Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-04-12
BARTON LANDING.

aDO carried luem 10 o. VouuSDuTy IOi
luck, please return the same, and save
the boys the expense of buying a new
set
BRO WNINGTON.
S. S. Bartlett is thoroughly repairing
his house, inside and out.
S. A. Hall recently found the old
family horse dead.
J. Miles cut an ugly cash in his foot
that will lay him up some weeks.
]. H, lite has his butter tub ma
chinery in operation, and it works very
satisfactorily.
The measles have visited nearly every
family in town. Some very aged per-
sons had the disease. Mr.. S. S. Priest
is recovering.
B. q. BOden and Geo. Going are each
to build new horse-barns this spring.
Mr.. Boden has begun work already,
R. Smith and wife, who have been
sick all winter, were made glad few
days since by receiving Sale, pension
money.
At the annual school meeting in Dist.
No. 2 j. G. Bartlett was chosen commit
tee. Tax on a dollar for the ensuing
year, 20 cents.
N. G. Leonard of Evansville has Ia
ken the A. Mcdonald farm, and moved
on to it--G R. Smith has moved on to
the j. 9. Stewart place in Barton. =
G. Page has moved from Westmore into
the Sam Drown house on the hill.-E
Fl. Colburn has moved from Morgan,
in with Peter Cannon and his mother,
Mrs, Walker.
COVENTRY.
The Ladies of the NJ. E. church will
hold their sociable at Town Hall next
Friday eve. Apr. 18th. The young
people will have play entitled 1.-The
Surprise" There will be other exer-
cises, singing etc. All are cordially
invited. o. S. Dorman will be present
and deliver an address.
ORAFTSBURY.
Mr.. Scott, harness-maker, has rented
Judge Hastings place in the village.
Charles Conant is going back on to his
old farm.-Mr. Hawthorne is going tc
work on the railroad.
Two bridges, one near Frank Gid.
den's and one near the Judge Hastings
farm, were carried off by the late freshet
Stephen Roberts recently had the
misfortune to break his collar bone
DIR. Bemis was called and the patient
is doing well.
J. Hidden has bought out lnez Owen''
stock of millinery goods, and is fitting
up rooms over his store where he will
keep millinery and fancy goods.
Union services were held in the Con
gregational church on Fast Day. Mr.
Wheeler, who was expected to assist il
conducting them. was not able to b
present owing to sickness in his father
family.
A. A. Randall is now owner of tn,
grist mill at the South village. TIT
mill will be supplied with all kinds o.
grain for sale, and will be run by thu
miller, Mr.. Gray.
At the school-meeting in Dis. No. 4
j. ?. Conner was chosen committee. Vot
ed to raise % cents on dollar for tn
support of the schools, and to have thre
terms in the year; eight weeks in tn
spring, eight in the fall and twelv
in the winter. Miss LovejOy of Greens
boro, who taught two successful term
in the district last year, has been en-
gagged for the summer.
VEST CHARLESTON.
There are two cases of measles in thi
village.
A. J. Morrill, is very sick of fever an
is liable not to recover unless he amend
soon.
There were union services at tn
Baptist church on Friday. Rev. W. I
Herrick preached a short but very ez
cellent sermon.
(Our Charleston correspondents ar
not responsible for the report of Nj
Joslyn's death. The report came froI
neighboring town, but from a sourc
deemed reliable. Ed.)
Mr.. EDIToR.-l saw in your last D;
per that Hubbard Joslyn died last Sa
urday. 1t was the first notice had ha
of it. | thought it must be mistak
| consulted my physician and he sal
it was undoubtedly fabrication. ha,
been confined to my room, and most
to my bed for the last two weeks, b.
have not considered my case a danger
Gus one, neither has my physician.
may prove fatal, but there will be an
pie time to give notice when that tin
comes.
You will do me favor not to pu
: lish any thing more of the kind, unle
it is over my signature.
Yours truly,
HUBBARD JosLYN.
: West Charleston, April 18th, 1880.
! We are very much rejoiced to lear
from such authentic source, that M