Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-16

Geo. Trudell returns from visit to
Canada with wife and boy. Well
done!
The rainstorm of Wednesday night
was very severe and did much damage
to roads and bridges.
ID. G. Buck has sold out his store and
dwelling house to Hiram Stewart of
Richford and will 60 to Dakota. Sorry
to lose him from this town.
S. G. Mathews is building new
house on East Hill.-Holland Temple
has raised a new barn which will be
fine and necessary addition to his
buildings.
North Troy.
Hon. G. E. Braley has started for
Colorado.
Curt Wilson for being drunk received
a severe clicking" with whips.
The town has settled with F. B. Con-
ner for damages sustained on the
highway.
An accident to freight train at East
Richford derailed several cars and killed
one brakeman.
Westfeld.
The big shower on the 18th did great
damage, injuring the highways at least
$500 and Hoyt & Wakefield, perhaps
| $1,000.
Thinking that your readers might
like to know how many oxen, horses.
etc.. in town, have taken the trouble
to look the matter up and find as follows:
Oxen Sc, horses $50, COWS 65l, other
neat stock SIS, sheep 776, swine "a.
l find that l07 persons are the owners
of horses, including colts with the work
horses, while only Is own oxen; and
ia are the owners of COWS, 81 own
sheep and GA families have wintered
swine.
WeStmOre.
The ice went out of the lake on the
9th inst, about fortnight later than
last year.
A party from Stowe have built sum-
mer house on the Foster land, and will
occupy it when the weather becomes
favorable.
The thunder storm on Wednesday
was very severe, and the rainfall during
the week was several inches. 1t was
estimated that the water in W1lloughby
rose s inches in "a hours.
Chas. Cheney goes to South Barton to
work.-Ed Alexander rents part of
the S. Jewell house. Mr.. Alexander
recently had the misfortune to lose one
of his team horses, and his friends are
contributing toward the cost of another.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Sheffield.
G. B. Simpson sold three horses this
spring for $3.50 each.
H. w. Buchanan has taken I. R..
Stiles farm to carry on in addition to
his store.
Loren Randall has bought piece of
land on the Grandy lumber lot and will
build house.
Will Darling moves into tenement
over his shop.-W. S. Mcdowell moves
back on to his place again.
Pomona Grange No. 2 will hold an
open meeting at Sheffield, May Is, COM
mencing at 10 o'clock, a. m. 1t is ex-
pected that Mr.. Davis of the Agricul-
tural Board will be present. 1t is hoped
that the farmers in this vicinity will
improve this opportunity.
st. JohnSbury.
The prisoners at st. Johnsbury Jail
came near getting away, recently. by
cutting off a window bar and Infringing
cell door.
DR.. Donaldson of this town is soon to
return from Florida where he spent the
winter for his health he is much i'm
proved.
Rev. Mr.. Burgoyne of the Advent
church in this place is in trouble. His
ship got aground stern foremost, and he
ran away.
Lyndon.
Mrs. Jason Powers of West Burke
died suddenly last week Thursday al
the house of Mrs. G. Bennett in this
village, aged about 40 years. She came
here with her husband to consult DIR
Hubbard in relation to her complaint Of
heart disease. The doctor was sent fol
and as he arrived Mrs. Powers went w
stairs and began to reel as she stepped
into room. saying at the same tim'
; that she was going to have one of he
bad spells. Her husband and the doc
tor were present and others were called
e from down stairs, but she was deat
j before they arrived. Union.
South Hardwick.
l A disastrous fire occurred here las
2 Monday morning at about two o'clocl
$ resulting in the destruction of tn
dwelling-house, tenant building ant
harm nccnnied hv T. T. Bridgman. bu