Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-06
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ALBANY.
About forty of the friends Of W.
II. A. Merrill, a worthy man who is
utterly helpless of disease, met at his
place on Tuesday last, and got up a
huge wood pile for him. This is the
kind of practical religion which does
some good here, and is liable to reap
a reward hereafter.
South Albany.
Revivals have occurred through
the labors of the pastor, Rev. G. W.
Ellis.
Barton
This cold'' is round, got it?
Eight inches of new snOw-the
biggest storm of the season.
The Passumpsic and Massawippi
railroad pay a dividend of 3 per cent
Feb. l.
A few more Vermont registers in
this office; II cents to subscribers,
- cents by mail.
Somebody undertook to break into
the town clerks office one night re-
Gently, but did not succeed.
We call attention to the card of
Hatch & FOote, well-known bankers
of New York, in another column.
The sociable and entertainment at
the Cong. vestry, Friday evening, was
good in every respect and was well
attended.
The Ladies' Society of the Con-
gregational church meet with Mrs. III.
O. Whitcher Oh Wednesday after
noon. All invited.
See the taX-collectOr' notice. He
will be at his office in the old Skin
ner & Drew block, Feb. II, Is and
%. Pay taxes and save costs.
There were probably about 200
loads of timber drawn to the mills in
this village each day last week: this
with the wood and ice business made
the streets pretty lively with teams.
Ellis & Bean are out this week with
big advertisement. The boys are
bound to get rid of their fall and
winter goods, before the spring trade.
The past week averaged pleasant,
and a slight increase of snow made
sleighing excellent and shedding fan
not enough snow in the woods yet
for comfortable shedding.
The johnson Normal school ap.
pears to be in fourishing condition
From statement sent us we learn
that there were SO scholars last term
with prospect of. an increase this
spring.
The bursting of kerosene lamp il
Ufford's carriage shop few evenings
since threatened for some moments
to put the new fire engine to a test
The workmen succeeded in smother
ing the blaze.
Read Mr.. Giffiin's advertisement
Having decided to remain in Barton
he proposes to put in large and ex
cellent stock of wooden goods, and t.
settle squarely down to the tailor
business.
Dropping into Lyman DwinelP
store in Glover the other day, w
were much surprised at the very larg
stock and variety of goods kept b,
Mr.. D., and the convenience of hi
capacious store. We doubt whethe
there is as convenient a store in thi
county, and there are few, if any, a
large.
We publish this week prospectu
of the Boston Post. The Post is
very large, well-printed, reliabI
journal of democratic politics. 1t
newsy, sharp, and can be relished b
those who do not quite agree with
in politics. Every democrat neeC
it. Its market reports are full al
reliable
From western papers received
this office, we see that Mrs. Jul
Kendall, formerly of Glover, now
the ''Kendall Troupe" is receivir
very high encomiums of praise for h
stage acting. Glover people, al
those acquainted with Mrs. X. her
appreciate her talent as well as h
generosity.
The trial of James and Walt
Malley, for the murder of Jenn
Cramer, will begin at New Hav
this month, and the evidence again
them is decidedly weighty. I
chemical examination of the de-
girls body shows that she had tax
a does of arsenic sufficient to pro
fatal, and the other proofs are of
very convicting sort.
Thomas Baker Jr., has formed
co-partnership with lawyer in Fa
go, ID. T., and they begin busine
under flattering prospects. We N
tice in jamestown, d. T. pap
that Will +. Dodge, late of IL