Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22
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ALBANY.
E. Bashaw has hired the Fred
Tenney farm for one year.
M. B. Chafey mas not rented the
Cowles store, as has been reported.
He is quietly attending to his own
store.
The ladies of the Cong. church
will have a chicken pie festival on
Friday evening, Oct. 26. All cor
daily invited.
j. Magoon has sold his farm to
Fred Thompson of Greensboro. Mr..
Magoon moves into the Frasier house
in the village.
G. E. Rogers and wife and DR.. c.
W. Dustin and wife of Craftsbury
are off on visit to the west. Mr..
Rogers goes as far west as Dakota,
the doctors folks to Michigan.
S. G. Kimball has bought an APP
paratus for drying apples, of the i'm
proved modern plan, and is drying
quite quantity of fruit. He will
ship about 500 worth of the dried
fruit to Boston parties.
East Albany.
The new Free Baptist at East AL
bany, is nearly completed, and will
be dedicated on Sunday, Oct. %.
The quarterly meeting commences
the Friday previous at 2 O'Clock,
p. m.
Barton.
The sewing circle of the Cong.
church meets with Mrs. r. S. Twom-
bly, on Wednesday afternoons. All
invited.
Ira Wyman has sold his fine colt to
a party in Hardwick for high price.
1t was one of the best colts in this
section.
Chas. w. Cade who moved from
this town and bought a hotel at Cabot,
has sold out his hotel to Jake G.
Hopkins. Cade's hotel and other
property will not be sold at auction
he will move back to this county.
Mrs. Thomas again invites her
customers and others to visit her mill
llnery rooms on Tuesday next, where
she hopes to please them, both in the
character of her display, and the
prices of her goods. See her ad.
Grace Murkland has a new milli-
merry ad. to-day, and hopes that all
who are seeking to purchase goods
in her line will drop in whether they
purchase OF not. G.. F. Percival is
out with a new ad. to-day; read.
III. Z. Folsom has bought the Dan
iel Smith house and lot of land in
this village, paying $4,000. Ezra
Martin, who recently moved into the
house, is looking for another tene-
ment. Better put on casters, Ezra.
Week before last the weather was
very agreeable, becoming almost too
warm for comfort. Monday of last
week 1t became very much cooler,
the thermometer on Wednesday morn
ing, showing only IA degrees above
zero, but later it grew warm and the
week was very fine one for all
outdoor work.
One week ago Sunday, some one
at or near Aaron Jacobs, was prac-
ticing or fooling with a pistol, when
one of the balls passed through a
window in j. W. Murkland's house
and buried itself in the wall oppo-
site. A member of the family had
just moved from the window and
thus escaped the bullet.
Strange what tremendous hurry
everybody is in at this time in the
year, Things that ought to have
been done in better weather months
ago mast be done now. There are
two kinds of people in the world
one sort always does everything when
it ought to be done-this sort is not
numerous, and the other class does
its work only when compelled to do
il.
Newell Burnham, who for some
time has been in trouble with his
wife seeking divorce, etc., has aban.
doned hel, and she is left to be cared
for by overseer Hall. Newell did {
thing in stealing the baby away from
the woman few nights since, which
has caused much Indignation in the
neighborhood. He went there wher
she was alone, snatched the chile
from her arms, and ran to the roaC
where two men were waiting for i
and tossed it into the wagon and tolC
them to ''drive on" His wife tainted
and fell to the ground, when he car
ried her into the house and left her
The neighbors heard her screamin.
and went to her assistance. Sh
has since been in state borderin;
on insanity.
The donation visit for Rev. S. S
Brigham, held at the residence of ia
cob G. Gray, in the east part of til
town, on Wednesday evening last
was attended by seyenty-fve or nor
of his friends from that vicinity, th
village, Westmore, and elsewhere
and very enjoyable evening wa
spent. The people up that way
noted for generous hospitality an
oye-rladen tables, outdid themselye