Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-20
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
l. d. r. COLLINS, of Barton.
LOCAL n z w S.
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ALBANY
The graded school closed last Fri
day. 1t has been a success.
Emma Cowles and Florence Nc
CURE have gone to Johnson to at
tend the normal school.
The special prayer meetings are
still kept up. Something like forty
have become interested, and it is
believed that some have been saving
ly converted.
Mr.. Annis, the horse trainer, mar
rowly escaped pair of broken legs
last Wednesday on the log way at
the river mill. No bones were brok-
en-, but he will be obliged to stay in
the house a few days.
The town auditors and board of
civil authority meet at Darling s hotel
on Monday, Feb. p, for abatement
of taxes and settlement of town bust
ness. Please bring in your accounts
early that the auditors may have time
to prepare reports.
South Albany.
Our winter term of school was
eight weeks, but those sending schol-
ars have hired the teacher, Ida Dow,
four or six weeks longer.
Horace Jenne had a cancer cut out
of his lip and neck by DR.. Fairman
of Wolcott and DIR. Corey of Crafts
bury last Tuesday. He is doing as
well as can be expected.
Barton
c. f. Giffin wants an apprentice to
learn to make pants and vests.
A large number of locals are una
voidably crowded out of this weeks
MONITOR.
Geo. W. Buzzell is building store
house and workshop near his house
on High street.
Some Of the people on High street
had quite a severe time with diphthe-
ria, during the past week.
The Congregational Ladies' Socie.
ty will meet on Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. J. F. Skinner. All invited
The warm and pleasant weather
during the first of last week, destroy
ed the shedding and put the lumber
teams into the barn again.
The fire engine company will have
their regular meeting Monday, Marcel
6. Every member is requested to BIZ
present, as important business will
be considered.
A subscriber wishes a ''remedy'
for keeping hens from eating eggs il
winter something short of kill
ing the hen. If any of our readers
know of anything that will effect thi
desirable result we shall be glad t.
print the recipe.
The legal board for the abatement O
town taxes will meet at the office of W
W. Grout OH Monday the 9th.
Per order Of jSelectnen.
The highway surveyors and all other
having unsettled accounts with the tow
of Barton are requested to meet the sc
lectmen at the office of w. w. Grout O.
Friday the oath to adjust the same
n. G.. UFFORD
W. H. BLAsDELL SelectnaeR.
J. P. BALDWIN
We are pleased to learn that Rev
l.. Phelps will occupy his own pulp
next sabbath, Feb. 26th. Commu
MON services in the afternoon. II
earnestly requests all teachers. sub
stitute teachers, and officers of tn
Congregational Sunday-school, t
meet him in the vestry Saturday eve
at 8 o'clock, to consider matters O
importance in relation to sabbath
school work. Con-.
The GrOut Guards, from Newpor
enacted the drama, "Don Caesar d
Bazan," at the Opera House, Satu
day evening, a very small audienC
in attendance. The play is a goo
one, the costumes were fine, frst-clas
music was furnished, and the actin
was as good as could be expecte
from an ameter troupe, and muC
better than could be afforded for IL
pecuniary compensation received.
The fire engine did good service
the late fire, and was doubtless Il
means of saving the group of bull,
ings north of the factory. 1t mu
have been patent to everybody, hoy
ever, that there is need of fire @
CINE company which shall be We
Differed and so drilled as to make
fully efficient. and ready in any eme
gency to do work. A large numb
of stout and able-bodied men refus
to exercise on the brake handles.
was noticed that no pals could
found to use by those who might
an emergency have put out conside
able of fire. Wouldn't it be eco
omy for the department to own
hundred water buckets?