Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-22
sion of congress will be faithful
and useful one.

anu useful Olt.
The village schools closed last
Tuesday with rhetorical exercises in
the High school room in the after
noon. The term has in every re-
spect been harmonious and pleasant.
Those neither absent nor tardy DUR
ing the term are Gertie Skinner,
Blanche Hammond, Eta Smith and
Harlie Chritchett, Primary room +;
May Hammond, Maggie Heating,
Mary Rawson, Dean Gochey and
Eddie Miles, intermediate room; Ida
Hopkins, Willie Hubbard and Char
lie Critchett, Grammer School Min
ME Danforth, High School. In the
Primary room, the three highest in
department are Gertie Skinner, Ida
Miles and Nellie Smith, the same be-
ing the three highest in scholarship.
intermediate room, three highest In
department Jennie Wilson, Mary
Rawson, Margie Niles; in scholar
ship Maud Murkland, Maggie keat-
ing and Mary Rawson. Grammer
School, in department Marion Cur
rier, Annie Duke, Edie Dewey; in
scholarship Marion Currier, Annie
Duke and Ethel Bickford. High
School, in department those marked
100 are Annie Fay, Minnie Danforth,
Mae Elliott, Kate Heating, Clara Bar
rows, Lila Gray, and Sarah Seavey
in scholarship three highest, Ida
Rnggles, Nellie Whitney and Nellie
Rowell. Best improvement made
during the term, Annie Fay, Violet
Tucker, Effie Smith.
Barton Landing
Five horses were shipped from here
this morning.
Z. D. Goodenough has a lot of fine
fve-weeks-old pigs for sale.
The chap that stole the clothes from
Howland's line has paid up and left
| town.
The Sabbath-school of the Metho-
dist church was organized Sunday,
May IA. S. R. Jenkins was chosen
superintendent. He has long occu-
pied this position. The school is in
a fourishing condition.
There will be a hulled corn and
milk festival at the M. E. church next
Wednesday evening. There will be
speaking and singing, and general
good time is expected. The price for
refreshments is 10 cents.
A number of the relatives and
friends of Lewis Nye made him a
visit last Tuesday, it being his 8Oth
birthday. Some nice presents were
left and the day was pleasantly pass
ed. Uncle Lewis is very smart and
says he will run a mile with any boy
of his age in the county.
BrOwningtOn
H. E. Preston goes to Colorado
this week.
Moses Foss has new barn up and
nearly enclosed.
DR.. Young leaves for Montreal on
the oath to be absent two weeks.
Hugh Alexander moves into the
Edwards house near S. R. Jenkins.
J. Twombly has his grain all SOW
ed and is waiting for the bobolinks
before planting his corn.
The gang of men who are running
logs down the Willoughby, work
day and night, and lose all run of the
days of the week SO they can't tell
when it is Sunday.
The dry house near Bartlett's mill,
which James lite used to dry his
cooper stuff, was burnt last Wednes-
day, together with about five thousand
slaves. There being a strong north
wind at the time the fire was carried
to the buildings of Mr.. Bartlett, some
seventy-fve rods south and his hog
pen and horse barn were set on fire,
but being soon discovered the fire
was put out, otherwise Mr.. Bartlett's
buildings must all have been burned
and probably those of 0. F. Badger,
who lives just south of Mr.. Bartlett's.
The fire is supposed to have caught
round the furnace.
West Charleston.
L. B. Pratt is quite sick with fever
II. W. Dane is in market purchas-
ing his spring stock of goods.
Stephen Pearsons has moved into
one part of Jonathan Wilson S house.
Mrs. Sawyer and her daughter have
moved into the Robinson house.
There was a good number present
at the temperance entertainment Civ
en- by the ladies in the hall, and ev-
) erybody seemed to enjoy the exer-
cises.
Geo. w. Hamilton, who left this
village for Barton Landing some two
J or three years since, has bought the
7 Henry Heselton farm near Andrew
Wilson's, and will move back to his
, native town.
Arthur Kidder lost COW last week,
: and Daniel Moore lost an OK in a
very singular manner; he had work
) ed him through the day, and on com
: ing to the yard he dropped dead in
the yoke. On examination it was
found that there was an ossified sub
; stance in his heart.
| The last matter of interest for Oul
: little village, was the marriage OF