Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-09-24
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Sheriff Holdridge will be absent in
Massachusetts, this week. You will have
to wait. if you want to get into Jail,
until his return.
About one hundred of the teachers
and scholars of the sabbath schools of
this town and Albany, took Lake boat
ride last Thursday. The rain, on their
return, was the only thing that dampened
the pleasure of the excursion.
JAY.
Farmers are holding on to their butter
for higher prices.
The frosts are falling. Those verdant
youths must get in earlier hereafter.
LOWELL.
The Troy boys played the Lowell boys
at base ball on the 18th, and were routed
by score of 43 to "a.
H. B. Parker undertook to cut his
fnger-nails on a circular saw one day
recently. His thumb lacked one-eighth
of an inch of being severed.
The Mount Norris grange went where
the woodbine twineth last Wednesday.
The funds in the treasury were donated
to help buy a church organ. Who says
a grange is not public benefit ?
MORGAN
Large crops of grain of all kinds have
been secured, and farmers about the
Corner are doing their threshing. VIM.
P. Bartlett raised from one acre of land,
forty-one bushels of nice wheat, and
asks, "Who beats ?"
NEWPORT CENTER.
R. Cutting has an apple tree from
which he picked ripe apples, buds and
blossoms, the 18th inst.
The mercury stood at SO degrees in
the shade, week ago last Saturday, at
10 a. m.
The old boarding house has been NOV
ed to the west crossing and will be con-
verted into depot.
Robert Scott has squash he has rails
ed this summer, which measures four
feet and five inches. This beats Andrew
Titus.
NORTH TROY.
M. T. Hatch of the Palladium, is
building house on pleasant site near
the depot.
The woman who peppered and as
saulted the editor of the Palladium has
been indicted by the grand jury.
The Orleans Conference of Congrega-
tional churches meet here, on Tuesday
and Wednesday next.
A new saw mill is being put up by
Mr.. Alexander, at the old "Nye" mill.
A large tract of land has been purchas-
ed to supply the mill with timber.
WESTFTELD.
Both starch factories in town are run.
ming to work up the large crop of rotting
potatoes.
A. Miller's new house is nearly com
pleted; he expects to occupy it before
cold weather.
Mrs. John Buck has gone West Oh
visit.-George Page intends to move t.
New Hampshire.
G. w. Whitcher and Jacob Stebbin
have each built new front yard fences
Let others do ditto.
Geo. Page has sold his newly-buil
saw mill to Leander Miller. Mr.. Mile
will soon be ready to take in a stock o
timber for saving.
Orrin Miller was attacked by one 0
his stations, last week, and receives
very serious injuries. He was badl
bitten and bruised.
WESI.NORE.
Potatoes small and pretty rotten.
d. j. Orne has moved on to the Con
mon, and is putting his dwelling hous
in excellent repair.
Geo. Drown came near losing han
in the milestone factory few days sine
Capt. Averill saw his danger and relea
ed his hand before serious injury resulte'
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
/ Fred Goodrich, an enterprising an
thrifty farmer in the north part of Har'
wick, about sixty years of age, was il
stantly killed on the morning of tt
10Th, by the accidental discharge of b
a gun while hunting woodchucks in b
e field. He was alone at the time, al
nothing is known of the circumstanc
causing the melancholy event. lie to-
his gun after breakfast, as had frequer
ly been his habit, and went to a dista
part of his field to look for and shoot
woodchuck, as he previously observe
The report of his gun was heard. and
failing to appear after reasonable tin
some of his children went to search t
him and found him dead, shot throu!
the head.
The Caledonian County Fair, viii
= was held last week, during some of Il
pleasantest days of the year, was an u
usual success, as to weather, amount
entries, and attendance. In the line
animals. it probably equalled the ST