Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-30
General.

ers in the county and all others in
terested will remember that the pub
lie examination will be held in all the
towns in Orleans county next Satur-
day, Nov. 4, commencing at 9 O'Clock
a. m. All intending to teach this
winter are requested to be present.
The examination in Barton will be
+. held in the academy room of the
school building in Irasburgh in the
school house, west room; in Glover,
loom No. 2, Institute building; at
Morgan in the Corner school house !;
at Albany in West village school
house; at Craftsbury in East village
school house; at Coventry in village
school house.
ALBANY.
Eleven members were received into
the Methodist church, Sunday, Oct.
20.
W. H. Hogden has harvested 600
bushels of turnips from "a acre of
ground.
Dr. Campbell has opened his silo
and finds his ensilage all right; his
cattle eat it voraciously.
East Albany.
Administrator sale at auction,
Nov. 7, at the Otis Sawyer place,
situated on the Greek road, two miles
south of Irasburgh, farm and person
al property. See posters.
Barton.
Baxter & Grow have just received
a carload each of -four, shorts and
middlings.
G. L. S. G. Congregational vestry
Wednesday evening, at 7.30; all in
terested are cordially invited to be
present.
Charley Kimball wants the man
who took his wheat seive from the
fence, on Salisbury hill, to return it
to him.
All wishing to join the "formal
Bible class will meet at the Congre-
gatioDal parsonage this Monday ey-
ening at 7.30.
The Ladies Society of the Meth
odist church meets with Miss Sophia
Drew on Wednesday afternoon next
A large attendance is desired.
George Katen is repairing and
painting his house on Water street.
The neighbors are very glad to have
him purchase and repair it up.
Amos Decota has built black
smith shop near the depot and will
finish a tenement overhead for him
self. His shop is in running order.
The horse sheds at the M. E
church are suffering repairs and al
increase in number. They have
been slightly out of repair for some
time.
M. j. Smith is making some fin
granite monuments and other worl
at his new shop near the depot. H
has granite polisher and does pol
ishing as well as cutting.
We ought to have mentioned las
week a pleasant anniversary gather
ing at j. F. Taylor's. Some of hi
friends dropped in upon him rattle
suddenly one evening, but the Wis
was agreeable, nevertheless.
AS Jasper K. Johnson, who live
on the river road near Glover,
about to 90 away he will sell, vel
low for cash, lot of farming tool:
dairy tools, household goods an
furniture, for the next ten days; ais
one horse and top buggy, with lot
of other things.
Mr.. Byington, agent for the We
mont Bible Society, is in town di,
tributing bibles; he intends to Wis
every family, giving opportunity
all to buy, at very reasonable price
such testaments or bibles as all nee
Families which are too poor to pu
chase receive a bible gratis. He hi
large variety of the books.
The Legislature was fairly busy la
week, but adjourned over from Fl
day until to-day. If there is al
matter relating to law which has n
already been attacked with propo
lions to alter or repair, there will
time before Thanksgiving to do
There seems, however, to be a d
position to treat every subject wi
4candor and good sense.
Peterson's Magazine is well knov
among the ladies, and has an i
mense circulation. This year, as
premium, they give to
those who get up clubs an engr;
ing entitled FFChrist before PLATE
which is valuable both ON account
sts snerit as an engraving and its !
like representation of things of or
interest to the Bible student, who
now studying events in the life
the Saviour
To remind people of what they
well know, we state that, fine as
weather now is, turn of the YEA
,er wheel toward the north, VIII
will let down the cold blasts fir
that chilly region would bring sno
frozen ground and winter. In Is