Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-05-14
BARTON.

Rain IS badly needed to start up the
grass.
The ladies Aid Society will meet at
J. B Freeman's. on Wednesday after
noon next. All are invited.
The papers state that Gen. w. w.
GrOut will deliver the address, on Deco
ration Day, at Rutland.
Jack Frost has visited us twelve nights
out Of fourteen, the present month.
Pretty frosty for May. Wind north and
northeast every day. o. V. ?.
The Christian Association. held meet
ings, yesterday, at the Heath and the
Tnpp districts. Meetings will be held
next Sunday in the Hiram Cass and
Ephraim Taylor districts, at 8 p. m.
Eleven years ago. TX. Drew set out
an elm tree near his house. that was on
ly one inch in diameter and four feet
high it now measures thirteen inches
in diameter at the base, and is twenty
six feet high.
This is the time in the year when men
will invest heavily in the hardest kind
Of labor, wear and tear out suit of
clothes. all that they may triumphantly
bear home two ounces and a half of
brook trout
From the BrattlebOrO papers we learn
that Prof. A. J. SanbOrn, formerly of
this county. has closed FIVE years of very
successful labor as Principal of Powers
Institute, Bernardston, Mass, and leaves
that place for other fields. The papers
speak highly in his praise.
A small house belonging to Thomas
Cummings, near HOratio Nye's, was
burned Wednesday night, with all its
contents. Mrs. Cummings and a daugh-
ter we're the only persons in the house.
and they escaped without as much as
one suit Of clothes. Cause of the fire
unknown.
The Farmer spoke very highly of a
concert lately held at st. Johnsbury,
complimentary to Bliss s. Haskell, for
merly of this town. Among those who
participated in the concert were the
Haskell Bell Ringers, ]. W. Batchelder,
Johnny Prindle, the Misses Hibbard and
several others we'll known in this vicinity.
The warm weather experienced dur.
ing the month of April has been sue.
ceeded by spell of decidedly cool wealth.
er, so that vegetation has advanced very
slowly for the last Fortnight. Farmers
have had an excellent time, however, to
forward their springs work. and the
seed in the ground will be ready for the
first warm weather that comes.
Qua ADvERTIsERs.-Oscar oven, hav
ing enlarged and greatly improved hi
store, has now filed it up brimfull o
new goods that he will sell low. F. K
Powell & Son, having promised to pu
in large stock of goods, have mad
their spring opening and announce,
their intention Of not being under sol,
in this or any other town. G. F. Davi
is now turning his attention to ''fn
boots" for gents, and repairs on ladies
shoes.
School district No. 4 makes the fol
lowing very creditable record of suga
made this spring Abel Humphrey. 40
pounds ]. N. and H. Cook, 900;
Taylor, 925; Wright and Batchelde
900; s. T. Bartlett. 975; ]. Wiggir
and G. Williams, 1852; Clark AlleI
1900; Sanford May, 1900; 2. GoOc
nough, 1000; w. P. and W. Wiggin
1000; 0rrin Merrill. $500; NJ. Wa,
25oo. Total, 1882. There were oil
ly IL families in the district at the tin
the sugar was made
BARTON LANDING.
Rev. Annette ]. Shaw will preach
schOOl-hOuse hall. on Sunday. May 81
Daniel Gregory of BrOwningto
has planted ~ hills from four Sno'
fake potatoes.
There are places in and near the v
lage, where the roads are almost intolt
able.
Miss Chesley, teacher Of the high
school in this district, is giving her ?
pills some useful lessons in Botany.
g. Z. Churchill purchased $50 ca
skins, last Saturday. The calves do I
all 60 to Brighton this year.
Meta French, daughter of Dean Fren
Of this village, was badly burned in I
face last Tuesday, by falling from
chair upon hot stove.
If you want first-rate job of hOr
shOeing done. 60 to Will Flanders sh
as be has secured the services of I'll
class sheer. Prices to suit the times
This enterprising village is to hav
newspaper. Rooms for its publicat
have been rented in Austin's block