Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-05-07
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Eugene Miller made 1925 pounds Of
ugar from $50 trees--9 "a pounds per
rec.
BARTON.
Have you seen any potato bugs
Have you set out your shade and fruit
ices?
Go to the Christian Association meet
pg tonight.
Business Is lively in the mills and
hops on Water street.
Cash thankfully received at this Office.
pr subscription and advertising accounts.
all in.
The village trustees are making some
cry good improvement on the sidewalks
nd highways.
This is the time in the year when it
proper to throw stones at your neigh
Ors' hens. Don't get mad.
o. D, Owen has just returned from
ostOn with heavy stock of goods. He
lyS they will be sold cheap.
The President has disappointed few,
ut pleased many by putting off the
xtra session Of Congress until October.
VIM. Graves is improving and Orna-
Renting the town clerks office by the
rection Of a piazza and new front steps.
The lecture by Mr.. Nichols. last
thursday evening, was said to have been
ne Of the best delivered here for some
me.
Phair has been reprieved, and we ex-
ect to have heard the last Of this af-
hair until the legislature takes the
batter up in 1873.
Four car loads of cattle were shipped
rom this station this morning. They
Tere loaded by Mr.. Randall of Crafts
ury.
Religious meetings will be held at the
Ieath school house, and at the Trip
choOl-house, next Sunday afternoon, at
IL o'clock. Workers from the vii
age will attend each meeting.
John Leland has snapped the Capt.
little farm. on the mountain, with Col.
ms French, who lately bought the Lee
Arm. John likes the old county road
erritory better than the mountain.
Right Rev. Bishop Rape of st. AL.
pans is preaching a mission for the
catholics in the church lately purchased
BY them. Services will be held each
lay until Thursday afternoon, commenc.
n at 9 a. m. and z IL p. m.
George W. Bridgman has bought out
he meat market and provision store Of
n. Folsom. Ezra Martin, who has beer
n the meat business heretofore, will rur
he meat cart for Mr.. Bridgman, on tn,
rOute formerly occupied by Mr.. Folsom
N. L. Spaford, a successful farmer o
Greensboro, says that white hellebore il
sure "dead shot" on currant worms
and that soap suds will as efFectually
kill cabbage worms. He has tried both
remedies and succeeds in raising cur
rants and cabbages.
A. B. Blake has been sent by the Con
ference to Derby. He will not NOV,
for some days yet, as Mr.. Dickinson OF
on that charge. who is to go to Glover
desires to remain at Derby until tn
close of the spring term of school a
that place.
Mr.. Blake Of Stockton, CAL, sends u
another stalk Of wheat which he says
an average one from a field Of whea
near that city, which measures FIVE fee
in height, and has very long. well-fill
ed head. He says the season is yer
dry, and many counties are sufferin
terribly from the drought.
Several persons in the village are ly
ing very low with chronic diseases
which are liable to terminate fatally
Among these are Maj. Horace Pierc,
MrS. French, widow of the late Judg
French. Mrs. A. NJ. Kimball. Mrs. D;
Yid Collision, Ezra Bryant and Charl,
B. Stone.
In another place we give a randO
lalk on Roads" To the citizens
This town We state that during last Sc;
son we had business in many sections
Orleans and Caledonia counties, and
no town did we find the condition of Il
roads as bad as in Barton. The hea,
freshet in the spring did much damag
the late spring prevented work beil
done in the early part Of the season. al
other causes not necessary to mentic
gave us a set Of roads that we're exec
bic. With over $4,000 to expend Il
year, some improvement ought to
made. There were some good thir