Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-04-28
grudge the license money he paid on
IRASBURGH.

hopes of his recovery.
Rev. A. H. Webb preached his fare
we'll discourse yesterday.
Clayton Wheeler has gone to South
America; he sails from New York the
3Oth.
H. P Coburn has taken the Charles
Chamberlin farm for one year of Henry
Ranger.
Charlie Badger recently sawed by
hand, four cords of hard wood twice in
to in five hours.
E. W. Powell has bought the trotting
horse known as ''I4ittle 10 Tyler" of
Rev. Mr.. Morse Of Albany.
Ida Boswell fell on Tuesday last and
broke her arm below her elbow. DR..
Rowell set the bones and she is doing
we'll.
JAY.
More trouble with the taxes in town,
on account of errors in the grand list
last year.
The new road from South Jay to Lu-
cius Days has been closed up by the
selectmen for repairs.
NEWPORT.
The Passumpsic R. R. folks are thor
oughly repairing their bridges in Salem
and Coventry.
Alfred Randall has been laid up for
some time with sciatica rheumatism,
and he looks as though he had had a
hard tug with it.
Winter fingers in the lap of Spring,
and she, modest, verdant thing, can
only sit, and blush, and cry, "Old icy
monster, why won't you liquefy?"
S. W. Parker is fixing up his side
walk and front yard with granite from
the old bark mill. Evidently Sans
music business is to be placed on solid
foundation.
AS an article of paint, the Averill
chemical paint is growing into favor. 1t
is put up in cans of all colors all ready
for use, and is not only very cheap and
handsome, but is very durable. Its
merits have been fully tested here. J.
Y. Green sells it.
Rev. o. D. Clapp of the NJ. E. church.
preached his farewell sermon on Sunday,
both at this place and at Coventry. Mr..
Clapp is an excellent preacher, a very
faithful pastor and man who engages
in his work with great zeal and faith.
His labors here and at Coventry have
been eminently successful. At the lat
ter place revival brought many into
the fold, church has been 70 rmed, and
a beautiful church ediice has been built
during his two years efforts. His sala-
ry at both places has been raised, and
he will 60 from here respected and be-
loved, the best wishes of all attending
him and his family.
Only one custom boots and shoe shop
here, but boots and shoes are sold in a
dozen places. There must be some
mistake or loss somewhere. when hides
and bark are sent from northern Ver-
mont to Massachusetts at great cost of
freight to be made in leather, and then
into boots and shoes, to be shipped back
here and sold by our merchants. Would
it not be better method to use our own
hides and bark, and manufacture our
own boots and shoes here, saving freight,
giving employment to help who would
spend their money here, and thereby
help increase business? The Hibbards
are demonstrating the fact that boot
manufacturing can be done here at a
profit.
Royal Bailey of Browningtown. has
hired R. p Blake's farm and takes pos
session Immediately.
Francis Wright had horse so badly
injured by getting stiAe out recently,
that he was obliged to kill it.
Octave Gilbert of Island Pond has
bought and taken possession of the place
recently occupied by Frank Blay, Jr.
H. B. Crandall has some wheat of the
Lost Nation variety with which he has
been experimenting little he sowec
: some in box of dirt, and the eighth day
! after sowing the wheat was up; six day.
after it was nine inches high. Bring OF
your seed wheat.
3 NORTH TROY.
? James A. Heath has been licensed t.
3 preach by the Methodist conference.
, Jonathan Elkins has presented his SOD
Oscar H. Elkins, village lot and resi-
dence valued at $500.
L. A. Chase, custom officer at IslanC
Pond, was in town last week, and ha
moved his family on to his farm in Jay
Elmer Harris, the popular clerk a
Hardy's who has taken unto himself
' "better half" was Saturday evening
, serenaded by the band.
The S. E. Railway Co., refuse to pa
: the taxes on the NJ. & G. r. road, an
as the collector proposes to levy an
collect the same, litigation seems likely.