Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-07-02

fortunately failures.
J. o. Cutler has put new coat of
paint on his house, which makes de-
cided improvement.
Potato bugs are comparative failure
here, but the worm is doing good deal
of damage to corn.
Mr.. Stoddard of Camden, N. Y, is
the successful bidder on the mail route
from the Bend to North Craftsbury, and
has sub.let it to VIM. Teller.
Mr.. Wheeler of Barton Landing, has
bought D. G. Joclyn's premises, consist
ing of about fifty acres of land, dwell
ing house and saw mill, to take posses
sion in October.
In spite of its enemies, the Reform
Club still lives and enjoys good meas
ure of health. Over one hundred are
now enrolled in the good cause. The
Bend is following suit and has about
forty names on its roll of membership.
VEST CHARLESTON.
The old saw-mill at "Plunkett'' is
being raised up, and otherwise improved.
J. H. Holten is building harness
shop. on the lot where his buildings
were burned.
R. d. Clarke is building an addition
to his house and Peter Young is build
ing new barn.
There have been but very few potato
bugs found in this section, and the po-
tato crop is looking finely.
John Barrett has taken the contract
to carry the mail from Island Pond to
Derby Line, he goes over the road Mon
day.
GLOVER.
|. B. Smith who has held the post
Office in this place has resigned, and
Chaplin Leonard has been appointed in
his place.
HOLLAND.
M. M. Graves came into town sixteen
years ago and settled in the woods where
there was very small clearing. He is
now finishing off house which will
make complete set of buildings, and
last year he cut fifty tons of hay on his
farm.-A. Wheeler and Alex. Jondro is
each putting up new dwelling-house.
These three dwellings are all in district
No. s, and all take the place of log
houses. 1t is expected that the next
change will be the erection of framed
school.house to take the place of the log
one.-ErpreSS.
IRASBURGH.
One of those pleasant gatherings that
are becoming more frequent every year
assembled at the house of Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. E. Jameson June 25th, the 18th an
niversary of their wedding day. Nearly
one hundred were present from this town,
Albany, Barton and Coventry. An ex-
cellent dinner furnished by the company
was arranged on tables, in the yard front
of the house. The music, vocal and In
strumental, under the leadership of j.
E. Chamberlin and Mrs. Templeton, was
all that could be desired. After dinner
the gifts, consisting in part of a secre
tary valued at $40, an evergreen tree
whose branches bore $31 in silver coin
a set of solid silver spoons, beautiful
boquet of flowers by Mrs. Chamberlin
and other articles to the value of S6S
were presented to Mr.. and Mrs. Jameson
by E. P. Cotton. Remarks were ais
made by Rev. Mr.. Haley, and a praye
by Rev. S. B. Currier. Mr.. Jameson
responded, expressing the thanks of him
self and family for this kind and unex
pected remembrance. All of the famil
had tokens of remembrance, even littl
Isadore, "who was not, for God took her.
LOWELL.
Jerome Powers was quite seIiousl
injured lately. by a falling tree.
The town, after an extended discus
sion, refused at meeting last week
accept the proposition to gO'in cOmpan
with Jay and Troy on the buying of
pOor-farm.
Mr.. Cheney of st. JOhnsbury, gave
G very eloquent temperance lecture las
. Tuesday evening, but the temperate
a people were not present in any respects
s BILE number. The monthly meeting (
the society will be held at the Hall 0
t Tuesday evening.
1 NEWPORT CENTER.
9 Lewis Morse has let his farm to
: Franklin county man for one year.
Peter Connal has an apple tree tire
e fourths of an inch in diameter that hi
a 45 apples on it.
Chester Bulls was recently arrestt
for some irregularity about horse b
longing to John Reynolds of Coventr
He fixed the matter up and was release
n The dwelling house of John Ingraha
}. caught fire few days since, and wou
d have been burned had it not been for t
timely assistance of the workmen of Il
g steam mill.
TROY.
: o. Miller has demolished the ell pa
"a of his house, preparatory to rebuilding