Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-10-13

practice of his profession.
D. w. Kelley has rented rooms in this
village, and we are informed will open
drug, book and jewclry store.
Mr.. G. Elkins, wife and little girl
were thrown from their wagon recently. |
Mr.. Elkins and the girl were somewhat
bruised.
The shipments of butter from this
station in one week, recently, were 1869
packages. Prices rule at from Is to Is
cents at present.
SOUTH TROY.
Miss Ella Fi6eld has gone to Chic
oppe, Mass.
Miss Alice Aiken has gone to Boston
to study music.
Harry March has rented and moved
into a part of Mrs. H. Stevens house.
D. G. Buck has returned from market
with a full line of fall and winter stock
of goods.
During the late warm weather, ripe
raspberries Of the second crop have been
found.
G. w. Aiken has finished saving his
large stock Of logs and has lately put IN
a single machine, which will add con-
siderable to his business.
/ WESTFIELD.
| Hoyt & Wakefield are filing up their
.b~----.-.- >..J Soous ana groceries.
| L. H. Hendrix is painting his house,
and will soon have it ready to move in.
/ N. G. Hoyt & Co., are paying 20
cents per bushel for potatoes at their
factory.
Rev. Mr.. Burnham has commenced
his labors as pastor of the Congregation
al church.
| The farmers are about done digging
potatoes, and report a large crop, but
they are rotting badly.
Henry Roberts was drowned in Lake
Champlain while fishing Oct. I'd. The
body had not been found at last reports.
| WESIMQRE.
| Ella Brown is home. sick with dipth-
liberia.
| A. A. Brown has purchased what he
considers valuable milestone ledge in
N. Fl.
Some thief or thieves have been tres
passing on G. G. Thurber stealing, milk
ing cows &c. They are liable to get
into trouble.
Francis Richardson, of the Willough-
by Lake house has so far recovered from
his late severe illness as to be able to
return here on business from his home
| in N. Fl. He has settled up his dis.
, jointed financial affairs here.
5 CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. JoHNsBURY.
Last Wednesday Mr.. A. W. Abbott
of West Barnet, with his wife and ter
children, and Mr.. Gilmore Morrison O.
!. Ryegate with his wife and eleven chill
! dren. came to this place and were pho
tographed in family groups at Mrs
: Goodwin's gallery. They came to town
0 in four horse coach and a two hors,
{ coach, and at first were supposed to b.
Il some Sabbath school excursionists. TIL
oldest of the children was about 9
n years old and they were happy, brigh
n appearing crowd. The fathers ant
a mothers are middle aged men and wo
is men, aud are evidently happy with thei
e families. The mothers are cousins
Caledoniap.
SOUTH HARDwICK.
: About thirty couples attended th
: dancing party at Centennial house on
= week ago last Friday evening.
Ira Shattuek is putting his new build
> ing right along 1t will be conveuienc
and ornament to the village when con
y pleted.
:, The weather is lovely.-Potatoes al
- rotting badly.-Butter from 81 to
cents, this for fall make.-Apples scare
> and high.
Mrs. Lucius Buruham has been sick
long time and has suffered extremel,
70 Unless she gets help Immediately, 81
is liable not to recover.
1t is reported that the quarry men
- the Woodbury. quarry threw out bloc
! of granite 6 feet deep by IL feet vic
y and $50 feet in length, recently. by Il
use of one hundred pounds of powde
ng This immense block would weigh &c
~ tons.
- Ora Wakefield. prominent busine
man, died in this village and was buri
mt last week. Mr.. Wakefield has struggl
10 against the consumption long tim
gn Mr.. Wakefield was we'll known and |
funeral was largely attended. M
ed Ward Bailey also died last week.
The old fence about the parsonage,
~ long nuisance, is being replaced BY
new one. much to the delight of RI
DIX Scribner. Wouldn't it be economy
mo paint the town house? When the spi