Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-01
cordially and earnestly invited.

Vermont papers speak very highly will
lecture at the Methodist church on Fri
day evening next.
A CARD The friends at Willoughby
Lake, who kindly assisted my school in
the Christmas exercises and who bestow-
ed beautiful and acceptable present.
will accept my thanks.
NETTIE CUTLER.
Geo. G. Bentley who was admitted to
the bar at the last term of court in this
county. is now in the Office of w. w.
Grout of this place. Mr.. Bentley is high
ly esteemed where he IS known. and those
who desire his service will find him cour-
teous. intelligent and reliable.
There was watch" meeting at the
NJ f. church, last night. and quite a
large number from the village and from
Glover watched the old year out and
prayed the new year in. Rev. Mr.. Hill
from Glover, preached very practical
and interesting sermon on Time" in
the evening.
Mr. Cheney Green has bargained his
valuable village residence to w. l. Rob-
inson, anG we understand he intends to
return to Springfield, Mass. This is one
of the pleasantest residences in this or
any other village, and we congratulate
Mr.. and Mrs. r. on their choice of a
home.
The R. R. Co. take off what is COM
monty called the moon train tomorrow,
so that those desiring to 60 north must
either take a freight train in the fore
noUu, or wait till the mail train at nisht
Passenger cars will be attached to the
freight train. See time table above.
At the annual meeting of the officers
of Orleans Lodge. No. 81, F. & A. NJ,
elected the following officers: D. Nc
DOugall, w. NJ; Z. F. Dutton. S. W.
o. V. Joslyn, ]. W.; J. E. Skinner
Treasurer +. W. Baldwin, Secretary
J P. Baldwin. S. D. /; Julius Rice, j
D.; James Taylor and G. F. Davis
Stewards; Emery Cook, Chaplain; E
E. Rawson, organist ; F. W. Cobb. Mar
shall; AlOnzo Spaulding. Tyler.
Christmas was celebrated in this vii
lage by music, declamations and thu
speaking of appropriate Christmas pieces
at both churches. Trees were dispensed
with, but ship at the NJ. E. Church anC
decorated frame work at the Cong
Church supplied their places. A yer.
great variety of presents were distribitet
One lady received costly gold watcl
and chain, gift from her mother, other
were fortunate in the receipt of valuabl
tokens from the hands Of friends.
Mr.. 0. V. Perclval. the most accurat
and observing weather man in this VI
cinity, hands us his weather report, fror
which we condense the following for tn
year 1876; The prevailing wind of tn
year has been from the south, from whic
direction it blew 100 days; the win
was in the west SO days; in the mort
us days. The winter of '76 was ''open
and thaws and rains prevailed unit
spring, but spring opened late and wa
cold and rainy. A drought began
June and continued during the summt
and fall, the rain fall of the season BEN
the smallest ever reported. Snow fe
on 81 days to the depth of II feet an
. inches; rain fell on 60 days. III
intermission between snowfall was IL
days, or from May 23d to October st
The coolest days we're January 22d al
30th. February 23d and December l6
e and 18th; the warmest days were Ju
s I'd. Sd, 4th and 9th. July 18th and l3t
e August 9TH. 9Th. 18th, 18th and lat
The hottest day was August 9th, VIII
b. the thermometer showed l2O in the su
y The summer was unusually hot. Il
{ promise in relation to seed time al
e harvest has been verified, and an abu
It dant harvest has been garnared.
BARTON LANDING.
Miss S. Clement. dress-maker. /
[. taken rooms in the Austin block.
ID A Happy New Year to the subscribe
of the MONITOR and its publisher.
re Mrs. Julia o Richardson and daugh
y recently left this place for the West.
'e Our items from the Landing for Il
week did rot reach US in season. ed
Two young men in this vicinity, v
- Dictated their honors. and undertook
as heal love- wounded hearts by a perso
W. encounter, some days since
:: There will be social gathering /;
Oyster supper at the NJ. E. Church n
Wednesday evening Jan. 3rd 1877
the benefit of the society. All are {
daily invited to attend.
DR.. Brown has moved into the he
= he lately purchased of D. S. Staff
- Mr.. Stafford moves into the G. Z. Jos
house. Herbert Parker has moved
the tenement house of +. A. Stafford
:: Christmas was duly celebrated
=, on Monday evening, at both churc
The exercises were of the usual inter
inc character. The trees were liter