Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-08-28

The flour crop is of fine quality and is
sold cheap.
a suit has been brought against John
Sawyer, by George Porter for damages,
caused by Sawyers breaking his leg last
spring.
Three times and out The Caspians
of Greensboro, and the Centennials of
Craftsbury, have played two games with
III week, with the victory on the side
of the Centenuials both times, and one,
a week or two ago. The Caspians are
plucky, but will have to practice lit
tie more yet.
IRASBURGH.
Rev. S. Irenaus Prime, one of the
editors of the N. Y. Observer who has
been rusticating in Vermont, thus tells
of his journey from Newport to Wolcott
In this town Qrasburg) was found, in
1927, coat or shirt of mail, made of
steel rings, and long enough to protect
the whole body of man, from the hips
upward. 1t had been lying for many
years where it had been found, and it
was sent up to the Museum at Washing
ton. The scenery is so fine in this re-
gion and the atmosphere so enjoyable,
even in the hottest season of the year,
it was easy to understand, without ask
ing. why the village hotel was four or
five stories high, and the place favour
lite resort in summer.
The village of Albany, in the midst
of beautiful, we'll watered farms, through
which the Black River is still rolling
northward, detained us for rest and
dinner, when middle of the day should
come. We had driven nearly twenty
miles, and IL was now eleven o'clock
A very modest tavern, with an old
toned swing board sign, invited us to
stop, and kindly people,-Mr. and Mrs.
Dow, by name,-toOk us in as travellers,
and made us at home in their inn. The
neat parlor was carefully screened
against flies. Pots of geraniums filed
the house with odors. The library con-
sisted of three volumes, viz. "Wife No.
10, or Memoirs of Ann Eliza Young"
one of the Mormon women The Rum
sellers Daughter" sensational and i'm
possible temperance romance; and
cloves Conflict" a fash novel of the
school indicated by its name. Our par
ty being three in number, we each had a
book, and the choice just about even.
The dinner was beef and pork, with
vegetables, plain and solid price sew
enty-five cents real value less than
half that of the dinner at Magog, men,
toned in my last letter. / mention
these prices, from time to time, to give
you an idea of the cost Of living. NOV
ing and having your being, in different
parts Of the world
More lovely was the scenery as we
left Albany and soon struck out into the
La Noble valley, where the river of that
name comes down from Glover, Hard.
wick, and Caspian Lake, and works its
devious way in the midst of mighty
hills, taking many other rivers into its
embrace as it runs, till at last, on the
other side of the range of the Greer
Mountains. it empties into Lake Cham
plain. Wide tracts of rich intervale
afford fine farms, and the township o.
Wolcott. which we cross, is well water
ed by the Green river and the Wild
and has q large natural lake besides
Observing, in a meadow, pavilion
supported by neat, white columns, W.
drove in and found a sulphur spring
, Inere were 10 lnNllluS nSai IL az "h'
hour of the day, but we soon learned
that it has a local reputation. for higl
medical properties. and even from dis
tant places. those who hear and believe
come to the wholesome Deighhorhood
: find comfortable lodgings among tn
, goodly farmers, and are healed. 1t mus
be a particularly hard case that will no
be helped by summer spent in tn
midst of these hills. living on the sub
e stantial fare of the farmers. and walkin
I. twice a day to the WOlcOtt sulPhu
Spring.
: LOWELL.
Alonzo Campbell will remember tn
10th Of August as day Of team disastt
y to himself. he set out in the morning
y assist neighbOr, had tip over, whic
e hurt him considerably, broke his WACO
y. and badly brighten his horse. In Ii
afternoon while at work for w. b. Dode