Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-02-14
Fred Winslow has got place as clerl

Feb. z. About 70 invited guests were
present. Oysters were served, and an
abundance of other good things. Their
guests presented them with silver tea
service and other appropriate gifts; many
who were invited were detained at home
on account of sickness in their families.
Miss Ida Tracy, teacher, has gone
home sick with diphtheria, and her
school is suspended.-A little child of
Rev. Quint lay at the point of death
several days with Group and diphtheria,
but appears now to be recovering. is
very sickly here just now, measles, diph-
iberia pneumonia and other diseases
prevail.-Mrs. B. D. Clarke is quite sick
with pneumonia.
East Charleston.
The Antiquarian supper was post
poned on account of bad weather until
Wednesday evening of this week. Come.
Coventry.
The donation for Mr.. Stowell Melted
$42.
Homer Thrasher does not go to Phil
adelphia. His wife will open millin-
cry shop at Newport this spring.
The topic most discussed just now is,
as usual, the schools; last year the COM
plant was too much order, this year
not enough of that article.
Craftsbury.
Bert Streeter cut his foot quite seri-
ously few days since. e9
Mrs. Amasa Scott has another can
GER. lady from Massachusetts is here
doctoring her.
A daughter of George Williams, be-
came SO violently crazy that they have
taken her to Brattleboro.
Mrs. Heman Fitz starts in few DAYS
for Iowa, her husband has been there
for some months; he is in the boot bus
mess.
Patrick Kilgallin has taken the job of
getting the lumber for the big barn to
be built on the town farm the coming
summer
On the evening of the 25th of Janu-
airy, the friends of Lewis Cass gave
them call, to celebrate their crystal
wedding. E. S. Simonds presented the
presents.
Derby.
Charming Hazeltine expects to leave
here for Massachusetts early this spring.
The favorite song in this village last
week was ga boat, a boat, to cross the
| ferry
The examinations at the academy
passed off successfully. There can be
no question as to the ability of the pre-
sent staff of instructors. And any young
person desiring to fit for college or to
pursue other than the common school
studies, cannot do better than turn their
steps this way. Spring term COM
mences Tuesday of next week.
Glover.
C. S. Leonard is running his tub
mandatory on cedar sap buckets, ex.
pecting to make twenty-five hundred, to
supply his demand for spring trade. He
makes his tubs by the Miller machine
and they are perfect. Many people in
this vicinity are selling their old tubs
and buying new ones from his factory.
Those wanting buckets will do we'll tc
give Mr.. Leonard call.
The house of H. W. Phillips in the
village. caught fire in one of the cham
bers, Tuesday afternoon, and was burn
ing briskly when discovered, but the
pump and pail brigade were promptly
on hand, and the fire was soon extin
guished. The stove pipe that came W
from lower room, ran within a few
inches of a partition, which took fire
near the floor and burned through ant
was burning inside of the partition
Considerable damage was done by wate
and the tearing out of the partition. /
was narrow escape from serious fire
Look to your stove pipes this colo
weather.
Greensboro.
G. A. Kilburn has rented his farm t.
Mr.. Jordan of Albany
Our village school is broken in upol
by the measles. Though decimated ii
numbers, it is not broken up.
The J. B. Calderwood road case ha
been decided adversely to the town
which will make J. B. feel good.
The entertainment given here the It
was very successful. pecuniarily an
otherwise. The drama, ..Above til
Clouds" was unusually well rendere
for ameteurs.
Mrs. sturtevant, of Middlebury, de
livered temperance lecture here, Sur
day evening the 9Th. and Woman
Temperance Union" organized with Mr.,
A. K. Drury, president; Mrs. NJ. ]
Conant, vice-president; Mrs. L. F. Bal
bitt. recording secretary; Mrs. N. Ker