Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-07-01

been erected in our cemetery over the
remains of the late Rev. Horace Stiles.
DERBY.
The Widow Twilight Of Bloomington,
is here, very low with the gastric fever.
The Bonette carriage shop burned last
Monday night. 1t was insured for $500.
VEST GLOVER.
Edward Bodwell is putting up new
barn 42x50.
Henry Dewing has purchased a farm
of David Cass. Mr.. G. remains on the
place.
Aaron Skinner, who has been in bust
ness in Taunton, Mass, few months
past, has arrived in Glover, and thinks
it not bad place to live after all.
Remember the trawberry festival TO-
morrow, Tuesday, at the church. The
Barton Orchestra and the musicians from
the village will be present. Supper
will be served at 5 o'clock and from
that time through the evening.
GLOVER.
Mrs. E. L. Paul will preach at the
South church, next Sunday.
David Dickinson, after an absence of
several months in Boston, where he has
been attending to his musical education,
is again with us.
Work upon the vestry of the North
church will commence, this week. Mr..
John Randall of Barton Landing, will
have charge of the work.
The grand lightning rod caravan pass
ed through our quiet community, one
day last week we hear of but one man
who was "made to see the point"
GREENSBORO.
We are to have but one service sab
bath during the heated term, at the
Congregational church.
Alex. Williamson's family are afflicted
with diphtheria. Some of the towns
poor, whom he is keeping, are down with
1t.
J. B. Calderwood had valuable horse
killed by lightning last week. 1t was
struck in the open field; the hair was
burned off in many places.
1t is quite pleasant to see our young
lady friends home again, who have been
away from US, either teaching or attend.
ing school. Miss H. B. Conant has been
teaching at Unionville, Conn. Miss
Nell Conant in the Union School at St
Johnsbury; Miss Florence Ingalls, just
graduated at the st. Johnsbury Academy
Miss Florence Goss, a pupil of the same
school, and Miss Edith Parsons who has
been at school in Mass.
IRASBURGH.
Celebration on the Fourth, with inter
esting exercises.
Mrs. Metcalf, wishing to close out hel
goods, will sell her stock of hats and
flowers at cost.
The very important case, State vs.
Hayden, will be tried at the term of the
Supreme court which sets here in Au
gust. The case went to the Supreme
court on exceptions, and if they are sus
tanned Hayden will get new trial.
JAY.
The sabbath schools of this town re
Gently had picnic at Bolton Springs.
G. R. Bartlett was last week paid b,
H. P. Jones, agent of the Union Mutua
Life Insurance Company, $4,000, bein|
the amount his due on an expired en-
dowment policy in that Company
LOWELL.
Hay crop light, but the grass is grow
ing finely.
The shower on Thursday night CAV
the ground and those that were returnln
from the convention a most thoroug
soaking.
Mrs. Goodrich. an aged lady. wa
badly injured last week, by breakin
through floor and falling into bar
cellar.
Mr.. Boynton of Westfeld cleaned o
the top of his carriage, in attempting
drive under the shed on the first nigh
of the convention.
The next morning after the lightnin
struck near the Revoir house, injurin
Mrs. Revoir. the lightning rod me
rushed into town, and they will probabl
do considerable business on the capt.;
they will make out of that "stroke.
There is no particular reason, noWeVe
why man should spend from one to tv
hundred dollars in lightning rods, b
cause of the extremely rare occurren'
mentioned. We hope the MONITOR
readers will not be caught mapping.
During the thunder shower on Thur
day afternoon the lightning struck me-
the house of Antoine Revoir, who liv
on the Albany road near the mountai
' and so severely electrified Mrs. Revo
that she did not come to her senses uni
= midnight. She will probably recover.
: From another source we learn th
Mrs. Revoir was actually hit by Il
), lightning, the electricity striking her