Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-04-24

Smith were glad to see the genial
face of their former pastor in our
village last week.
Sugar parties the order of the day.
Quite a quantity of sugar has been
made, although the season is not con-
sidered as good as usual for sugar
making.
The sister of the late DR.. Dutton
who was present to attend the funer-
al and remained few days with her
neice, Mrs. Edgar Coolidge, has re-
turned to her home.
The entertainment given by and
for the benefit of the cornet band on
Friday evening, April IA, was sue
cess. The play excellent and fuely
rendered. The music by the band
and orchestra was highly appreciated.
Net proceeds $35.
Morgan Center.
0. n. Moulton Is ON the way tow
ard recovery.
Mrs. John Elliot is apparently at
the point of death.
John Pritty, son of a former pas
tor of this place, is here on a visit.
Newport.
F. Giffin has hired to Capt. Cas-
well for the season.
John Farrant is hired by Mr.. Ray
mond and looks after his Prospect
Hill property.
Mrs. w. G.. Somerville who has
been seriously sick some weeks is
slowly recovering.
S. Scott has rented his farm to
Geo. Larrabee, and moved into a
tenement of J. Y. Green's in the
village.
Hollis Jordan, evangelist, is hold
ing meetings at the Cong. church,
which are interesting and successful.
Several conversions are reported.
The meetings will continue through
this week.
A new house is being built near
Buffers mill.-Marshall Holt is to
commence building as soon as the
weather is Acknowledgements is
making additions and improvements
on his Prospect Hill buildings.
Rev. H. F. Austin closed his la
bors with the Methodist church yes
terday. At the village on Sunday,
two persons joined the church by
letter and three from probation. At
the Center two joined by letter and
four from probation. During Mr..
Austin's three years pastorate, the
village branch of the church has in
creased its membership AZ. Includ-
ing the Center the church has 167
members. The pastors salary was
raised in full outside of his donations.
During his stay he married % cou-
pies, attended 81 funerals and bap-
TIED 10 persons.
Newport Center.
Mrs. G.. L. Sleeper goes to Market
this week.
f. P. Adams has rented the Mrs.
Cowles' house.
Joseph Balch and family 60 back
West this week.
VIII some one please tell A. c..
Sleeper where he can find a plug
hat?
North Troy.
Mr.. Warren has sold the North
Troy and Lowell stage route and gone
to Dakota.
The body of Barton jerks, drown
ed at Mansonville two weeks ago, has
not been found.
A petition is being circulated for
the pardoning of Peters, the boy
murderer, asking life Imprisonment.
Negotiations are pending for the
settlement of the suit between the
town of Troy and the S. B. Ham
mond estate.
The commissioners in the Ham
mond estate are having a hearing
relative to $4,000 claim put in by
the son of the deceased, O. S. Ham
mond. The heirs dispute the claim.
At the late school district meeting
it was voted to build a new school
house, and $4,000 was voted for that
purpose. The opponents of the
measure will call another meeting.
The investigation at Sutton, P. @.
on Friday last, relative to the sup
posed murder case, proved many
theories and suspicious incorrect
No clew has yet been obtained that
shows who the man was or how he
met his death.
WeStmOre.
Single machinery is being put
into the Averill mill.
Geo. Comfy has gone to New YorE
for a seasons job. Albert LELAND
works in Newbury this summer.
Drs. Rutherford and Human re
| moved a cancerOus tumor from the
left side of Harley Cheney, on thu
10th inst. which weighed nearly TIVE
| pounds.
Two families by the name of Ferr,
have moved on to the farm of Pete
Rash. Mr.. r. has moved on to
place in Barton owned by Mr.. Bus
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