Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-05-06
alton at Barton Landing.

Henry Whitney.
The village schools commence to-day
taught by Miss Carrie Root of Crafts
bury and Miss Lulu Davis of Glover,
both teachers of considerable expert
ence.
Amos Cook has recently purchased
from the Billings herd of thorough
breds at Woodstock, Jersey bull four
teen months old which costs him nearly
S1OO.
The entertainment given Saturday
evening by Mr.. Prindle, was success.
The large audience felt well paid for
the money invested, and "Johnnie" re-
ceived satisfactory sum above all ex-
penses.
VEST GLOVER.
Mrs. Emery Cook fell down stairs, one
day last week, bruising her quite badly,
but fortunately breaking no bones.
H. Whitney has purchased and is
about to put in his mill new single
machine of the Lane pattern, which will
enable him to save much more time than
with the old one.
GRE ENSBORO.
N. L. Spafford says he had grass l3
inches high and wheat 8 inches high on
May 1st.
H. A. Rice made 1900 lbs. sugar from
$50 trees, which is little better than
your Albany correspondent reported last
week.
Promptly on May 1st fishing COM
menced with a large number of fisher
men, with varying success. some boats
getting 40 or so lbs. during the day.
Henry Fairbanks sent large quanti-
ty of salmon to our Lake about two
weeks ago. If fishing can be prohibited
for two or three years, we can have the
best fishing lake in the state.
IRASBURGH.
Mr.. Asa Loveland who recently died
in this town had resided on the same
farm nearly fifty years.
LOWELL.
DR.. Dutton has moved into the build
ing occupied by the Williams family at
the Corner.
Mr.. Currier of Hydepark has bought
and moved on to the G. K. Hill farm,
on the east side of the mountain near
Albany.
E. G. Stevens, dentist, will be at the
hotel in Lowell on the 9TH, 9Th. and 9th
of May to attend to the duties of his
profession. He is good dentist.
Ed. Fleming has taken and moved on
to the Williams farm at South Troy.
Our former grlst-miller, Mr.. Austin
has rented and moved into the hotel.
Williams the harness maker and Ad-
vent preacher has moved back to Stowe.
The world refuses to come to an end,
his harness business is dull and he
leaves this inclement country.
NEWPORT CENTER.
The dwelling house of Mrs. Zole
caught fire, the other day, and barely
escaped being destroyed. The fire caught
from the stove-pipe.
A little daughter of R. D. Scott, was
peeling bark from stick with an axe
the other day, when younger sister put
her hand on the block to get some of the
bark, and the axe came down and cu
off the end of her finger.
WESTIMORE.
Wild strawberries as large as peas
were found here the last day of April.
The bulk-head at Parlin's mill burst
last Monday, damaging the bulk-heac
and washing out bank wall.
VIM. Mcnamara received severe in
jury in the arm while falling tree
some days ago.
Harry Cheney and family have lief
: town. Mr.. Cheney has long been iden
titled with the business interests of tn
town, and will be greatly missed.
Mr.. Ruggles of Burke, has gone t
, Maine to get boat, into which he is t.
put the engine he used in his little
steamer last year. 1t is said that tn
new boat will accommodate twenty O.
thirty persons.
,, CALEDONIA COUNTY.
WHEELooK.-Henry Glidden has sol
his farm to Jonas Folsom.
At the recent teachers examination
only two out of six young applicants re
celved certificates.
Ellis Bill has sold his shop to its for
a mer owner, Mr.. Howard, who has move
back into town.
a Mr.. Winter, owner of the hotel, ha
s been here looking over his property, an
decides to take off the upper story of th
hotel and to build an ell to the building
G LYNDoNvILLE.-J.M M. Pillsbury ha
moved on to his farm in Sutton to spen
q the summer.
n Potatoes planted in Shonyo's garden
three weeks ago, are up, looking like th
J. first of June.