Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-11

D G.. F. DAVIS, o0"'"'''''''
| T. D. BADGER,
West Derby.
Easter services at the church Sunday
evening next.
Leonard Peavey has taken the Perez
val place for the coming year.-C. G.
Baker has rented the Bradley house.
James Marston has returned from
Massachusetts, Bisbee is engi-
neer in the Prouty & Miller steam mill.
"Old Bill" the family horse belong
ing to Gilbert Miller, recently broke
his shoulder and will doubtless have to
be killed. He was much priced by the
family.
Sa1em-Derby.
An average of one pound to tree is
the result of sugaring to date.
Frank Wight vacates the P. 0. Clark
house and moves on to the John Curry
place.
john Libby has let his farm to John
Shannon, and talks of going to Boston
to spend the summer.
William Croft has gone to New York
to engage in the Ice business-plenty of
that business here for the present.
Mr.. Liberty, whose illness was men
toned IN your Morgan Center items
last week, is the father of Mrs. James
Blanchard of this place. His paralysis
is very serious, one side being almost
entirely paralyzed.
Glover.
Capt. Percival is keeping his weather
record as usual. During the present
year till April lst, seven feet of snow
has fallen; in January So inches, in
February 16 inches and in March 80
inches.
West Glover.
There is disease, epidemic in this
vicinity, among the cattle, which is do
ing considerable damage to dairy cows.
We are much panied at the sudden
death of Fred DEMO, which occurred on
Friday, after short illness. He was
young man much esteemed in the
community, and his death is a great
blow to surviving friends. His mother
died little more than month ago.
Greensboro Bend.
Orson Kimball of Cabot has hired
the Hopkins Hotel for two years.
Holland.
Rev. A. B. Blake, in pastorate Of
% months, has preached 26 funeral
sermons, the last on Saturday, that Of
Eda Green who died of consumption in
Derby.
G. R. Caswell has bought lot Of
land of the Jonathan Fields estate, also
one lot of the BENZ. Steele estate, and
sold half lot to the Goddard Bros. fol-
S250.-Henry Pinney has sold a piece
of land to John Horn for $3.50.
Irasburgh.
Why don't the selectmen repair thai
dangerous place at the Morrill, bridge
We call their attention to the fact thai
it has been almost year since the Ston,
tit could not be called a0alD tumblec
down.
At the meeting of the town superin
tendents, held at Irasburgh. April 5, j
was decided that the standard of quail
fcation for candidates should be a
? follows: Oral examination to be salts
factory to superintendent. An averag
of 70 per cent. in the four subjects o
the written examinations; no candldat
D failing to correctly answer so per cent
! Of the questions in any one of the fou
branches, except history. to receive
q certificate. Public examination to b
S held in each town on Saturday Apri
!, 80, from 9. a. M, till 5, p. m.
t Jay.
t The weather and storm of last weel
was very severe.
5 H. G. Bannister is getting out timbe
t and lumber for new store with tene
s ment apartments, which he intends
r erect as soon as spring opens.
# The Methodist society held suga
: festival on Thursday eve. for the pun
i pose of raising funds to purchase a
o organ. The severe weather made th
IS attendance smaller than it otherwis
e would have been, but the exercise
o were very pleasant.
d Morgan Center
e. BERTHE Stevens, a little fellow VIII
had severe fever last winter, is recoy
20 ering slowly.
There is no foundation for the repol
to that Thompson & Howard "are going I
t, move their store into the woods
Webster & Albee made some nece