Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-03-21

Newport.
The True block will receive a new
roof OF iron or tin.
The R. R. office of the Southeastern,
will soon be moved to Richford.
Mrs. o. G. Miller has returned from
two months visit west.-Mrs. j. G.
Moulton has gone to Massachusetts on
visit.
Crane & Alfred are to move their
Office to the Field block, and the offices
vacated in the True block will be made
into tenements.
Harvey Scott recently found Gilman
Pratt's wallet which contained large
amount of money and valuable papers.
AS a reward for his honesty Mr.. Pratt
gave the finder pound Of tea
Theo. Circuit is to erect a set of build
ings on the site where his residence was
burned.-A. J. White is getting out
timber for new sash and door shop,
to be put up on Main street, nearly op-
posite his old shop.
Edwards & Dickerman have purchased
lot on Second street of Mrs. Alfred
Randall, paying $500, on which it is
said they will build law Office. For
the present they will vacate their old
Office and move into the Fields block.
1t is said that John Young, ESQ.,, of
Derby Line will move here and go into
partnership with them.
Newport Center.
Welby Hammond has commenced
repairs on his house.
John Stowell has bought the Water
man timber land on the Troy road and
is preparing to build thereon.
Sugar Festival at Quimby's hall on
Wednesday eve. next, by the Earnest
Workers. Price of admission % cents
a couple.
Edison N. Connal, ESQ.,, long a student
in Judge Thompson's Office, and for sew
eral months Register of Probate, started
West on Tuesday. He is an intelligent,
reliable young man and will make his
mark.
South Troy.
With wagons in The street, plenty of
new sugar and mud, we begin to realize
that spring is here.
Homer Fifeld has rented widow
Keith's farm for the coming year, and
Geo. Abel's has rented Daniel Fields
farm.
Eddie Carey has gone to Concord, N.
H. Mr. George Jerome has moved back
on to his. farm, and Orrin Slsco has
moved into the house vacated by Jerome.
The men are all puzzling their heads
over those blanks and the listing law,
while the ladies are questioning how
many of them are voters in the next
school-meeting.
westfeld.
John Buck has sold his farm on the
North Hill to John Martin. who has six
COWS and farming tools with the place,
and pays s2,l0O.
Darius Barnes has bought Fred Nor
ey's place. on the Notch road and NOV
ed on to it.-Rodney Foster has bought
of H. H. Stacy. a village lot in Single
vile and taken possession of the same, =
Charles Coburn moves to Berkshire.
Westmore.
The funeral services of Edward s.
Gilman were held at his late residence,
March Is. Sermon by Rev. NJ. G. Hen
derson of st. Johnsbury; text, Psalms
116:15. Mr.. Gilman's sickness was Of
long standing. yet his death came sud
denly at last. The family of the de-
ceased express their deep gratitude tc
friends and neighbors for their attention
during the sickness, death and burial o.
the husband and father.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Sutton.
Geo. Abbott has gone to Maine t.
work for his brother, Frank M. in tn,
sewing machine business.
Levi Frost, who went to Californi;
for his health. last August, returned
Friday night being somewhat improved
A. H. Ball has sold the Zeno Camp
bell place to Warren Joy, reserving tn
sugar place and pasture land for him
self.
4 The lectures have closed. They hav
all been good and much information
a pleasure and good has resulted there
9 from.
St. y OhnSDury.
There is scarcity of tenements i
this village.
Some of the sugar makers are clos
up to two pounds to tree already.
4 o. T. Brown, Esq, the well-know
5 lawyer, died suddenly on the 18th ms
n Rev. Henry W. Jones has had ST
a we're attack of hemorrhage of the thros
: or lungs.
Rum is the cause of much mischie