Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-06-18
LOCAL WIS.
ALBANY.

The auction sale at the y. COWleS
store the past week was well attend
ed. The goods will be closed ont
this week and the store sold at auc-
ton Saturday afternoon.
East Albany
Amos Sanborn who married Clara
Stiles of this place has bought a
place at St. Johnsbury Centre.
H. R. Mack of Hardwick has re-
Gently erected monument for Mrs.
Riley Stiles, to be set at the grave of
her husband.
Mortimer Moore met with an acct
dent which caused him much pain
and threatened for time to destroy
an eye, but the eye is better and the
doctor hopes to save it.
Barton.
HAL Hopkins is charging his
house.
The lady who lost her scarf in this
village can find it at this office.
The M. E. Ladies' society meets
at Mrs. H. D. Bickford's on Wednes-
day afternoon. All cordially invited.
DR.. J. A. Pearson has bought the
Ephraim Nault lot and house near
the H. s.. Bickford place. He will
take possession in the fall, repair
and paint it.
Fred Averill has moved into one
of J. L. Twombly's tenements on
Lincoln street. Erastus Collision,
sometime since, moved into the Uf-
ford house near the Owen store.
o. V. Joslyn has a new ad. to-day
relative to moving machines, rakes
etc. Mr.. Joslyn is successful deal
er in farm machines, and is agent for
some of the best machines made.
"About this time,' as the old al
MANAGES used to say, look out for Gil
Gus and menagerie advertisements.
They make very interesting reading
for one class of readers, at least.
N. M. Scott sells the Buckeye
moving machine and repairs. This
is one of the reliable machines which
holds it's reputation after years of
competition with leading machines.
Carl Jewell, who for some months
has been in the South Eastern R. R..
Office at Richford, is home on a brief
visit. He expects the headquarters
of the road will be changed to West
Farnham very soon.
The Vermont Waterman appeared
last week in new form (eight pages
and is now one of the largest, as it
always has been, one of the best
papers in the state. We wish the
Watchmdn abundant success in its
career.
The June number of "Our Little
Ones and The Nursery" issued by
Russell Publishing Company, No. &c
Bromfeld street, Boston, is excep,
tionally interesting. This magazine
for the little folks is alike excellent
in subject matter and illustrations
G. A. Robinson has moved his
goods to st. Johnsbury and it is re-
ported that he is soon to have the ex
press business at that point. He il
" experienced in the business, rapid
with the pen, accommodating an(
ought to do the business to the salts
faction of his company and the gen
eral public.
P. L. Webster, who is starting thu
new boot and shoe store in town, il
receiving his goods and will be ready
for business on Wednesday. HI
expects to keep good stock in al
desirable lines; especially in ladies
fine boots: and invites everybody t.
drop in and see him whether the,
wish to trade or not.
AS will be seen by the advertise
ment in this issue, the Lyndonvill
people propose to have the blgges
celebration ever held there, on til
4th of July. Among the attraction
are trotting and running races, aul
Scotland's native sports, bycicle an
roller skate races, the Montreal Cit
band, and fireworks in the evening
E. B. Simonds of Glover, who
uneasy unless he is engaged in til
canvassing business some way, has
new book, The Woman's Temperate
Union, edited by Frances E. Willard
which he is introducing. 1t is wri
ten in Miss Wizards enterestin
style and gives an account of IL
work of the noted temperance won
en- of the country. 1t will find
ready sale among those who are il
terested in the cause.
The Messenger has the following
To kill squash bugs sprinkle sulph
on the leaves and around the stalk
or dissolve a teaspoonful of saltp
tire in pail of water and thorough
sprinkle the vines and the earth b
meath them. To kill Canada thistl
put a teaspoonful of fine salt on t
head of each one; it will destroy t
branch and root. This reminds
of that old recipe fol catching bird
"Put a teaspoonful of salt on [
tail and then the bird can be cas-
caught"
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