Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-10-10
Church, who has been hard sick since
Aug. 9, is slowly recovering.


Aug. 9, is slowly recovering.
The freeze last week resulted in the
almost total destruction of the late apple
crop.-Potatoes are not yielding up to
average this year. Some farmers get
ting only seventy-fve or one hundred
bushels to the acre.
On pent-road in this town can be
seen the following from the local poet:
Stranger friend please close this gate
And thereby neighbours hate.
Faithful in shutting gates below,
To heaven at length your soul may go:
Failing to do this common duty well,
Heavens gate may close and leave your soul in
Samuel Hill has built and filled a
large silo. putting in about 100 tons of
green fed. Mr.. Hill has finished a new
and convenient milk room in his barn,
and expects with his new milk and
cream apparatus and Jersey heifers, to
make gilt-edged butter every time.
The Congregational society took the
parsonage in hand last week, and made
| things lively. Result, new sidewalk,
the disappearance of most of the old
fence, trimming up of trees and paper
and paint inside the parsonage For.
all which, let the public be thankful,
and we are sure Mr.. Knowlton's people
will be doubly so.
Holland.
M. NJ. Graves lost horse of unknown
disease recently.-A. R. Moulton has
been losing sheep of late by bears.
Mrs. Isabel Boynton, widow Of the
late Capt John Boynton, who is quite
aged, is very sick and her recovery is
doubtful.
Charles Allen dug l IA acres of po-
tatoes on the Sd inst. for Geo. H. Tice.
Show us the man who can beat him.
CThe editor suggest a potato digging
match between Mr. Allen and the
Greensboro man, who digs twenty hills
minute.)
IH.asburgh.
Elmer Berry got badly bitten by a
dog on Sunday, Oct. 2.
Gov. Cotton is having new horse
barn built; he came home on Thursday.
Mrs. Amelia Barrows died suddenly
yesterday. She was sick only two or
three days.
Rev. A. A. Smith, former pastor of
the Congregational church. preached
here yesterday.
Rev. Mr.. Webb made a few short
calls here on Friday, receiving hearty
welcome by all.
Orlando Page is making preparations
for rebuilding on the site where his
buildings were burned.
Business is lively at John Ord's cider
mill, and Mr.. Ord has been obliged to
put in an extra press. He took in SOC
bushels of apples last Saturday.
Chandler Austin had twenty acres Of
grain on new land this year. which is
nearly harvested. Mr.. Austin intends
to do quite business at numbering the
coming winter.
Jay.
G. G. Lucier has taken $4,000 jot
of numbering of B. F. Paine
L. Recor is putting up an addition tt
his barn.-B. F. Paine is erecting ano
Their house.
A. Hitchcock has sold the farm upor
which E. Wood lives, to Mr.. Mors,
from P. O.. for $4,000.
Morgan Center.
Dan Huntoon, Frank Rich and Thorn
) as Gilman are all very sick with typhoiC
fever.
; Lila Currier found ripe strawberrie
October 4th, and long icicles tn
next morning.
Miss Flora Cleveland is engaged t
/. teach the school at the Center this win
ter.-Miss Hattie Bennett of Charles
ton is teaching the fall school in til
Joel Williams district.
Newport.
D Phlneas, little son of A. N. Dae
$ gett, got one of his fingers so badl
s crushed in the cogs of straw-cutter q
to render amputation necessary.
r Second reunion of Baxter Post No. s
G. A. R., will be held at this place, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, Oct 13, IA an
10, at which all veteran soldiers are co
. daily invited to participate. The fir
day will be occupied in arranging If
l. campfire stories, songs, etc., etc. I'll
second day the time from 9 a. m. till
. m. will be allotted to squad drill; afte
noon to short addresses from army vete
u ans; evening, dedication of new armol
IS hall with appropriate exercises. Thil
l. day: forenoon, company drill; Afternoon
" sham fight between Grout Guards, cor
!. manded by Capt. c. A. Prouty, and tt
, old army veterans, all under command
- old army officers. The committee of a
e engagements have spared no pains or e.
l. pense in arranging for this reunion s
n that every part will be carried out in re-
n ular order. A good drum corps will be
! attendance each day. l. KndBALL, I'D.
Newport Center.