Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-15
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DIR. Campbell is putting in fur
mace.
Mrs. j. F: Tenney is having her
house nicely finished and will soon
move In.
Charles Holbrook is moving to
johnson, on to a farm that he has
rented there.
G.. A. Bill is fitting up a nice
horse-barn for the accommodation OF
his thoroughbred colts.
B. Darling and G. D. Hyde,
both got strung out in a runaway,
Thursday. Both got bruised but not
badly hurt.
Jefferson Cowles, who has done
much to build up our village, and
who has been in trade here for the
past eight or ten years, has moved
on to his farm near West Burke.
Our community is losing too many of
its enterprising citizens.
Henry Darling, who has been Wis
iting here recently, has returned to
Colorado, where he is engaged in
school teaching. Mrs. Madison
Cowles has returned from her visit
to Iowa. Mr.. Henry Mcclure and
family from Illinois, former resident
of this place, are here on visit.
Barton.
A. W. Scott has a large advertise
ment this week. Read his ad.
Charles Duke is going to Boston
this week to he treated for deafness.
H. F. Pillsbury has moved from
the O. and G.. steam mill, in Sutton,
to his house in this village.
Interesting papers, which were
read at the late educational meeting
at Irasburgh, have been received and
will be published hereafter.
Mrs. Geo. FL. Blake will try to en-
terrain the ladies of the M. E. socie-
ty at Park Cottage, on Thursday
afternoon. All cordially invited.
A widow lady lost a spectacle case
with the glasses, marked 'B. Brun-
ming, Chicago" on the fair ground,
during the fair. Any person leaving
the same in this office will be suita-
bly, rewarded.
Miss Barnes of Morrisville is can
vasing in the county for Parsons
Hand Book, very useful book con-
tanning almost everything that bus
mess man needs to know, and thou
sand things useful for the young
man.
Willie Glazier, little son of FL.
A. Glazier, who has been sick since
early summer died on Wednesday
last. He was a prepossessing child
and during his long sickness has
borne his sufferings with great forti-
tude.
Chas. H. Dwinell, who lives just
on the village suburbs and has the
example of some of us village farm
ers, harvested 800 bushels of corn
this year. He made cheap silo I'M
der his barn and put his fodder in
whole length. If this keeps well he
will have very profitable crop.
On Monday, Oct. 1st, Mr.. Ware
of Coventry left pair of steers at
H. P. Coburn's, near this village,
which he was to take to the fair the
next day. Mrs. Coburn found one
of them at the swlll tub and attempt
ed to drive him away, when he turn
ed upon her, knocked her down, and
badly injured her with his head and
horns. In her distress she called on
God, and the enraged animal turned
away at once. She has faith to be-
lieve that prayer saved her. Con-.
DR.. E. B.. Gleason of Philadelphia,
formerly a Caledonia county man,
has bean giving lectures in the north
part of the county on Losses of
Health, Anatomy, Physical Culture,
etc. and will come here and give his
first lecture at Opera Hall on Friday
evening next. He has manikins
large paintings, and other things by
which to illustrate his lecture. The
first lecture is free. The lectures
are said to be very instructive and
entertaining.
The Barton National Bank is in
volved by the failure of Bradley Bar.
low. 1t holds $4,000 in paper
endorsed by Barlow and Lawrence
Brainerd. Proceedings have beer
instituted to put Barlow into bank
ruptcy and the bank will get such {
per cent. on its claim as Barlow
Brainerd and the other party to thu
note are able to pay. The bank ha
been extremely fortunate in its loan
heretofore, and this paper, at thu
time it was taken, was apparently a
good as any three names could max
it.
There was an exciting runawa,
down Main street, Saturday evening
caused by the running of a horse
which belonged to Sheffield man
The horse first run into John Keat
ing's team, but did no harm; furthe
down the street Ed. Farrell and job
Hughes of Albany, were going u
street, when the frightened horse ra
square into Hughes team. Their