Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-04

Reduction of the National debt IN
September, 100000.
Remember the meeting of the fire
company at the village hall tonight.
The Misses Tinker have large stock
Of new millinery and fancy goods.
The first white frost to do any dam
age, was seen on the morning of Oct.
lst.
o. d. Owen has returned from Boston
with very large stock of goods, which
he wishes to show his customers.
Rev. A. H. Webb of Irasburgh will
preach at the Methodist church next
Sunday, in exchange with Mr.. Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Earle made this
Office visit last week. Neighbor Earle
is in too poor health to be very ugly
just now.
The concerts at Robinson's Opera
House on Wednesday and Thursday ev-
enings were well attended, and spoken
highly of by all.
Butter was one or two cents "off' on
Saturday. Diaries are selling hard in
market just at present. Potatoes at
35 cents, and farmers are holding the
most of them for higher rates.
We are sorry to learn that Alpheus
Baldwin, father of J. Porter Baldwin,
is dead. Mr.. Baldwin is we'll known to
this community, having resided here
several years. He died in STAFFORD, VT
We have given the most of this week
to the work of the fair, and our local
columns are not as full as usual. The
brief time we had to examine the diff
ferent departments, will be our apology
for omissions and errors.
Messrs. Camp and Stewart of the E:r-
press, Hatch of the Palladium, Chase of
the Union, Earle of the Citizen, Robin
son Of the StanStead Journal, and
"Ned Poland of the Watchman, were
present at the fair.
Mrs. H. D. Flanders, probably, has
the largest variety of plants in this
town. They number one hundred and
fifty, nearly all of different kinds. She
has sea onion the leaves of which
measure six feet, and many others of re-
markable size.
The New York train is taken off thu
road to-day, and there is change il
the time of some of the other trains
The mail train south is about an hour
and half late; the accommodation
train north arrives here at l:55 p. m
Time table next week.
The Albany band, which played dur
ing the last two days of fair, did them
selves much credit. They have haC
comparative little practice, but played
in good time and excellent taste. w
hardly see how they find as many gOoC
musicians in small town.
One of those fellows who gets his in
spiration from something stronger thai
pond water, drove his team at break
neck gait down Main street on Thurs
day evening, and was thrown with grea
force to the ground, as he undertook t
make the turn at the Robinson block
He was picked up insensible, but wa
in such limpsy condition that no bone
were broken. If his habits are amende
by the accident it will be fortunat
thing.
The reading by Mrs. Emma Manuin
Huntley on Friday evening was yer
excellent. Mrs. Huntley possesses al
the qualities of good reader-a fin
voice, great powers of personi6;atior
critical literary taste, which enable
her to know and appreciate the sentimer
of her selections, and style that is yer
easy and attractive. Whether in til
sentimental and solid. or in the humo
Gus, she is equally at home in all he
efforts. She was even better apprec
ated than when here little more tina
year ago.
The Band Tournament at Bay View
Memphramagog, on Saturday, was tn
event of the season, so far as numbe
were concerned. About twenty vel
filled cars went up on the Passumpsi
and heavy trains came into Newport {
the other roads. All the boats on the lal
were filed, and made several trips, Dol
from Newport and from Magog b
View swarmed with people-a numb
much larger than anybody expecte
The man who attempted to victual Il
crowd was eaten out of house and hon
long before the people were done comm
and could only dole out "coffee and pc
nuts" during the last of the day. Mar
were unable to get anything to ea
There were eight or ten bands preser
but only five competed for prizes. The
were Third Regimental. Concord,
H.; st. JOhnsbury, st. JOhnsbury, VI
COlburn's, Union Village, N. H. +; o.
chez, Quechee, Vt. and White Riv,
Hartford, VT. Prizes were awarded
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