Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-11-10


engine and badly stove to pieces. A
box of crockery was completely destroyed.
While the temperature was reported
to be several degrees below zero at points
a hundred miles South of us. during the
early part of last week, it has at no time
been within ten degrees of zero here,
and there has been only just enough
snow to cover the ground. The roads
are smooth and good.
w. f. Robinson has been doing quite
an expensive Job at bringing water to
his buildings on the G. W. Leland place.
The water is taken from large spring
eighty rods from the buildings, forced
up forty feet by hydraulic ram, and
carried in an iron pipe. G. B. Drew
furnished the ram and aqueduct and put
them in. The water is worth hundreds
of dollars to the place.
Geo. Whitcher, son of H. 0. Witch
err, received quite severe injury from
jumping off the cars on Wednesday. He
started to 90 to Boston with load of
potatoes, and while near st. Johnsbury
Center the train broke apart, and George
thought there was more danger on the
cars than on the ground. He jumped
rrom the cop Ur Che car, anu was r0-''
1t was fortunate that he was not killed.
One week ago Saturday night, while
John Leland stepped into Mr.. Witch
er's for moment, leaving some sugar,
butter and other purchases at the door,
the stuff was stolen. John got his
brother Clarence, and while they were
searching for it, they saw two men on
the railroad track who appeared to have
something concealed under their coats.
The boys followed along. Clarence with
the men on the track, and John in the
road. AS they got little above the
depot one of the men seized an ak from
the other and gave Clarence a blow
which knocked him down. The men
then fed. They proved to be two French
men who lately moved into the Gott
house. They were arrested and one was
fined Sl5 and costs for assault, the 9th.
er So and costs for theft.
Undue competition between manufac.
turers has led to an extent of adultera
ton and cheapening of material never
before known in the business. Crude
rubber has the quality of absorbing OF
of becoming Incorporated with very
large quantity of cheap and bulky sub
stances, like lamp black, chalk, &c.
which cannot be detected by the unini
tiated, and which impair the durability
of the goods. People call for w-pricet
goods, not rejecting that low prices al
ways mean low quality. The result is
they waste money on ''wild cat" rubbe
boots, when an extra dollar or tw
would buy them pair which will wea
to their utmost satisfaction a whole sea
son and more. The "95" per cent. boot
described in another column. is meant t
reform this abuse, and is worth the in
spectiOn of those in need of real goo
article.
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR YOUNG MEN,
The International Committee suggest th
following topics for meetings each day i
the week: Sunday, November 9th. Agre,
ment in Prayer. Dan. ii: 1923; Mat
xviii 10, 20. Monday, November II
A Moral Young Man Weighed an
Found Wanting. Mark x:l7-2:
Tuesday. November IL, The Son of
Cody Father who Went Astray. |
Chron. xxi 33 xxxiii l-l3. Wee
nesday, November II, A Man Prospere
Beyond Precedent, but Unsatisfe,
Eccl. ii: Ill John iv: Is. II. Thur
day, November 18th, The Secret of
Young Mans Success in Business. Gel
esis xxx: 2-6, %, %. Friday, N
vember 18th. A Highly Favored Ma
and His Terrible End. Matt. x:l-4
Luke xii: 3-6, At, 49; Matt. xvi
80 Acts i: 1920. Saturday, Mover
Der 18th, Opposite Choices of Tv
Young Men. Heb. XII: 24-26; &c
xiii: lob. In accordance with Il
above suggestion, there will be a pray
meeting each evening of the week, at II
vestry of the Congregational churc
Meeting will begin at o'clock. II
above subjects will be observed in orde
All are cordially invited to attend.
: BARTON LANDING.
VIM. P. Dodge has gone to Canada.
The shipment of butter from this st
ton, last week, was 1920 pounds.
The Vermont Methodist Conferen
meets at this place on the 18th of Apr
e Johna Gilman, the brick layer ma
: has sold his place near Bartlett's mi
and will move to this place next week
s Several of our citizens took the a
e vantage of the cheap fare on the ra
e road last week, and went to visit tn,
It friends in Boston.
The temperance drama in three &C
h entitled "Little Brown Jug" will
v PLAYED by several of the vouno neo,