Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-01-27

called the endowment plan. Now ano-
Their agent is about who claims that the
insured were swindled, and their poll
cles are not of the endowment kind at
all. 1t willsbe well to look the matter
up.
So. HARDwIoK. suit is in pro-
gress here between Belden & Ide and
F. L. Bridgman, with several St. Johns
bury lawyers in attendance.
The hotel register at the Centennial
House shows twenty-five transient ar
rivals in four and a half days.
Parties from st. Johnbury are talk
ing of starting a paint shop here in the
spring, making carriage painting spec
ialty.
A school meeting will soon be held to
see If arrangements can be made to have
the present popular teacher J. H.
McLoud for another year.
Ice cutting is in progress. Steve. Foy
does the cutting at 20 cents load.
Steve says he has not fell into the pond,
all over, but twice yet.
f. M. Clement &c Co, artists, remain
in town only few days longer. Their
work is excellent and any one desiring
pictures or photographs should call on
them at once.
Those in this vicinity who are to be
effected by the new pension bill lately
passed by congress, are anxiously wait
ing to have the President sign the bill.
1t will bring money into every town,
though it bleeds the government fright
fully.
A. E. Wakefield has returned from
Canada, and Leroy Ford from Kansas.
Ford says that man can earn money
there six times as fast as here, and yet
all of the party of six who went to Kan
sas with him have returned, except poor
John Nichols, and John may velocipede
in almost any day now.
SHEFFIELD.-Mr. Brigham's donation
Melted about S75.
The "epizoo" has struck this town
hard.
At the last meeting of the Methodist
Sociable it was decided to continue them
the remainder of the winter.
WHEELocK-.C. & HI. Orcutt have
bought the Osborn Ward shop, which
has lately been run by Mr.. Howard, and
will do general repairing IN the same.
Sawyer is doing coopering in the lower
part of the building.
LYNDoN.-The box factory is now
running on full time and part of the
machinery is run both night and day.
Earnest Partridge has bought of VIM
Welch the house lately occupied by G.
S. Weleh. Appearances indicate that
Welch intends to emigrate before june
court.
The Free Baptist Sabbath School
went to st. Johnsbury last Thursday tt
take a part in the exercises of the
quarterly meeting, being held there tina
week.
Quite delegation fruIu this town
attended the wooden wedding of Mr.
and Mrs. George R. Hodgden at Dan
vile, last Monday. They report F.;
good time and 1873 persons present.
Pomona Grange met at Lyndon on tn,
2lst inst officers for the ensuing yea
were elected as follows: B. Ingalls,
master; Hollis Pierce, overseer; G. R
Drew, lecturer; Harlow Coe, steward
E. P. Allen, assistant steward J. Jen
kins, chaplain John Smith, treasurer
P. l.. Pierce, secretary; A. Hoyt. gat
keeper; Mrs. Charles Ingalls,, Ceres
: Mrs. A. Hoyt, Pomona; Mrs. Jane Hoyt
Flora Mrs. H. Pierce, lady assistan
steward; Charles Ingalls,, agent. E. P
Allen presented the large portrait o
: Jonathan Lawrence, one of the earlies
grangers and an esteemed member o
this grange, to the society. Fathe
Lawrence being present, he Responded
in his characteristic style. The trad
| of the grange, through their agent, ha
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