Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-16

tax makes loo cents on dollar. The
whole indebtedness of the town is
st6,6o5.5O. Grand List sS7o5.
There Is to be series of assemblies
at Nichols Hall. Proceeds go to the
Band. The first one is to be held Dec.
IL.
The passumpsic river was higher last
Wednesday than it has been before
since 1869, but we learn of no damage
being done.
). ID. Harvey is going to put a set
of building just south of the Lyndon
Centre hotel. He is now putting in
the cellar wall.
LYNDoNvILLE.-We are having an
excellent singing school under the tut
ton of Mr.. A. T. Beane.
There will be Christmas exercises at
the Cong. church, also at the new
Methodist chapel which will be dedi-
Gated previous to that time.
E. 9. Baker of Barton Landing has
commenced the erection of a set of
buildings. east of the freight depot,
where he intends to do business as a
produce dealer.
The Methodist Sunday School now
held in the hall, averages about rs in
number. Mr.. George Smalley of the
Center has very interesting class Of
young men, mostly clerks from the store
and railroad offices.
So. HARDwICK.- snow, bad trav-
cling and dull times with little news.
III. McClary is buying up the last
of the sugar IN town, at IL cts. cash.
Price low. but he pays cash.
Shattuck, E. M. Porter and the drug
gist have each made great preparations
for Christmas trade.
The Christmas exercises at the Meth
odist house will be held on Tuesday
night, Dec. "a.
A subscription paper is being circu-
lated for Mr.. Baily who was recently
| burned out at Mackyille. Mr.. Baily is
deserving of help.
EAST HARDwIcK.-C. w. Goss has
purchased the Capt. Gilman place near
South Hardwick, and is about to build
new house.
David Strickland is getting out lum-
Der to build barn next season, to ae-
commodate the buildings where he is to
live when Charlie moves to Albany.
H. Blake has young partridge in
his barn that was found in the yard
nearly exhausted and unable to fly. 1t
has recovered and seems contented to
live upon grain, instead of buds.
Ben. Hubbard has removed to the
small house near the Pond House for
merly Mrs. Clark's) in Glover, Rev.
Burdick is to occupy the place Hubbard
vacated.
j. R. Delano has a decision in his
favor in the case of George Leavitt VS.. J.
R. Delano before the U. S. Court, in the
matter of J. R. Kidder's bankrupt &C.
| counts.
| About six o'clock Saturday evening
the cry of fire was heard again in oul
streets. This time it was ]. w. Baily's
WOODEN factory at Mackville, and the
people rallied there from all direction
but not in season to save the factory
By tearing down his horse barn and {
fortunate change in the wind, his dwell
ing house was saved. The saw mill OF
the other side of the stream was on fir,
several times but was finally saved
We learn that Mr.. Baily had $1,000 in
surance on the factory in the Vernon
Mutual, $1,000 on machinery, and $1,000
ON the stock in the Champlain Mutual
and 5000 on the barn in the same com
pany. He had $500 in unmanufact
ured stock in the attic which was con
sumed. The loss will fall very heavil,
on Mr.. Baily. as he was in debt some
He has built up among us quite bust
ness, and we hope by the help of friend
here, and his insurance money, that h
will rebuild in the early spring.
ST. JoHNsBURY.-Rev.W w. d. Malcor
has piece of linen, that was made b
, the Egyptians more than three hundre
t years ago. 1t was taken from mummy
, 1t is not as fine specimen of goods a
the linen of the nineteenth century, bu
is credit to the skill of those earl
: days.
SUTToN.-A hand car was run into b
, an extra engine near Clark's crossing 0
Friday and Charley Densmore. who wa
on the car, was dumped into the ditto
with the car, receiving broken rib an
other injuries. The section men had r,
ceived no notice that an extra would |
: run. and it was not their fault that the
were on the road.
SOUTHERN GRATITUDE.-An lmmens
I mass meeting was held at the Variei
: theatre in New Orleans, on Saturda