Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-11-21


held at the Baptist church. will |
be a temperance meeting next Sabbath |
evening at the Methodist church, under
the direction of the W. G. L. U. society.
The Good Templars will furnish an
antiquarian supper at their hall on We'd
nesday eve, with literary exercises at
the academy hall. A small admittance
fee will be charged the gentlemen, the
ladies admitted free; all are invited.
Glover.
Teachers examination on Saturday at
the Institute
Five hundred barrels of cider have
been made in town this fall.
Mr.. Percival has measuced up II in
ches of snow fall, thus far this fall.
Cows sold at Wright Ayers auction
on an average of 1874 each. Hay at SO
per ton.
Napoleon Davis is more comfortable.
his head troubling him less than it has
heretofore since his sickness.
Leonard Foster has rented his saw
mill to Walter Gray.-Salmon Bros.
are building a new fume at their saw
mill.
Ebert H. Nye, express messenger,
has bought the widow Bickford house,
and will move here in January. We'll
come, Ebert.
The ladies of the M. E. parsonage
society met at the parsonage, on Friday
afternoon with Mr.. Thurston's people,
and enjoyed very pleasant interview.
A good sum of money was raised.
Parties whose names are known, broke
into Mrs. John Sherburne's closet last
week and stole good hat feather, beside
rummaging the whole room. Unless
they return the stolen articles, they may
have the privilege of seeing their names
in print.
West Glover.
|. Religious services at the church
thanksgiving day.
B. F. Rix, the veteran singing-school
teacher, will have a school here this
winter.
Several of the schools in this vicinity
commence to-day. Nelson Dow of Alba
ny teaches IN district No. l. Fred Whit
ney of Craftsbury in district No. 9,
Henry Clark of Sheffield in dirtrict
No. 7.
Greensboro.
The terrible accident at E. HardwicB
last week, should warn the boys not tt
slide in the streets.
Examinations of teachers at school
house in Greensboro village the Goth
commencing at 8 a. M. The public ART
invited.
o. A. Silver and his companion
thresher, threshed one thousand bushel
of oats, and the wheat that grew OIL
three acres for Edwin Hastings O
Craftsbury in four days. Good thresh
ing and big crop for Vermont farmer
{ A pleasant surprise party occurred a
1 Andrew Jardines' who lives in the north
+ west part of the town. on rhe 3lst ult
it being The 2lst birthday .tof an onl
son. Some of the neighbors planne
= the surprise, and bethought them tina
: the occasion would be made more happ
by the presence of the daughter and 81:
ter, Mary J., who went to Massachr
sets some years since in very feebl
arrived two days previous to the gail
ering, stopping within sight of her hon
. with a neighbor. On the evening
the party, while large number wei
" present, Mary came to the house unb
" known to the family, and passed son
time in the company before her paren
or brother recognized her. The effe
" may we'll be imagined. Presents we
made to the son and brother, and Il
ne affair was very agreeable to all.
Holland.
IS A colporteur is distributing bibles
= this town.
u A. B. Moulton has his new blacksmi
shop nearly done.
he Mrs. T. E. Ewens is quite sick
to Anna Pillsbury died on the 18th in
r. after long sickness.
Irasburgh.
at Turkey shoot Wednesday.
It The sick are nearly all recovering.
TX D. E. Curtis of Lowell occupied n
Carr's desk yesterday.
Sc Orlando Page has his new set
y buildings nearly finished.
Mrs. F. A. Field goes to Ryegate,
take care of sick friend
lis -
Preaching services at Cong. chur
thanksgiving day evening.
n
- Messrs. Parker & Brewster will b
large lot of logs the coming winter.
of L. H. Nye still keeps his pre- mil
10 two-year-old colt which is hard to b.
in this section.