Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-05-20

much as any other bridge in town, and
the present one has been considered un-
safe for year or two past. 1t is ex-
pected covered bridge will be put up.
DERBY.
The thieves were about in this vicini-
ty, last Tuesday night. The drug store
of Charles Fuller was broken into and !
robbed of about $40 worth of goods; a
buggy was taken from Lawyer Bates
carriage house harness from George
Colby, and lot of tanned hides from
Homer Sanborn's wagon. No clue has
yet been obtained. Later: Our North
Troy correspondent says the thieves have
been discovered at Mansonville, P. @.
GLOVER.
Some of our enterprising farmers who
visited Barton at the Dairymen's meet
ing were much pleased with the exercises.
Mrs. S. G. Hardy will do dress max
ing at the residence of Mrs. H. S. Bick-
ford for the future. Ladies and chill
dren's garments cut by the S. I. Taylor
system.
SOUTH GLOVER.
Uncle 10 Tate is failing, and his
friends have about given up his recovery.
We don't remember of ever having
new lettuce on our table as early as the
18th of May until this year.
Alfred Clark's old hen got mad about
that item in the MONITOR, and has put
yolks in her eggs since.
Several fish have been taken from
Stone Pond, this spring, weighing nine
pounds and upwards each.
School district No. Is still continues
its meetings orce in two weeks. The
people there have secured good teach
er, Miss Irene Dwinell, and the school
has been in progress two weeks and
yet some of the wiseacres think they can
alter the length of the term and change
the fall term, which was voted at their
annual meeting, and have it in the win
ter. If they would have liberality and
public spirit enough to support more
than twenty weeks school in a year we
think they could get winter term.
VEST GLOVER.
Miss Lydia Baker commences the
school, to-day.
A lawsuit which has occasioned con-
siderable comment, and has been calcu-
lated to keep alive an i'll feeling in
school district No. 5, was terminated by
a jury trial before Justice E. Barnard Of
Barton, last Saturday. The case was
between Mary E. Uric, teacher, and the
district. Miss Uric began her schoo
without certificate, and taught some
weeks without certificate, and the dis
trict stood out about paying her wages
o The jury brought in for the plaintiff,
t who received S12 and costs. J. L. Car
< for plff. W. w. Miles for district.
IRASBURGH.
i w. D. Tyler is building new barn.
!. Rev. Mr.. Webb's lecture before tn
o Club on Saturday eve. was excellent
The Albany cornet band and the Iras
y burgh orchestra furnished good must
n for the occasion.
q LOWELL.
The Curtis Bros have large stock o
. goods.
o Silas Works has sold half of his hill
n farm to parties in Cavendish, who viii
soon come on to occupy it.
r. Fred Newton met with tip.over, las
d Monday, as he was carrying a schoc
n teacher to her school in Westfeld. L
r, attempting to ford the brook where tn
Harding bridge is being built, he turne
his wagon bottom side up, injured him
II self and his team considerably, and wa
obliged to let the teacher go on her wa
ga foot and alone.''
NEWPORT CENTER.
John L. Crawford is erecting builC
r ing in connection with his dwellin
Is house 28x7O.
" Farmers are sowing large quantitie
of gypsum on their meadows, and graz
IS looks splendid.
ne Orrin Pickle of Waterloo, P. O., hi
81 bought the Carter place in district N
3, for which he pays 500.
% Albert Jones, section boss on Il
IL South Eastern, had his leg badly smasl
rs ed last Wednesday. by hand car rul
y ming off the track.
Lucius Robinson has sold the old G
burn school house to A. j. Kitridge,
- Franklin county, for SIS. Mr.. X. wi
use it for dwelling house.
tn NORTH TROY.
. Our people favor Gen. circuit for CO.
gresham from this district.
r. The gold excitement continues. v
n have seen some of the nuggets"
The clothes-line thieves operating
W this vicinity have been found at Manso
- vile, arrested and found guilty.
SOUTH TROY.
" G. P. Stevens is to erect new hous
'et the present summer