Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-30


Lyman Whitcomb has been hired to
take charge Of the poor farm and poor
the coming year. Lyman has been on
the farm number of years and knows
how to administer food and consolation
to the towns poor.
VEST GLOVER.
Thomas Anderson and Hugh Carr, Jr.,
have each lost two cows this spring, and
Thomas Stevens one.
Some miserable sneak recently stole
two pals of syrup from Dewing & Hib-
bard. Charlie thinks he shall find it
after sheep are turned out.
Farmers are busy nowadays sowing
wheat. The sugar crop has been good.
N. Lyman made over 1000 pounds from
twelve hundred and fifty buckets.
IRASBURGH.
VIM. Edmunds is putting up con-
venient and commodious horse-barn.
Nettie Hitchcock of Westfeld, has
been engaged to teach the summer term
of school in district No. f.
Sugar made this season in school dis
trict No. 4 COrley boys, 1900; James
Caples. 400; J. P. Grant, 1900; Chas.
Kidder, 600; Faxon Kidder, 600; B.
F. Kidder, 200; Charlie Kidder. 500;
F. G. Metcalf, 1900; A. A. Morrill,,
45O; H. H. Stevens, 1900; G. F. Web
ster, 1000; d. II. Webster, 1000. To-
tai, 1850 pounds.
NEWPORT.
KILLED.-Frank N. Holtham. brake
man on the South Eastern freight, was
killed in Newport yard on Wednesday
morning of this week. He was standing
on the rear platform of train of cars
managing the brake during the process
of shifting. An attempt was made to
change the engine from the rear to the
front of the train. The engine put the
train in motion, was then uncoupled
from the rear car, gained few rods and
was switched upon another track. The
cars followed down but the switch failed
to turn back, when the cars ran upon
the same track with the engine. Holtham
did his best to brake up and supposed,
doubtless, he could do it, but failed and
the cars collided with the engine Hol-
than was at his post when the end of
the car he was standing upon was stove
in, and he received internal injuries
from which he died in thirty minutes.
Mr. Holtham was promising young
man % years old, brother of the
freight conductor, and had been in the
employ of the company buO about a
NEWPORT CENTRE.
William Kelley has let his farm to
Fred. Lawson, and has moved on to a
farm at North Troy.
Norman Durham had a log house
destroyed by fire last Wednesday night.
Quite number of persons, have been
converted in the Hammond district,
through the instrumentality of Rev. Mr..
Butler from North Troy.
NORTH TROY.
D. W. Porter, from 40 sheep, has rails
ed 70 lambs this spring.
James Lake has his new house in pro.
cess of erectlon.-H. c. Wilson has com
menced building new barn.
VIM. G. Elkins has set out 100 elm'
on the new street from the depot to Mair
street, and has named it Elm street.
Butter, Is to 20 cents potatoes, 81
cents corn, 80 cents; -four per barrel
$3.50; eggs per dozen, Is cents.
Ithamer Hadlock had the misfortun
, to cut off one finger and badly cut tw
| others, SO that they will have to be am
putated, while at work with hay cut
) ter, last Saturday.
Miss Human of West Charleston, ha
been engaged to teach the summer teri
} of our village school. She is said to b
I fine teacher, and we are looking for
good term.
e D. l.. Hildreth has bought back h
8 old residence of S. o. Whipple; pric
$1,000. He has also taken up all ii
mortgages and now owns the Adam
place, the finest farm in towns. ]
Hammond has bought of George West
lot of land near this village, paying f;
: it $1,000
e IVES TINORE.
C Allen and Lyman Brown are makir
very successful trips to New Hampshir
[. this spring, selling fruit trees.
:, The air is bland, and blue the sky
o the snow is gone, the ground is dry; Il
II farmer wears broad grin now, so ear
a runs his side-hill plow; the bull-fro
?. pipe, the "skeeters" sing; the swallow
fit on silver wing; the fsh-men stal
;. a-down the lake. and scaly shad al
o. suckers take; the ice departs from W
re loughby. and white waves dance rig
merrily.
m CALEDONIA COUNTY.
;. st. Johnsbury Centre is TO have
10 Geographic station.
or The Fairbankses have decided Sou