Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-10-14
DR.. Templeton comes home and visits
his patients once week.
TR4SBNRGH

The Temperance meetings commenced
last Saturday for the winter.
Mr.. Somerville of Coventry occupied
the Congregational desk Sunday morn
ing.
For taoenty; tfue cents soe a0iN send the
MONITOR on trial from noU tiU the be-
ginning Of 1879.
NEWPORT.
The steam mill broke down last week
and business was suspended for some
days. The broken shaft has been re-
paired.
The Lady of the Lake has gone into
winter quarters, but the Mountain Maid
will take her place in a few days, and
make regular trips.
Thieves broke into the barn of Theop-
hilus Grout ESQ.,, on Thursday night
and stole his horse, harness, buggy and
good overcoat. Sheriff Bowley and
others started at once in search of the
thieves, and found the team on Friday
at Sutton Flats, P. @. Three men were
arrested.
NEWPORT CENTER.
The Circuit stock is advancing in this
market and Barlow is quoted lower.
Complaint is made that the teacher
of the village school cruelty punished
Perry spalding. few day ago.
W. H. Wiley remodels g. S. Sleep
er's Blake house, for which he receives
5000.
Henry Cook has bought building
lot of E. H. Williams on which he is
building new house.
NORTH TROY.
Geo. Ramsdell has leased his farm to
D. J. - for one year.
The wind during the recent gale rails
ed havoc with the fences, and did other
damage in this vicinity.
WESZ,MORE.
Some one has seen bear near the
Fisk mill.
J. G. Orne is putting a large addition
on to his house.
A very high wind which uprooted
trees and did other damage was exper-
fenced here on Wednesday.
Craig of Sutton has been in town do
ing the threshing. The wheat crop turns
out pretty well, and many farmers will
raise their flour, this year.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The Sunday School convention held
in ST. Johnsbury last week was very
we'll attended, and was of great interest.
The Argus has been imposed upon by
an unreliable correspondent in st. Johns
bury who has reported falsely about
several parties in that town.
The mixed train on the P. & o. R.
r. which runs west from ST. Johnsbury
is taken off to-day. This train was very
convenient, and those living west of St
Johnsbury will dislike to lose it.
Rev. Joseph Cook delivered his famous
lecture on ultimate America" at st
Johnsbury last Monday. The lecture
was one of the best ever delivered il
that town.
Eldad Root, one of the early settler
of Lyndon, and noted through the stat
!, in early times as the owner of one of tn
original Morgan horses, BILLY Root,
died suddenly in his chair one week ag
Sunday, aged about so years. He hat
for some time been in feeble health, Blu
was as we'll as usual that morning, at
his breakfast and walked around tn
house until afternoon, when he began t
sink and died in few minutes.
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Hon. Harley M. Hall of Burke died a
, his residence last Sunday, the 9th inst
of strangulated hernia, after an Hines
of only four days, aged 60 years. Fur
eral services conducted by Rev. L. I
: Tabor were held at his residence Q
Tuesday, where a large concourse of pc,
pie from all parts of the county, gathere
to pay their last tribute to one who
t they honored and respected. Mr.. Ha
was born on the farm where he died, an
the same on which his father, Sylvestt
IS Hall. settled about 1896. He grew U
on this farm and became one of the mo
:, prominent citizens of the town, man
IT spotless character and integrity, one wi
is will be sadly missed in public as we'll
e private circles. In 1853 and 1859
was a member of the Legislature ar
in 1868 and 1869 was member of Il
g State Senate. He was connected wi
le the Caledonia County Agricultural Soc
ETY. and was at one time President of th
le Society, and was also engaged extensive
> in stock raising. paying more particul
le attention to the breeding of Devon Gait
and Cotswold sheep. He leaves wi
" ore adopted child. No man could ha
i been taken away who would have be-
a. missed more in Burke than Mr.. Hail.
n Coled0nsan.
ne One dollar and fifty cents, STRICT
IN ADVANCE, anil pay for tile MoNIT'