Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-08-21

August OU. W Z HaNC 1COoi'N 'N
this office petitions from nearly all
the towns in the county and requests
from leading men in other towns, for
the publishing of a call for new
convention. The matters at issue
have been considerably discussed and
are pretty well understood.
Our friend j. CLARK Allen did
not get mad last week when we rat
ed Mr.. Humphreys corn patch a lit
tie ahead of his, but just went into
the field and picked a lot of ears
too ripe to roast-and brought them
in to the editor. The sample con-
vinces us that 'sClark" is not far
enough behind his neighbors to cause
him any serious grief. This reminds
us that our neighbor j. w. Hall pre-
scented us with a lot of onions so
early in the summer that we at first
thought them down country produc-
tions, but it turned out that James
raised them in his village garden.
Both of the above articles were duly
sampled at the table and pronounced
good. Thanks.
Charles Percival, George Buzzell
and their families have been spend
ing a few days at Norton and Ave-
rill, camping and fishing. Mr.. Per-
cival telegraphed for his team to
meet him at Island Pond. Charlie
Berry, who was in his employ, took
his pair of ponies on Tuesday, very
hot day, to go after him. Instead
of going direct, he went to West
Burke, thence to Willoughby lake,
thence to Bloomington Centre and
through Charleston to the Pond, MAX
inc the whole drive with heavy eX-
press wagon in five hours and a half,
the distance driven is supposed to
have been 40 miles. Percival, sup
posing that the team had come the
shortest route, 81 miles, hitched up
after dinner and started for home,
but found his horses terribly jaded.
On reaching Evansville, one of them
gave out entirely and he was obliged
to stop over night. The horse was
| just able to get home but died in the
afternoon. The other one is alive
but looks as though he wished he
could have his obituary published.
What possessed Berry to take that
round about route, and to drive the
team at such killing rate, nobody
knows. This is a provoking mis-
fortune to Mr.. Percival, who had
just got a nice pair of horses match
ed up for his business.
Barton Landing
Dan Ducello shows at the school
| house hall tomorrow evening.
The baby that was born last Sat
urday at the house of Charlie Morse
was q boy.
! Cyrus Twombly cut his right hand
with a chisel while at work on Hill
| dreth's new block last Saturday.
Captain Tucker neglected to hitch
his horse the other day. The conse-
quence is badly smashed top buggy.
Rev. Homer T. Jones and wife
were reminded last Saturday evening
that the SD anniversary of thei1
marriage had come round; for their
friends to the amount of 100 or more
called upon them with their congrat-
ulations, expressed both in words
and by several gifts, the principle OF
which was nice easy chair, present
ed to Mr.. Jones with the wish that
| he might take in it well earned
rest, after so many years of faithful
work. A prayer by Rev. Mr.. Bates
the singing of several appropriate
hymns and social intercourse filled
up pleasant evening.
Coventry.
George Bryant is visiting friends
in this town and Irasburgh.
G. J. Ware recently sold siy
months old calf of the CLEVELAND
blood, which weighed 275 pounds.
The upper story of the tenemen
house, belonging to the Cowles es
tate, is being finished into rooms t.
let, for which there is a good de
mand.
Mr.. Chamberlin has been we'll pat
rOnlZed bYour summer company, an
it shows the necessity of having
good stage and careful driver. Som
trips the stage is over-full.
, The Congregational Sabbath schoe
) will take an excursion on the clad
= of the Lake" next Thursday, Angus
"a, leaving Newport on the mornin
, boat at s o'clock. The public al
! invited.
e Mrs. Emeline Gray, widow of til
f late Leonard Cowles, recently die
: at Charleston, where she had bee
staying with her daughter for fe
months, and was brought back hel
for burial. She was daughter {
] Dea. Ebenezer Gray and sister {
Rev. A. r. Gray. She was a nati1
, of this town and a member of tt
Congregational church over fiji
years, excepting a short time spent
Craftsbury. An invalid for MAI
!. years, her cheerfulness was proverb
al and her friends will never forg
the sublime Christian faith that su
=, tanned her in the darkest hour, al