Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-07-09
Local News.
BARTON.

The potato bug excitement is subsid-
8.
New sidewalks are being laid on
reefs where they have long been need
Rev. A. Dodge has been absent for
me days on account Of the severe ILL
IS Of brother in Massachusetts,.
Another change Of time on the Pass.
r. The morning mail south, and
accommodation north are several
inutes earlier.
A very heavy shower. accompanied in
me localities with a violent wind. pass
over this vicinity on Thursday after
on and evening.
The Barton National Bank made
mi-annual dividend Of 4 per cent. July
b. and retained S24OO as surplus fund
nd undivided profits.
The Association will hold meetings at
be Taylor district and at Evansville,
ext Sunday afternoon. Friends from
eighboring districts all invited.
One agreeable thing about the cele-
ration here on the 4th, was the absence
intOxicatiOn. Very few, if any, were
nder the influence of liquor during the
by.
The continued story, which ends TO-
by in this paper is from the Plattsburg
Seatsnel and we hope every girl who
FISHES to read Glove story" will read
and profit by 1t.
The Congregational church was beau
fully decorated, last evening, with
overs, bouquets, evergreens, etc., on
be occasion Of Floral Concert. The
xercises we're very appropriate and
leasing.
We are indebted TO Tuttle & Co. of
Rutland, for a sample of the lava pens
t which they have the agency. These
pens are recommended for their elastici-
y and durability. They are not affect
d by the acid in inks.
Cheney Green has contracted for the
rection Of another building alongside
is hardware store. He will use the
luilding for the storage Of -four, corn,
oal. lime, cement and other goods, such
Is comprise the usual stock kept in
wholesale stores. W. L. Dow will put
lp the building.
Elisha White from Ncosho Rapids
Kansas, is home with his wife on Wis
L, and will spend few months her,
among their friends. Mr.. White is look
ing as healthy and genial as usual. HI
reports crops in Kansas as looking fine
y, but late and backward in some o.
the other States passed through on hi
journey east
Some vicious or hungry thieves, VIII,
wore No. 10 or IL boots, broke into tn,
dining hall on the Fair Ground, Wed
nesday night, and stole lot of breat
which would have been distributes
among the poor, the next day, had i
not been thus appropriated. 1t may b
Of advantage to the thieves to inforr
them that more of the same excellen
bread can be obtained at the bakery q
the Landing-fOr money.
The boys in this village are so full &
saltpetre patriotism that they can't wal
for the advent Of the 4th, but commenc
their celebrating" on the day or even
ing previous, and so noisy and hilariou
are they that few in the village can &c
moments rest from dark till daylight
1t is all very well to be full of patriot
ism, and, perhaps, to be considerable
foolish on this occasion; but to CONVEX
yourselves into bowling idiots is not |
your credit. Such performance as tn;
Of last Tuesday night and wednesda
morning would do discredit to a band
Sioux.
Capt. Goss' military company fro
Greensboro, was invited here on the Al
to participate in the exercises and sha
fight on the Fair Ground. They char
ed on the ragamufins early in the da
and captured their artillery and baggal
wagons. Afterwards, Captain Perciv
rallied his men, charged the captors al
a fierce hand-to-hand encounter ensue
The discipline of the military men, al
their superior arms, triumphed over Il
ValOr and repeated efforts of the bra
antiques" No lives were lost but Il
wounds we're fearful. Several had the
scaiPs torn completely from their head
and others had their phYsiognOmi
smashed beyond recognition. The affa
was laughable and exciting.
THR RAcEs.-Roaring Brook Park
getting an excellent reputation amo
the owners Of fast horses and horsem
generally, and the announcement of ra,
on this ground is very likely to call il
large number Of good horses and a 20
attendance Of people. On the 4th alb,
thirty horses were entered, among tn
some Of the best outside the city. I
trOtting for several Of the purses '
good, but the last race was necnlia