Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-01-20
were required, and we need to study how
to save and make the most of these nee

were required, and we need to study how
to save and make the most of these nec-
essary appliances he spoke of the waste
OF manures and liquids, and gave several
instances of the waste of these very es-
sential fertilizers. He SAID that in
Wlndham county there are 250 deserted
farms that were formerly occupied, but
now the people have left them and gone
West. But he believed Vermont to be
good state to live in if farmers would
only manage right. Col. Meade had
several specimens of buckwheat on charts,
showing that it was necessary to have
all the elements that the soil requires to
give plant food; he said we needed to
study our soil and see what it required
in the soil. Messrs. Jameson, Foster,
Drew, Ross and Carpenter discussed the
subject of paying taxes upon real estate
that was mortgaged, calling it unjust
double taxation, an evil, etc. But on
the whole, most of the speakers could
point out no way by which it could be
avoided. DR.. Cressey said that the real
doctor needed to be the doctor of the
soil as well as of animals. He said our
soil needed to be doctored, and he spoke
in general terms of the waste of manures
he spoke of the leeching of manures un-
til all that is of any value is lost; he
made several good points upon veterinary
science, as applied to animals, and made
the application to the doctoring of the
sell, and suggested several ways to ac-
complish it. Other topics relating to
farming were discussed, especially the
dairy business, and the meeting adjourn
ed after an interesting session.-.Star.
SHEFFIELD.-Dr. Carter's wife is dan
gerously i'll.
M. P. Jenness recently hurt one of
his horses severely while drawing wood.
SOUTH HARDwIcK.-Sore Threats and
boils prevail here at present.
Mr.. E. D. Dutton, we are sorry to say,
is seriously i'll.
Mrs. Mckinstry is holding series Of
interesting meetings at town hall.
Houston & Wheeler have the contract
to cut granite monument for the late
Samuel Norris.
An attempt is being made to induce
Mr. Bailey to build his wooden mill here
instead of Mackville.
The lumbermen are busy and large
amount of timber is being drawn into
the mills in this vicinity.
The Centennial house is having good
run of custom, beside large number o.
boarders, the present winter.
1t was bitter cold here last week anG
Ase. nose it. But those Walden fellow:
will not want to get into his clutche:
again.
SUTToN.-The long contested suit il
which Daniel N. Beckwith, formerly O
this town is party, has been decided
by the U. S. Supreme Court in Beck
; with's favor 1t will be remembered
7 that during the war Beckwith was AS
sistant Marshall in Vermont under Gen
, eral Henry. twas his business to lool
5 after deserters, bounty jumpers, anc
3 Vermont soldiers generally. At tina
l time A. J. Bean of Glover. or perhap
2 then of Coaticooke, P. O., was engaged
in getting up recruits for various parties
On account of some alleged crooked trans
S action, Beckwith arrested Bean and h.
: was imprisoned for several months
Bean was afterwards liberated, ant
l brought suit for false Imprisonment ant
2 other damages. The case has been re
peatedly tried, having been up to tn
n Supreme Court once before. The effec
: of the last decision is to send it back TO
! new trial. 1t is believed that tn
h parties have so exhausted both thei
Y courage and funds in the fight up to thi
o time, that the matter will be dropped
q Beckwith acted under orders from Mar
h shall Henry, upon whom the expenses 0
r. the defense have chiefly fallen.
LYNDoN.-Eighty per cent of tn
town poor are foreigners.
n Nathan Bundy has moved into C.
Bundy's new house at the Vile.
" J. D. Harvey has moved into F. H
Smiths house at the Centre
Judging from present Indications Their
will be more buildings erected in thi
d vicinity next summer than for severa
g years past.
E. H. Bushey has sold his photograp
business to A. L. Beane, and has oper
t. ed harness shop in the basement {
e. Chesley's block.
k A Lyndonville man has been pound
e ing his wife. He has been warned
a leave town and if the warning is nj
needed, tar and feathers and the so
II side of rail are in readiness.
le The town biennially elects ten justice
at of the peace. Wouldn't it be we'll
le elect one out of the ten who would qua
ify and act as trial Justice. instead