Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-06-11
Local News.
BARTON.

Iery Saturday.
Our advertiser J. F. S. has a new
ory about Eathan Allen.
Temperance lecture by Rev Mr..
homas one week from tonight
Rev. ]. Wallace and family left for
ntario last week. on a visit of some
eeks.
The Gay carding man has returned
d is ready to commence custom card
3. Advertisement next week.
While there has been no water to spare,
lowers have been quite frequent for
be last fortnight, and crops are coming
orward rapidly.
TO such persons as are in the habit
using their neighbOrs fields for high.
Tays and Fairgrounds, we recommend
be use Of the Golden Rule,
DR.. R. B. Skinner having increased
$ farming operations by purchase of
le A. @. Robinson estate, is making a
rye addition to his barn.
Business seems little livlier about
is town than for some months past.
ut the low prices obtained for butter
not make the farmers particularly
heerful.
If you want to buy suitable present
pr friend, or pleasant reading for the
isure hours, go to buttons and get the
Green Mountain Poets" These books
Fe much cheaper than when first pub
Bhed.
A troupe Of travelling musicians, con-
sting Of the Witherell family and
Their good musicians, also Johnnie
prndle, will be here on Wednesday
light. They are said to be very fine
roupe. They have large tent and
ave room enough for all.
Yesterday was observed as "Children's
lay" at the NJ Z. church. Rev. Mr..
colt Of Glover, in the absence Of the
astor, made an appropriate address.
he house was very profuselY decorated
With flowers. The children assisted in
he exercises by speaking appropriate
ieces.
An exchange has the following for
he destruction Of the squash and Gu
umber bugs: Dissolve teaspoonful Of
altpetre in q pailful of water put one
lint of this around each hill shaping
he earth so that it will not spread
much, aud the thing is done. Use more
'altpetre if you can afford tit is good
or vegetable hut death to animal life,
The bugs burrow in the earth at night
md fail to rise in the morning.
BARTON LANDING.
Nelson Gallup Is putting in box ma
phinery in his Bloomington mill
This village only boasts of four base
pail clubs. Two are juveniles.
W. @. Whitney has just received {
upply Of new Lyndon buggies. which
be offers for sale cheap.
Friend JamasOn has Irasbug, Irasburt
md Irasburgh, in his last Advance
Variety is the spice Of life.
Miss Shaw will not preach agar
until Sunday July LIST after which she il
expected every other Sunday.
"shOws" are getting stale and arr
Feceiving poor paternage. They are t.
plenty for the hard times pocket
Dyar Gallup got excited because thi
paper said he only saved 20 single
q one day. He went in for another
rial and in eleven hours sawed thirt,
thousand. We are ready to announc
when somebody beats this days work.
There was considerable excitemen
in the village last week ever the con
iroversy in regard to the road to Dr.
Browns place. A Courts committe
were here investigating the matter
When this case is settled there are sew
eral more to come on to the docket"
There is some complaint about tn
heavy highway taxes, but we motto
great improvements on the roads, an
expect they will be put in a conditio
more creditable to the town than fc
ome years past. Save a little none
for winter uses.
BROWNLNGTON.
Ed. HOltham lost good horse lal
week, BY being cast in the pasture.
Mr.. James Wilson is repairing hi
house. and reshiDgling his barns.
The grass crop bids fair to be MOI
than an average in this vicinity.
COVENTRY.
Auction at the Abel Fairbroth,
place next Saturday. see ad.
In the death of William @. Bryan
from typhoid fever. which occurred Q
Monday evening, we lose one of our mo
genial and promising young men. NJ
Bryant had been a resident Of this vi
lags FOX four years, during the whole