Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-12-19

remained pleasant and agreeable up to
the present. The new town is growing
very rapidly and real estate is becoming
of great value. The tide of immigration
is large and everything is blooming"
head. He advises any who are not
contented with their Vt. homes to try
the new country of the west.
NEWPORT.
Pat Regan got fall on the ice at the
mill recently. by which his scalp was
badly cut and his head bruised
The Methodist Sunday-school is to
| have Christmas tree with appropriate
and interesting exercises at the church
Christmas eve.
The Masonic lecture Of Rob. Morris
of Kentucky. delivered at Masonic hall
Saturday evening. is said to have been
scholarly and interesting.
/ Alex. Blair of Troy was thrown out
i of his wagon in this place on Saturday,
and badly hurt, being unconscious for
some time. Too much of the 30 be joy
full"
Newport Center.
| S. NJ. Flint has rented Mr.. Coburn' s
house at Alexander's mill.
| Hazen Niles has rented Welby Ham
mond's farm on the Troy road.
| A lite Daughter of John Hoyt, who
fell down stairs recently. fracturing her
skull, died on Saturday, Dec. 10.
/ Charles Place has set up housekeeping
in Mrs. Stowell's new house Mr.. Jerome
4 has rented part of Mrs. Clendening's.
There will be donation for the ben
eft of H. f. Austin. Jan. 5-the place
will be given in due season. Oysters
will be served.
A young girl from South Troy by the
name of Carpenter on the 9th inst. took
quantity of pounded glass and died
from the effects.
Mrs. G. L. Drown has so far recovered
from her long illness as to be able to dc
her work. She thinks great credit is
due DIR. Erwin for his skillful treatment
The village schools are taught by
Bertha Hardy, it being her seventh
| term in the primary department. anC
Miss Reynolds. Mr.. Badger of Derby
teaches in the Tibbett's district.
The M. E. church has been neatly
5 repaired and will be re-dedicated Sun
day, Dec. 25, with a concert in tn,
evening. The Eernest Workers hav'
. contributed $50 toward the work.
] The temperance men are on the tract
f of the rum drinker again ; several arrest
= have been made. One Charles Davis o
: Mansonville was sent to the work hous
for petty thieving and drunkenness
Save the precious youth Of this place, Ii
E the prayer of many mothers heart.
D North Troy.
e Among the speakers already securec
for the lecture course are ex-senator
w. Patterson of New Hampshire ant
Gen. John l.. Swift of Boston.
i Peters, the alleged Mansonvillc child
: murderer, last week delivered himself VI
to the authorities and was taken t.
< Sweetsburgh Jail for safe keeping. Hi
e examination is to be had this week.
y Last Monday evening about one hun
r dred of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs. A
H. Porter, met with them. the occasion
e being the tenth anniversary of thei
!. marriage. Some very nice present
r were made.
7. South Troy.
o Christmas at the old church Saturda
evening
A. H. Stevens of Michigan. is in tow
h visiting friends.
Mr.. Carey moves into the A. J. c.
U burn house on the hill.
Nelson Martin severed four toes by a
r unlucky blow of the ak.
Geo. Porter has the job to put up I'll
q smoke stack to B. F. Paine's new stea
If mill
A portion of the abutment of the ne
bridge fell during the recent high wat
of fortunate that there is some excuse Fl
the disaster.
70 The MONITOR man visits this pla,
on Thursday next. from one to thr,
oil o'clock p. m. at Post Office to collie
Is bills &c. See him.
Westfield.
1T Mr.. King, agent for the MoNITo
s. will be found at post-ofice, Thursd;
evening, Dec. %. See him and arranI
business for another year.
b Death has again visited the family
the late H. NJ. Stacy and Mrs. Sar'
(Hoyt) Stacy is the fifth person W
has died out of the family within
- months, as follows: Feb. 10, 1881. N
= Stacy. aged 81 years; Apr. "a. Jol
y Hoyt, Jr., aged So years; July Il
Martha Hoyt. aged 80 years; Oct Lot
John Hoyt. aged "a years, and d.
s. ~