Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-06-06

invited.
The fire company of this place was
sent for last Friday night to go to New
port. and assist in quelling fire which
was then rapidly spreading in and
about the car house and wood sheds of
the Pass. r. R. In thirty-seven min
utes from the time the despatch was re-
ceived here, the company were on the
ground, and their engine was playing
on to the fire.
Bloomington.
Will Warren moves back to New
Hampshire this week.
DR.. Young has gone to Montreal, to
be absent all this week.
John Trip has sold the Warren
place to Mr.. Thomas of Brighton, for
1887.
Town meeting tomorrow at 8 o'clock.
Important business should cause full
attendance.
Having seen an item in the MONITOR
of last week, in regard to Geo. S. Bak-
er, evidently inspired by his wife, and
intended to cast reflections on Mr.. Bak-
er, this is to certify that Mr.. Baker has
supported himself, his wife and her son
for several years past, and we are of
the opinion that he is in better circum-
stances, now that his wife has left him,
than he was while she was support
ing" him; Geo. Going, Horace Smith,
Cyrus Heath, M. NJ. Heath, S. A. A.
Smith, L. J. Smith, G.. R. Smith, S.
McDaniels, N. J. Morehouse, L. H.
Morehouse, John Campbell, l. T. Day,
S. c. Seavy, John Fay. B. S. Gallup,
D. D. Gallup, N. Mckay, Charles
Wheeler.
Charles Parlin has returned from
Nashua, N. H., and will work for B. F.
Hamilton.
E. o. Bennett has sold twenty tons Of
Pacific guano.-J. T. Howard is repaint-
ing his house.
Mrs. Joseph Palmer of Island Pond
formerly Miss Ella Minis, has been
spending some days here, and is about
to move to Northampton, Mass, where
her husband now is.
Craftsbury.
Amory Dawson is fitting up a fish
pond.
Nathan Morse has rented and moved
his family into the Hovey house at South
village.
Miss Annie Paddock, who has beer
very i'll of gastric fever, has so far re-
covered as to be out again.
J. Douglas, who hes suffered extreme
ly from an injured eye. is getting ovel
the trouble. and is shoeing horses again
Children's Day or Flower sabbath
will be observed at the Methodist church
next Sunday with appropriate exercises
Amasa Scott and Mr.. Eastman hav
each begun haying grass is forward
but it takes several days to dry the sal
out of it.
Mrs. Geo. W. Wylle of Chicago al
rived in town last week, and intends t
spend the summer at her fathers, J. W
Simpson.
Geo. W. Henderson, former principa
of the academy at this place,is spending
his vacation in town and is welcomes
by many friends.
Considerable sickness in town; Mrs
Rebecca Cowles and Mrs. John Harvey
each of whom has been very sick, ar
slowly recovering.
Thos. Goodwin of Cabot pays IS
dollars rent for the Thomas Patterso
farm including thirteen cows; MI
Patterson has moved to Morrisville, an
gone into butchering business.
The gentlemen" who advertised
magic lantern exhibition at South dis
trict school house last week, was o
hand, but his exhibition" was no
The supply of oil" gave out and th
showmen left, promising to return til
following Wednesday, but has not bee
seen since.
There are but three farms in tow
owned by the descendan is of the orig
nal proprietors, who were among tt
first settlers. These are the Willial
I
Seaver farm, settled by Daniel Seaver
the Royal Lyon farm, cleared by Neh'
miah Lyon the Samuel Morse place
first owned by Samuel Morse. All no
occupied by the third generation.
Derby.
: W. H. Human has taken lot
good horses out of Canada, part Of whic
are already sold. The horse bushes
seems to be good this spring.
Benjamin Human returns from Ne
York with several high blooded colts fc
the Bates stock farm. Mr.. Bates con
mences soon to build large and exec
. lent horse barn in addition to the bull,
ings already on the place. David Ell