butter and maple sugar, are tn
: principle articles of trade.
Some of the early settlers were note
for their extraordinary strength and Ell
durance. EnOs Bishop is mentioned I
one of these. 1t is said Of him thi
some time toward the last of March,
just before sugaring time, he took upo
? his shoulders 4 heavy pack containin
, most or all of his movables, upon the to
! of which was bound a heavy five pa
: iron kettle. With this enormous weigl
on his back he started, after breakfas
on snow-shoes from Brunswick. on Il
q Connecticut river, and took his wa
{ through the uninbabited forest. reachin
his destination in Morgan "a distance
2s niles before sunset.
n WILD ANIMALS
The wild animals here are the san
as are found in most other towns in Il
northern part of the state. Among Il
larger kinds known to have been fOur
! here are the moose, bear, deer and wol
As late as 1928, deer were Fl
e quently hunted and taken. In the la
g ter part of the summer or early in &
l. fall of 1927, moose was seen leaviI
n corn field ON the farm then owned