Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-07-30

new mill on full time and are doing a
good business in the manufacture of
tubs.
NEWPORT CENTER.
Neighbor W. gave neighbor F. Sc
we're chastisement, the other day, with
five-foot birch withe.
Rev. J. Thurston will lecture on tenn
perance at the school house in one week
from next Friday evening.
Rev. Mr.. Clapp delivered lecture on
temperance last Friday night before the
Reform Club. 1t was short and sweet,
but to the point.
Some sneak thief entered the dwelling
house of Hazen Niles one day last week,
while the family were from home, and
stole little silver, necktie, and
brooch, which was keepsake.
A certain lady in this vicinity has been
keeping a vigilant eye over the move
ments of her husband for several months
past. Sometime ago she overheard him
offer to sell shot gun to one of his
neighbors. The neighbor said he had no
money, but had got good cradle which
he would give in exchange for the gun,
whereupon the trade was closed. Ever
since the woman has been bordering
over the cradle and saying to herself,
"What on Garth dvvs my husband want
of a cradle 2" The burden was re-
moved a few days since, and she was
somewhat taken down when she saw her
husband offer the machine for sale to a
farmer. 1t turned out to be cradle
for cutting grain.
NORTH TROY.
We have been having some severe rain
storms in the past few days, accompanied
by thunder and lightning.
Carroll, a three years old son of L.
D. Adams, cut his foot very severely a
few days since by stepping his bare foot
on a scythe.
The prices of butter in this market
last Friday, ruled about 2 cents better
than the week before. Prices were from
Is to % cents.
At the town meeting last Wednesday
the project of building new bridges In.
stead of repairing some of the old ones
was rejected by a vote of 81 to 9. Right
Post Bailey, G.. A. f., had meeting
at the Frontier House hall last Monday
evening to make arrangements to attend
the Bennington Centennial. We under
stand good delegation will go.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Windsor E. Bemis, of Burke, only sol
of Benz. A. Bemis, died distressing
death on Thursday last. He was sicl
with the diptheria, and his breathin.
became so difficult that he had to b.
held in an upright position during tn,
last hours of his life. He died in tn
doorway held in the arms of friends.
We understand that Mr.. Henry T
Fletcher has taken as partners in hi
wholesale store in this place, his long
time clerks, Messrs. Robert McKinno
and Edward F. Griswold. Our congrat
|, ulations all around. ga three-fold cor
is not quickly broken. p CaLedoniGa
The village of Lyndon narrowly Ell
capped a destructive fire one week az
last Friday. At about five o'clock ;
m, fire was discovered in Chase's blocl
The church bells were rung and the pei
pie Immediately responded. The fiji
was found to have originated in tt
~n@ine in the Uoin
Office, and was working IN the partition
toward the upper stories. 1t was diff
f cult to find the exact locality of the fir
but by cutting into the partitions in tt
upper stories and using water freely, tt
fire was extinguished after a fight
about half an hour. The building W;
owned by Henry Chase, and was NJ
greatly damaged. The principal loser
by the fire are McGaffey & Newell, me-
chants, whose stock of goods was nearl
all carried into the street, and of cours
was considerably damaged.