Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

The examinations at the close Of the
public schools last Friday, gave evidence
of thorough work on the part of both
teachers and scholars.
The holidays are coming, and ]. G.
Green is making preparations to supply |
this part of the world with everything
needed, Diaries, books and albums a |
speciality.
The Rev. Mr. Milliken of the Free
Baptist church, West Derby, will preach
a Thanksgiving sermon here at the
Baptist church, on Thursday at l | a. m.
Union services will be held.
The "Wayside Cleaners" festival last
Tuesday evening was both a pleasant
and profitable entertainment. Rev. Mr..
Locke's lecture was instructive and in
teresting. The supper was superb,
over 70 at the tables.
Newport Center.
Rev. Mr.. Cowell breaches the Thanks
giving sermon.
A. G. Sleeper has another lot of of
those fancy prgs from New Hampshire.
Silas Crawford is rebuilding on the
old site where his buildings were burned
recently.
North Troy.
Examination of teachers at the aea-
deny next Saturday forenoon at 9
o'clock.
The Eastman Machine Co. are fitting
up their mill, and putting in new
wheel in order to get more power.
E. D. Hapgood is negotiating for a
mill power here to manufacture excel
s1or, which is used in the manufacture
of mattresses.
Hon. Bradley Barlow has settled and
paid the interest of the Foster family
in the S. E. Railway. The papers were
executed Thursday at Montreal.
The S. E. R. R. are taking up their
iron railroad track between this place
and Newport, and are relaying steel
rails. They are now at work in the
vicinity of this village.
Geo. o. Goodrich who recently eloped
from Hydepark with girl named
Thompson, leaving wife and family
of children, was last week arrested here
by officer Gallup and taken to Hydepark
where he was held for trial.
Westfe1d.
Quarterly meeting services at nj. E.
church yesterday.
Mrs. Hill, dressmaker, has hired the
the NJ. E. parsonage, and moved into it
Rev. Mr.. King has been hired to
preach for the Congregationalists one
year.
Mr.. A. NJ. Azeltlne and family are
expected to return from New Hampshire
this week.
John Buck has returned from tn,
West, where he has been looking aftel
his agricultural interests.
Peter Gaberee lost his house by fir,
on Tuesday last. AS the occupants o
the house were absent the cause of tn
fire is unknown.
Guernsey Rider and wife from Wis
consin are in town visiting friends
James Smith of Philadelphia is her
visiting his mother and sister.
Arthur Miller has gone to work 70
Geo Watson, on his farm, Mr.. M. bein
off shoemaking.-Orton Stoddard ha
gone to johnson, Vt, for the winter.
Westmore.
Harry Cheney was recently marie
in Kansas.
L. J. Brown exposes his turkeys t
the rife, Nov. 1924.
Joseph Orne has moved the postoffc
and grocery to the building on the OF
| roeita side IF tho straat
Westmore will be compelled to choos
another town treasurer in place of {
, w. Page, removed to Bloomington.
A. M. Litchfeld has the repairin
q fever this fall.-Arnold Cummings b;
made his residence better by repairs.
j Alvah A. Gilman, employed by 10
J., Rothschild as a chopper, was recent
e hit by falling limb receiving a broke
e collar bone and other injuries. A your
v man by the name of Murry got b;
cash in his foot some days since.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
d W. f. Kelley has been appoint'
postmaster at St. Johnsbury Center.
n The editor of the Union gave an a
count of the large lumber mill at Mel
! does Falls, and stated that he saw
r lazy man in 1.-THE other fellows ;
saw one.
~ Rev. Oren Perkins, formerly of VIZ
, Concord and St. Johnsbury, cut
= throat at Chicago the 3Oth of Octob
His wife is Mrs. S. Nc. Perkins, son
what noted as temperance lectur
: and he killed himself when he return
= to his boarding house after having