Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-10-23

BY ". Lewis. which weighs 3 IA lbs.
TrOt out your big potatoes,
&c. Smith Of Barton has sold his
building in this village. occupied BY A.
c. Porter as a drug store. to John L.
Dodge Of IrasbGrgh for $1,000.
The snow drifted so deep on East Hill
during the snow storm Of last week that
passers on the read with teams. were
obliged to abandon the highway and
drive through the fields.
Della j.. a young daughter Of L. S.
Bolton. had both legs broken one day
last week. by the overturning Of cart
body one was broken twice above the
knee, and the other once below.
Rev. l. H. Stone delivered a very able
lecture on the subject Of temperance at
the Congregational Church last Tuesday
evening. His address was very inter-
esting, and We hope resulted probably.
The fall term Of our village schools
closed last Friday. The term has been
very profitable one The school num-
bered n pupils John Gaines. prinei-
pal; W. Gaines. assistant. The winter
term Is to commence the LIST Monday IN
December.
| NEWPORT CENTRE
There are several hard cases Of ty-
PhOid fever in this place.
d. W. jenkins is erecting new dwell
ing house on Main street.
The storm of Monday last. left some
bad snOw-drifts in many Of the highways
in this vicinity.
Sidney Perkins has let his farm to
Arson Bickford Of Coventry. for one
year. who takes immediate possession.
Frank Brill has sold his interest in
the cooper business to Clark Rogers. and
has moved on to a farm in West6eld-
! The Indian summer has fairly CON-
meneed. and farmers are very busy do
ing up their fall work and making ready
for winter
/ C. W. Morse met with quite a mishap
last Wednesday. He called at George
Nye's and left his horse without being
hitehed. The result was a runaway
horse and used-up wagon
WESTlNORE.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Gallup Of
Bloomington fell dead near Mr.. Lyon
residence, one day last week
Miss Nettie Cutler of Barton has been
engaged to teach the winter school at
Mil Brook. We anticipate profitable
term
Rev. Mr.. Pritty, of Morgan. preached
here Sunday the 10Th. The eongrega-
ton was small. owing to the fact that
the notice Of his coming was not extern
; sively circulated.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Three Of the workueu at the lumber
mills at McIndoes' Falls. had each a
hand badly jammed or sawed one week
~, rask Sak,-,Ia-
Michael Mcnamara, of st. Johnsbury
was taken Ill, the other night Hi:
wife got up and lighted lamp, sna
found him dying, and he breathed hi
last before she could arouse the neigh
bors. At the funeral Mrs. NcNamar;
was thrown out Of the wagon aud severe
ly injured, three Of her ribs being broken
An exchange says: Some ten day
I ago. Mr. Mofett, a town charge, VIII
i. lives in st. JOhnsbury, got out Of beC
in the night and told his wife he va
: going away and should not come back
= Since then he has not been seen. Mofet
leaves a wife and several bushels of lit
> tie urchins from ten years old to zero, o
thereabouts.
:. The farmhouse belonging to the estat
D Of Daniel HAYES, IN st. Johnsbury, too
e fire on Wednesday evening from defee
tive chimney and was entirely destroyed
It is reported that three thousand dol
IS lars in government bonds, belonging
i Mr.. Wise. sou-in-law Of Mrs. Have:
As well as five hundred dollars IN bond
= belonging to Mrs Halves. are suppose
II to have been destroyed. Insurance. %
thousand FIVE hundred dollars
WEST BURKE.
: The citizens Of this place were som,
!, what excited Friday night to find Ii
- postsfice closed and the postmaster II
fusing to open it But all was explaine
L at 10 a. N, when 1t was announced tn;
4 the postmaster. s. A. Nelson, had resigl
II ed in favor Of fine fat boy Of eight ID
At last accounts the postofhee was rul
ming again, but sandy-haired man sa.
Al it IS TIlden man who runs 1t no1
Y Nobody believes 1t, however
"a INSURANCE ELECTIONS.