Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-03-31

Moving is the order at present.
A. H. Cheney goes into A. A. Browns
house.
G. M. Robinson goes back to his old
place.
E. w. Miller in putting up an addi-
ton to his house.
School Districts No. 2 and in West.
more have each elected three Prudential
Committee.
Moses Goowin has sold his farm to
Mr.. Fairbrother who has taken posses
sion.
Some of our energetic young men are
talking of going to Montana, where our
our old friend P. A. Hyde is.
R. Averill moves to his house in Mill
Brook, and C. G. Thurbee goes into the
Willoughby House. Lot Edwards goes
to Charleston.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at Capt.
Averill's on Thursday afternoon and
evening. There was large attendance
in the evening at the candy pull.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
wHEELoCK.
J. G. Gray's wife and little child have
gone West on visit.
| Geo. W. Bean has bought 20 acres of
land with buildings of J. F. Folsom for
$500.
Board of the teacher was bid off in
school district No. 5, at 40 cents week.
If the board is as cheap as the price, we
should dislike to live In that family.
At sherif's sale. COWS sold from SIG
to $40, working cattle at 1926 per
hundred, sheep at 1926 to $3.50, hay
1915 per ton, and potatoes at 80 cents.
SOUTH HARDwICK.
Checkers rage fearfully just now.
The feather bed renovators are here,
doing a good business.
The new hotel landlords will sbe at
home on Tuesday, and open the Gen.
tennlal House.
There are a good many changes of
real estate, and many families are
changing residences. Some good citizens
are moving out Of town.
Shattuck is getting large amount of
material on to the ground, and his new
block will be hurried to completion, as
soon as possible.
| Lawyer Carter is having financial
trouble. He is experiencing the same
pleasure some of his eighbors have en-
ioyed and will have to take some of the
kicks they have had, perhaps. Toe
much signing for others is said to be
"what's the matter"
| Mrs. Fales, wife of Rev Caleb Fales,
who has been long resident of this
place, died in Montpelier early last
week and was buried here last Friday.
Mrs. Fales was in her usual health ur
to the time of receiving an apoplectit
stroke of which she soon died. The fam.
lily were making preparations to move
from Montpelier to this place, and the
announcement of her death was great
shock to this community.
SHEFFIELD.
1t is the Carpenter place that Edwin
Garfield has bought.
Geo. R. Drew of Danville, delivered
stirring temperance address at the
Methodist church on Wednesday night.
The next regular meeting of Indepen
dent Grange will be held at the hall OF
Saturday, Apr. 9Th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
A horse barn belonging to Hemar
Frost was recently burned with nearl.
all its contents 1t took fire in the day
time from some unknown cause. Los
! $500; insurance 1925.
SUTTON.
DIR. C. B. Davis moved to West Burke
last week, into the house he recently pur
chased in that place. DR.. Davis ha!
practiced many years in Sutton and il
esteemed as very skillful physicians.
: DR.. Geo. w. Colby has bought thu
lot of land formerly owned by DR.. Da
e Wis, paying 1926 for it.-Alfred Burnhan
e has bought the piece of land known a
e the Blake or Taft piece, at the top o
mill hill, paying 1926 for the same.
EAST HARDw1cK.
o Cornelius Cole is going west thi;
T. spring.
o March 9th three feet of snow, AM
!. more coming.
A. Crandalls bankrupt estate pay
: 1-2 cents on dollar and J. A Kid
der's per cent.
Rev. G. E. Gordon's sermon agains
dancing and card playing seems to hav
hit somebody. 1t is the wounded gam
that flutters.
. At the school meeting in the 4th dis
~ trict objections were raised as to tn
legality of the notice; and before tn
If meeting was closed, it was conceded tina
l. the notice had been posted but five days
g No officers were elected, and the selec
D. men are to be asked to help them out {