Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-02-23
wood and spruce lumber. A number of
men are at work IN the woods.
DERBY.

DERBY.
Town meeting is called for March Sd.
Stewart MagoOn is getting out the
lumber to build him house the coming
summer.
T. Holt has been nominated by the
County Temperance Society as County
Commissioner.
Rev. w. J. Johnson exchanged pull
pits, last sabbath, with Rev. H. F. Aus
tin of Newport.
E. F. Norcross, who has been teach
ing school at North Troy the past win
ter, has returned home
P. I. Van DeWaters has moved to
East Charleston on to his farm, recent
ly purchased of Emera Stewart.
Emera Stewart and Sidney Bates have
both been seriouslyTand dangerously ill.
1t is feared Mr. Bates cannot last much
longer.
The spring term of the Academy COM
mences tomorrow the Oath, and con-
tinues eleven weeks. The prospect is
that there will be good attendance.
Miss Emma Fairchild, the teacher of
our village school, has closed her school
and gone home, sick with the measles
The school had one week more to keep.
AT meeting called for the purpose
at the Town Hall, last Saturday even
ing. G. S. Magoon, A. T. Foster and
Elisha Lane, were elected delegates to
Montpelier. A. J. Albee. T. d. Butter
field and A. A. Adams, alternates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prof G. A. Chase were
surprised by a large number of their
many friends on Wednesday evening the
18th. A very pleasant evening was
spent together and then Rev. W. J.
Johnson, in behalf of the company, pre-
sentcd Mrs. Chase with "silver neck
lace" consisting of thirty half dollars.
VEST DERBY.
Mile Moon will teach in the New
; port village school this spring.
Donation visit for Rev. Milliken at
the parsonage in Tuesday eve, Feb. oath.
The Free Baptist church has exchaDg-
ed libraries with the Congregational
church in Newport, and we all have
new books now.
The measles have had their run in
this vicinity. At one time Mrs. 2. s.
Robinson and her four daughter were
all sick with the disease at one time.
Old Mr.. Gero, Frenchman, injured
; his leg slightly while getting out ice
; some days since, but Inflammation SCI
in and he will lose his leg if not hi
life 1t is sad case.
Mrs. Martha Kendall Cole, widow O
N. G. Cole, died in Troy few day.
since and her remains were brought her,
for burial. Mr.. Cole died only few
: weeks ago. They left no children.
GLOVER.
DR.. Templeton and Henry Whitne,
are the delegates to the Montpelier con
vention.
There will be social entertainment
with dancing at Institute Hall, on tn
evening of March Sd. Bigelow's band
+ n NJ SCOTS lease of the grist-mil
4 has expired. Mr.. Cole will continue t
: run the mill, in the interest of MI
g Stone, the proprietor.
:. Miss Lulu Davis has been engaged a
e assistant for the spring term. Being
e we'll known thorough teacher, it is hope
; that it may be an incentive to create
e attendance in the primary department.
!, The public schools of the village wi
d close Friday of this week. There wi
ID be examinations both Thursday an
ID Friday, to which the public are respec
W fully invited. Thursday a. M, arithm
lie metic, p. M, grammar, Friday a. m
lie arithmetic and geography, p. m, phys
n ology and history.
as President G. B. Hubert of Middl
Us bury college, will lecture at the nor
" church on Thursday eve, Feb. 26,
g. z IL o'clock. Subject, "Great RouI
Is Dollar" Admission 10 cents. Pre-:
IL dent Huber deserves full house, al
u we trust our citizens will do themselv
oi the favor and himself the honor of
aS attendance.
Young men, we will not call the
Oh gentlemen, from Barton, will please tai
es notice that the front steps of priva
n, dwelling, is not a proper place for the
lv to exhibit their smartness, by callil
~ out to passers-by in the street in t
8 evening. 1t is not only an insult to t
IT, inmates of the house, but shows that t
ed perpetrators do not possess the attribut
ye, of gentlemen. If this reproof is 4
in needed names will be published.
ZEKE.
he take this method to answer the |,
- ter of G. w. McGaffey. which appear
, in the MONITOR, Jan. Oath. 1t was
Co. cheeky attack upon me, or rather up
mt. the town. 1t was false from beginni
n; to end. never reported that Mccall
IN. delayed proceedings in the suit with
20 town, to prevent its trial at the Februa