Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-10-21


furnish music.
GREENSBORO.
Corn proved the best crop of the sea-
son.
Mr.. A. G. Harvey, of St. Johnsbury
has moved his family into the Conant
house, and gone to Colorado.
Mr.. H. S. Bailey recently killed
''skim-m MIXED and barley-meal calf,
that dressed $50 pounds.
There was free fight at the Bend on
Wednesday, between one Gerry. of Ca
bot, and Collins, merchant. The quar-
rel grew out of a horse trade. Gerry
knocked Collins through window and
gave him pretty sound drubbing.
IRASBURGH.
The cornet band is making fine pro-
gress.
+. G.. Metcalf is rebuilding his horse
barn.
Rev. J. A. Haley lectured before the
reform club last Saturday evening.
Rev. A. H. Webb has been sick for
some weeks with slow fever.
VIM. L. Jameson has sold his farm
to Mr.. Haines of Chicopee, Mass, for
| $4,000. Mr. Jameson intends to go to
California in few weeks.
JAY.
R. W. Dingman has sold his farm to
E. Bickford for 1900.
Edmund Ford is building new house
on his farm, near the site of the one
burned two years ago.
Nathan Hunt, elected constable at the
time this town was first organized, died
last week. Mr.. Hunt had for years been
a town charge.
S. S. Huntley while running a palmer
got his hand among the machinery and
badly mangled. Mr.. Huntley lost his
other hand in the army.
NEWPORT.
Frank Laha boosted that nobody could
take his team from his barn unbeknown
to him, but the boys, some of they quite
old, concluded to try it. On recent
night they quietly took out his horse,
then went to J. Michaud's and took his
harness and buggy making full team,
which they then put up in Sheriff Bow
ley's barn. In the morning Laha found
his horse stolen and started at once for
Sheriff Bowley, where he discovered his
horse and the joke that had been played
on him. Don't brag.
| NEWPORT CENTER.
The selectmen laid out new road
last week. 1t starts near the depot and
runs through to W. Palmer's farm to
near Mr.. Flint's on the Burlington road.
The teacher of our village school, Miss
Lima Corse, punished Elmer Crawford
last Friday by compelling him to "chin
the blackboard" until he tainted. Won
der what she will resort to next?
George Minor was arrested last Wed.
nesday by officer Gallup, and was brought
before Justice Williams of forth Troy
charged with drawing a revolver and
threatening to shoot his neice, Miss Lula
Rogers. Minor is hard character and
was bound up to the County Court in
the sum of 5000. Ed. Bickford went
bail for him.
LOWELL.
Edison Stannard has his new house
nearly completed.
Ed. Coolidge has rented the sawmil
of Silas Works.
o. E. Newton has sold his farm to hi
| UTOJneT OlluIOu.
Edward Stephenson has caught tn,
building fever and is making extensive
repairs on his house.
James Brown has bought about 5000
bushels of potatoes this fall; the best o
them he draws to the cars, and the 9th
ers are worked into starch.
MORGAN.
Frank Moore, our young and enter
prising merchant. is doing good bust
ness.
The typhoid fever prevails to consld
) cradle extent at the Beach, but else
. where in town there is little sickness.
There was big scare at the stear
mill the other day, when the cap to tn
safety valve blew off letting the steam
out of the boiler with frightful noise
The boys in the mill claim not to hav
been scared, but the way they left tn
mill indicated that they did not propos
to furnish splinters for the explosion, 0
: subjects for the funerals that they ez
S pected to follow the blow up. Afte
the steam escaped they boldly rushe
back into the mill.
t NORTH TROY.
t Fl. B. Pattengill has sold his far
J. on the new road to Thomas Gilber
s for $4,000.
The selectmen are building a ne
piece of road near d. Z. Johnson's, f;
$ the expense of 5000.
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