Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-02-23
season. The West Pottonites will be
pleased to see him.
NEWPORT CENTER.

" Oh II II K.
James Wheeler has sold his farm on
East Hill to w. B. Hadlock for $4,000.
Auction sale of pews at the Congre-
gational church next Saturday afternoon.
Z. F. Norcross of Derby, is to open
select school at the academy, Monday,
March 1st.
The dwelling house and horse barn of
John Dubois, on the west road. was
burned last Wednesday night. Loss
about So, 1000. Insurance about $4,000.
All their furniture and clothing was
burned.
SOUTH TROY.
The Aiken saw-mill is run night and
day.
J. G. Mathews has gone to st. Johns
bury.
The NJ. E. church was not dedicated
last Friday, as expected.
Mrs. Arson Brown has bought the
Benton place on Mill street.
Leander Aiken from Potion, has NOV
ed on to the farm lately owned by VIM.
Rogers.
c. G. Kennedy takes to himself a
better half, Miss Sarah Sherman. May
their lives be long and happy.
WESTMORE.
E. S. Gilman is dangerously sick.
Scythe-stone grinding is suspended
till spring.
John Kerwin was recently hurt while
handling logs.
The auditors meet to settle the &C
counts of the town Sat. Feb. %.
J. G. Orne has leased the grocery
store, and J. W. Hyde the dwelling
house owned by Mr.. Richards.
J. W. Hyde and B. F. Emerson have
taken a job to get 100000 feet of tim
Der into the A. A. Brown MILL
A. H. Cheney and wife are keeping
house again. Harley Cheney has recov-
cred from his sickness sufficiently tC
walk out.
R. Hunts team heavily loaded with
timber broke into the lake recently
The horses and sled were saved with
much difficulty.
Jacob Richards who died on Thursday
last was one of our oldest citizens. H,
had been postmaster for some years, an(
was man of intelligence and enterprise
He will be greatly missed in the com
mnnity.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
| Last Saturday was an unlucky day Of
the railroad. The freight on the B. c
& M. got off the track north of Concorc
at p. m, which delayed the up ex
press seven hours. Then at West Burk
the up express had tire break on tn
engine which delayed it two hours more
making it nine hours late. The stocl
train from Lyndonville to Newport brok
down and delayed them awhile, and tn
Pullman got wheel broke at So. Bal
ton and had to be left there. Fifth
t and finally, mile south of Barton ant
ther train marvellously escaped a ser
Gus accident. A rail was out of tt
track, laying five feet to one side, b.
the train passed over all right. 1t W;
q on straight line and the first whe
S cut rut in the ice taking its place a
right on the iron and all tht 9TH
wheels followed in the Union.
n STANDARD.
f Mrs. A. G. Aston cut her foot sever
$ ly the other day while splitting wood.
e We are having very profitable sin
ing school under the tuition of Charl
f Perkins of Walden.
Il Richard Mcdowell, who has been sic
), all winter, is slowly gaining under t
It treatment of DR.. Weatherbee.
SOUTH HARDwICK.
There is considerable sickness in th
r. vicinity.
y H. A. Earle has gone on to the ro
c. as drummer.
Mr.. Bailey has bought out Houston
4 interest in the Granite Co., and Houst
a goes west.
At recent dancing party at Cente
rs NAL house fourteen couples came
from Wolcott.
Wheeler & Shipman, the new m
IN firm, are doing a large business at
s. mill in the village.
ut J. S. Drenan is doing business
a agent for the New York Mutual Life
in very reliable company.
ne The Grant boom in this vicinity l
been feeble and is now on the decli
m Edmunds, Hayes, Blaine is about as
& goes here as near as l can learn.
n the matter was left to this town
rt could elect either one of the three.
WEST BURKE.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Aldrich were s
st
- prised last Monday evening by Vi
q from about sixty of their friends, e;