Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-30


dressing mill which will be erected
during the season will be very large.
Newport Center.
W. B. Hoyt has moved on to the
Hollis Gould farm.
Mrs. Orna Walker, a former resi-
dent of this place, is here from the
west visiting friends.
Mr.. j. W. Ionic and little daugh-
ter have returned to their home in
Lowell, Mass, much improved IN
health.
Erwin Jones, Stephen Nichols and
wife, Mrs. W. E. Sleeper of Boston
are in town visiting friends, and Mr..
Sleeper is expected to arrive daily.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Sutton.
F. M. Abbott and wife have gone
to Maine on visit.
Another son arrived at Lewis Cor
don's last Sunday morning.
Sutton Sabbath school has been
presented with several hundred en-
tertaining books.
Jacob Gordon is on the sick list.
He is sixty-fve years old and was
never confined to the house a day
before, by sickness.
Mrs. Osgood and daughter from
Hancock, N. H., are visiting at L.
B. Harris. Elder Atwood and wife
spent a few days here last week. A.
P. Taft and family are in town.
Somebody came from Lowell,
Mass, and gave the measles to lot
of people in the north school district,
and almost everybody who has not
heretofore had the disease is down
with it.
The Ladies Reading Circle met with
Mrs. Joseph Parker Wednesday aft
ernoon, and Miss Osgood entertained
them very pleasantly by talk about
Germany, German housekeeping,
peculiarities of the people, etc. Miss
Osgood spent year and half there
attending school. She has also trav-
eled in Scotland, Ireland, Switzland
and Italy.
Danvil1e.
Col. A. p. Blunt, Of the regular
army, and wife, have been spending
a few days in this, his native town.
He has been stationed at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas, for several years.
Next week Thursday this town is
to have a delegation of 80 or 40 chill
dren from the mission school, of
New Y ork city, to be distributed among
the citizens for two weeks, for enjoy
ing country life. These are sent out
by funds received at the Tribune Of
fee, the railroads conveying them
for about one-fourth fare.
St. j ohnsbury.
Jonathan Badger died last week
Monday night at the age of 81 years.
Mr.. Badger formerly lived in Dan
vile but moved to st. Johnsbury near
ly 20 years ago. His sons are iona
than of Danville, Oliver NJ, of Lyn-
donville, Asher of Danville, and
Wells NJ, of st. Johnsbury. Mr.
Badger was the oldest man in town.
West Burke.
A. L. Aldrich, who is in ill health
is spending a few days at Peaks Isl
and. He writes that in company
with Mrs Vance of this place, and d
| /. Woodruff and wife of ST. Johns
bury he enjoyed pleasant trip from
the latter place to Portland on the
18th inst. By taking an earl,
train the party had about four hours
to spend at the White Mountain no
tells, at Fabyans and Crawfords
reaching Portland in the evening
The Island, situated in Portland har
bori a beautiful summer resort mucl
patronized by st. Johnsbury and 9th
er Vermont people. Mr.. Aldrich i
stopping at the st. Johnsbury cot
. tage, which is filled with people from
st. j., Lyndon, Springfield, Mass
, and elsewhere. Among those VIII,
have recently arrived are John L
. Carr, Esq, of Barton and A. B
Blake and family of Irasburgh. Six
} teen of the party went out cod fish
NC on Wednesday and returned wit
a good catch.
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS NOTES
A boy by the name of Ellswort
Cutting IN Barnston recently attempt
ed to commit suicide by shootin
! himself. The ball entered under tn
chin and lodged behind his ear.
+ is thought he may get well.
e A very large factory is being bull
$ by the Textile Print Works Co. 6
Magog which will employ large fore
: of help when completed. About 80
r men are now at work on it's construt
/ ton and $4,000 is paid out week.
S to the help. This factory, it is said
will be able to furnish one-half {
all the "calico' needed in Canada.
BUTTER MARKET.