Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-12-06


the Richards place.
VIM. King, an employee in the scytbe
stone shop. has purchased the David
Orne place, on the Common, and his
father from East Charleston will move
on to it. eiiH
Mrs. Willard Leland fell down on the
ice recently, and broke her arm. The
same arm was broken year ago. 1t
is a bad misfortune for Mrs. Leland
and the family.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The ice gatherers have commenced
business in Lyndon nearly. II
On Saturday morning last, as they
started the McIndoes saw mill, the
saw burst, probably, on account of the
frost. One piece went between the arm
and body Of the sawyer, Albert Sidney,
cutting his arm badly. Another piece
passed between his legs, another went
into the top of the mill and nearly sew
cred rafter. The other pieces all went
into the basement. Forty men were in
the mill at the time and Sidney was the
only. man hurt, but every man of them
claimed to have had piece pass within
an inch of him.. A few minutes after
this accident pulley burst on the other
side of the mill. 1t was 80 inch pull
| ley with eight inch face. made of iron.
1t few into many pieces but fortunately
hit no one.-U Union. -
St. j OhnSbury.
| Harvey's excursion starts west Dec.
IA. 50
| Principal Fuller, of St. Johnsbury
academy, is in poor health. A Euro
pean trip doesn't always make one
healthy. aa 10 .sassJ. 3o5. g.l.
Rev. Geo. H. Vlbbert has been lectur-
ing here on temperance. On Monday
evening the noted DIR. Vincent delivered
his excellent lecture on THAT Boy"
Sutton. ,sa. bla4Gam 7sa
Alfred Burnham. and Edwin Curtis
are the jurymen to county court. 81
J. l.. G. Corliss has sued the town fol-
damages, IN laying highway across
his farm. tr aR .r'l#fl3Ee 1aa
The sabbath school has voted to have
/ Christmas tree, and that, in Sutton
) means considerable -.
H. A. Blake is doing an extensive
guano business. He is now in Ports
mouth, N. H.. unloading a shipload o.
FIVE hundred tons.
At Mrs. Powell's auction last Satur
day, the personal property was sold
7. but the farm was not. Mrs. Powell has
gone to Georgia, Vt, aud her son FREQ
!. to Nebraska.
The village school began last Mon
day, with fourteen scholars. Franl
Hodgdon of Lyndon, teacher. Mr.. H
l comes we'll recommended. Forty year
J ago there were seventy scholars in thi
: same district. In the Sonth Ridge dis
trict, Carrie Campbell, teacher, Their
are about fifteen scholars-formerly
from sixty to eighty.
South Hardwick.s as
The granite business is fourishing.
The Thanksgiving ball at Centennia
house was attended by so couples.
Shattuck says he is having first rat
} trade-good times, Grout, Garfield, &c
The family of G. B. Houstin leave
for the West. where Mr.. H. Howe is, i
few days. Sorry to lose them.
There was silver wedding at Ben:
Smiths few evenings since. Ber
now knows of a certainty that he ha
q. friends.-A wooden wedding at E. c
~ Joslyn's was largely attended. A joll
party and lots of presents.
n West Burke.
re Three car loads Of apples and one {
S cider in town.
ia Mrs. Selim Bugbee was buried las
h Tuesday She died with cancer su
fering terribly the last of her life.
d Hiram Cummings is paying for tt
e cigars nowadays. He says he has &
through, crossing the brook Saturda
j. nights-he takes his new wife home.
50 If the signs don't fail, says an e.
&c change, the coming winter will be IL
coolest experienced in this latitude sin,
the country was discovered by a me-
ct named Columbus. The squirrels a
laying up their winter coal, the beave
n are putting heaters in the basement
their lodges, the bees have killed q
the drones and lined their hives wi
- sheet iron, the muskrats ar flying sout
wild ducks are committing suicide, Il
goose-bone is black sixteen inches dee
y editors are soliciting wood in exchan
y for subscriptions, poor families are bu
o ing an extra dog and we have ne
collar put on our overcoat.
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II In the next House 2O2 represent
tives will be old members. 1874 re-elec
ed from the present House, and
members of former chambers. III