Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-08-22


ter of S. G. Cree. Wheelock, the very
best manufactured, and expects with
his new machine and good men to 60
with it to give perfect satisfaction in
threshiug. The Adams boys 60 with
the machine.
Aaron Wiley. his son and hired man
had a narrow escape from lightning on
the day Mr.. Jenkins barn was burned.
They went into the woods out of the
hay field, and while there the lightning
struck tree only five feet from them.
They were startled, but not seriously
electrified.
Hubbard Joslyn, having lost barn
in this town by fire. suspected that the
I.angmaids had something to do with
it. He caused the arrest Of the father
and two sons and they were brought
before justice, who held them in the
sum of $500 each for their appearance
at county court. For the want of bail
they were sent to the county hotel, run
by Mr.. Holdridge of Irasburg.
Evansville.
Winifred Guild has recently put quite
large bell in his barn. Now ring it,,
Winifred, promptly at 2 m. each day.
The milestone shop is again in run
ming order. Erastus Collision is saving
out large lot of single at the old Ev-
ans single mill. He has been laid up
recently with bad eye caused by get
ting steel filing in it.
Coventry.
Revs. Butler and Carr exchanged
desks yesterday.
Salmon Nye has sold portion of the
Langmayd farm to Charles V. Ryther
for $4,000.
There will be no prayer nor class
meeting at the M. E. church this week,
on account of campmeeting.
The Methodist society here has charge
of the victualing department of the
campmeeting at Lyndonville this week.
The new school house in district No.
9 was completed Saturday, and district
No. 7 is trying to get rid of district No.
9 in Newport. Cause, a new school
house.
East Charleston.
The school in district No. 9, taught
by Miss Eva Ingalls,, closed on Satur.
day, Aug. 6. with picnic in Jerry
Applebee's grove. The school has made
great advancement this summer. Miss
Ingalls, is one of our best teachers and
has given the district universal satisfac.
tion. The schools taught by Della
Farmer, Ina Cate, and the East Charles
ton school under the direction of BERTHE
Adams, took part in the exercises, which
consisted in speaking, Rotations and
singing. The scholars did themselves
and teachers much credit in these
exercises. We get the following from
Miss Ingalls, report: Cora Applebee
Eva and Flora Stoddard, and Mae BucI
had no absent or tardy marks; Matte
and ChettIe Stevens were not absent
Nina Stewart. Johnnie and Nellie Stew
ems, Eugene and Leon Buck were absen
only on account of sickness; Nina Stew
art, Katie McMillen, Ellen and Louis:
Scott were not tardy; Cora Appellee,
missed the smallest number of words il
the first class of spelling, Johnnie Bucl
and Eva Stoddard stood equal in tn,
second class, Flora Stoddard in tn,
third class.
West Charleston.
I'll. W. Dane Is making quite exten
sive repairs on his store.
Miss Jennie Clark returns to Islant
Pond to teach school this fall.
David Driver cut 60 tons of hay o.
20 acres of land. Mr.. DIS crops of al
kinds would be hard to beat.
Potatoes are rusting badly in som
localities. Query: Does the too fire
use of Paris green have anything to
with it?
, Charles Cooley and wife from Mar
r chester, N. H., former residents of thi
J village, are in town visiting relative
; and friends.
| Craftsbury.
The wheat crop will be heavy.
Miss Agnes Simpson is very sick, an
< May Weber, who has been quite i'll,
somewhat better.
Amory Dawson is collecting larg
drove of cattle, and starts for mark,
l with them next week.
Mrs. Jackson Hidden has very ba
eye and is intending to 60 to Montre;
for surgical treatment.
Charles Morse, former resident, no
of Mass, is visiting at his sisters, Mr.
Rufus Hoyt. His health is poor.
Miss Belle Hartman teaches the ia
: term of school in the Coburn distric
9 and Nina Randall in the Webb
district.
A large fire was seen by people in Il
4 west part of the town on the evening