Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-06-25

ter at from IA to 81 in the market.
Mathewson & Nelson have taken in
about 10000 pounds of wool at this
place, and nearly as much elsewhere.
Prices have ranged from 26 to 80 cents
for unwashed, and from So to 40 for
washed wool.
Posting brooks aud ponds with the
regulation fish board, has not become
epidemic in this vicinity, and men can
tramp around over their neighbours fields
and meadows in pursuit of suckers or
horn-pouts unmolested.
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the Con-
gregational Society, hold a Strawberry
Festival in their vestry on Wednesday
evening of this week. Everybody in
vited. Admission free. Coffee, cake
and strawberries furnished at reasonable
prices.
The temperance lecture given by Rev.
Mr.. Thomas of West Glover, at the ves-
try last Monday evening was one of the
best we have heard for long time; it
abounded in interesting facts, and was
worthy the hearing of every member of
the community.
The destructive fire at Wolcott shows
just what fire may always do in vii
lage where there is nothing but water
pals to fight it with. Unless something
is done in this village to protect it from
cOnAagratiOn, the day will surely come
when we shall mourn in sackcloth and
ashes.
A subscriber writes to inform us that
potato bugs may be destroyed by i'm
mersing them in strong solution of to-
bacco juice and alum water; this re-
minds us of the "sure kill" for feas
Catch them, turn them on to their backs
and give them large dose of yellow
snuff the sneezing will break their
necks.
The little boy that was so terribly
burned at Oliver Valleys is slowly re.
covering. Considerable of the flesh on
the side of his face and head has come
off down to the bone and the ear is
gone entirely. There is danger thai
the veins on the side of the neck are SC
injured that they will rot away before
the sore heals and death will result
from bleeding.
The Seventy-Sevens, st. Johnsbury
Base Ball club, challenged the Ezekie,
club, of Westfeld, to play matched
game of base ball on the Fair Ground
on Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m. The
West6eld boys drove Over-a distanO'
of twenty miles-and- waited the arriva
of their competitors, but they did moi
put in an appearance. The Ezekiels fee
that they were very shabbily treated,
claim the game, and hope that the Sew
onty-Sevens will be little more courte
Gus in their treatment of other clubs
hereafter.
For the information of those who con
template fishing expedition to May
pond, we give the following as about al
average result of fishing at that place
and fishermen can decide whether i
will pay to visit that pond or not
Three robust men, after considerable
preparation on the day previous, started
early in the morning with two good hers
es and two wagons, and spent the day
in skillful, patient, wearisome fishing
They caught sac, which probably weigh
ed three pounds. The profits of tn
days work may be seen by this compu
tation:
Three days work at So per day, sc. Oh
One days work, two horses, t.. 90
Wear and tear of teams and tackle, 10
| lOIdl' @J.O
Cost per pound of May pond trout, $500
1t will be seen that no account is mad
in the above estimate for loss of bloo
from biting flies, for injury to muscles
or for cigars and whisky, all of whicI
should be reckoned on close figuring.
BARTON LANDING.
The Grange store will be improved i
outside appearance soon.
The frame of d. Stafford's barn wa
raised, last week.
A little son of A. Labay got his hand
into planer, some days since, and hi
fingers were badly injured.
The burning of the Rustic steam mil
belonging to L. G. Grandy, is seriou
thing to his business but his courae
and energy are not all gone yet, and
still manages to keep the wheels of bus
ness In motion.
The history of successful bushes
is always the history of human grit an
perseverance, the record of which is a
ways gratifying to behold. Nowhere
this more true than in the success whic
has attended Mr.. G. B. Drew of Bartc
Landing, Vt, since he commenced sellir
wrought and cast iron pipe. boiler tub
and fixtures Gn June 1879 for the we
known house Of ellis, Morrison g. G
They have fitted I'M a new store in Rice