Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-08-11

considerable damage in town.
Ira L. Days boy fell from load of
hay recently, and broke his collar bone.
The cattle buyers are on the war
path, picking up all the salable young
cattle.
COVENTRY.
The village schools are closed. Good
advancement has been made in deport-
ment and in study, under the faithful
tuition of Misses Williams and Knight.
Rev. W. G. Somerville is now taking
his summer vacation. He has made ar
to have his desk supplied in
his absence. Rev. Bennett of Lyndon
vile preached an eloquent discourse
yesterday.
Our village is pursuing the paths of
peace and quietude for which it has long
been noted. Many of our old and long
absent citizens return at this season to
renew acquaintance and to visit the old
and familiar haunts. They are welcome,
and may they return bringing others
with them another summer.
Some of our citizens visited Magog
last week, and several of them undertook
to reach the summit of Owls Head
hard task. In the undertaking, Deacon
Cowles and wife, D. P. Walworth and
wife, each about 70 years of age, were
successful. Several of the younger and
more feeble gave up the contest.
ORAFTSBURY.
J. W. Simpson is at Saratoga.
Wellington Stevens and family from
Connecticut are in town visiting rela-
tives.
Geo. Williams had some trouble, few
days since, with horse, and got his arm
broken.
Mr.. Willie Stevens of Springfield,
Mass, accompanied by friends, has been
visiting his friends here.
Amory Dawson, the veteran cattle
buyer has already commenced his fall
campaign. He will buy extensively this
fall.
Jacob Douglass, our worthy black
smith, has just finished clapboarding his
new shop, which. with other repairs,
improves its appearance very much.
1t is expected that the fall term Of
school at the Common will be large
Prof. Henderson is much esteemed, and
his scholars make excellent progress.
The hay crop was very heavy. En-.
glish grain looks we'll, corn is stout but
backward. potatoes are doing we'll ant
if the rust lets them alone there will b,
an abundant yield.
Mrs. Sarah Paddock and her daughter
Susie, who have been occupying tn,
Mrs. Loomis house since the latter
decease, to the regret of their man,
friends on the Common, have returne,
to Coventry.
The many friends of Craftsbury Acad
envy will be glad to know that the ne,
building, under the steady and skillfu
strokes of Messrs. Patterson and Mitch
ell. is rapidly approaching completion
Most of the outside work is already don
and the paint is being put on, so that W
can now form an idea of the appearance
which it will present in its finished state
1t is rectangular building. covers
larger area than the one burned, is higl
er in proportion to its other dimension
and will be better adapted to the pul
poses of the school. A fine tower, who's
summit rises 81 feet above the grounC
surmounts the front. 1t has gables upo
each side and the roof is adorned wit
ridge.cresting. An elegant portico wi
be erected over the front entrance. II
ground floor will consist of one lare
room, capable of holding 80 or 10
scholars, and two small recitation room
in one of which will be kept the libral
and philosophical apparatus. The upp
floor will contain room for the primal
department, and large hall reached |
two flights of stairs. The land betwee
Mr.. Norris and the foundation of Il
old building formerly owned by Ge
Hidden, and part of which was occupit
by his house and other buildings, b
, been purchased for the Academy, al
the new edifice stands north of the form
site, little further back from the 70;
and nearly half way between the res
dences of Messrs. Norris and l. P. VIII
ney. The paint is a drab color wi
: trimmings shade darker. The groul
0 on each side is to be handsomely grad
e and a road made around the buildin
t The structure is one of unusual beaut
e we'll arranged for comfort and conve