Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-12-05
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bloomington.
The village school commences to-day.
Harvey Foster of Evansville has locat'
ed in Marion, LII
Ellis Robinson will teach the Center |
school-his first term.
H. Conway recently bid off the old
school house in district No. 2, for SIS.
Geo. W. Page is expected to buy the
A. J. Murray place in the village. Price
$500.
A lot of good porkers in town this
year. D. l. buttons pig dressed $50
pounds.
G. Smith is in New Hampshire
visiting relatives new neighbcr at
l. H. Parker's.
Mrs. McKinstry's lectures at the
Center were largelyI attended, land said
to be very interesting. She is deliv-
ering these lectures in different sections
this winter, to large audiences.
Craftsbury.
The Boutwell, farm has been sold to
Cabot man for $1,000.
Rev. Mr. McKinstry occupied the
Congregational desk last Sunday.
Rev. J. Wallace held interesting SER
vices at his church thanksgiving day.
Misses Ada and Ida Lyon returned
thei25th ult. from a three months stay
in Michigan and Illinois.
Hoyt's tin shop and Kenistons dry
goods store were closed by constable
Patterson last week. Hoyt has since
resumed business.
Mrs. McKinstry of Derby is deliver
ing series of lectures on Bible subjects
at town hall which are we'll attended
and very interesting.
At the last meeting of the Earnest
Workers at Willard Cages it was voted
to send the funds of the society to Da-
kota for the endowment of a professor
ship. The treasury contains now about
, $40.
All the goods and personal property
of H. A. Hoyt will be sold at auction
at his store on the Common, commenc-
ing Wednesday afternoon, Dec. IA, and
continuing until everything is sold out.
! Sale positive. See advertisement next
week, and bills posted everywhere.
( Levi Scott, whose memory embraces
nearly everything he ever knew, says
( that on Nov. IA, 1927, snow fell to the
depth of two feet, and that terrible
wind followed which made the roads
impossible for several days. The
weather continued very cold till Janu-
airy. when warm weather commenced
9 which continued till spring. The sugar
Z was made in February, and the wheel
9 ing was good in March, with an early
z planting season.
2 West Charleston.
VIM. Wilson recently killed hog
9 that weighed 6S7 lbs.
Nat. Clark has gone into J. B. Hol
J, tons drug store, as clerk.
]. B. Holton is rejoicing in the pos
Q session of a new daug hter
= Cows sold at Ely Rye's auction a
from SIG to S33 per head; hay SO pc
" ton.
y H. W. Dane has just put in a set o
1t Fairbanks hay scales in front of hi
store.
'e Henry Bushow has moved on the job
d Parlin farm, recently vacated by MI
IL Worthley.
W VIM. Parker has moved on to Twi
light Norris farm, about mile fror
N the village.
ID Charles Hildreth is going to Brighto
sr to work for Hobson & Co., driving
&c lumber team.
10 Singing school commenced last Nor
D. day night, taught by A. R. Cowles {
y Barton Landing.
+ Horace Ruiter butehered pig, seve
e: months old, that weighed 347 pounds,
ed being the best pig in the village.
T. Hollis Jordan from Rochester, N.
~ will hold some gospel meetings in tn
of Baptist church, commencing, Dec. 4th.
of Warren Parlin's blacksmith has mo,
oy ed away; he has no blacksmith at pre-
" ent. Mr.. Young has hired the woot
~ shop.
&C. Mr.. G. W. Clarke. while attemptin
S. to draw some cedar from the mill, ha
nc his foot stepped on by one of his horse
injuring it quite badly.
o. Miss Cameron, who left this village
a few weeks ago for Jacksonville, Florid
tn writes that it is not such paradise {;
60 she thought it would be.
IS. Mr.. Billiard from Hydepark. teach,
its the higher department of our villag
:" school, commencing Dec. 9Th. Mi
e; Abbie E. Cowles, primary. Mr. Ge
:. II. Mason teaches in the Geo. Hami