Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-29

eral items IN MS otner columns. what
would our nelghbors do if we were not
enterprising enough to gather up these
items, and clever enough to lend them?
1.-The snow is seven feet deep in por-
tious of northern New York" i,This alb
surd item has had a great run in the
papers of late. Since a portion of the
reading public and editors are willing to
expand their credulity to any limit, we
state that the snow in potions of north
ern Vermont is t,oenty feet deep. But
sensible people who have lived in north
ern Vermont will know that the instances
are rare when the snow lies on the
ground to an average depth of four feet.
There may be drifts, here and there,
twenty feet deep but seven feet on the
level is too absurd for respectable
nonsense.
j. n. Webster district clerk, has
kindly furnished us the statistics of the
Village district, prepared Jan. |, II.
No. of families in the district 207
number of families having no children
81 number of children under four years
of age TO, under ten years 202, under
fifteen years 29l, under twenty years
342; number of births during the year
81, of which l3 were girls, IA boys,
number of deaths %. s males and IA
females. Only one person between the
ages Of five and twenty-five died during
the past year. The number of births in
the district in 1875 were 81, deaths H.
There are six families in the district in
which the whole number of children is
Al. The increase in the population of
the district during 1876 was 90, max
ing sos.
Our item in regard to our aged friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans of Evansville, has
called out another of similar charac-
ter. We are glad to hear from the ven-
cradle citizens of the county, and wish
them still, years of life and happiness /:
Mr.. i. Wilson and wife of Barton Land:
ing, are almost 81 and SO years old, Mr.
Wilson being the eldest they have
been married more than 6S years. Mr..
Wilson enjoys pretty good health, takes
great interest in matters of business and
in national politics. in which he is well
posted. He is nearly blind, but whites
away the irksome hours with his violin,
playing many of the pieces found in the
Village Harmony" and other ancient
books. Mrs. Wilson, although feeble, is
about the house, reads the MONITOR with
out glasses, and has read the New les
lament through six times within the last
year.
THE COUNTY TEMPERANCE MEETING
The meeting of the County Temper
ance Society, on Wednesday last. was
not as fully attended as it should have
been, but most Of the towns in the coun-
ty were represented, and several leading
temperance men were present. Among
those present we're representatives from
several reform clubs, who claimed that
they had only recently espoused the
temperance cause, but they were all the
more jealous in the work. The report:
showed that there are live and working
clubs in Barton Landing, Bloomington
Craftsbury, Coventry, Holland, Iras
burgh, Lowell, Newport and Newport
Center, beside several other temperate,
organizations in other localities.
The presidents of several of the club
are men who have been Incorporate, blu
whose present course and active effort
are doing much for the good cause il
the county.
Some of the hotels where liquors hav
been freely sold, have "shut down" an
their prOprietors are enrolled on tn
pledges. The discussions on the variou
questions were animated and profitable
Some of the speakers took very radica
grounds, even to the utter condemnatio
of alcohol for every purpose under tn
sun others did not believe in havin
any agents licensed in the State. The
arguments were combatted by those WI
followed. The physicians present di
not agree with the ministers and lawyer
as to the propriety of discarding liquC
entirely as medicines. One speak,
gave very good reasons why fermente
wines should not be used at the comm,
II Mon table.
The County Commissioner, DIR. J.
d Skinner, made comprehensive and d
n tailed report of his official doings, du
ing the last year. The report shove
# that the selectmen of several towns h;
d refused to furnish liquors, or to recoI
3, mend agents, and that there were on
" seven licensed agents in the county. II
al amount of liquors sold by these agen
was not large. Two druggists had be
l. licensed. The commissioner did not
1t state, but we have been informed tn
s. the selectmen of Barton recommend t
S, appointment of druggist as agent
~ that town, but the commissioner has n
granted their request.
m DIR. Skinner gave very good reaso