Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-03-04
Local News.
GENERAL.
own Meeting to- morrow.

own Meeting tomorrow.
Ex-senator Ben. Wade Is dead.
he public debt decrease in February
$2,500,O0O.
FIRE in Hyde Park on Friday morn
destroyed the Geo. H. Chaplin
e, valued at $4,000.
William A. Simmons, the Boston COL
or, did not receive re-appointment
President Hayes, and good many
pie are greatly disappointed.
The annual March meeting occurs on
esday of this week. While all Offices
important, that of lister, this year,
account of the quadrennial appraise-
Mt of real estate, is of great
portance. Every town needs a set of
elligent, experienced and brave listers,
0 know their duties, and will have
dependence enough to prize property
it should be, and set in the list such
perty as the tax-evaders always try
becrete.
COUNTY CoMMIssIoNER.-Judge Hor-
Jones first received nomination as
unity Commissioner, but declining to
We, Capt. Charles E. Joslyn of Barton
nding, was nominated. Mr.. Joslyn
strong temperance man and will
Ike an excellent commissioner. Re-
mber to cast vote for him, Tuesday.
ALBANY.
The band give an entertainment at
West village. on the evening of the
th.
Curtis E. Kinney, a former townsman,
I'D in st. Johnsbury, last week, of con-
mption.
The Patrons of Husbandry will hold
public meeting at the Congregational
nrch, Wednesday evening, March 9th.
Charles Rich will deliver lecture
the subject: "What is Man, and how
Instituted 2" There will be an origin
quartette, and playing by the band.
i invited.
There is pine tree standing in front
the residence of Charles NJ. Cowles,
hich was set out by the venerable Eli
hamberlin, sixty-one years ago, that is
wonder in its way. 1t is very nearly
B feet in height, 10 feet in circumfer.
zee at the base, and its lower limbs
ach out distance of % feet in either
rection. Fourteen limbs, each more
ian foot in diameter, come out hori
'ntally from the trunk, all in a space
FIVE feet, and just above them the tree
yides, and two towering cones shoot W
~ 'eet. This tree shows what tret
lSnunA might do for some of our worth
ess hillside~
SOUTH ALBANY.
There are several in this vicinity, VIII,
Eould like to join the Barton geography
lass if they could get in on REASONABLE,
erms.
Kew Geo. w. Ellis rastn- of the W
4. Church, in this place, recently los
is barn by FIRE, together with a horse
bur cows and other animals. His build
hgs were on his place in Essex, Chitten
en- County.
BARTON.
There will be silver wedding at
}. WOodward's on Saturday afternoon.
Another week of warm weather
leighing gone, and numbering at an en-
pr the present.
We are obliged to leave out sever;
ehoOl reports, and other matter to-day
r want of time and space.
The M. E. Ladies' Aid meets at ].
remains tomorrow, Tuesday, evening
Rd young and old are cordially invited
j. W. Hall & Co. do not intend to
ptdOne by any merchants in this VIGIL
~. See what they say about it in the
pig advertisement.
We are pleased to be able to repol
hat Oscar Owen is SO much improved i
health as to be attending to business H
s out with a new advertisement in tn
paper.
We shall be in fit frame of min,
tomorrow, to receive money due us q
subscription or advertising account
Dur creditors are very anxious TIL
those indebted to us hand in the sma
sums due, at once.
The stockholders in the Machine she