Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-01-20
GREENSBORO.
Geo. NJ. Martin intends to build him
house IN this village in the spring.


smith shop of S. P. Pinney and is going
to repair it for H. H. Warner, former
partner of o. c. Hazen. We need an
other shop. and are glad of the move.
G. G. Noyes took advantage of the
first strong ice to move the old Downing
house across the lake. He will use it
as cooper's shop. H. W. Davis who
was helping him came near losing a
horse through thin spot in the ice.
IRASBURGH.
At the donation visit of Rev. A. HI.
Webb on Friday evening large num-
Der gathered, and the sum of $40 was
left for the benefit of the pastor.
As J. Caples and Chas. Smith were
drawing ice one day last week they had
horse injured in singular manner.
An ak which was on the sled was thrown
off and struck the horse on the leg, sew
ering two large arteries. He came near
bleeding to death before the blood could
be stopped.
officers of the Orleans Pomona Grange
for 1879: J. E. Chamberlin, master;
W. L. Barrows, overseer; E. N. Jane
son, lecturer; H. G. Waller, steward;
Robert Walker, assistant steward Amos
Cook, treasurer; z. E. Jameson, secre-
tary D. f. Marckres, gate keeper; J.
G. Oliver, chaplain; Mrs. j. E. Cham
berlin, Ceres; Mrs. E. A. Norton, Pomo-
ma Mrs. Harvey Elkins, Flora; Flor
ence Tenney, stewardess.
LOWELL.
AS our boys and girls were returning
from the concert at Troy, on Tuesday
evening, they met with several team ac-
cidents which were rather exciting and
annoying, but not dangerous. The horse
belonging to G. B. Parker, and the one
driven by Arthur Wheelock, broke away
from their sleighs and gave the boys a
good ride "belly bump" over the snow.
NEWPORT.
Read advertisement of the Boston
Clothing Store. The goods damaged
by the fire will be sold at exceedingly
low rates.
The annual meeting of the Newport
National Bank was holden last Wednes-
day. The old board of directors was
e-elected consisting of L. Robinson, w.
G. Elkins, W. S. Foster, Z. Lane and
F. NJ. Sherman. A semi-annual divi-
dend of 3 per cent was declared, paya-
! BILE Feb. l. L. Robinson was reelected
president, and Robert j. Wright, cash
Ter.
On recent evening Mr.. Foster, pro-
prietor of the Boston Clothing Store,
left his store with his lamps burning.
In some manner one of them exploded,
the oil falling on the floor and counter.
The flames at once filled all that part
of the room, and so light were the win
dows that those without saw the fire
and rushed to the door, which they
could not open. The windows were i'm
mediately broken in. and by energetic
labor and plenty of snow the fire was
put out. A few minutes more and the
fire would have been beyond control, and
the building and one or two adjoining
must have burned.
NEWPORT CENTER.
Lucius Morse has sold his farm to his
daughter, Mrs. Anna Hillicker for ST..
500.
The prevailing influenza has appeared
here, and DIR. Erwin is kept exceeding
busy at present.
Miss Nellie Pyer, an esteemable young
lady, died on the 9th inst, after a Sc
we're illness of six weeks. The funeral
services were held at the Baptist church
and Rev. Horace Stiles preached very
impressive sermon from the words, "TC
whom shall we 60 p Miss Pyer was ;
member of the Freewill Baptist Sabbath
School and was much respected by he
PREACHER and friends.
WESTMORE.
The influenza has struck this tow
very hard.
A. W. Lyon has sold his cows and nov
wants to sell his hay.
John Kerwin was recently hit on tn
head by falling limb and badly hurt.
Henry and Selim Bugbee have moves
into town for the purpose of numbering
for John Hunt.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Susan B. Anthony lectures in 81
Johnsbury on Friday night of this week
Rev. Ii. P. Cushing of Burke is sicl
with lung fever in Orange county wher
he went some time since to attend
funeral He is expected to recover.
The Mclndoes Falls Lumber Co. wi
buy 100000 feet for their stock tn
present season. The lumber is bough
on the small streams at the head of til
Connecticut river.
Ira A. Shattuck, the accommodation
Postmaster and jeweller at Hardwiel
has purchased of A. E. Judevine a Ii
nearly opposite the Centennial Hous.