Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-01-10

ALBANY.
Springs and wells are getting very
low again.
There are several cases of whooping
cough in town.
The Congregational society have en-
gagged Rev. Mr.. Smith for year.
The next meeting of the farmers club
will be at the Freewill Baptist church
on Albany creek road, Wednesday even
ing January l9. commencing at $50.
There was good turnout at the last
meeting, and we hope for another one
next time.
Barton.
Pay all arrearages. if you want to
stop the MONITOR.
Last Tuesday morning the mercury
got down to % below zero.
Universalist Sociable at Robinson's
Hall this Monday evening.
Heaviest snow storm of the season.
some say eighs inches, and more falling.
One of the newly-elected village fa-
theirs plowed out the streets this morning
good job.
See what Hiram Baxter says in his
advertisement about goods at the Green
Mountain Store.
John N. Smith has got his ice tools
ready and is filling an ice shed for the
supply of the village.
The fire engine company meets at the
engine house tonight. All members
are requested to be present.
j. F. Heath, an employee at the
Crystal Lake mills, has just received a
pension arrears amounting to LOO.
Mr.. Mark Nutter of Colorado, we'll
known here as former citizen, informs
us that his health is much improved in
Colorado.
Thomas J. Varuey has been seriously
sick for some days, and it is feared he
will not get up again, unless he gets
help soon.
The annual meeting of the board Of
trustees of Barton Academy, will be held
at the office of F. W. Baldwin, on the 18th
day of January commencing at o'clock
p. m, for the election of officers.
F. w. BALDWIN, Sec.
The sixth lecture in the Ladies' Course
will be given (to-morrow) Tuesday eve,
Jan. l, at RobinsOn's hall, by Prof. G.
H. Perkins of Burlington University.
Subject. 1.-The Pleasure of the Study of
Nature" Tickets at the postofice.
Cheney Green has sold his farm,
stock, hay, grain, sugar tools and house
hold furniture, to E. F. button of this
village. Mr.. Green will probably 60 to
Massachusetts in the spring. Mr.. Dut-
ton is not likely to move on to the farm
until warmer weather.
G. W. Preston is advertising the or
gulnette. (See the ADVERTISEMENT
This seems to be very useful inven-
ton, affording, as it does. opportunity
to all families to have an instrument
that will give them variety of good
music, by the mere turning of crank.
We furnish a supplement to-day, con-
tanning all the public acts of the last
session of the Legislature 1t looks as
though we ought not to complain of the
amount done. When the next list is
taken there will be some who will think
too much was done, we opine.
We devote the larger portion of the
outside of this paper to the very excel
lent address, given by Gen. Mcmahon,
on Gen. John Sedgwick. Gen. Sedg-
wick was personally known to most the
soldiers of the "Old Brigade" and all
Vermontsrs have a special interest il
everything that pertains to his name.
Our Little Ones is a beautiful month
ly magazine by the Russell Publishing
Co., Boston, Mass. 1t is designed fol
children from four to to twelve years O
age. and in style, print, pictures. read
ing matter and design it is superb
Price, $3.50; with MONITOR $3.50
Our "little ones are delighted with it.
1t seems little unfortunate that III,
Sunday School Convention, and tn,
County Musical Association should b
called at the same time. Both are es
tablished institutions (?) of the county
and many persons wish to attend each
The Sunday School folks got out thei
notice several weeks first, and no blam
attaches to them.
Old Mother shipton in her famou
prophecy closes her verses as follows
The world unto an end shall come
In eighteen hundred eighty-one."
In view of this solemn fact, we sugges
that our subscribers get their arreal