Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-04-08
wood" at Riverside hotel May LIST.


Job Guild says IF the fellow who
took that can of sugar will return it, |
will refill the same"
Lucius Robinson has been appointed
assignee for the Grandy. Skinner, Parker
& Walker bankrupt estate.
A. G. Parker will soon add story to
the height of the post Office building and
greatly improve its appearance.
The Reform Club listened to an in
teresting lecture by Rev. Mr.. Haley of
Irasburgh on Tuesday evening. Subject:
Mammoth Cave"
Suspended members can return to the
Library Association by paying dues and
so cents extra. Transient readers can
have books by paying 4 cents per day,
for each book drawn.
BRO WNINGTON.
Rev. M. r. Chase has moved to West
feld.-Charles Baker has rented rooms
in the stone house.
At the town meeting held Saturday
for the purpose of choosing town treas
urer, S. A. Hall was elected.
J. H. Smith of st. Johnsbury will
preach at the Center once in four weeks
for the coming year, commencing next
Sunday.
1t is G. f. Smith, not l. G. Smith, as
the MONITOR had it last week, who was
chosen district collector of the village
school district.
G. B. Mead, who has been i'll for some
T time, seems still on the decline. 1t is
hoped that he may improve when warmer
weather comes.
COVENTRY.
A sugar party was held at the hall on
the I'd inst by the young folks, who
gave good entertainment and liberal
, supply of sugar for only ten cents.
Spring has come, and the enterprising
lad may be seen on our streets with his
> fishing rod and string of suckers,
which he retails at one cent each no
credit given and no books kept.
A late meeting the Reform Club
chose the following officers for the next
quarter: President, L. Kimball Vice
s Presidents, w. W. Frost and Miss Jennie
q E. Tower; Secretary. VIM. Stevens
s Treasurer, H. E. Miller; Executive Com.
Y mlttee, R. B. Edmunds, VIM. Stevens
: Chaplin, w. W. Frost.
s DERBY.
5 Rev. A. B. Blake preached sermon
o on bible promises yesterday and repeated
: from memory more than 100 bible prom
t ises.
. Rev. E. P. Wild held union religious
s services Fast Day, at the Baptist church
l. after which the Derby Temperance So
o ciety held It's annual meeting
Mrs. Sarah McNab, of whose lony
sickness previous mention has beer
made in this paper, died one week ag
{ Sunday. A post norton examination
revealed the fact that the passage from
Z her stomach was nearly closed
IL VEST DERBY.
M. M. Kelsea invited large numbe
1t of friends to a sugar party on Thursday
y DR.. Patch is slowly recovering fror
l. his illness, which proves to have been
slight stroke of paralysis.
y B. B. Field will build small dwell
D. iug house at the foot of the hill, betwee
to Newport and Derby, for Mr.. Worth {
Stanstead.
of A BUSINESS TRAMp.-During the pas
at week well dressed tramp passed throug
il this county and succeeded in dupin
ye quite a number of parties along tn
route he travelled He represented hin
IS self to be drover from Maine, Canad
ut and elsewhere, in pursuit of cattle, i
IN advance of his driver who was to /
We along in day or two. He put up wit
Of the farmers, talked about buying the
cattle; their farms, &c., and disappeare
X. without paying bills or closing an
{. trade. At Derby he called on Fran
% Percival, told his story, staid over nigh
;. bought Percival's farm, hired coup
~ of Frenchmen to work for him and al
pointed meeting with the parties
the post Office at an appointed time.
~ then departed to look up another set
- victims. Mr.. Percival will not boal
y another tramp for some days.
"o CLOVER.
Rev. Mr.. Thomas delivered an unus
ally interesting discourse Fast Day
Ill North Church.
40 Freeman Bean had the misfortune
burn his sugar evaporation last wee
= rendering it nearly worthless.
- Mrs. Phila Bean who has been spen
ing several months with her friends
Iowa has returned to town.
y Choice tubs of butter sell here for
'no cts. per ID. tub sugar for and C
20. stirred for 10 cts per lb.
&C The general impression here is tn
sugaring is about "played out" 4