Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-05-06


BARTON LANDING.
Buchanan has returned from Boston.
Look out for lot of new goods.
A good sidewalk has been laid from
Browns hotel to the NJ. E. church.
DR.. Stevens goes to Lowell and New
port Center this week to attend to the
duties of his profession.
The tremendous rain of yesterday
made the water high, and the flats below
here are covered with water.
The Thespians were we'll patrOnized
on the night of their last play, which
was one of their best efforts.
S. A. Peck will accommodate the peo-
pie in this vicinity by supplying them
with variety of large, nice tomato
plants Send in your orders.
About six hundred dollars worth of
of apple trees have been sold at this
place this spring. The farmers desire
to obtain fruit if any of the new kind of
trees will thrive in this climate.
SOUTH BARTON.
M. F. Blake and wife have returned
from California in improved health.
BRO WNLNGTON.
Albert Wells is going to build barn,
J. W. Brown has the job.
N. Carron moves to West Charleston,
where he will set up harness shop.
Edison Tracy came home April 27.
He has been living in Texas for two
years.
Mrs. Fay has hen that lays eggs
which weigh three pounds per dozen
Who has blddy that can beat her?
Rev. Isaac Blake of Morgan, is tc
preach once in two weeks at the school
house in the east part of this town thro
the summer.
School commences in Dist. No. 2, May
Is, Miss Nichols, teacher. The repu
tation of the teacher is such that a gooG
school may be expected.
Miss Mertie Bruce of Charleston, has
been engaged to teach the summer tern
of school at the Center. Flora Cleveland
is to teach the school in district No. 4
She is an excellent teacher.
Eben Durham has moved to Bartor
on to the VIM. Merriam farm.-D. r
Hunt, .Jr., has moved into the house va
Gated by Mr.. Dunham.-H. Lapierre
blacksmith, has moved into the Widow
Robinson house.
COVENTRY.
The new church Is progressing finely
The basement was put up last week.
D. P. Walworth and wife returned
last week, from Florida.
The Ladies' Mite Society meets will
Mrs. A. G. Ware, on Friday evening.
Elijah Cleveland has so far recovere,
his health as to be able to 60 to Bostol
on business.
CRAFTSBURY.
Henry Scott has commenced to bull
a harness shop at the south village.
Amory Dawson is collecting drov
of cattle, which he will send to marke
in few days.
Our Farmers have been busy the las
week, drawing potatoes to Wolcott Sta
ton, at 80 cents per bushel.
Our oldest inhabitants say they neve
saw the snow all gone SO early and th
grass as large the first of May.
Russell Richardson has rented room
in Bert. Bingham's house.-Henry Mill
has bought the building and part of th
farm formerly owned by Nathanit
Mills Boutwell, Silver is building
new house in the place of the one burne
some time since.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson wei
each much benefited by surgical opel
alton performed by DIR. Rich of Alban,
Mrs. Wilson was affected with lare
scrofulus sore, which the DIR. operate
on, and Mr.. Wilson was relieved of
large tumor that had grown upon
head.
VEST CHARLESTON.
The milestone works are now runnil
night and day.
E. H. Robinson will have some mo
r of those horse hoes this spring in seas
for those wishing to purchase.
Miss Human will have another exl
bition at the close of school, next Thur
day night, May 8, to consist of declam
tons, dialogues, music, etc., etc.
4 The COngregationalist society ha
E again bought their parsonage which W
e lost to them with the failure of E.
: Merrill; the pastor is making sol
e needed repairs upon it.
DERB Y
e There was pleasant gathering at
q home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander ID
), ley, on the evening of May End, it
i. ing their "China wedding day."
}. An unoccupied house at Derby c,
/; ter opposite the M. E. parsonage v
i diecoverad on fire last Wednesday ev,