Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-23

during his absence.
South Troy.
Silas and Della Burt have gone to
Nashua, N. II.
H. Baraw saw large black bear
while after his cows Sunday night.
A. Hodgden's shop was broken into
by thieves on the night of the 18th.
Westfe1d.
l. d. johnson is out a good COW from
being hurt in the pasture.
The starch factory on West Hill is
being repaired in thorough manner.
The school-house in district No. 4 is
being repaired in good shape for the
winter term.
A new school-house is to be built in
the Spring district. Mr.. Kinney of
Lowell has the job.
William Hill is suffering severely
with his foot and it is thought another
amputation will be necessary.
Ethel Hitchcock has been in town
visiting her friends. She has two
grandmothers and four great-grandmoth-
ers living here.
Rev. G. H. Parker is to address the
republicans here Wednesday evening,
August 25th. Let the democrats turn
out and hear Mr.. Parker
WeStmore.
Business is lively here just now.
1t is expected that there will be
preaching here all day Sunday, the goth.
Bears are killing off the sheep in this
vicinity. Orange Spencer and Rufus
Averill having lost several.
Capt. Riley Wright and wife of Bal
timore, and A. f. Pike and wife of
Haverhill. N. H. are visiting in town.
Twelve lumbermen employed by J.
Rothschild are boarding at the Will
loughby House. One of them, Cyril
Brooks, cut his foot quite severely while
chopping in the woods.
1t has been ascertained that we have
some smart pedestrians in town. Last
week Friday, Geo. A. and Ellsworth
Lyon, after doing a hard days work,
ran from the residence of A. w. Lyon
to the hotel at the head of the lake and
back, a distance of / miles, the first
making the distance in los and the
other in SO minutes.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The Caledonia county Pomona Grange
invite the citizens of northeastern Yer
mont to join them in a basket picnic at
LyndonVille grove, Saturday, August
28th, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m d.
j. j. Woodman, from Michigan, "a ma
tive of Caledonia county,, master of the
National Grange, will be present and
address the meeting. Other prominent
speakers have been invited. and vocal
and instrumental music will be furnished
Railroads will carry for fare one way.
P. l.. PIERCE, Sec'y.
Sheffield.
Quite a frost Monday morning the
10th.
Mrs VIM. Dexter has been called tC
Pepperil, Mass, to attend the funeral
of her father.
st. j OhnSbury.
Timothy Underwood, son of the late
Russell Underwood, who has been il
California for the past six years, is a
home on visit.
Messrs. Belden, Ide, Walter P. Smith
and H. G. Bates, are out doing mission
airy work-that is, stumping for Garfield
They are able to put the case very
forcibly.
Mr.. Charles A. Stanley has bought /;
large and valuable building lot of Hor
ace Carpenter, on Spring street, abov'
Winter, and proposes to build hous,
upon the same this fall.
Mr.. Jerry Drew has agreed to leas
the st. Johnsbury House to Geo. W. F
Converse and N. w. Brown for tern
of years, at $1,000 per year. This in
cludes the livery stable; and the liver,
stock as we'll as the furniture of tn
house is to be taken at appraisal.
LyndOnvilIe.
There is water famine here, with n
prospect of any change until we hav
heavy rains.
The common is 20 be made into
park. About $500 are already sui
scribed for the. purpose. Robert Petit
grew has the supervision of the matter
which is sufficient guarantee that th
project will be successfully carried cut.
The buildings on the corner of Mai
and Center streets, owned by E.
jenkins and occupied by Salmon Ster
were burned last Thursday night. Th
fire originated in the barn, but frol
what cause is unknown. Mr.. Ster
saved nearly all his household good
His loss is fully covered by insurance
1t is reported that Mr.. Jenkins ha
$1,000 insurance on the buildings. whic
would equal about one half the loss.-
Caledon6dn.