Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-16

Chandler, French & Co.'S. mill last Tues
day, got his clothing caught by set
screw on a shaft, and was carried
around at the rate of 200 revolutions
minute. Fortunately Mr.. Wright is
quite a heavy man and his clothing
was not stout enough to hold him, so he
was entirely stripped except part of
his overalls, and was hurled into pile
of lumber some eight feet below, he is
very badly bruised but no bones broken.
Bloomington
The IA tons of sugar was made in
district No. 2, not Ia.
l.. Grow has sold his farm to two of
his boys for $4,000, and buys the John
Bartlett farm for $1,000. Bartlett talks
of building near his mills.
Evansville.
Rev. C. H. Sweat will preach here,
commencing May Is, every alternate
Sabbath at 2 o'clock, p. m.
Albert Gallup has sub-let the job of
running Fosters logs from the lake to
his mill to Lucius Drown for SO cents
per thousand.
Coventry.
A house belonging to T. H. Dunn
was burned on the night of May 10.
Cause of fire unknown. Insured for
5000.
Ira Boynton has bought of W. W.
Frost the house opposite the Thrasher
store and will move in soon. He pays
1867.
West Charleston.
H. W. Dane has taken in five tons of
maple sugar.
Mrs. Daniel Webster is having her
house newly painted.
1t is Lura l. Bruce, not Laura Bruce,
that teaches school at the Center.
Rev. D. I. Quint has decided to re-
main in his present field of labor, preach
ing here and at the East village, as in
the past year.
The spring term of school closed Fri
day the 18th; summer term commences
the 18th, taught by Miss Abbie E.
Cowles and Miss Carrie Ferrin.
The storm here last Wednesday was
fearful and did much damage. Some
farmers have been obliged to sow their
wheat the second time; the roads are
badly quilted and some of them are al
most impossible.
Mrs. Cowles from Coventry and her
daughter Abbie are about moving into
the front part of R. H. Lathe's house.
B. D. Clark has moved into the B. F. D.
Carpenter house.-John Kerr moves to
the Eastman place.-Mrs. Levi Garland
has moved to D. Drivers, her son-in-law.
Craftsbury.
Russell Hoyt lost two good COWS re-
Gently.
Royal Moody is in town, also "Buck-
shot Bill"
Mrs. Hidden is in market after sum.
mer millinery.
Mrs. Paddock has nice stock of mil
linery goods just received.
L. Washburn has moved into the old
Congregational parsonage.
Rev. Mr.. Boardman has returned
from his visit to Massachusetts.
Ira Dutton is having barn built,
and new barn will be built on the
poor farm.
Potatoes from the Wolcott side of the
town are being drawn to Wolcott at 30
cents bushel.
Mr.. Thrasher has sold his house on
the Common to a Mr.. Dunbar from
Massachusetts,.
W. Seaver has very fancy pair of
driving harnesses, just purchased Of
G. Graves of Barton.
Thirty-one young ladies applied for
certificates at teachers examination and
all but three were successful.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. G. johnson, who
have been travelling in Canada for the
past two months, have returned to town.
Wheeler & Boynton, having a large
stock of timber are running their saw
mill night and day, employing ten
hands.
A party from Cabot has rented the
Thomas Patterson farm lately vacated
by milford Eldredge, and has taken
possession.
The Scott district in the Withers
neighborhood have voted to build new
school house, and have let the job tc
Herbert Udall
We have still another milliner In
town. Mrs. Luce from Wolcott will sell
millinery goods two days each week al
Keniston's in Mill Village.
Isaac Whitney is very sick with ty
phoid pneumonia and Augustus Pad
docks Oldest daughter, Annie, is il
with gastric fever. Later: Mr.. Whit
ney is dead.
Mr.. Anderson, who has been running