Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-01-12

grew out OF the fact that some years
since Rev. Loomis, who lived in Hard
wick, afterwards in Craftsbury where be
deceased. gave the four churches men,
toned, one thousand dollars each. This
was ten or twelve years ago. Last year
Mrs. Loomis died and willed her resi-
dence in Craftsbury to the Congregation
al society there to be used as parson-
age. About twelve since Mrs. D. B.
Jewell gave the East Hardwlck church
$1,000.
Our friends and subscribers will re-
ceive our thanks for the prompt renew
ais of their subscriptions, and the can
ceiling of many old bills. The cash
system is always best when it can be
adopted, and the prepayment of news
paper subscriptions is the best system
for all parties. We trust those still in
arrears will get their credits up to 1881.
We begin the year 1880 with a much
larger list than we ever had before, and
are encouraged to believe that our efforts
in trying to make a good paper have not
been failure. The year 1880 will be
a year of great political excitement in
this country, and will be filled with ex-
citing events, at home and abroad. Ev-
cry intelligent man will need paper
this year, and we hope to make the
MONITOR so useful that all who now
read it will feel that they cannot dis
pense with it, and that many others will
be added to our list.
BARTON LANDING.
Mrs. Simon K. Locke is very low from
severe attack of bleeding from the
lungs.
The annual meeting of the Library
Association will be held at O. H. Aus
tins Office next Tuesday evening.
We learn that the Ladies' Aid Society
of the Congregational church propose to
provide course of lectures for few
weeks to come. to take the place of their
usual Wednesday evening sociables; the
expense to be only 10 cents for gentle
men and cents for ladies. 1t is to be
hoped this plan will meet with the
cordial support of all our citizens. II
the society can save anything above ex.
penses, it will be applied in their work
The first lecture Wednesday evening
this week, will be by Rev. Mr.. Bates on
"Animal Life in the ocean,"-for the
illustration of which he has many spec.
linens.
SOUTH BARTON.
Not quite snow enough for comforta.
BILE shedding.
The lumbermen and wood men are
planning to do large winters work.
The Grandy mill is running, and &
heavy stock of lumber will be put in.
A. o. Blake, owing to an asthmati,
affection, has been compelled to qu1
grinding wheat in his mill for the pres
emit; other grain will be ground as here
tofore.
BRO WNINGTON.
d. R. Hunt Jr., is good shoemaker
Give him call.
S. R. jenkins recently killed COW
that dressed 800.
John Miles has started a singing
school at the Centre.
Prayer meeting at Hugh Alexander
house every Monday evening.
An extra lot of teachers in town thi
winter. The schools are all runnin,
finely.
The new grocery in the front part o
j. w. Browns repair shop, is nearl,
complete.
The village school is prospecting fnel,
under the teaching and management o
Elsie Rowell of Barton.
All wanting dress-making done in tn
vicinity of Evansville, will do we'll t
call on Miss Myra Leonard. She doe
her work we'll.
VIM. Walker and wife have dissolve
partnership. Walker retains tn
home place, and Mrs. Walker has th
Conner place and lives there with he
son.
COVENTRY.
Don't forget the singing conventio
the coming week.
Mr.. Cass has moved into the villag,
occupying Thomas Kidder's house.
There will be sociable at the Cong
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church next Wednesday evening; a
are invited.
The roads are so glare now that it a
|. fords an excellent opportunity for slld
ing and to break limbs too. Geo. Allen
boy broke his limb near the hip. d
B. Branch set the limb and the boy
doing well.
ORAFTSBURY.
The horses are having the influenza.
Abel Carter and wife are on from tt
West. visiting friends.
Harvey Bennett has snapped his far
, with Albert Jones of Wolcott, and mo-