Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-02
They will make this town

their home.
Two Newport fishermen captured All
trout in the brooks here last Friday.
Custom-oficer, T. A. Chase, who has
been located at Island Pond, is stopping
in town few days with his family.
NEWPORT.
At Prouty & Millers steam mill 3d.
900 feet of lumber was sawed one day
last week.
Swedish Singers and Blaisdell's
Orchestra will give concert here We'd
nesday night.
There will be Sunday School praise
meeting at the NJ. E. Church next Sum-
day evening, with approprite excerises.
1t is limited that Hanlan and Court
ney, champions of the oar, will row
contest on Magog, this season; if SO
they will call out bigger crowd than
ordinarily gathers on the shores of this
quiet lake.
John Clark of Salem was thrown off
load of wood under his wagon a few
days ago and badly hurt by having one
wheel run over his shoulder and head.
Fortunately the hind wheel did not pass
over him. The accident was caused by
a bad place in the road.
NEWPORT OENZ,ER.
The widow Cello has sold two-thirds
of her farm as acres) to her son Frank
and her daughter Efie Peck for $500.
Mrs. Albert Percy of Highgate has
hired the house occupied by 7. J. Regain,
of G. D. Percy, and will take possession
soon.
II. J. Regan has bought the old Bar
ter residence on Second Street, of Ed
ward Bickford, for which he pays
$1,000, payable in shingles and cedar
posts.
Rev. A. H. Hancock of Coventry,
preached an anti-Seventh day sermon in
district No. 4, week ago last Sunday,
which causes quite commotion in the
Seventh day waters.
While some of the school boys in dis
trict No. II, were playing base ball in
the school-yard the other day, a seven
year-old son of Alfred Matten received
blow with bat which made an ugly
cash above his right eye. He was in
sensible for several minutes.
NORTH TROY.
The dry-house at Stevens mills was
burned recently with twenty thousand
feet of lumber.
South Troy has finally concluded to
indulge in a luxury of a Fourth of July
celebration, with horribles and all the
ct ceteraS of old times.
Troy has disposed of one of her pau.
pers. Jane Skinner, who for year has
been town charge, has been pronounced
insane and has been sent to the asylum.
Memorial day was observed here with
the usual ceremonies. The orator Of the
day was o. S. Dorman of Newport, who
made feeling address. 1t was fine
production and was we'll delivered. After
the observances at the church which
consisted of music by the band, the ad
dress, singing and recitation by Bette
Willard, all marched to the cemetery
where the graves of the boys in blue
were Hastily decorated.
WESTFIELD.
The village school is taught by Mis-!
Maud Heath. Nettie Hitchcock teache:
on Troy East Hill.
Fishing has commenced in earnes
and there is every sign of large croI
of fishermen. Two of them recently
caught 400 trout in one day.
AS Willis Wakefield was coming from
the west side of the town some evening"
since, he was shot at by some unknown
person, the ball passing through his ha
and grazing his head No clue has beer
obtained of the party doing the shooting
-. CALEDONIA COUNTY.
/ Caledonia County Court commences it
r session, Tuesday, June Sd. The docke
2 contains l54 civil cases and 81 Stat
cases, z for larceny, 3 for forgery, TO
assault, for procuring abortion, 2 70
adultery, for selling liquor, for as
sault with intent to kill, and the res
t for less noticeable offences.
= One of the two oldest residents o
< Danville, in this village last Monda
r evening. about 6 o'clock, namely, Mr.:
q Barnes, widow of the late Richar
Barnes. They were both of English de
', cent, and came from England some fort
i years ago, residing in this town most G
s the time until their decease. Mrs. Barne
s was in her l0lst year. The next oldes
+ person in town is Mrs. Susannah (Smith
Eaton. who if she lives until next Seq
TENDER will be one hundred years of az
e NORTH Star.
d ST. JOHNsBURY.
It More new brick sidewalks.
It Flint's fence which is standin
o nuisance, is liable to come down one +,
e these days.
&c 1t is reported that Hopkins is playin