Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-09-24

thousand people were present on Thurs
day.
The ''Horse Day" was an usual sue
cess. A few accidents that might have
proved serious, occurred to cause little
excitement, but no serious injury was
sustained by any of the parties. The
following is condensed report of the
races:
CLASS ONE.-For horses that never
beat three minutes. In this race there
were seven entries. w. Fl. Martins
Josephine took the first money, M. N.
Corey's Nathan" second, Horace Peck's
"Black Johnny" third, D. F. Tillotson's
pathfinder" fourth. Best time, 2.40.
CLASS Two.-For horses that never
beat 2.40. There were six entries for
this race, and four heats. John Utton's
'1sland Chief took the first money,
1. M. Tierney's Barney Kelley" Sec
ond, A. W. Houghton's "Goodnough"
third, J. A. Bowers "Bismark" fourth.
Best time 239.
CLASS THREE.-Open to horses which
never beat $50. In this race Dormon
Bros "Polly Dill'' took first money, DR..
Hutchinson's "Saunterer'' second, L. M.
Tierney's Fanny Stride third, J. Bow
ers' REINDEER" fourth. Best time 2.36.
CLASS FoUR.-Open to all. Four en-
tries, and race and first money given to
Utton's MATTE" second to Ballads
"Queechy Maid" third to I. M. Tier
ney's "village Boy" fourth to W. H.
Martins "Thunderbolt." Best time
2.3O.
There was great amount of Jockey
ing in the last race-and from appear
ances, we judge the drivers of "Mattie"
and the "Boy" connived to beat the
"Maid'' out of the first money-in which
they succeeded, for from taking two first
heats, one in $50, they got the "Maid"
to pacing, and then she lost heat in
2.35.
SHEFFIELD.-There are several hard
cases of typhoid fever in this vicinity.
James Knox severed three fingers on
single saw, on the 10Th instant
William Dwyer has purchased the lot
J and buildings known as the Bradley saw
mill lot.
]. G. King formerly of Glover, now of
Chicago. is visiting his friends IN this
town and vicinity.
Elder Jonathan Woodman started on
a visit to the West on the 18th. He
will visit the Baptist Conference in New
York.
WHEELooK.-James S. Drew has a
new house nearly completed.
The powerful shower of three weeks
ago, did much damage to the roads in
town.
SUTToN.-Nathaniel Ham has just
husked 100 bushels of corn from 140
rods of ground. Who does better.
DR.. Geo. W. Colby having sold his
village residence. has bought a lot op-
posite the school house and is putting
up house.
The Butterield boys who went to Cas-.
par, California, some year or two since,
are hunting and trapping, this season.
At last accounts they had caught five
large bears.
The Sutton folks think the railroad
company do not treat them fairly in de-
pot accommodation, side track, etc
They will try by legal process to obtair
their rights.
THE BLAKE RE-UNIoN.-On Friday
last, about fifty of the descendants o.
Enoch Blake met at the old house erect
ed by the Blake family, in 1898, for /;
reunion. The farm and house are nov
owned by John A. Rice, who with hi
excellent wife, had put everything il
preparation for their numerous guests
The morning was rainy and cold, Blu
| representatives of the family were pres
ent from Lynn and Lowell. Mass, iron
: Lyndon, st. Johnsbury, Danville, Peach
!. am, Wheelock, Burke, Barton and sew
eral other towns. Rev. Mark Atwoo
/ was present to assist in the exercise:
: with Mrs. Atwood and many other neigh
: bors. Representatives of five generation
e were present.
S Jacob Blake of Lynn, Mass, now
S his 92d year and the only living chill
d of Enoch, deceased in 1918, was presen
IS Mr.. Blake is as hearty, healthful an
k genial as most men of 20 years, his onl
T. severe infrmity being blindness. III
1t memory and faculties seem little impair
a ed. He moved into the house occupie
|. by the reunion when only ten years I
e age. He will return to Mass. after vi
3, iting his son Abel, in Bath, N. H. d.
n vid L. Blake, long time resident
h Sutton, but now of Lowell, Mass, W;
the next oldest person of the famil
h present He also is troubled by loss
9 sight, but is mentally and physically :
D. strong as middle-aged man. His men
of DRY and knowledge of the family, an
of the history of the town, were of mut
te value in the preparation of an adore