Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-23

Newport Center.
M. r. Tibbetts has sold his farm to
A. Rice of Lyndon Center.
The Freewill Baptist folks have built
a new platform in front Of their church.
Some of our young men, militarily
inclined, have enlisted in the Newport
militia company.
VIM. Wiley has taken possession of
the Sleeper store and is doing good
business.
The lightning struck the barn of A.
G. BOwley on the 18th doing much dam
age to the barn, though not setting it
on fire. There were four horses and
twenty cows in the barn, many of which
were knocked down by the shock. Mr..
Bowley's favorite horse was made totally
deaf and has not since recovered her
hearing. Mr.. Bowley was standing be-
tween two COWS when he saw, almost
exactly under his feet, what seemed to
be ball or bunch Of fire the size of
bucket; himself and the COWS were
knocked down. He does not wish to
experience another such scene. The
freaks of the lightning about the barn
were very strange. Fortunate that no
more serious damage was done.
North Troy.
The grand list of Troy is more than
doubled.
Memorial services next Monday, Gov.
Farnham delivering the address.
James Tucker. of Jay. who died a
Stanbridge last week of consumption,
made confession just before his de-
cease to the effect that he and John
Ross of Jay set fire to some buildings in
Stanbridge two years ago. Ross has
been arrested.
So0GA u IOys
The Spiritualists will hold conven-
ton here next month.
Orson Miller has recently purchased
of G.. W. Aiken his store lot.
G.. W. Aiken's mill is not running
the past week having gone in for repairs.
Mrs. Place has exchanged her village
residence with Peter Phillips. for what
is known as the Stacy place.
A. G. Davis has sold his shop and
interest in the tin business to Mr. D. F.
Lathrop who will continue the tin shop.
Our new merchant, Mr.. Stewart, is in
market this week selecting his stock of
summer goods. also Mr.. J. S. Young
has gone to market.
Miss Dell Hodgdon has returned with
a full line of millinery goods. Miss H.
is an excellent milliner and no one will
regret patronizing her.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. j ohnsbury.
H. B. Davis, long foreman in the
Catedomian Office, is very dangerously
sick.
The late catalogue of the st. Johns
bury Academy shows the pupils of last
year to have numbered 260.
J. D. Stoddard, better known as law
yer Jock Stoddard. died May Is. He
has been in very feeble health for some
years.
East Ha1.dvick.
Frank Hubbard has bought the T.
Williams farm in Walden for 5000.
We had most severe thunder storm
the 18th, accompanied by hail and a
terrible flood of water. Much damage
was done to roads and bridges.
The usual amount of May moving In
the village. E. H. George has moved
into Justin Pages house, E. d. Paine
into the Underwood house and II. A.
Rabbit into J. T. Williams house.
East Burke.
Mrs. HI. P. Cushing has Gala with
leaf and stock that measures 81 inches
in height, and has leaf Il l-2 K 20 IL
inches.
James Corliss, former resident of
this place. but recently working in a
saw mill in Maine, was struck on the
head BY flying slab week ago last
Wednesday, and remained unconscious
two days, when he died. He was about
% years old, and his remains were
brought here for interment.
West Burke.
John G. Sargent repairs the Pettigrew
house.
Mrs. Salmon, mother of Robert Sal.
mon, recently died at the age of 80 years
J. H. silsby moves his hay press from
Lyndon to the Kenerson barn in this
town.
Jason Allard has gone on to the road
as a commercial traveller. Jase. is q
!, good fellow and we wish him success.
Mr.. Hawthorne has moved from The
tenement near the depot into the Forces
house.-M. Colby has the job painting
the school house. Loren Green is fixing
off another tenement in the Huntley
building.