Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-01-27

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those in common use in the English lam
guage. Every body, old and young, is
invited to take part in the spelling.
Admission ten cents. All who spell will
be admitted for five cents.
VEST CHARLESTON.
Mrs. William Cheney, who died on
Wednesday last, has been confined to
her bed for the last eight months.
DERBY.
There is a great amount of sickness
here from the infenza and other diseas-
es.
Hay has sold here recently at auction
for Sc per ton, and good four feet wood
at the Baldwin Bros, for $l.4O per
cord.
The National Bank of Derby Line
has declared a semi annual dividend of
5 per cent. payable on and after the LIST
of February.
William Sivright, who died in this
town on the 22d inst, has suffered in
tensely for several months with an afflic-
ton which proves to have been cancer
within the head. Last July he was
taken with severe pain in the eye,
which was alleviated for the time by
DIR. Smyth who was then stopping at
Newport. Soon after bunch appeared
under the eye which discharged freely
after being lanced, but no permanent relief
was obtained. Afterwards he submitted
to surgical operation, by having a
hole drilled through the cheek bone,
through which tube was thrust into
the vicinity of the sore, for the dis
charge of matter. Continuing to grow
worse he visited Boston, and the sur
geons there decided to remove his eye
and part of his cheek bone this done,
a tumor was cut out and he returned.
hoping to recover, but the cancerous
sores appeared in other places, and he
wasted away to almost skeleton and
died, worn out by suffering. He was a
worthy member of the Baptist church,
and an esteemed citizen.
VEST DERBY.
Walker Smith has leased the E. B.
True grist mill for the coming year.
Edward Ball has purchased of Elisha
Lane, his Watson farm paying $4,000.
The donation for Rev. F. E. Healy
passed very pleasantly, and the receipts
of the eveing Melted about $50.
The Trotting Park and farm attached
have once more changed hands, the pur-
chaser this time being NJ. j. Black Of
Newport.
Frank Wheelock has purchased the
farm on Pine Hill known as the Cole
farm, paying S2.75O, and is about NOV.
ing there with his family.
There will be donation visit for the
benefit of Rev. s. S. Nickerson al
his residence on Jan. Both. All are
cordially invited to turn in and make
glad their pastors heart.
One of the children of Joe Allard
(the Frenchman who was carried tc
Irasburgh for abusing his family has
since died, and the death is thought by
some persons to be the result of inju
ries received from its father; the child
was about three months old.
GREENSBORO.
S. P. Pinney has sold his fine horse
to a gentlemen in Boston for the pretty
little sum of 5000, and W. A. Jackson
his span to a man in Conn. for $500.
Sam. Hill is full of enterprises. No
satisfied with inventing his creamy
he is now studying up butter worke
that will beat everybody else. We hop
he may succeed.
The young people have walked up ant
propose to have some more entertain
ments, and the first one is to come OF
the 29th eve, for the benefit of tn
Libary Association. A laudable enter
prise, and we hope the house will b
full.
GLOVER.
The occupants of Grammer schoo
lands in this town will please forward
their rents at once to J. E. Dwinell.
The yearly gathering of the Ladies
Parsonage Society will be held at F. I
A. Clark's on Friday afternoon and ey
ening Jan. 3lst. Uncle Fred. and wifi
hope for house full this time, and al
will receive hearty reception
IRASBURGH.
The Ladies' Aid Society have recent
been putting carpets in the M. E. pal
sonage.
JAY
, The snow is said to be exceedingl
deep in the woods, discommoding lun
bermen very much.
f Diphtheria is prevailing to some e,
!. tent in this town. A young son of I
S. Ovitt died last week.
LOWELL.
o The Albany cornet band gives col
cert at town hall on Wednesday evenin