Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-02-28
in their logs in district No. S, and VIM.

James. Mr.. James has large property
in Iowa.
We notice that some of the lumber
men in the vicinity brag of big loads of
logs, some hauling as much as 1000 fl; |
now NJ. G. Bedell has averaged 1900
feet to load all winter, drawing IL
miles from the mountain and would not
think 1000 feet worth Dragging about /;
some Of his loads when moving along
the street are some smaller than a good
sized church. t ta7
WeStmOI'e.
Quite strife between the teamsters
to see who shall draw the largest load.
Andrew Twombly is now at the head,
having drawn 1853 feet, Scribner's rule,
with one pair of horses. distance of
two miles. But somebody ought to pro-
test against the abuse of animals.
When one pair of horses handles a load
weighing three tons it is too much.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Sheffield. a
Horace Drown has bought the place
in district 3, known as the Jessie Simp-
son place, price 1913. a -
Levi Stockwell is going to carry on
Zabina Simpsons place, and Zabina
and family are going to Derby to work.
West Burke.
Densmore & Smith have added dry
goods to their Westmore store.
Warner, the watch tinker, has closed
up his place Of business and gone home.
Z. L. Marshall and Almos Glidden
have solidated-furniture and grocer
les all under one roof w. @.3
J. Fl. Silsby has moved his hay press
to Lyndon. He has pressed and shipped
about 800 tons from this section.
The Westmore Lumber Co. are to put
in 100000 feet of lumber at the Rug
giles mill, which, with that already log
ged in, will make lively business there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Hoffman cele-
brated the fifteenth anniversary of their
marriage last Friday. There was
large gathering of friends and the pres
ents were numerous and valuable. lo
F. W. Silsby has returned from Bos-
ton.-Perry Porter has charge of the
mill men at Long Pond.-Samuel Whip
pie is again at his old post.-Simon
Bartlett is buying potatoes: pays soc.
N W. stoddard's youngest boy, FL
mer, has gone to Lowell. Mass.
Mrs. Anna Bishop. only sister of
Hasley Packer, died in Gorham, N. H.,
last Monday. and her funeral services
were held here in the Methodist church,
Rev. Mr.. Cushing officiating. Mrs.
Bishop buried her husband about two
years ago, and has since been employed
in the postofice at Gorham. She was
loved and esteemed by all.
East Hardwick. H464
H. w. Powers has removed to the
Gardner farm one mile from Cabot vii
lage, and VIM. Stewart has taken pos
session of the farm he has purchased Of
Mr.. Powers.
| Capt. Davis is selling his store and
goods. The parties interested are SO
private about it that it is hard to tell
who is the real purchaser. The commu.
nifty will be sorry to lose the Captain,
he has few enemies and host of friends
Stannard.
Davies Smith has bought the Sam
Stevens farm.
A. E. Garfield has moved his family
back to this town from Lyndonville.
Sewell Aver found one of his oxer
dead on going to his barn last Wednes
day morning.
Sutton.
R. |. Leach has sold his Gile farm Il
Willard Hastings.
Rev. B. A. Sherwood's lecture drew
full house and was pronounced one o
the best like his sermons it was full
of thought and good points.
by request, we publish Mr.. Sher
woods letter in answer to an abstract 0
Father Virgins, printed last week
We hope this will suffice. Unless thes
columns can be used to pour oil on tn
troubled waters, they decline to be fur
Their used in this controversy. Their
are special reasons why we shall eve
rejoice to herald any thing that will d
credit to the name of the good town 9
Sutton; not one reason why we shal
> wish to publish any thing else. Ed.
Editor Monitor will you please pull
fish the following as a substitute for a
explanion of Rev. Mr.. Virgins lettel
;, which appears in part in your last issue
e l have purposely avoided all newspape
r controversy growing out of recent churc
trials here, and for this reason: Lii
seems too short and it's object too impol
tant for the press and pulpit to turn thei
guns upon each other, when the enemy
l. all the while watching the weak point
s and advancing as opportunity offers.