Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-11-03

| School opened in Dis. No. 5. last
Monday. W. W. Cobleigh Of Burke.
teacher.
A. A. Brown is delivering apple trees.
He has bought 1000 suitable for trans
planting.
/ S. J. Morse is erecting shop on his
farm, and intends to have water pow
4 er to work with.
The new road leading to East Charles
ton is finished. J. Richards built 42O
rods at one dollar rod.
E. P. and o. G. Spencer have lost
seven sheep this season; they think
bears have had a paw in it.
/ CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. JoHNsBURY.
/ Harvey's excursion west which left
| the 21st inst. consisted of five frst-class
passenger coaches, one smoker and two
baggage ears, going through to Chicago
by special on express time. His next
excursion starts Nov. Is.
4 Some of the pillars and doorkeepers
in the most fashionable church in town,
have been conducting themselves of late
in manner quite unbecoming good,
moral people, and there are those who
want to know what is going to be done
about it.
The Office Of the new newspaper, the
St. Johns6ury index. is to be located in
Odd Fellows block, on Railroad Street
ar 81 cummings printing Office, located in
. the same building. The first number
will appear about the last of November.
James Hamilton, florist, and formerly
gardener to Col. Franklin Fairbanks,
died at st. Johnsbury on Friday, after a
long and painful disease Of the heart.
He was buried on Saturday, in the Ma
sonic lot. by Passumpsic Lodge Of Ma
d sons. He came here from England. and
!, had no relatives in this country, except,
as he was accustomed to say, his broth
s ers the Masons. A good man gone!
n Paul Boyton, the famous navigator
e passed down the Connecticut river last
s. week. He has undertaken the job te
swim, as he calls it, but really to hoa'
+. in an india rubber suit, from the source
, to the mouth of the Connecticut. III,
n skips some of the worst falls. walking
d around them. He puts up at hotels
is nights, and swims day times. He ha
met with some mishaps on the rocks, a
he has passed them, but suffers no seriou
is Injury.
EAST HARDWICR.
:, Charles Smith is building an ell t
= his house.
A pair of horses belonging to Harve
Allen, ran. recently, while hitched to
~ pillow and one horse was badly injured.
Eugene Gifin is building house o
his L. w. Warner farm Doubtless al
VI ter he gets the cage he will find bird.
While J. J. Campbell was drivin
home from Greensboro his colt wa
~ frightened by the breaking of a tir'
H0 and ran with the wagon and drive
5 When he was stopped he was wounde
nd in the fore leg. probably by piece
the broken tire.
ht. LYNDON.
ou Mrs. c. L. Ingalls, and daughter hay
- gone to Springfield Mass, to stay throug
:, the winter.
GO. Tyler Streeter, of Stanstead, 2. G
an employe at the box factory had thr
-. fingers badly sawed last Thursday.
yas George Sargent. who was injured ty
zoe weeks ago by jumping from the car
ned has so far recovered as to be able to
to his home in Newport.
The Ladies' Aid and Philadelphi;
to Societies gave masquerade party
md the seminary last Thursday eve, viii
was largely attended The proceeds W
oto be used in re-furnishing the seminary.
,me w. H. Fletcher has bought the bull
ing lot between Chesley's block a
rter Young's store. and will bnild block
,;tb it next summer-John Kanieau
bought Mrs Hazels house in "Shad
vlle."
Ihls SHEFFIELD.
the Riley Hall has been to Canada to p1
of chase flock of sheep.
Charles Chesley is putting a 81;
the water wheel in his saw mill.
It of James Knox has sued the town
'ded Wheelock for damages sustained on
to highway in that town.
THE UPPER MISSiSCO VALLEY
,r From Miss HemanWaV's HISt0ri