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

sense, and the school board have reason
to expect that the winter term will be
equally good. 1t commences to-day.
CLOVER.
Owing to the i'll health of Mr.. Bah
cock the village school will not commence
Monday of this week as intended.
Thanksgiving services were held at the
village, both congregations united. Ser
mon preached by Rev. Mr.. Goodell.
Elijah Norton came near losing his
life the past week. by strangulated
hernia, as the doctors called the disease.
Last Thursday Geo. Whitney's horses
took fright and ran without driver,
from the postofice to their stable. They
smashed window in the house and
broke the pole to the wagon.
VEST CLOVER.
John Calderwood is doing good bust
ness at butchering.
E. o. Randall has made repairs and
improvements on the inside of his store.
10. Paquet recently hired two good
COWS for one year, paying $l.20 for each.
O. H. Phillips, contrary to all the
physicians expectations, is much better
and in fair way to recover.
Sanford Bean is sick with heart dis
ease. Sanford isn't large enough to
carry very heavy ailment.
Aaron Skinner and John, Calderwood
are trying to settle difficulties by use
of the lava costly method.
E. P. Beach and John Jerome saw a
deer near the latter's buildings recently.
Upon seeing them he took bee line
for the swamp.
Wright & King. among the best farm
ers in this vicinity. raised 100 bushels
of corn, $50 bushels of wheat, 1874 bush
els of barley, 200 bushels of potatoes
with other crops.
Mr.. Seaver has concluded to 60 to
school, instead of teaching, and hence
will not teach the school here. Another
teacher has been engaged and school
commences to-day.
GREENSBORO BEND.
A harness shop is among the addi-
lions to our business.
The new grocery is nearly completed
Milo Litch has painted his house and
barn.
Jerry Currier who saws the wood for
the P. & o. r. R., has been obliged to
put two machines on to the road to do
the work.
HOLLAND.
Mrs. Annie Abbott, lady over 80
years of age, is able to read without the
aid of spectacles.
The Congregatlonalist society hold a
festival at their church on Thursday
evening Nov. 4th, the cash proceeds to
be applied toward repairing the church
The young people celebrated Thanks
giving eve at S. R. Fletcher's, where
they met to enjoy music, charades and
to pull candy. A very pleasant occasion
Henry d. Dates has purchased one o.
the town school lots of Joseph Gray fol
$500. and so acres of wood land o
Peter Harper for 5000. and will do ex
tensive numbering this winter.
IRASBURGH.
Some of our farmers were blowing OF
the 29th of November.
One of our citizens, whom we will cal
E NJ. D., says he has found two homes
men in Barton, and he thinks the circum
stance worthy of newspaper notice
The first case was that of Mr.. I. 0. M.
who gave him note over thirty year
ago, but has recently paid the sun
due; the second case was that of Mr.. S
f., who rushed up to our lrasburgl
friend as though he wanted to borrow
some more money, but was really seeking
to nav an ontlawed note
JAY.
The lumber manufacturers of Jay, ar
making extensive preparations for tn
numbering business this winter.
There was considerable interest il
the sale of pews at the Methodist churcl
last week. The price of pews variet
from $40 to $47.5O.
LOWELL.
Village school, MIR. Tinkham teacher
commences Dec. s.
B. NJ. Austin has opened a tin sho
' in the old brick store
1t Will take Mr.. Brown some tim
longer to finish his starch making at hi
factory.
: Mr.. Azletine moves from Armind
: Kelton's farm, and Johnny Stephenso
a hires it for one year.
5 N. f. Hutchinson has made this sea
: son, 1887 pounds of butter and 20
pounds of cheese from Is COWS.
Only one teacher attended public ez
animation. The superintendent dis
i covered after long and thoroug
examination that be granted the sam