Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-07-28
RRORNLNGTON.
Milo Cleveland recently lost good

CRAFIiSBURY.
Edward Simonds has moved his family
into the house with Judge Douglas.
A daughter of Robert Wilson was re-
Gently badly hurt by team accident.
Mrs. E. L. Hastings whose health is
poor has gone to Saratoga to spend
few weeks.
The item of last week should have
said, "a. Goodwin has rented his house
to Lorenzo Miles,"
Mrs. Lawrence. lady of this town,
who is 70 years of age and blind, does
good days work at spinning, and makes
perfect yarn.
There is some excitement at present,
in this locality, about bells. The bell
at the common is rung three times
day; new one is bought for the Acad-
envy, and Amory Dawson and several
other large farmers who have large barns
have bought bells for them.
DERBY.
Mr.. E. o. Silver is at home on a va
cation from "Colby University"
Elbridge Wiley, son of d. P. Wiley,
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an absence of Is years.
Mrs. M. A. Rodgers and Miss Flora
M. Crane, two of the former teachers of
Derby Academy, are in town for few
days.
The fall term of the Academy COM
mences Sept. End, with Prof. G. A.
Chase, A. B. principal, and Miss Helen
M. Marrett preceptress.
JAP.
Work has been commenced on the
new Onion church at Jay centre.
It. A. Chase has been making extern
sive improvements on his farm buildings
in this town.
LOWELL.
@. H. Dodge who started for Cali
fornia some time since has reached that
place in safety, and has engaged at
farming at $40 month for three months
with promised salary of $500 year.
DR.. A. J. Goulden who went from this
town to Wisconsin some years ago is in
bad luck. Having lost his office by fire
twice, since he went there, his new dwell
ing house was struck by tornado and
entirely demolished, recently.
Charles Hovey who died last week
was the son of Rev. H. N. Hovey. He
has been q great sufferer for nearly a
year. His brother, Rev. Arthur Hovey,
and his sister were present during his
last sickness. Mr.. Hovey rang the bell
on the Baptist church ever after it was
placed in the belfry until Of late.
NEWPORT
The Southeastern r. r. is now doing
a heavy freight business.
The two girls who were so terribly
burned by the oil stove are alive, but
their recovery is still much in doubt.
The difficulty between the S. E. R. R.
and Prouty & Miller in regard to freight
charges from their mill to the Passump-
sic road has been satisfactory adjusted,
and the mill owners will no longer draw
their lumber to the Passumpsic yards fol-
loading.
One of the recent heavy rains of last
week caused washOut on the Massa
wipi branch, and freight train was
wrecked, six cars being thrown from the
track. An excursion party from the
north was delayed all night on thai
account.
Capt. Caswell has about closed trade
with the Supt. of the Waterloo & Ma.
cog. r. R. by which he sells his steamer,
Newport" and his barge. receiving in
part pay a smaller steamer. The "New
port" is to be used for passenger and
freight business, as the w. & NJ. II. r
may require.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs
w. II. Root was celebrated on Saturday
when all of their children living, tire,
of them with their wives and husbands
brother of Mrs. Root, and q larg
number of other relatives were present
The brother and sister of Mrs. Root wer
present fifty years ago, at the origina
marriage scene. Mr.. and Mrs. Root re
sided in Coventry 50 years. and hav
lived in this village 13 years. The
have been the parents of seven children
three of whom are now living. Amon
the presents were gold headed cane
gold bowed spectacles. gold coins, silve
vases. etc.. etc. Rev. H. f. Austin wa
present and made very acceptable
speech. Altogether it was very Ell
joyable occasion.
NEWPORT CENTER.
One day last week Clifford Titus fe
from swing and broke his leg abov
the knee.
Warner Sawyer of Barton was arres
ed and brought here for trial last Mo
day. The crime was for obtaining mo
4 ev on false Dretense. but the writ w