Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-08-08

Solu OUT 20 republican concern. VIII
take hold of the new enterprise with
great cheer-over the left.
Newport Center.
George Hoyt is at North Troy in the
Boston clothing store.
Carlos and Willie Sleeper are home
on a vacation-Mrs. J. w. Ionic is
also here.-George Williams and Mrs.
Liberty are among our summer visitors.
South Troy.
The school in district No. 3, taught
by Miss Jennie Stanford of Irasburgh,
closed July 20, with speaking by the
children in the afternoon. Average
daily attendance. 19 IL. This being
Miss Stanford's first term of teaching in
public school she has won for herself
the confidence and esteem of children
and parents of that district, as an excel
lent teacher and lady.
Westfe1d.
DIR. E. H. Belzea is making repairs
on his house.
Farmers are getting large crop of
hay, much more than was expected at
the beginning of haying.
I. D. Johnson has sold piece of
land to VIM Edmunds; Mr.. Edmunds
will build house on the same.
Julien Benware has bought L. R. Her
RIGS wheelwright shop and will be glad
to see all who wish to have repairing
done or want carriages made. Mr.. Her
rick still continues to do business at
the old blacksmith shop.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Neighbor Howe's pulpit Points" in
the Inder have become just about what
"a point is defined to be in geometry,
''that which has neither length, breadth,
nor thickness"
Kenerson's Jersey Queen of Barnet
gave 1,4Ol IL pounds of milk in the
month of July which made 81 pounds
and 5 ounces of butter, making 195
pounds and ounces of butter since she
began her yearly test, May Goth, and
averaging A 1915 pounds of milk per
day for 70 days.
Newark.
On Tuesday last the barn of Nat.
Bruce was struck by lightning, and was
burned. Mr.. Bruce got out the live
stock, but lost 80 tons of hay, moving
machine, a wagon, and. some small tools.
1t was large barn, nearly new, and
cost some $500. Loss, $500; insur-
ed for $1,000. We understand that
another small barn was burned at the
same time Onion.
West Burke.
J. N. Webster of Barton and Mr..
Fletcher of Rutland have been in this
vicinity settling insurance claims against
the Vermont Mutual Co. R. Solomon
gets $4,000, Henry c. Bugbee 5000, G,
J. Ufford of Barton on his house occu-
pied by S. Bugbee $3.50, Mr.. Bracket
for damage on the I'd inst. from light
ming $500, N. Bruce of Newark for the
destruction of his barn by lightning
Aug. 2, $500. The company settled
these latter claims the second day after
the fire.
St. JohnSbury.
Bliss Haskell has got paying posi-
tion in Dakota and gone there.
The managers of the B. G. & M. R.
R. are trying to effect arrangements to
turn the Boston freight and travel from
the st. J. & L. G. road down the river
to Wells River, thence to Boston over
their road.
In the dam controversy at Paddock s
village, Mcleod, Orcutt and the other
south side fellows seem both to have
stolen a march on the village and to
have got Judge Redfeld's approval Of
their course.
Sutton.
Charles Switser had a two-years-old
steer killed by lightning on Tuesday
last, and w. B. Eastman colt on Mon
day of the week before.
Rev. B. A. Sherwood closed his labor:
, here as pastor of the church on the 3 LIST
having received and accepted call from
the church in Bristol, N. H. He lef
for his new pastorate on Wednesday
/ morning.
. It seems that our late report of th,
3 dangerous condition of the health o
Mrs. M. A. Campbell, who is in Lynn
e Mass, was little extravagant. He
, condition is not seriously worse, if it il
1 worse, than for some weeks past.
The Sutton people have good dea
of interest in the Westmore road case
having already expended much in Eight
ing" the road, they hope not to get al
unfavorable decision from the court be
fore which a petition for the setting
aside the decision of the commissioner
is now pending. A great amount o
testimony has been taken on both sides
and the case was argued last week b