Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-19

persons interested in this matter, are
invited to attend. The time of the
meeting. which was set at later date,
has been changed to Thursday, in order
to get the Fair advertised at an earlier !
date.
BARTON LANDING.
A few from this village attended the
st. Adams raid on Saturday.
The MONITOR made bad mistake
last week in calling Stearns, Stevens.
but apologies therefor.
The lightning struck so near the vii
lage on Sunday, that several were cleo
tried and good many frightened.
The only new case of diphtheria in this
village is that of Charlie Lunt, boy 7
years old. The case is not considered
dangerous.
Some of our local politicians are very
busy these days. Don't hurry. There
will be time between this and Sept. Sd
to make and unmake good many can
didates.
Capt. fuckers dog relieved 20 lambs
and one sheep of the burden of life
a few days since. The owner of the
slaughtered sheep, can now appreciate
tie benefits of the "dOg law" The dog
has gone where sheep-killing is unknown.
BROWNINGTON.
Charles Barker moves to the Cannon
farm this week.
Now they begin to worry about rust
and rot in potatoes.
The colored individual who held his
second concert on Monday evening last,
made failure of it at the Academy. He
will probably quit concerting in this vi
cinity.
COVENTRY.
6 The Ladies' Aid meets at Mrs. K.
Berry's on Tuesday afternoon.
5 At the meeting of the Ladies' Mite
Society on Friday evening, an excellent
address was heard from Rev. Mr.. Butler,
t and $12 was obtained from the proceeds
| of the refreshments served.
AS a party of young people from ouI
s village were returning late Saturday
evening from an excursion down the lake
k to Bolton, one team in attempting tC
n pass another frightened the horse driven
by Harry Hearmon and upset the car
riage, throwing them all out and serious
Z ly if not fatally injuring Julia Frost.
- VEST CHARLESTON.
The political question" is the subjec
= of many exciting discussions.
= Harvesting is nearly half done, ant
h the farmers report good crops and ar,
accordingly happy.
!, The fall term of the academy ant
n grammar school will commence Sept. 4th
q under the direction of Miss Della L
Chaplin assisted by Miss Anna S. Web
= ster, with Miss ILL A. Carpenter teache
= of music. Miss Chaplin is graduate o
. Mt. Holyoke Seminary and comes highl
recommended.
ORAFTSBURY.
Edward L. Hastings has bought tn
10 Richard Grieves sawmill and six acre
! of land upon which there is a valuabl
/ marble ledge. Some of the marble ha
y been dressed and it promises to rival i
value the noted marble in the State.
9 This town is becoming quite noted fc
.. accidents. This week we record rur
~ away of the team of Mrs. Augusta
Il Robbins in which were Mrs. Robbins an
b" Mrs. Reed. The wagon collided with
double team on the road, and Mrs. Rot
es bins was thrown out of the wagon an
r. considerably hurt about the head an
'lr neck.-Aaron Collins while at work
~ his saw mill recently got his foot caugl
or by belt and was badly hurt in the fo'
and ankle.
he GLOVER.
on John Borland is putting two coats
ill paint upon his mammouth barn, maxim
IN it the most attractive in town.
Ice The next meeting of the Vestry S
ciety, will be at Hiram Phillips ne1
t., week Thursday afternoon, Aug. 29th.
Al Barzilla French, one of the oldest CT
'" liens of the town, died last week after
au short illness, at the residence of Lysi
ny Wiley.
~ L. H. Nye, sent from his tannery
Boston last week, at one time, tons
rough leather, the largest amount ev
i'' sent at one time from this shop.
An- VEST GLOVER.
GOV At the quarterly meeting service
20 the N. E. church, yesterday, there We
ar GO communicates. Five united with t
'nu church.
ue- GREENSBORO.
Please remember that you can b
cen boots of Il. G. Batchelacr at the Ber
ks, all the way from $3.50 to $500. 7
one price is just the same as though II
g's. was not nominated for High Bailiff.
his IRASBURGH.
Pat Cyrus d. Metcalf lost his house a
to most of its contents by fire on the Is