Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23

family of Rev. D. L. Quint who has
been engaged as teacher.
VEST DERBY.
Appropriate Christmas exercises at
the Baptist church on Tuesday evening.
with the tree. All cordially invited.
Mr.. 0. B. Shattuck in pitching over |
his straw in his barn one day recently |
found fine white shirt, the bosom of
which was covered with blood, extending
even to the collar round the neck. The
shirt was rolled up in an old Boston
Daily Globe, dated October "a. 1877.
The blood had the appearance of being
fresh. though Mr.. Shattuck thinks the
shirt must have lain there two months
or more. 1t is supposed by some that
the shirt was left there by tramp, who
had been engaged in bloody work some
where.
DERBY.
The juvenile department of, the Acad-
envy gave an exhibition on Saturday
evening.
Rev. J. W. Bemis, Bible agent, spoke
in the Methodist, and in the Baptist
churches yesterday.
There will be union Christmas gath
ering at Academy Hall on Wednesday
evening. There will be a concert by the
singers, and four trees are to bear the
presents.
GLOVER.
Wesley Sherburne has sold his farm
to Alec and Willard Bogue for $1,000.
The next lecture of the course will be
held at West Glover. Lecturer, W. 7.
Herrick, of w. Charleston.
| The receipts Of the donation for Mr..
Thomas were small, but all present en-
joyed social meeting of unusual in
terest.
There will be union exercises, TO-
gether with Christmas tree at the
South church Christmas eve. All cor
daily invited.
The next annual meeting of the Con-
gregational Society will be held at the
Congregational church Glover village
Thursday p. m. Jan. End.
The item in regard to Wright Ayers,
last week, was not quite correct. Wright
has sold the timber on twenty-five acres
of his own land, and will draw it to the
Grandy steam mill.
Owing to Christmas the next Lyceum
occurs Saturday evening of this week.
Subject for discussion, Resolved that war
has done more to advance civilization
than missionary effort.
The next meeting of the Literary
Club conducted by the young people
will be held at Institute Hall next Fri
day evening. The exercises consist of
tableaux, charades, farces &c. Admission
cents.
VEST GLVOER.
The next meeting of the Ladies' NJ.
! E. Parsonage Society will be at Emery
I Cooks on Friday next afternoon aud
evening. All are invited.
IRASBURGH.
Hon. E. P. Cotton has gone. back to
New York.
R. w. Nye and family start for To-
peka, Kansas, Tuesday.
The canker-rash is in town, but il
goes light this year.
The new street lamps are a good i'm.
provement to the village.
The NJ. E. Society are to have a
Christmas tree on Tuesday evening.
, G. w. Wheeler has sold his nice span
e of black horses to man from Mass. fol
$500.
The Cornet Band give concert ant
, oyster supper at the Congregations
Church this evening.
n The village school under the direction
of Mr.. Fred Gray of Coventry is pros
e pering nicely.
:. Peter Marsh of this place has takel
Ed. Carpenters farm in Westmore fo
five years on shares.
JAZZ.
DR.. F. NJ Emery has rented the Ben
ton house on Mill street and will imme
diately take possession.
y LOWELL.
" Last Wednesday morning the hous
. :, on the Albany road occupied by Mrs
- Matte Richardson, her child, an
mother, was burned with all its cor
u tents. The family were absent, and tn
e. cause of the fire is unknown.
y A PLEASANT SURPRISE GATHERING
sc The friends of Dr. T. T. Dutton,
hundred or more of them, met on th
evening of the 18th to give him lit
surprise party, and to cheer him up
10 little by reminding him that his serv
ces as physician, and his labors for tt
at public good as a citizen, were not una
preciated After time spent in friendl
at conversation, the ladies, who are alwa,
prepared for good thing. undid sundl
81 packages and bundles and sudden
N spread out bountiful supper. Aft