Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-24

long time paper; when each member OF
the family was to be insured against ac-
cident from lightning in the sum of $5,- ;
600; when only the interest on the very
small cost of the rodding of the house
was to be required as payment for the
privilege of putting on the rods. then
it was that the agent secured the sigma
ture of the owner of the building to his
very neatly contrived agreement-only
that the great head of the concern could
know that the boys he had sent out were
meeting with success in their benevolent
work. And now, in many sections, the
owner of a house is waiting patiently to
try the effect of his rod on the thunder
storm. Whether the electrician has been
fortunate enough to get thing that will
draw the lightning, remains to be prov
ed. But the owner of the house may |
rest assured that he stands much bet |
ter chance of having his house struck
than his peighbor does. 1t is poor rod
that does not attract the lightning in
some small degree, and the chances are
that he may feel the effects of it on some
showery afternoon. 1t may only be
strong enough to tOpple over his Chin
ney, knock down his baby and shatter
his cooking stove but then, he will re-
alize just as well the advantages of a
lightning rod as though it stove his
whole shebang into spllnters. But if it
happens that the fluid, on account of the
high cost of the rod, refuses to patronize
it, the time is soon coming when the
party who owns it will be "struck."
Those good fellows who put on the rods
are gone another person appears with
notes, and the victims who were so ''elec-
trifed" by the visit of the lightning rod
men will awake to the situation and curse
the day when they were swindled out of
sum of money that it is impossible to
raise.
If men desire to use lightning rods,
that is their privilege but the instances
are SO exceedingly rare where loss of
life or property is caused by lightning,
which could be prevented by the use of
rods, that the necessity for them is very
small indeed. 1t should be remembered
that an improperly adjusted rod, or one
that gets out of repair from any cause,
/ only increases the hazard on building.
Let US wait and hear the wall that goes
up when the last part of this story is
told
BARTON LANDING.
Dogs are killing lambs for Merrill
Perley.
E. l.. Chandler has completed his res
idence, which is neat convenient anC
/ pretty.
4 Eben Wilson, an old and much es
q teemed citizen, is so low with diseas
d that his demise is hourly expected.
e Marcellus Way raised large barn
if on Monday. Mr.. Way is one of thos
e farmers that so manages his farm as t.
n require more instead Of less storage room
% The festival at the NJ. E. church, o.
IS the goth inst, was decided success i
l. every particular. : Net proceeds, S1l.74
l. Space forbids the use of the communica
is ton in reference to the same. Ed.
Beede Locke and wife were visited b
numbers of their friends, on recent al
D. ternoon, who met to remember thel
d. with presents and compliments suitabl
re for crystal wedding occasion. 1t wa
ID pleasant visit.
On Saturday game of base ball too
- place between the "Mystics" of Barto
g Landing and "Centrals" of Irasburgl
y on the grounds of the former. III
"Mystics" won. Score, SO to IA.
return game will be played at Irasburg
- next Saturday.
IN BRO WNINGTON.
as J. A. Gibson was badly injured in IL
W. knee by an unruly COW, few days ag
ed CRAFTSBURY.
p Miss Myra Dorman is teaching a S
's' lect school in the Hastings district.
- Schuyler Corey, one of our best ia
!. mers. had made 1000 pounds of butte
~ on the first of June, from eighteen COW
an Farmers living in the west part of t
,st town, are drawing potatoes to Wolcc
for station, at thirty cents bushel.
m Asahel Cowles met with an accide
~. with his team, on Wednesday. VIII
in going down the Post-road hill, his nee
ing yoke broke and his horses ran until tn
mes overlook another double team, viii
ers was run into and somewhat injurt
On. Fortunately no serious damage result
H. to the teams or to the drivers.
lad DERBY.
nre Prof. E. G. Allen has been engae
TO- in Boarding school near New W
hat City, receiving a large salary for
nd. services.
,ho COVENTRY.
nod The Methodist church is so far adva
red ed as to be nearly ready for the maso
out Rufus Edmunds has improved
an, buildings by painting. Gilbert is v,
inns handy at such jobs.