Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-22
are taking legal steps toward protecting
fish in the fish ponds hereabouts.

wound from a saw last Wednesday, at
the steam mill. The flesh on the upper
side of the thumb, between the thumb
and fore finger, and on the hand was
badly cut away, and the bones of the hand
were badly cut and mangled. The same
hand has been severely cut with saw
twice previously.
BROWNINGTON
The Reform Club meets every other
Thursday evening. New names are adj
ded at every meeting.
The village church is without pastor,
at present, but the desk is supplied by
ministers from st. Johnsbury.
That "oldest inhabitant" does not re-
member winter when it was as difficult
to keep passable roads as the present.
|. H. Parker's balky horse, getting
discouraged about the deep SHOWS and
tired of life, baked up one day not long
ago and died.
S. S. Tinkham raised, the past season,
two hundred bushels of potatoes on one.
half acre of ground, and sold them last
week for Sl6O.
The suit, State VS.. E. Miles, tried at
the clerks Office last week, resulted in a
victory for Miles, and heavy bill of
cost for the town.
Capt. Averill is putting in machinery
for turning bObbins, and will work up
four hundred cords of timber into them,
as soon as the water rises.
The MONITOR stated last week that
few potatoes were convenient thing to
have these days. Wouldn't little wood
be about as convenient? Perhaps.
The grange meetings for the next
year will be held at the town hall at the
Centre Next meeting on the first Sat
urday in February at o'clock, p. m.
-- Bathro lost one of his fingers
in the saw-dust at the Rustic Mill, some
days since. Keep your fingers off of cir
cular saws, if you don't want to lose
them.
Some time since Mr.. and Mrs. George
Going and one child went West to visit
friends, leaving boy ten years of age
at home. The boy was taken sick
short time since, died and was buried by
friends and neighbors, his parents being
unable to reach home. The affection
will fall heavily on the stricken parents,
as only few months since they buried
two other children.
LoNGEvITY.-Mr. and Mrs. John Ev-
ans of Evansville, have probably lived
together longer, as man and wife, than
any other couple in the county, if not
in the State. They were married sixty
three years ago last Christmas, and are
as cheerful, bright and industrious to-
day, as they we're sixty years ago. They
have raised up quite family of chill
dren, have generally enjoyed good health
and have been universally esteemed.
Mr.. Evans is eighty-six years of age,
and his hearing and eye-sight are good,
and he easily reads without the aid Of
glasses. Mrs. Evans ''holds her age
equally well. May they live many years
yet
, EAST CHARLESTON.
: David Haines and Geo. Goodwin have
traded places again Haines moves bach
: to East Charleston and Goodwin goes tt
= Westmore.
S. G. Streetsr has exchanged his farm
} with l. D. Stevens for his place in tn,
village, and Stevens has sold the farm t,
t Charles Streeter.
COVENTRY.
L Rev. Hewes gave his second admirable
S temperance lecture at this place las
S week.
The repairs on the Congregations
t church are nearly completed. The vestr
o was occupied yesterday.
Il A masquerade or fancy dress party i
to come off at the Town Hall on Tues
% day evening, the 30th instant, to rails
0 money to complete our church furnish
ing. We hope our friends from all tn
l. neighboring towns will give US the plea:
~ ure of their company and their pecur
Il larry assistance, and we will try and Civ
u them an entertainment which will we
10 repay their visit.
= CRAFTSBURY.
" There will be a donation party fc
y the benefit of Rev. j. Boardman at acaC
Is envy hall at the Common Thursday eve
Jan. 25th.
" GLOVER.
m Jones & Young have dissolved par
D. nership. Mr.. Jones will run the blacl
is smith shop hereafter.
. s. S. Blanchard of Glover, has cut l
~ over 5000 pounds of pork, since Dec.
III much of which has been converted in
~ sausage, which finds ready SALE
- Dan Young has sold his trOtter, I'D;
Rocket" for $140O. which added to Il
a 5000 won by him in the fall races, max
:. $4,000 from one fast horse.
GREENSBORO