Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-04-17
The Earnest Worlkars held a snuaI


festival in academy hall Wednesday
evening.
The subscribers to the Craftsbury
public library fund met Wednesday
evening in the town hall. Officers
were elected, and other necessary
business transacted.
Rev. Mr.. Scribner of Hardwick
preached in the M. E. church Sunday
afternoon. In the absence of the |
Presiding Elder Mr.. Scribner admin
istered the sacrament, and four per-
sons were received into the church.
VIM. Hazeltine has gone to Straf-
ford. His family are to go soon.
Amos Sawyer has rented B. f.
Sawyer's place for one year, and
is to move on to the same soon.
Chas. Nourse has sold the s'Pond
farm to Grin Kelley for the same
price as it was sold for at auction by
the administrator of Col. Child's
estate.
Glover.
Much sickness in town.
Bean Brothers recently lost large
evaporation by too much fire or too
little sap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffords of Barre,
parents of Mr.. Jeffords, principal of
the academy, are here visiting their
son.
Charlie Beedle and Johnny Prin-
gle are home on vacation. They
have had a most successful year in
their business. Their many friends
are glad to see them.
Greensboro Bend.
Mrs. S. M. Kibbie goes to market
next Monday to purchase her stock
of millinery goods.
Edgar Badger is much improved
since the operation on his leg. Hope
he will soon be out. DR.. Bailey per-
formed the operation.
Irasburgh.
Mrs. Gates, who lives with her
daughter, Mrs. Beauclerck, had a par
tial paralytic shock on Thursday
night, April 14.-Mrs. Daniel Doyne
is very sick with dropsy.-Mrs. Ed
monds, who lives with her son John,
is very low and fears are entertained
that she will not live long.-Horace
Ordway seems to be improving slow
ly,-John Cushman has been laid by
some time with rheumatism.
Jay.
The smoke stack at B. F. Paine's
mill has been raised "a feet.
Miss Lillian J. Hunt of Fairfax,
formerly of this place, is now here
visiting friends.
Mrs. L. H. Percy is recovering
from bilious fever.-Annie Ariel has
severe attack of sciatica.
Frank M. Tatro has returned from
Lawrence. He went there last fall
and has since worked in the Pacific
mills.
Wayland Fisher has rented Edgar
M. Chase's house and taken possess
sion. He is employed in B. F.
Paine's mill.
There will be preaching in the
south part of the town by Rev. j. W.
Buzzell from Troy once in two weeks,
beginning April 9th.
Rufus Wilson has moved into the
house vacated by S. S. Huntly.-S.
S. Johnson has moved to Westfeld.
Mr.. Hinkston from Troy, has NOV
ed into the house vacated by S. j..
Elliott.
Mrs. j. I. Buzzell is now visiting
at her fathers, Mr.. S. Chamberlin,
We understand that Mr.. Buzzell has
been hired to preach at the Baptist
church at Richford. May success
attend him.
Morgan Center.
J. A. Gray & Son have started up
their steam mill.
On Saturday, Apr. s, as the stage
driver started from here to go to the
Line, he concluded for some reason
to cross the ice at the end of the
lake. The change to the ice was
very agreeable, until the horses were
passing opposite the inlet of the
brook when they went down. The
driver and two passengers jumped
out, one between the horses and into
the water. Help being near at hand
the passenger was hauled out and one
horse saved, the other horse drown.
ed. The coach went to the bottom
-forty-five feet. The postmaster
Mr.. Gray, seeing the mail bag about
to sink jumped in and saved the
mail. Taken altogether it was al
exciting as well as ludicrous affair.
Newport Center.
Miss Ella Nichols is very sick a
G. S. Sleeper's
Hiram Fox has bought the JOIN
Wright farm and taken possession.
The Earnest Workers will give
neck-tie party at Quimby's hall mex
Thursday Evening; cake and coffe,
will be served.
Hollis Gould, an old townsman
has been here looking after the inter
ests of his farm.
Sewell Roger had his limb ampu
tated on "Wednesday. oauco6 INV