Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-04-28
Local News.
ALBANY.

q. M. George has rented Alanson ID.
hstock's house on water street and
we'd into it.
rhe Centennial Grange hold their
kt meeting at J. B. Darling's Hall. on
iesday evening, May 9th at o'clock.
punctual attendance is Of Importance.
Fhe next time you 60 into the post
&c just notice the efforts of Mr.. G.. M.
arckres, our jeweler, in the taxidermic
e. He will "stuff" anything you wish
m an American eagle to a mosquito.
Just now there seems to be quite an
punt Of sickness in town, of one kind
q another; among the rest there is a
e Of scarlet fever at Mr. Jackson's,
first case we have had in town for
veral years.
We don't believe there are many men
the county that can boast of better
ck of sheep and lambs than the one
ened by S. G. Kimball. From sixteen
Is he has raised twenty-fOur fine look
lambs as we ever saw. One, said to
six weeks old, tips the scales at fifty
pounds. A buck weighs ZIG lbs.
pr crawling out of fourteen pounds of
pl. We clipped lock from a year
3 buck, a Cotswold, that measures
live inches on the square, and another
n a three years old eve that was a
BE longer.
BARTON.
Sugaring appears to be at an end,
d the yield has been exceedingly
bit.
Mathewson e. Nelson will have some
I'd cows, working oxen and young cat
from Canada, on Wednesday, which
~ propose to sell low.
Ihe Catholics have been holding a
hes of meetings at their church for
Eeral days past with good results. The
tendance has been large.
Rev. johnson leaves for Conference
morrow. and there will be no preaching
rvice in his desk next Sunday. The
bbath school will be held at the
ual time.
The warm weather Saturday, Sunday
d to-day has made great change in
} appearance of things. Snow is very
pidly disappearing, and the ground in
ne places is ready for the pillow.
If you should have occasion to take
y silver this spring, examine it care
ly, there is a good deal of spurious
in in some sections of the country.
th kinds are scarce in this locality.
Capt. Austin, town superintendent,
d class of twenty. five at his exam.
alton on Saturday. Those seeking de.
rable teachers will do we'll to call on
N, or upon Mr.. Benjamin, principal
Barton academy. ..-
The South Eastern Railway Company
I've Just purchased three new and first
ass freight locomotives, from the Prov
ence Locomotive Works. The two ole
comotives, 'Farnham" and "Dunham,
I've been disposed of.
You must not forget the fact tina
hirbrother is doing good work and hav
g a good run Of business at his oil
and near Spalding's hotel. He SLAVES
It's hair, and dispenses confectionery
nit and groceries. Drop in.
G. ]. Ufford gives notice that hi
)oks, notes and accounts will 20 int
e hands of a collector on the first da,
June, for collection and adjustment
persons indebted to him in any man
IT are notified to call and settle befor
at time and save expense. 49,.
g. B. Drew has been receiving larg
pck of pine lumber and is makiDi
operations to do big business at sash
,ors, &C., this summer Mr. Drew ha
c reputation of doing excellent work
I'D those who are building will do wei
call at his shop.
1t is about time for a new set of swim
les to make a raid on this section c
be country. 1t will not be lightnin
bds, or aliases, or packages of cloth, {
atent gates this time, but there will /
pmething just suited to the tastes an
ants of the gullible. Let that class |
citing ready.
Cold, backward and discouragir
leather. The flow of sap has been vel
nall. and an unusually small amount
igar has been made. A few warm da,
i'll work great change, and it is pc
bic that the first of June may fir
cgetatiOn in as forward as it was OIL
ear ago, when the spring opened vel
arly.
L. G. Grandy did very heavy wi
er's numbering at his Crystal Lake M
he past winter. He put in over 90
Ords of timber and wood, large pa
which has already been shipped.
ellis his wood, sawn up, to the R. R. C
nd ships his lumber as fast as sawed
1yndonville, where it is dried and ma
lfactured into boxes, chair stock, &c.