Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-27

coats at the clothing store in post
office building.
Albert Gallup has sold his mail
route from this place to Westmore to
Rufus Trip of Evansville.
The last man who paid the cigars
was Frank Churchill who married
Matte Hamblett last Wednesday.
Daniel Buchanan, Jr., is on crutch-
es, from the effects of an injury to
his ankle by a falling stick OF timber.
d. w. Hildreth has purchased a
building lot of Den. Stafford, paying
500 for it. He will put up drug
store this season.
Ed. L. McGaffey has been suffer-
ing severely from bleeding at the
lungs for some days and is very low
from the effects of the difficulty.
Caleb Leonard has moved into the
house recently occupied by ID. 0.
Brown, and Mr.. Brown has moved
back on to his farm with his son AL
fred.
j. B. Emond, frst-class boot and
shoe maker, who has been here some
years, will move to Barton village,
where shoe makers are not plenty
just now.
BrOVvnington-
Phineas Wheeler moves back to
Morgan.
H. V. Ryther has taken S. R.
Jenkins Colley farm for another
year.
Arthur Grow has returned from Is
land Pond, and works for S. S. Tink-
ham this season.
We learn that O. n. Moulton, for
merly of this town, is lying at the
point of death in Morgan.
Fred. thinks that kind of a hand
kerchief Irritation where the girl takes
a nice silk handkerchief and leaves a
worthless one in its place, is profit
less iOb-for him.
Fifty loads of logs were drawn to
Bartlett's mill last Wednesday after
noon. Mr.. B. has let the job Of
drawing his lumber to the Landing to
Capt. S. A. Grow of Barton.
At the auction of the late Alpheus
Adams, who lives just in the edge of
Derby, hay sold for SO ton and
COWS for $50 apiece, and other things
at correspondingly high prices.
The town has been again compell-
ed to sue James Wilson for taxes,
Notwithstanding he was beaten in the
county court in a similar case last
February. A trial was held last Fri
day, before A. d. Mathews of Bar
ton, and he gave a verdict against
Wilson for sum of taxes and costs.
Wilson took an appeal.
East Charleston.
Curtis Barney is somewhat better
and it is thought he may now recover.
We record the death to-day of one
of our old and respected citizens,
Luther n. Melvin. He has for some
time been slowly but surely failing
with heart disease until Thursday
morning, the 23d inst, he quietly
passed away.
G.. G.. Cate has sold what was for
merly known as the Tyler place to
Charles Goodwin for $500.-Moses
Currier has moved into the Columbus
Davis house.-Geo. Barney of Nor
gan has rented the saw-mill of Andrew
Lang, and moved into the mill house
vacated by Currier.
Mr.. William Charleton of Lisbon,
n. H., whose death we recorded last
week, was formerly resident of this
place. Fifteen years ago he and his
family moved into town, and after
living here five years, a much respect
ed citizen, removed to Lisbon. He
has for number of years kept board
ing house for the Mt. Washington r.
r. Co. At the time of his death he
was conversing with a friend, appar-
emily as well as usual, when he sud-
denly started from his chair. fell to
the floor and died almost instantly.
He leaves a wife and two children
who have the hearty sympathy of
their old neighbors and friends at
this place.
In regard to our small pox and
vdricella controversy with our neigh
Dor correspondent Of the west vii
) lage, we refer him to DIR. Warren's
work on medicine, a very good au-
, thority, where he will find the words
varioloid and Udricelld used synony-
, mously. But really, neighbor, what
, has this matter to do with town-meet-
ing affairs? You well understand that
great effort was made to drum uI
sufficient voters to defeat the east
part of the town. But it is not nee
, essary for you to interlard YOU
boastings with small pox items. Il
our esteemed correspondents feel tina
| each has chad the floor" it may bt
| well to let this matter drop. ED.
West Charleston. \,
: VIM. Parker has lately drawn ar
0 rears of pension of over $1,000.
9 The first robin of the season made
d its appearance on the Doth. Poo
!, fellow
3 1t is decided that Rev. d. /. Quint
e will remain as pastor of the Baptis