Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-01
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NEWPORT CENTER

diaries, school books, stationary. toys,
candies and everything else needed.
NEWPORT CENTER.
Samuel Meacham is putting in
clapboard mill which is very much need
ed at this place.
Chester Bulls has bought fifty acres
of land in Coventry gore. of Harrison
Turner, for which he pays 5000.
Henry Alger has hired the Chester
Bulls house in district No. II, of r. D.
Scott and has moved in with his family.
W. H. Wiley has bought the stand
ing timber on twenty-five acres of land
of E. II. Williams and pays in saving.
Quite number of fine instruments
have been bought for the new cornet
band. The boys mean business, this
time.
Ransom Wilcox and family started
for the far West last Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Wilcox is a good citizen and We
wish him success.
Willie Bickford and Sylvester Rollins,
Norman Dunham's hired men, sawed
eighty hemlock mill logs in four hours,
one day last week with crosscut saw.
Who can beat it?
R. Niles and S. M. Field have taken
contract to draw one thousand saw
logs, from Jack Kendall's old mill stand
to W. HI. Willey's steam mill.
Miss Lille Dodgson has engaged to
Jeacn Une wInUer sonoor- III U6e v...o--s
district near Henry Summers. and Frank
Cello has engaged to teach a school on
Lowell mountain.
NORTH TROY.
The rapidly increasing business at
the station has rendered it necessary to
employ an assistant agent at the depot.
G. A. Ramsdell, the popular proprietor
of the Frontier House who has been
quite sick of late, is up and able to be
out again.
The young man, Hannibal Kittel,
who recently attempted suicide here, has
finally succeeded. He shot himself at
Cambridge Junction.
Ashley Walker, an aged citizen, died
last week Monday. The funeral services
were held Wednesday. Mr.. Walker
was respected citizen.
SOUTH TROY.
L. Hartwell has moved into Mrs.
Chase house.
Mrs. John Cheney has returned to her
husband.
VIM. Rogers has bought the Dryer
house, paying $500.
Mr.. Hodsden's dance on Thursday
eve was attended by 40 couples.
Owing to the urgent solicitations of a
gentleman in Montgomery, Miss Hattie
Woods exchanges single blessedness for
matrimony.
This community mourns the loss of
three we'll known and esteemed persons
who have recently died: Miss Anna
Sumner, who went to Hyde Park in the
fall to attend school, was brought home
dead on WAdnAGday-a- sad Thanksgiv.
ing Day in her family. On the esd
Isaac Cronk, who had been great suf
ferer for long time. died at his home
The last death was that of Mrs. G. B
Albee, after sickness of only one week
Miss Sumner and Mrs. Albee died o.
typhoid pneumonia.
WE,SIlNORE.
Mrs. w. Daniels recently had spell
of bleeding from the lungs, and is in ;
very feeble state of health.
George Drown and wife are enjoying
a second honeymoon. They occupy the
house recently vacated by W. Watson.
The winter term of school in the
Hinton district is taught by B. Hunt
the Mill Brook school is taught by H
II. Tracy, both schools commence Dec. l
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
HARDwICK.
E. N. Porter is about to move t
Morrisville.
Geo. B. French is studying law will
lawyer Carter. Success to George.
Superintendent Conant will hold al
educational meeting here during thi
week.
Abe Way took $3.50 cash at his stor
on Saturday, and thinks his friends hav
not all forgotten him.
Elias Boardman is recovering from
his severe sickness quite rapidly, and hi
many friends will be pleased to hear Q
it.
John Nichols is trying hard to get
shop ready so that he can work in