Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-12-04

gone TO numbering.
Tenney & Rowell have started a
drove of working oxen for the lum-
Der woods in New Hampshire.
j. jerks has moved from the Hay
den farm to the Farr place in the
village, and Lon. Robbins has taken
the Hayden place.
South Albany.
Uncle Soloman shows a very for
giving spirit in marrying Catherine.
Barton.
Mrs. Thomas has lot of beauti-
full Christmas and New Years cards
for sale at her store.
This is about the time of year when
careless and venturesome boys who
wear skates have their obituaries
published.
The Ladies' Circle will meet at the
Congregational vestry Wednesday
afternoon from l to o. clock. All
cordially invited.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.
+. church will meet with Mrs. L.
w. Drew, Wednesday afternoon.
All cordially invited.
Fred Cobb is in Florida. n.
Webster has returned from Boston.
Gen. Grout was in town Saturday,
but has gone to Washington.
Speaking of smart threshing, Rob
ert A. Gray states that he threshed
1872 bushels of oats for William
Hawkins in 3A hours. the last 60
bushels in 81 minutes.
Thomas Husband, with c. F. Per-
cival's black ponies, drove to Iras-
burgh and back, taking over and de-
livering a load of furniture, in three
hours. Tom. thinks he did spry
iob-besides considerable talking.
The person who lost the celluloid
cuff and sleeve button near Orrin
MerrilPs will find the same in Dr..
Pearson's office also a sleeve button
found in the MONITOR office some
days ago. which can be found here.
In giving the names of those neither
absent or tardy last term, by mistake
Neddie Baldwin'S name was left out of
the Primary list. 1t was Neddie's first
term at school and we hope he will keep
on doing as we'll as he has begun.
TEACHER.
A memorial sermon was preached
on the death of Mrs. Marcia Skinner
at the Congregational church yester-
day forenoon, and the funeral of Mr..
Graves was held at the Methodist
church in the afternoon sermons by
the pastors.
Prospectuses of some of the leading
papers and periodicals appeared III
our last, and may be found also il
this issue. The Boston Journal is
emphatically the popular city weekly
in all this section, and it has the hap
ply faculty of growing from good tc
better every year. No word of praise
is needed. We also give space t.
notices of three of Harper & Brothers
excellent periodicals. Everybody
who can afford it, takes one OF NOR,
of Harper's periodicals. The Maya
zine, monthly, contains a great dea
of interesting matter and takes
place that no other monthly can fill
The Weekly, pictorial, is the bes
thing of the kind published. 1t ha
Nast's inimitable caricatures, Georg
William Curtis politics and some O
the very best serials published. TIL
Young People is a weekly for tn
young people, and is very popula
wherever it is known.
William Graves, one of our oldes
and best-known citizens, died o
Friday morning, after long and yer
distressing illness. He had som
sciatic trouble, which kept him i
misery for months, and latterly ha
been afflicted with slight shocks {
paralysis. Mr.. Graves was born i
this town, on the place now occupie
by Orrin Willis, and has resided hel
all his lifetime. For about forty yeal
he carried on the jewelers. bushes
and held the office of town clerk frol
1913 till this spring, when he becam
too feeble to attend to the duties {
the office. For eight years he heI
the office of postmaster. In his of
cial capacity he was faithful, pains
taking and accurate. He was eccel
trio but strictly honest in all busine,
transactions. He leaves a faithf
wife, one week younger than himsel
and his only child and son, Will
Mrs. Graves is well-nigh worn O
by long.and faithful labor in takil
care of the deceased. In the fe
years that we have published tt
paper it has been our sad duty
chronicle the death of nearly all t
older citizens of this village, who we
residents when we became cltize
less than twenty years ago. Only
very few of that class are now aliy
Barton Landing.
c. HI. Green has made arrane
ments for another hearse, as he fin
need for another in his rapidly
creasing undertaking business.
Presiding Elder Granger will prea
at the M. f. church next Saturd
evening at Z O'Clock, and will &C
duct the quarterly meeting servi,
the following Sunday.