Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-04-22

Reed place.
Read NJ. j. Smiths advertisement.
Any parties desiring good granite or
marble grave-stones or monuments will
find it to their interest to visit him.
Maj. Z. P. Farr, who has been spend
ing some months with US, has obtained
good situation in business house in
Burlington and gone there to reside.
James Cassiday is finishing a tene-
ment over his tin shop. There are sew
eral young ladies about that would make
the "better half of respectable family
to occupy it, if James would only per-
NIT it to be done.
Ufford is getting ont large stock of
buggies and wagons for the present
season. He will have them painted in
few days, and you can call on him
any time from 3 a. m. to 10 IL p. m,
and find him ready to sell.
Mr.. Weeks made great improvements
in the cemetery last week, by cleaning
up the stones and monuments. That
fellow who cut up that caper there, and
left those envelopes, ought to move into
region beyond the bounds of civiliza-
ton.
Patrick Quinn has purchased the
Devereaux place in the village at 81 900
Pat is getting to be one of the largest
tenement owners in the village. He
ought to take good Republican news.
paper, and keep posted in politics: news
and the real estate markets.
Remember that you can buy almos
anything that can be named in the lint
of tin-ware, stoves, dairy implement
farmers tools. Seeds, phosphates, agri
cultural machinery sc. &c. at H. o
Whitcher's. He has just received an
other car load of phosphate.
A change of time in the running o
the Montreal Express train, which pass
es here early in the morning, going nortl
is announced for tomorrow. The trail
is about an hour earlier than heretofore
1t stops at Newport about two hour
and arrives at Sherbrooke at 7.2O a. m.
We are to have a large number Q
choice plants from Peter Henderson
Co., and will dispose of some of ther
at reasonable prices, if any body desire
them. We had some of these plants tw
years ago. and they proved to be exec
lent. We expect them about the frs
of May.
Lucretius Hubbard, by direction {
Henry Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, d.
posted about 5000 salmon-trout i
Bellewater, and as many in Willoughb
on Friday last. These are some of tt
valuable fish which the Fish Commits
sioners are introducing into the ponc
and rivers of this State
ASTRONOMICAL LEoTURE.-Prof. ]
@. Allen of Derby Academy, will deli,
er lecture on Astronomy at the acaC
envy school room. on Friday evenin
next. Mr.. Allen is a teacher of man
years experience, who has made astrol
Omy speciality, and this lecture will
of great interest to all. Let the Peep
turn out and give him good audienc
The lecture is free.
Presiding Elder Puffer, of the M.
church, was present yesterday, but un
BILE to preach at the quarterly meetir
services. Mr.. Puffer is completely pro
trated by the cares and severe labo
that he has borne for the last TO
years. He is obliged to retire from t
ministry, for the present, hoping tn
rest will restore him to health. L
sympathy and prayers of many frien
: will follow him.
EDITOR OF THE MONITOR: You W
) allow me, 1 trust, as former reside
and admirer of your beautiful village,
make a suggestion which carried O
would be great benefit to Barton V
lage. l refer to the great advanta
that might be derived from the expen,
ture of comparatively small amount
4 money, by supplying the village vi
the clean, cool, soft water of Crys
Il Lake. By running an iron pipe fir,
G the narrows at the outlet of the lake
0 the lower parts of the village, an abb
: dant supply of excellent water could
IS obtained for all purposes. From
water main, smaller pipes could be tax
n to other parts of the village and thr
s fourths of the inhabitants supplied W
J water. During the greater portion
:. the year this water would be cool enou
l. for drinking purposes, and always fit
'e every other purpose. The head would
T. sufficient to force water into, and in m
er cases over, the highest buildings !;
le would supply beautiful fountains for
D. the lower residences, and convert
Or village into one of the most Gle
healthful and lovely in the State.
IN need not say that such great imprt
ment would be of advantage to the
lage, SO far as growth is concerned,
DIS your citizens are aware that many s