Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-10-22

expected to hold meeting at the Page
school house Thursday evening.
The Advents have been holding meet
ings on the west side of the lake. and
several persons have been converted to
that faith.
Five persons were immersed on the
west side of the lake, yesterday, by Mr..
Smith of st. Johnsbury. And a very
interesting and profitable meeting was
held in the Devereaux school-house in
the evening.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The P. & O. railroad has gone into
the hands of receivers, and the money
put into the road by its stockholders,
"where the woodbine twineth."
Mr.. Moorhouse, celebrated English
revivalist, commenced labors at St
Johnsbury, yesterday. Mr.. Sankey came
over from Burlington to assist in the
work.
Robert Mcdowell of Sheffield intends
to commence a new house this fall
Walden Brown is about to put up a
horse barn. William Mcdowell will
boss the job.
Bradley Ingalls, of Sheffield raised the
present season 81 bushels of potatoes
from 2 bushels of seed,-variety, "Ori-
noes. Potatoes are selling for 35 cents,
delivered at Lyndonville depot.
Deacon David Eastman of Lyndon, in
the last 81 years, has manufactured on
his farm $4,000 pounds maple sugar.
In the spring of 1874 he made 1900
pounds in 1877, 400 pounds, and now
has buckets for 1000 trees. His average
sale for the last 81 years is about ten
cents per pound.
At an auction of Rev. Lewis Jenkins
of Burke, Saturday. Oct. 20, D. Trull,
salesman. best hay sold at $3.50 per
ton; oats, 45 and AZ cents per bushel /;
wheat, Sl.55 corn, 65 cents on COLOR
20 cents per bushel; COWS. $3.50 to
$50; 400 bushels assorted Early Rose,
Red Brooks and Prolific potatoes at 40
IL cents per bushel, all sold together.
Mr.. Oscar F. Russ of Albany, N. Y,
has just received patent on machine
for marking the figures on scale beams
Those who visit the scale shops in this
place must have noticed that while there
are machines for doing almost all kinds
of work on the scales, the figures upon
the beams are put on by hand, and the
process is necessarily slow and is liable
to be attended with errors. By this new
machine of Mr.. Russ we understand
absolute accuracy is obtained, and time
saved. Mr.. Russ was formerly employed
in the Fairbanks shops at this place.
Caledonidn.
John w. Lewis. Esq, receiver, closed
out the material in the Vermont Farnae,
Office in this place, last Tuesday, at auc
ton. The presses, engine, shafting, etc.
was mortgaged to Corydon Cummings
brother of the proprietor, for $1,000
and the mortgage took this propert,
and relinquished his claim. The balance
consisting of type, cases, stands, Office
fixtures, etc., was bought by Royal Cum
mings for S175. We understand Mr.
CUMMINGS will have the use of the ma
chinery owned by his brother, and tina
he proposes to open job Office at the
old place We understand that the liza
bilities of the concern, besides the mort
cages, are a little under So, 900, and tn
assets about $1,000. Perhaps the larg
est unsecured debt is owing the Glare
mont Manufacturing Company, thei
claim being something like $1,000, al
for paper.-CdledOnian.
HARDwICK.-The Drenan Bros. ar
having a good run of custom at thei
hotel.
Mr.. Durant, the eloquent temperate
reformer from Montpelier, delivered al
excellent temperance lecture, last Satur
day evening.
A large lot for cemetery has bee
purchased from the Holton lands, nea
the old plank road, and has been fence
and laid out into lots.
The store of q. R. Huntley was brol
en- into and robbed of goods to the SUI
of $500, a week ago last Friday nigh
The entrance was effected by BORN
through window sash. No clue to tn
burglars has been discovered as yet.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.-Rodney 4
Gum of Cabot, started for Canada las