Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-10-08

preach on the SABBATH.
A. NJ. Gray of Sheffield brought in
to the MONITOR Office a box of straw
berries which he picked Oct End. Our
climate for the last two autumns has
been very mild and pleasant. Ripe
strawberries, blossoms and green verdure
are as rare as Agreeable.
gentleman while making few re-
marks In an evening meeting recently
gave an illustration thusly: Surprising
a man was walking near the edge of a
steep precipice some dark night and
should make msstep, fall to the bot
tom and kill himself; do yOW think he
aoouid go that aoay again ?" Most of
his hearers thought the man would not
if he was killed rehabilitation.
But if he had not been killed dead,
he would have doubles been round that
way again.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Mrs. Brown, moth
er of William G. and John H. Brown of
this town died suddenly of heart disease
at Craftsbury last Thursday. Mrs.
Brown was visiting a sister in company
with her daughter, Mrs. R. G. Kimball,
and in their attempted return to VOL
colt was taken sick. Mrs. Kimball saw
the condition of her mother and returned
to Mr.. Hoyt's, where they had spent the
day. In short time the mother died
Mrs. B. was woman much esteemed by
all who knew her.
1t is not often that the courage of ed
itors rises to that sublime pitch that
will cause them to risk themselves in
any battle stronger than words, but the
thing happened down in Burlington
the other day, when the editor of tht
Democrat pitched into the editor of thu
Clipper. For some time they have beer
throwing editorial mud, which caused
the ire of the Democrat man to rise to ;
boiling point on the day of the fray. HI
met his rival on the street, and greeted
him with a powerful salute with hi
cowhides. The Clipper man immediate
ly "about faced" and for few moment
} there was a purgalistic exercise tina
resembled the motions of the fingers 0
the hay tedder. After innumerabi
blows without much hitting, they close
in for rough and tumble fight in tn
mud and filth of the gutter, which b.
l smeared them as completely with mu
and filth, as have been their column
9 with personal abuse. The crowd on tn
street witnessed the scrimmage with tn
. same delight, they would the exploit
of the performing bears. The JustiC
fined the Democrat man So for begiI
ming the fray.
BARTON LANDING.
Rev. Jabez Spencer of st. JohnsbuI
has moved here.
q Rev. Healy of Stanstead, preached a
excellent discourse at school-house hal
yesterday.
r Geo. Bush has taken job of L.
q Grandy to build store and teneme
q house at the Crystal Lake steam mill.
: Sydney Peck wants it understood tn
r. he can sell his large stock of lamps al
II glassware as cheap as anybody in t
e county.
h A large number of people from tt
y vicinity availed themselves of the We
D. cheap fare, and visited Montreal Ii
g. week.
10 There is woman in this vicinity W
70 has seen the cars pass by her home
T. the last Is years, but has never yet be
y inside one.
. Aaron Wiley raised 40 bushels
" snowflake potatoes from one bushel
" seed. He was picking ripe strawberr
and raspberries, last week.
" The funeral services of an infant S
. of George Churchill took place, vest
day, Rev. A. H. Webb officiating.
- large number of people were present.
The temperance lectures before
Reform Club, for the last three wee
have been of unusual interest. That
4. Rev. Alcott, though out of the us
course. was well received. He sta
% that the best men of all countries sa,
deplore the excess of dram drinking, 6
Il are labOring for its suppression.
WNLNGTON.
Hon. A. G. Joslyn is lying at
point of death.
IL. G.. Goodenow is sorry that he put
n hand on the circular saw last week.
The item that read N. Cannon,
nd last weeks paper, should have read
r. Carron.
William Bruce has traded out
iii horses, except one, and now ret
,xt from the horse jockey society.
ing Capt. r. Averil goes to Montreal
introduce the WillOughby Lake wi
ed, stones to the Queens dominions.
en- l. G. Smith has got his cider
ner ready for making cider, and will gr
his own and his neighbours apples.
led J. N. Lamoureaux, from Cana
ted brother-in-law of DR.. Young has mo
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