Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-10-10
West Charleston.

mouse WIFI y. L.. I1UWdEU.
George Blodgett has recently drawn
about $500 arrears of pension.
Mrs. Howard and her daughter, Belle,
have gone on pleasure trip to Boston.
At the close of T. J. Pratt's lecture
Sunday night, &c names were added to
the pledge of total abstinence, including
wine and cider.
The event of the week is the marriage
of E. W. Barron, druggist, to Miss
Nellie Young, daughter of Peter Young
of this place. The marriage took place
at the residence of the bride, where
about 60 invited guests were assembled
to witness the ceremony.
The man in this village that whipped
his horse so numerically the other day,
with nothing but common whip;
horse that was we'll fed and we'll cared
for, and neither tired nor overloaded,
but that did not choose to move only to
run backwards, ought to have guard
ian appointed Immediately. We do not
believe in cruelty to animals, but there
is such thing as straining at a gnat
and swallowing camel.
CraftSbuIy.
Sidney Lyon hasJbought the W. w.
Miles place, paying $500.
Fred Dustan and wife from Wisconsin
are in town for short visit.
G. G. Hoyt raised an apple this year
that is ID inches in circumference.
Charlie Stevens has rented the Orleans
House at the Common for one year.
Mrs. George Williams died very sud-
denly, after an illness of only four days,
with typhoid pneumonia.
Derby.
Mrs. Stillman Jenne from Newbury
is visiting friends in this vicinity.
Quite number of our citizens took
advantage of the cheap excursion and
went to Boston last week.
Maj. Grout has constructed and filled
the first silo in town. He is also build
ing quite large shed on his place.
Rev. G. D. R. Meacham has supplied
the Baptist church for the last three
weeks, and will preach again next Sab
bath.
Mrs. Henry Carpenter and son start
for the west this evening. with the view
of making it their future home. The
rest of the family remain here, it is un'
derstood, until February.
Glover.
Rev. Mr.. Pierce has closed his labors
here and goes to Chicopee, Mass.
Harley Hill has returned to town and
will resume his medical studies with
DR.. Templeton.
The town voted on the 4th inst. t.
raise so cents on a dollar of the granC
list for town taxes.
W. F. Clark has been appointed SUI
perintendent of schools in place of Rev.
E. Pierce, resigned.
Rev. Mr.. Adams, former pastor of tn
Congregational church of Cabot, ha
commenced his pastorate in this place
to continue one year.
o. V. Percival reports that he ha
harvested Sc bushels of ears of corn
two tons of fodder and three large load
of pumpkins from one half-acre of land
The thermometer stood 70 degree
above zero at 5 o'clock p. M, Oct.
and IA degrees below the freezing point
with the ground froze hard on Wednes
, day morning, Oct. 5.
, The cold weather of last week froz
and greatly damaged the apple croE
The apples are being gathered and work
e ed into cider. The cider mills are tn
busiest places in town.
= Deacon E. B. Simonds, the vetera
= canvasser, is the first in the field wit
the Life of Garfield" He has thi
county as territory, and will doubles
: make his friends call before long.
Wheat, averages, in this town, so ia
as heard from 80 bushels to the acr,
$ Statistics make the average in til
y great wheat growing state of Ohio tn
L year, Is bushels. Why go West? Cor
I is good, apples are plenty, while pot
toes are nearly failure.
;, Your correspondent was present +;
d the second reunion of Co. D. 9th V
e Regt. last Wednesday. Oct. 5. 1t VIZ
Q also the Goth anniversary of the organ
y cation of the company. Perhaps fe
words will be of interest to your rea
ers. The address was delivered by
}. Fl. Nye of White River Junction. The
were, including recruits, 155 men col
J. nected with the company, twenty-seve
o commissions issued, 10 officers and me
It killed outright, "a died of wounds ar
} disease. Participated in % battle
" After the excellent address, interestir
r. letters were read from G. E. Josly
If Barton Landing, F. M. Kimball, Car
% eron, Mo-, and Henry Mcclure. Joliet