Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-09-05
ALBANY.

Mrs. E. H. Hunt has moved to Bur-
lington for the purpose of sending her
daughter, Jessie, to the University.
Jessie is graduate of the Craftsbury
academy.-A. B. Sargent has rented
Mrs. Hunts place in this village.
BartOn.
Butter tubs in any quantities at 0.
D. Owens.
The September term of the Orleans
county court commences at Irasburgh
"Wednesday next with fair prospect of
3 long term.
The few excellent harvest days of the
asst week were great blessing to the
farmers who put nearly all their early
grain under shelter.
Ex-Gov. Redfeld Proctor spent the
sabbath with Gen. circuit. Two of his
children have been spending some days
in the Generals family.
There has been massacre in or near
New Mexico, by the Apache Indians,
n which Gen. Carr and his whole COM
mand III in number, have been slain.
Chester Tracy has sold his farm to
John Bartlett of Bloomington, for
S25OO. Possession given about the
first of Nov. Mr.. Tracy is going West.
Capt. J. Rice has moved into the
house lately purchased of Mr.. Davis
Lorenzo Miles has moved into the Flan-
lers' block vacated by Mrs. Mathewson.
Mechanics Fair, Boston, advertised to
open Sept. LIST, will not open till Tues
lay, Sept. Is. The "affair" promises
10 be of great interest to the people of
New England.
Porter Baldwin is putting big bay
window on to the south front of his
house. A family without bay win
dow, these days, is out of fashion, and.
pf course, unhappy.
See advertisement of P. o. Vickey
for agents in another column. Mr..
Mickey is Mayor of the city of Augusta,
Maine, which is good guarantee that
all will be fairly dealt with.
Road the advertisement of the carpet
sweeper. Every lady will want one of
these useful implements when she sees
t. We have seen them in use and un-
hesitatingly recommend them.
Bailey Miles of Albany reaped 80
stocks of wheat for William Hawkins,
Dne day last week. Those who have
handled the sickle, will understand the
magnitude of the job. Bailey can step
to the head.
F. W. Baldwin sold off lot of notes
and accounts belonging to the Skinner
& Drew estate on Friday. There is a
prospect that this estate will be speedily
closed out, with something of dividend
TO the creditors.
Our readers will find an interesting
etter on the first page, from G. F. Per-
cival of this village, who, with his fam
ly, has been spending some weeks
among the Adirondacks We learn
that Mrs. Percival's health is somewhat
improved.
The dense smoke of last week may
have been occasioned in part by local
brush fires, as fires are reported in sew
eral places in the vicinity. but the
greater cause was the immense fires in
Upper Canada and other sections where
3 long drought has existed, and fires are
doing great damage.
G. F. Davis and wife and Mrs. S.
Nelson did not start on their western
trip until the last of last week. Miss
Sarah Mason, who has been spending
he summer here leaves for her home in
Kansas this week. She is employed in
teaching. Mrs. Mary McNeal will ac-
company Miss Mason on a visit to
friends in Chicago and vicinity.
The estate of Capt. Little. so long
hanging by the gills is in fair way tc
be settled. The Tuck" Bridgman suit
has been settled, by the payment, it is
reported, of about 5000 to Bridgman
each party paying his own costs. Tn,
settlement of this suit will allow tn,
estate to be closed out soon,
Charles Dexter sends US a sample o
apples, grown last year on the Jaspe
johnson place in Sheffield, that are hard
sound and of good favor yet No spec
al pains has been taken to keep them
Somebody ought to get scions from tina
tree and raise kind of fruit that ha