Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-10-28

day few weeks ago. as he held up his
team he wrenched his spinal column.
but kept on driving that day. Next
morning, he found his lower limbs cold
to the touch and senseless-in fact dead.
He made one or two attempts to walk
but fell. He was brought home to die.
Putrefaction kept working upward until
his vitals were reached on the 22d. Yet
all this time he had little or no pain,
but had his senses perfectly. until death.
He was a member of the lodge of Odd
Fellows, by whom he was buried.
LYNDoN.-Rev. W. P. Bennett has
closed his pastoral work at the Vile and
the Corner, and will seek another parish.
He is an excellent preacher.
Some of the Seminary boys recently
stole the tongue out of the Seminary bell
at the Center, and there is chance for
trouble if it is not returned.
SUTToN.-Lewis Smith of Lunenburg
has bought of Woodbury. Marshall the
Asa Masten place on the North Ridge.
Report says he paid $1,000.
E. B. Campbell and wife of Brattleboro
are in town visiting relatives here. They.
accompanied by members of the Camp
bell family resident here, 60 the last of
this week to Maine to visit relatives
there.
WHEELooK.-Geo Williams has sold
his grist mill to Milo H. Burbank of
Derby. who takes possession the 1st of
December.
S. G.. Cree and VIM. Hart of this place
and N. L. Folsom and daughter, Horace
Drown and Albert Gray of Sheffield are
this week doing the Mechanics fair at
Boston.
On Tuesday evening of last week about
60 friends of Geo. M. Williams and wife
gave them a surprise party and celebrat-
ed the seventh anniversary of their we'd
ding leaving about $50 in presents for
which they are truly grateful.
S. G.. Cree has moved over to his
fathers house and next spring will join
his father in the enterprise of remodel
ing the house, putting on another story
and making it modern in all its appear
ances.- Union.
A son of Hiram Thomas of Wheelock,
cut his foot severely while chopping last
Tuesday.
The school in district No. 5 closed
with an exhibition doing credit to both
teacher and scholars.
LYNDoNv1LLE.-S. M. Hoyt has
bought building lot of II. Jenness near
where the Walker hotel was burned, and
is building a tenement house thereon.
SHEFFIELD William Mitchell is build
ing the foundation of a house, which he
will erect next season.
John D. Page is putting up another
mill.
Independent grange meets on Nov.
I'd at 6 p. m.
George Gifiin is out on his annual
tour after farrow cows.
There is a novel law suit pending in
this town, over the payment of school
tax by young man who claims that
his school tax should be paid in another
district, where the tax would be a few
cents lighter. The tax assessed was
SLIGO. and when he gets through claw.
ing of it,, he will probably be both
poorer and wiser.
SOUTH HARDwIcK.-Charley French
buys the potatoes.
The Griswoo1 blacksmith shop has
changed hands, and Mr.. Place is set
ting shoes and tires at that place. He
appears to be good workman.
Huntley buys most of the butter. and
on Saturday the streets are filled will
teams. The amount of stock and othel
farm products being sold must make thu
times easier in this section.
The air is full of scandalous rumors
Probably there is cause for only a small
part of the talk. If those who ar
thinking to separate in their old age viii
read that western ballad, "Betsey ant
1 Are Out" they will probably thinl
better Of their doings and return.
HARDwIcK-S. W. & d. J. War,
have just completed new sugar house
and arches. They are now cutting
down the evergreen trees in their or
chard, and are clearing away the brusl
from their trees. This work done in an,
sugar place will wonderfully increas
the quality aud quantity of sap.
Harvey Bailey is sick with sciati
rhumatism, and Jonathan Foss with
lung trouble and general debility.
Mr.. Davidson Of Craftsbury has bee
in town picking up cattle for his larg
drove, which he is purchasing for th
down country markets.