Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-11-11

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o. Hunts farm.
LOWELL.
]. Brown has finished starch making
for this season.
B. F. Algier has taken the farm he
lives on for one year.
A. F. Harding is putting his house
on West Hill in repair, and will move
into it the first of December.
John Stevenson visited Irwin Steph-
enson's on Monday evening and in some
way lost his pocket book out of his in
side coat pocket. Finding his wallet
gone he made search for it and found
that Irwin had picked it up near the
stable door minus $40 which was in it.
How the pocket book got out of the
pocket and where the money went to is
the mystery.
NEWPORT.
The buildings on what is known as
the Luther Baker place were destroyed
by fire last Wednesday. Fire originated
around the chimney; insured.
NORTH TROY.
A big snow storm commenced last
Tuesday, and we now have plenty of
snow for sleighing.
A feature of election day, was a foot
race with several entries. Charles Morse
won the 1st prize, Freeman Rogers the
I'd.
Thomas Gilbert has taken possession
of the farm recently purchased of H. B.
Pettengill. Geo. D. Blair, the former
occupant, has returned to Jay.
SOUTH TROY.
Our mill men pay $3.50 per thousand
feet for lumber in the log, delivered.
Most of the voters that took pains to
vote last Tuesday went to Westfeld.
Ira Woodcox has sold sc acres to two
Franklin county men. They both have
erected dwelling houses on their lots.
WESTFIELD.
The village school is to be taught by
Charles Drew.
Wallace Miller has taken the school
in district No. 6.
Will Boynton sells has personal pro.
perty at auction Nov. 6.
DIR. A. G. Martin has gone to Bur.
lington to complete his studies in sur
gerry.
Some five weeks since a couple O
tramps made their appearance in Thu
place aud have been wandering in thi
vicinity ever since (the same probabl,
that wanted Elder Hovey to marry them,
The man has not been seen for few
days but the woman is providing arount
still apparently partially crazy an'
ought to be taken care of; what shall
we do with her?
L. G. Miller has had another marrow
escape from death. Monday Octobe
28th, he shut the water out of the tub
to his saw mill which is most 200 fee
long and 2 feet in diameter, with
fall of nearly forty feet. He entere
the tube at the upper end and wen
down to the wheel and cleaned it an,
returned out, but before he got ava
from the fume the bulk head gave ava
and let the tube fill with water; had b
been caught in the tube it would hav
been certain Decentralization.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
BARNET.-Those famous Roy cattl
which attracted so much attention a
the recent fairs were shipped to marke
last Monday by VIM. Kicker and Nose
Gil6llan. They weighed 5000 pound
when they left home and were the larg
est pair of cattle shipped from thi
county for great many years.
Robert Laird died at his residence
the center part of the town last Monday
aged 81 years. Mr.. Laird was Dor
in town and has always lived here, ne'
er being absent day, unless on visi
His father, Robert, moved from SEQ
land to Barnet about 100 years ag
when he was young man. He W;
: one of the first three families in tow
: When he came here he had to carry b
grist on his back to the Newbury mi
about 20 miles. usually taking tv
bushels of wheat down one day al
back the next. Mr.. Laird's death max
the seventh of people over 70 years o
passing away during the last two mont
! IN this toWn.-OnIOn.
HARDwICK.-The beautiful snow
, not quite enough, however for sleighin
a Abe Wakefield is pounding ir'
somewhere in Canada.
A. M. Woodbury. remains depu
sheriff, and change is not expected
e some time at least.
Curtis, dentist and hunter, extract
fox from the mountain one day
n Gently. Curtis is natural born hunt
Cards for Drenan's ball will soon
out. Remember that the 18th will
the gala day, for the dancing fratern
in this vicinity. A full banda la]