Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-10

evening Dec. IL. oysters served for
20 cts. The receipts to 60 toward pay.
ing for an organ. All are invited.
E. F. Dutton has returned from mar
ket with large variety of Christmas
and holiday goods, and invites his
friends and customers to call in to the
drug store and see for themselves.
HAIR Work Mrs. Woodland and
Mrs. John N. Smith, desire to inform
the public that they are doing all kinds
of hair work, and that they buy hair
and hair combings. They warrant the
work satisfactory. Call at the residence
of John N. Smith.
The Young Ladies entertainment at
the Vestry, on Wednesday evening, was
we'll attended and gave general satisfac
ton. The tableaux and music were very
good. and the evening passed off very
pleasantly. The entertainment earned
the society about S25.
For the information of our distant
readers, we will state that the low lands
in this vicinity were covered with snow.
for the first time this season. yesterday
morning. The teamsters and lumber
men are anxiously waiting for snow
enough for Shedding.
Some of the merchants in this village
have declared "war !" and now we ex-
pect to see great rush of customers
from abroad to gather up the spoils. Go
ahead, gentlemen, if you can afford to
fight and knock down prices, the public
will bear the misfortune without very
deep-seated grief.
During the last few days some of our
mathematicians have spent a good deal
of time in cussing and discussing the
following question: A sold a horse ia
B for $50. B got sick of his trade and
sold the animal back to A for $50; af.
forwards A sold the horse to G for 100
How much did A make in the three
trades?
We see by the Omaha, Neb. papers
that DR.. Harley P. Mathewson, formerly
medical student of DR.. Masta's in thi:
town, has been appointed Superintcnd
ent of the State Insane Asylum of Ne
braska. The papers speak of the ap
pointmen. as being very fit. DR.. Mathew
son is brother of A. B. Mathewson o.
this town.
The BLIND MUsIcIAN.-Prof. earns
the blind musician from Massachusetts
who has won renown on account of pro
fciency on the organ, cornet and othe
musical instruments, as we'll as for hi
remarkable voice which has a compass
of four and a halt octaves, will give /;
concert this Monday night, at the Yes
try. Unless the press has told ex
traordinary untruths, this blind musl
clan is entitled to the patronage of every
lover of good vocal and instrumental
music.
The council convened by letter mis-
sive at this place Nov. 9th, to &C
upon the resignation and dismission o
Rev. Austin Dodge, pastor of the Con
gregational church, passed the following
resolution:
Resoived. That we accept and ap
prove the dissolution of the pastora
relation heretofore existing between thi
church and their pastor, Rev. Austil
Dodge; and that we commend him as
faithful minister of Jesus Christ, to tn
confidence and fellowship of the church
es. L. p. CHITTENDEN, Scribe.
Our California correspondent says Cal
ifornians are not little amused, whel
they read in our Vermont papers abou
threshiDg machines threshing two o
three hundred bushels day, and the
to wind up with, the local item defiantl
asks, "Who beats ?" The Californi
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threshing machine threshes 200 bush
els an hour, and travels about in the i'm
mense grain fields all day hunting afte
more work-that is, they are moved sey
eral times a day while threshing 1000
bushels. But California is addicted [
whopping stories.
That Railroad quarrel between tn
South Eastern and Passumpsic road
continues. Last week the question {
appointing receiver for the road wa
argued, pro and con, before Judge Power
at st. Johnsbury. The Passumps
claims that the South Eastern has NJ
paid the interest on the $35O.000 LOAF
ed that road by the Passumpsic Corp
ration, and that they have a right
foreclose and take the road, or pl
it into the hands of the third part
called receiver. The South Easter
claim that they have paid the interes
and the mortgage should not be for
closed. Judge Powers reserved his d
cision, and recommended that the pa
ties effect a settlement between Their
selves. which would appear to all to
the most sensible thing. In the mea
time no trains are running on the road
BARTON LANDING.
G. H. Green has moved into the D
A. P. Brown house.