Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-02-14
of some to palpitate with almost mortal

recently. Mrs. Wilson was alone at the
time, but succeeded in putting out the
Fire.
The oldest married couple in town
are Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoyt. Mrs.
Hoyt is so and Mr.. Hoyt 50. Mr..
Hoyt retains his mental and physical
faculties to wonderful degree. being as
erect and strong as many are as 60 or
70 years.
Westmore.
laundering is suspended on account of
the thaw.
John Aiken has moved to this town
from Thetford
Wallace Miller has little girl dan
gerously sick of typhoid fever.
G.. G. Thurber of East Burke, has
taken the jobto draw all the lumber
from this place to West Burke.
Damon Cole of Newark, was very bad
ly hurt at Averill's mill, by a board
carelessly let fall upon the board saw.
The board struck him near the left eye,
making bad wound.
Mr. Editor There was an item of
| interest which occurred here, that your
| Of
| the towns poor, Daniel Leland, during
the late cold spell, having been sent out
of doors, while the family with which he
boarded was at breakfast, for some trifling
cause, was taken into a shed, stripped
stark naked and washed in ice water, a
frosty broom being used to apply the
water Strange as it may seem, the Off
GERS of the town have failed to punish the
persons guilty of this inhuman act. Yours,
F. FOSTER.
| WEsTMoRE, Feb. 10, 1881.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Rev. E. S. Locke of St. Johnsbury is
forcibly discussing the anti-liquor-agency
problem in the Union and Inder.
The Union denies the statement going
the rounds in the papers, that the late
railroad accident in Coventry cost the
railroad company $4,000. This paper
states that the friends of the woman
fatally injured have made no claims
upon the company up to this time, and
that all asking damage have been
promptly and satisfactorily settled with.
There will be farmers meeting in
East Burke on Wednesday, Feb. is, at
hotel hall, commencing at 10 o'clock a.
M, and 1870 and $50 p. m. sharp.
E. M. Goodwin and M. w. Davis of the
Board of Agriculture will be present
and address each session, and other
prominent speakers are invited. After
each lecture the topic will be open fol
discussion, and it is hoped that the
farmers will be ready to give in the
same, expressing their opinions freely
1t is thus that we can have a meeting
that will be interesting and advantage
Gus to all. Let there be full attend.
ance of farmers and their wives and
children. Committee of arrangements
P. l.. Pierce, B. Ingalls,, Joel Jenkins.
Stannard.
Alva Aver, and his son Sewell, have
dissolved partnership and divided the
farm and stock Sewell will build {
new set of buildings on his half.
Lyndon.
Wood is selling at $500 per cord-ar
advance of $500 IN few weeks.
The box shop has all the orders TO
/ boxes that they can fill before Apr. /.
Miss Ella Chapman of Sutton. is en-
gagged as assistant teacher at the semi
nary.
The Ladies Aid Society at the Cen
ter. have an antiquarian supper at tn
vestry, next Friday eve.
The weight of snow and rain brok
in the roof of one of the R. R. Co.'S
woodsheds here, last Wednesday.
There is pressure of work at the R
R. shop. The machine shop has bee
running day and night for several weeks
A young man named Humphrey. los
thumb at the box shop last Friday
by too intimate association with a
edging saw.-Charlie Blake lost a fir
ger at the tub shop few days ago. i
y The following article is in the wa
- rant for March meeting, ITO see if th
town will vote to abolish the liqut
agency" Temperance people are d
10 vided on the question. but we belle,
, the agency will be abolished.
Sutton.
81 Two of Charles Bundy's children a.
lie very sick with the canker- rash.
Rev. B. A. Sherwood will 60 to Ira
,e burgh. Tuesday, Feb. Is, to give
y lecture.
On account of the bad state Of Il
n roads, the Club deferred their entertai
~ ment at Wheelock, last Friday, uni
next week.
D, GThe Index must be speaking of VIII
is it knows little about, when it clair
r. that the MONITOR has given any lat
correspondent in Sutton diploma