Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-04-02

recently, with the usual ceremonies.
+. E. Huntoon has gone to New
York TO work in the ice business
plenty of ice hereabouts we should
judge to answer his purpose,
Newport.
There will be silver wedding at
j. Y. Green's on Wednesday even
ing of this week.
G. G. Kelsea. late foreman for D.
M. Camp & Co, has rented rooms
over the clothing store and will put
in frst-class job printing establish
ment.
Center.
George Morey has rented SCOTS
farm for one year and taken posses
sion.
Mrs. j. w. Ionic and little daugh-
ter are here from Lowell, Mass. Wis
iting friends.
Quarterly meeting services were
held at the M. E. church last Sab
bath, Rev. E. w. Culver officiating.
H. Cook has moved into Eli Lam
piers house.-Mr. Baker into the
tenement vacated by Cook.-Mr.
Wrightman into G. L. Drown s house.
Landlord Austin is painting, pa
pering, and whitewashing the hotel
and fixing up generally; he is thor
ough temperance man and we hope
the temperance people will give him
their hearty support.
There will be an oyster supper and
a social visit at the hotel for the ben
eft of A. G.. Austin, the new land
lord on Thursday evening, Apr. 5.
All are cordially invited. Let the
citizens who are interested in having
a good, temperance hotel in the place
turn out and give Mr.. Austin a good
benefit.
Harold Robinson takes Mr.. Aver
ills place ON shares. Mr.. Averill
goes to New York.
B. F. Emerson breaks camp to-day
having got on to the ice nearly 600,-
900 #. of lumber for Chandler &
French.
Three children were born in this
place Easter Sunday. All boys
a son to A. III. Cheney, Alex Stott
and A. B. Smith-Does it portend
war?
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
West Burke.
Geo. Dean has sold his place to F.
E. Roundy for $3.50.
Edo Gaskill has commenced to
repair his place lately bought.
S. A. Nelson has sold the place
occupied by j. P. Otis to Geo. Dean.
Price about $1,000.
Tenements are very scarce. 1t
would be a good investment for some
capitalist to build few tenement
houses.
H. M. Gray has departed-where
we know not.
Mrs. James Drown is sick with
lung fever and Mr.. Drown with neu-
ralgia.
The friends of Mrs. Atwood will
be glad to hear that she is improving
in health.
Mrs. j. G. Gray of Barton has
been in town lately visiting and TAX
ing care of sister who has been
sick.
c. B. Simpson and his daughter
Lorraine have returned to Montpelier,
but Mrs. Simpson remains at home
with Minnie who is recovering from
the diphtheria.
Some of the roads are blocked up
and all are bad. DIR. Carter had to
go to Joel Chesley's last Wednesday
on foot. Mr.. Chesley is in a preca-
rious condition of health.
Rev. Atwood preached an excel
lent temperance sermon on Sunday
which was followed by temperance
concert in the evening. Credit is
due those who took part in the ex-
ercises.
The buildings belonging to Albert
M. Gray were destroyed by fire on
Thursday, March %, probably from
a defect in the chimney. A fire broke
out on the roof in the forenoon, which
Mr.. Gray and others put out, as they
supposed entirely. He went to the
village in the afternoon, when the fire
started up again and got beyond con-
troll. The loss included buildings,
considerable furniture, provisions,
hay and grain. Insurance, about
$500. The loss is a bad one for Mr..
Gray.
BA RTON MARK ET.