Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-06

and names plainly. The friends of
deceased persons are often very
slack about sending notices of deaths.
Send as early as possible giving date
and age.
Mr.. Byington, bible agent, who is
now canvassing Glover, and will go
thence to Greensboro and Crafts
bury, reports that he visited 421 fam
lilies in this town, representing 1854
persons; of these $40 represent that |
they attend church the number of |
Sunday school attendants in these |
families is S19. Mr.. Byington found |
only two Protestant families who had
no bibles.
A VALUABLE BoOK.-Messrs. w. Adj
ans and A. Vose are in this town gather
ing historical and statistical information
for the Forthcoming Gazetteer and Di- |
rectory of Lamoille and Orleans coun-
ties. 1t is to be published by Hamilton
Childs. The agents will call at every
house and obtain the information by per-
sonal solicitation, search old records, call
on old people, visit public institutions
and use documentary information The
work will contain several hundred royal
octave pages, embrace a general history
of these counties from their earliest for
nation to the present time, and each
town will be taken up in detail, giving
boundary lines, geographical description,
geological formation, histories of
churches, schools, manufactures, bio
graphical sketches of early settlers, their
hardships and privations, the first birth,
death and marriage, interesting Incl
dents, etc., such as are calculated to make
valuable reference work of these coun-
ties A map of the counties showing
comparative size and form of the towns,
railroads, highways, villages and streams
will be folded next the cover and the
roads will be numbered between cross
ings. In the directory part of the work
the names of all professional and bust
ness men, merchants, farmers and per-
manent laborers will appear in alphabet
cal order, giving their respective post
office address and occupation. Mr..
| Child is gentleman of extended exper-
fence in this particular line of business
having published similar works of most
the counties in New York state, and in
this state for the counties of Bennington,
Rutland, Addison and Chittenden, where
the leading business men and locaTpapers
speak in the highest terms of these pub
locations. We hope that all will be pre-
pared to furnish the desired Information
promptly when called upon by these gen.
tIemen and thus aid in bringing out a
work that will bear honor to our county
and credit to the publisher.
Barton Landing
Car load of apples at E. E. Stat
ford's.
The Advents have been holding
meetings at the Congregational
church.
Daniel Buchanan, Jr., reached
home last week from his western and
southern tour.
Willie Smith fell from a boat last
Friday and received good scare
and a cold bath.
A. r. Cowles' singing school COM
menced last Tuesday evening, with a
large class. Lessons every Tuesday
evening.
"Comlcal Brown" gave an enter
tainment at the school house hall,
which was worthy of a larger audi
ence.
Mrs. L. G. Simpson invites the
ladies of Barton Landing and vicini-
ty to call and examine her new stock
of millinery, before purchasing else
where.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold
a sociable at the Congregational
church next Wednesday evening.
Admission, 10 cents for gentlemen
and 5 cents for ladies.
G. S. Skinner will bolt India wheat
at his mill on Saturday, Nov. IS and
Dec. I'd. He has just received a
few car loads of white winter wheat
which is being ground for feed.
South Barton.
FL. F. Pillsbury expects to cut 5000
cords of wood for the R. r. company
! this winter and wants lots of chop
pers and teams. He offers the Ev-
ans farm with two hundred acres of
land for sale at low figures. See ad.
next week.
West Charleston.
Henry Bradford is just home from
7 New York.
j. D. Griffin has gone to East
Charleston to work for M. G.. Davis
in his harness shop.
j. S. Cook has put set of looms
into his shop, and weaves excellent
fiannels for all who wish.
The Congregational society have
, secured the services of Rev. j. w
Kingsbury of New Hampshire, as
pastor. Mr.. Kingsbury supplies the
church at Derby Center.
Marshall Wilson has taken iot
:. Of numbering of the vt. Lumber Co.
in Burke, and will move there next
week to commence his winters work.
j. G. Parlin moves into Mr.. Wilson's
D house to remain during his absence.
E. w. Mouiton from Canada, has
moved on to Andrew Wilson's farm
and Mr.. Wilson has moved into tn.
Stephen Pearson house, near James
Dudley's.-Geo. Gregory has rented
Mrs. O.. G. Reeds hill farm ant
moved on to it,
. &. O. Bennett and wife desire