Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12

the family being absent. The fire
caught in the carpet, but was extin-
guished.
Fred Stevens has an iron kettle
one hundred years old, and his wife
a sugar bowl so years old.-Mr.
Short, who was born in 1906, recent |
~ took silver five cent bearing the
same date, "18O6, both. born the
same year.
Glover.
N. B. Davis expects to take pos
session of his farm again this week.
Our two village law cases were not
tried at Irasburgh last week, but were
''put over" till next term.
Sumner Blodgett and wife enter
tanned large company of their
friends last Wednesday eve.
Mr.. Tillotson will preach at the
south church, Feb. 18, afternoon and
evening The Ladies' Mite Society
meets at the Institute hall Friday
evening next.
See Mr.. Leonard's ad. wanted"
He is looking for barrel saw to use
in his cooper shop. Mr.. Leonard
has on hand large amount of sap
buckets and butter tubs, made by
the Miller machine.
The grange lecture, to have been
delivered by Rev. George Severance
on Thursday evening last, was post
poned on account of the weather.
and will be delivered on Wednesday
afternoon next, at 2 o'clock. Public
cordially invited.
Greensboro.
John Olmstead is very sick with
lung fever.-Mrs. William Eastman
is quite sick with pleurisy.
Owing to the heavy SHOWS early in
the winter it was supposed the yield
of ice would be light, but for several
weeks people from this and adjoin-
ing towns have been drawing large
quantities of nice ice, about one foot
in thickness.
Holland.
Carrie Fletcher is at st. Johnsbnry
visiting.
The Pinney & Caswell steam mill
is not running.
Mark Wilcox is recovering from
his paralytic shock.
Geo. III. Tice has drawn 250, 900
feet of timber to his mill this winter.
He drew the logs seven miles.
Irasbu1.gh.
The February term of court was
very short, lasting only four days.
Martha Greaves is very sick, with
no prospect of recovery.-Ira S.
Drew is also reported very sick of
pneumonia.
Jay.
Jay is entertaining the mumps.
Sixteen births, seven deaths and
three marriages in town the past
year.
HI. D. Chamberlin and family were
called on one evening recently by
almost one hundred friends, who |
brought in oysters and other edibles,
and helped to make the evening most |
agreeable to all.
Ernest Wakeman is engaged as
foreman in the box department of the
steam mill. He has moved into the
j. E. Chase house, where he will re-
main until one of Mr.. Paine's houses
is fitted up for him.
A fan blower has been put in the
Paine steam mill, which takes the
shavings and dust from the machines
and blows it to the engine room. A
high wind recently blew off the top
of the smoke stack, causing sus-
pension of work until repairs could
be made.
Lowell.
Mrs. Wilmington is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Mary Harding.
Ezra Stanhope of Canada has NOV
ed on to Calvin Powers farm.
Mrs. William Knapp, who was
buried last Saturday, died on her
S0th birthday.
James Brown has moved to Bel
videre; Miss Ida Brown has gone
to Lowell, Mass, to work in fac
tory; Mrs. Wellman has gone to
McIndoes to attend the funeral of
father-in-law.
Mr.. Jordan has closed his labors
with the churches here and gone
home for necessary rest. He has
done us great good, and not few
have been brought, as the possessed
of old, to sit at the feet of Jesus,
clothed and in their right minds.
He warned the church and the people
to put their trust in the Holy Spirit,
who uses human instrumentalities for
the conversion of men. He will long
be remembered in:love by many of
our people. 81
Morgan. g
George Bartlett has rented his farm
for one year to Edgar Smith. sI.
/ The Young Peoples Aid will fur
nish an antiquarian supper at L. p