Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-03
Local News.
GENERAL.

The next meeting of the County Tenn
berance Reform Club will be held at
Jraftsbury on Thursday, the 18th of
une.
The Sabbath School Convention of
he Baptist denomination, will be held
lt Newport, on Wednesday and Thurs
lay next. This promises to be a very
interesting meeting.
The semi-annual meeting of the Coun-
y Union Sunday School Association
gill be held at Lowell, Wednesday and
Thursday, June 26 and 81. We will
i've the programme next week.
The Orleans county conference of Con-
yregatiOnal churches will hold its annual
Meeting at Barton Landing, Tuesday and
Wednesday, June 4 and 5. Tuesday
orenoon, opening sermon, by Rev. J. A.
Haley. Afternoon, Sabbath school an
liversary, sermon by Rev. F. B. Phelps.
discussion on the relation of the Sabbath
chool to the church. Evening, reports
rom the churches. Delegates are ex-
bected to present written reports of their
'everal churches for the past year.
Wednesday forenoon. Discussion,
,hurch debts how shall we avoid them -?
10 be opened by E. A. Stewart, and Rev.
Boardman. Discussion, our common
'chools what interest should our church
Is have in them and how should they
manifest their interest? TO be opened
by d. i. Curtis and Rev. Z. P. Chitten-
len. Afternoon, communion sermon, by
Rev. @. B. Thomas.
A ladies' meeting in the interest of
he w. b. NJ. will be held at some con-
Eenient hour in connection with the
meeting of the conference.
E. 2. WILD, Register.
ALBANY.
J. L. Sanders, r. B. Collins and Mrs.
Q. H. Hunt are improving their build
ngs by paint.
The band boys have erected an open
Air stand on the Common, from which
they will discourse music during the
pleasant weather of the season.
There was a very pleasant gathering
At the residence of ]. B. HOvey, on the
2Sth inst, it being the 25th anniversa-
ry Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hovey's wedding.
There were appropriate ceremonies, and
silver tokens valued at $50.
Our community has been somewhat
agitated on account of lawsuit between
two citizens, Mr.. ]. Cowles and Mr.. j.
b. Darling. Mr.. Darling sued Mr..
COwles for the recovery of promissOry
note of about 500 signed by him, but
which he claims to have paid. Mr..
COwles claims to hold the note by hon.
est right. AT the jury trial, on Satur-
day, the 25th, the jury brought in a
verdict for the defendant.
The post norton examination of r.
NJ. Haines of this town, week before
last, discovered a strange condition Of
the stomach. Mr.. Haines had been a
sufferer from dyspepsia for 20 years, and
had taken a great deal of soda for relief
in his distress in fact he had taken il
so long that some of his friends believed
that 1t was the soda that killed him. II
was more to ascertain the action of this
article upon his system than for any
other reason, that a post norton was
held. This examination discovered in
the lower end Of the stomach, near the
outlet into the intestines. thirteen we'll
preserved black cherry stones, SO embed
ded in the lining of the stomach as no
to be discoverable to the eye, and caus
ing a thickening of the stomach cas-
some three. fourths of an inch. Thes
stones had worn hole-either by ulcer
alton or otherwise-through the stomach
so that its contents leaked through, an,
death was caused by dropsy. or drown
ing. 1t was the opinion of those VIII
made the examination, that these stone
had been there for many years-perhap
as long or longer than the patient ha
suffered from his so-called dyspepsia.
BARTON.
Mathewson g. Nelson will have anotl
er car load of cows from Canada O
Wednesday.
Ephraim Taylor has field of wint'
rye that stands as high as mans shou
ders, and was we'll headed out on Il
goth of May.
The bear exhibited the bowling q
nucks on our streets, last week. III
monkeys. also, performed with the TIA
ian organ grinders.
May was cold month. and nOtwitl
standing the very carly opening
spring. crops with the exception of gras
are rather backward.
The new tenement house being D
up by Mr.. Flanders is nearly complete
The new set of buildings belonging
Os. Dryer are up, and will soon
ready for the clapbOards.
In answer to the numerous enquiri
in regard to fish," we will state I'll