Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-10-10
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John Brown had an apple tree in
blossom when the late freeze came.
There is to be special town meeting
Saturday at o'clock, to see if the town
will vote to build new barn in place
Of the one burned by lightning on the
town farm.
East Albany.
Mr.. Elihu Wright and wife, just re-
turned from visit West. express them
selves as being much pleased with their
Journey.
Amos Gould has repaired and paint
ed his house.-Garvin Anderson is
thoroughly repairing his buildings on
the Dunn place.
S. H. Smalley and wife have gone to
Indiana to spend the winter. Hope
they will not conclude to locate there, as
we do not care to lose this kind of
people.
About fifty people gathered at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Fry Hunter
on the 1st inst. afternoon and evening,
to celebrate the 35th anniversary of
their wedding. The ceremonies were
such as are usual at such gatherings,
and were much enjoyed by all. Mr..
and Mrs Hunter return sincere thanks
for The warm friendship manifested and
the gifts contributed.
Barton.
Lorenzo Grow has gone to Michigan,
numbering.
Fresh oysters received every Friday
night at Lewis Bros
A few bushels of silver-skin onions at
Curriers', for sale cheap.
Henry Gay wants spinners and knit
tiers. Read his advertisement.
Some of the roads in the north part
of the town are said to be very unsafe
for public travel.
Mrs. Mallard will return from Boston
to-day with an additional stock of fall
and winter goods.
There was an old-fashioned husking
at Chester Tracy's last Friday night.
With very large number present and
an abundance of pumpkin pie.
o. D. Owen has been to Boston, and
it is no exaggeration to say that he has
returned with piles of new goods. See
his advertisement of specialties.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
church meets with Mrs. Wheeler at the
parsonage on Wednesday afternoon next
All members, and friends of the church
are invited.
Thanks to Capt. o. V. Percival fol
those excellent pie pumpkins. We ex
pect to get some flesh on our lear
frame during pumpkin-pie time-if oul
friends don't forget US.
The Skinner & Drew insolvent estate
is closed out, and the dividends art
about Is per cent. The debts, in round
numbers, were $4,000. and the loss il
chiefly borne by parties in this village.
Ellis & Bean, having opened business
in the J. W. Hall store with an excel
lent patronage, so far, desire to inform
their customers and the rest of the worlC
that they have returned from marke
with lots of new goods, which they pro
pose to sell.
By reference to our advertising col
umns it will be seen that the Ston
property, including the grlst-mills il
this village at Glover, is to be closec
out at auction. The value of this mil
property is we'll understood here, anc
sales ought to be easily effected.
There being a general call for tn
new winnowing mills and separator
which are being made at the J. W
Murkland shop. they are getting out tel
new ones, which are advertised in thi
paper. Those who saw them at th
fair understand their high merits.
According to the coolest inhabitant
there has not been for many years s
sudden and severe freeze as that o
last week, when the thermometer fel
twelve degrees below the freezing poin
and the wind blew with violence an,
severity equal to fierce winter. Lots 0
apples, potatoes, beans and other uu
gathered products were frozen. Tn
cold was so severe that plants and eve
potatoes were frozen in cellars and il
the house. 1t was fierce reminde
that winter is near at hand.
The ErpreSS, edited by those aristc
cratic and holy fellows up at Newpor
had very meagre but disparaging az
count of the late fair held at this plac,
AS the editors were both present the
will not charge reporter with the az
count. They turned up their piou
hoses at the general character of tn
Exhibition, complained on account of th
neagre show of cabbage heads-other
perhaps, saw more of these than the
did they grew facetious over an oniol
mourned because the animals we're
tagged that people of their understan,