Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-08-07
ALBANY.


the auspices of the W. c. 7. Union
next Friday evening. Ice cream will
be served; everybody invited.
Speaking of the night blooming
cereus; at S. F. Phelps few even
lngs since three of these wonderful
flowers unfolded at the same time.
They averaged about 81 inches in
diameter. A large number of bloom
ing lads and lasses were present, to
see the flowers and to spend the
hours pleasantly. None seemed to
enjoy the occasion better than Mr..
and Mrs. Phelps.
Barton
Fred Cobb of this village has re-
ceived heavy pension with arrears,
amounting to about S25OO.
Carl Leland, who lives in the north
part of the town, put in 70 large
loads of hay last week-30 in one day.
There is a strong religious interest
in the Heath district since Mr.. Brig
ham of this village began preaching
there.
See advertisement of Lyndon acad-
envy and graded school. This school
has good reputation for thorough
ness, good discipline and usefulness.
Abel Humphrey, who always raises
good corn, has the best piece, by far,
that we have seen this season. He
seems to be little ahead of "Clark'
this time.
Those in need of groceries can save
money by purchasing of N. M. Lew
is, at the ''provision store" He will
sell his entire stock at cost. cad"
next week.
The raspberry crop, from which
many families usually get quite a
revenue, is nearly failure. A cold
spring and dry weather is the cause
of the failure.
Last week was the hottest and dry
est of the season, The hay-makers
improved it and many have completed
haying. The hay crop is coming in
pretty well, the quantity being nearly
an average and the quality excellent
The bee keepers report that this is
an extremely bad year for bees they
have no surplus honey up to this
time and have sent out few new
swarms. The prospect is that they
will require much feeding for the
winter to come.
Geo. Caswell, son of Mrs. Caswel
of this place, who for some years ha:
been employed on the Connection
River railroad, has returned
home. He is just up from Ions
period of sickness, having had fe
yer, the small pox and other ailments
Our Derby correspondent, who
like the most of us, looks upon tn
"steal'' in congress, known as tn
River and Harbor Bill, with contempt
asks If any of the Vermont delegation
voted for it. We see it stated tina
all who were present voted agains
it. Congress is expected to adjour
to-day and cannot do any more mis-
chief until next winter.
We understand that Mr.. Martin
who was principal of the academ,
here last year, has been engaged TO
this fall term. He gave. eXcellen
satisfaction. The committee are do
ing good thing by putting in VENT
lators in the school rooms, cleanin
and painting the inside of the house
and removing the nuisance behind il
which caused so much complaint Las
year. The fall term will begin MOI
day, August %. See advertisement
The following will be of interest t
some who listened to the recent az
dress Of Mrs. Eddy, which was deli,
cred at Methodist church in this vi
1age Oh a recent evening.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me-, Aug.
The $50 meeting this morning was Il
by DIR. Cullis, who took for a subject Is
iah Ill, II and IS. After this the reques
were read. There are hundreds of the
daily. At 1870 Rev. Mr.. Paxton of Pen
sylyania preached; subject, ''Be ye pc
feet" A gentleman from Montreal w
very enthusiastic of healing by faith, al
called upon several present who had be,
healed to verify him in the statement tn
this was the age Of miracles. This WI
done amid great enthusiasm. At o'clo,
the tabernacle was opened for the invalid
At 2.30 nearly 400 had gathered, sol
having come many huadred miles to
restored. A brief exhortation
gath was made by Captain Carter.
.silegt prayer was then offered by DIR. CT
lis. The sick ones then sang ''Or
Trust Hip, and the amounting and l
storing e0mmenced for the last til
this season. One lady was so ov'
come by the certainly of relief from
painful disease that she tainted. At 4,
the work was completed. Many mary
Gus cures were reported.