Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-11-26

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in her line for reasonable prices:
A large maple tree standing near
the sugar house of A. j. Smith blew
down during the high winds last week
and made a complete wreck of the
house scattering the buckets in all
directions.
At squirrel hunt on Thursday
last, Captains Greeley Simpson and
Jack Kier, Greeley's side came in
one hundred points short, and paid
the oysters for the pleasure of having
been defeated.
Mrs. Warren Udall tried her hand
at onion raising the past season. and
from e acre raised 80 bushels which
she sold for $50. j. Douglass raised
two hundred heads of cabbages which
de sold fol one dollar a dozen.
J. c.. Allen, having initiated him
self in the Wallace store and received
a very large stock Of goods, makes
his bow to the general public in an
advertisement in this paper. He
specify invites the people to call on
him.
The fall term of the Academy
closed Nov. Dist with the usual rhe-
torical exercises. Beside a general
exercise of the reading class there
were essays, declarations, and read
lngs. While all did well, the last
division was especially fine. This
was a recitation, 'sSister, and l." by
Annie Paddock rendering of Mark
Twain's European Guides by E. W.
Worthen, and of the "Fireman's
Prayer" by Adah Merrill. After
the exercies an Oyster Supper was
served by the young ladies in the
Hall and $40 were netted for the pur-
chase of an organ for the Academy.
East CraftsDury.
The church has been neatly and
substantially repaired,
Derby.
W. II. Human has rented his ho-
tel, we understand.
Thanksgiving services will be held
at the Methodist church on Thursday
evening at o'clock.
Chester Carpenter has bargained
for the farm belonging to the estate
and the widow of the late Judge Car
penter for $4,000. He has also
bought the hay, grain, stock and
other personal property amounting
to nearly $4,000.
The class examinations and eXhi-
bition at the close of the fall term
of Derby Academy were highly COM
mendable. The school is doing the
best of work in all departments.
There have been nearly eighty pupils
IN the academic department the past
term.
The Editor of the Erpress seems
to be in trouble lest it should be I'M
derstood that his better half is con-
nected with the Woman's Suffrage
movement. Although he may brace
his two hundred pounds averdupois
against the wheels of progress, we
have little fear up here that he will
materially retard their onward move
ment
SaIenl-Derby.
Mrs. James Winslow has gone
back to her old home in Bloomington.
Ed. Harding has given up his trade
for the Charles Sutton place and
bought the Bathrow place in Charles
ton for 5000.
Michael Goslant has sold his farm
to Joseph Cushan and moved his
family to Walden, where he goes into
the lumber business.
Glover.
We are pleased to learn that Rev
Adams, who is just home from 6
western tour, will remain with the
church for the present.
| Fl. Scott moves into Mrs. Lucy
Bickford's tenement. Alvin Gray
has moved into his new house which
is nearly finished.
Timothy Lyman has had a shock
recently and is liable not to rally
n. Drew, also an aged man, is dan,
gerously sick
d. 3. Randall has contracted will
Fred Percival and R. S. Hunt for the
making of 1000 clothes-dryers which
his agents are selling in different 10
calities.
Greensboro.
Thomas Uric raised, from littl,
over an acre of ground and two bush
els and peck of seed, sixty bushels
Of White Russian wheat.
A large party of friends Of Mis-
Sarah Sawyer met at the residence O
W. B. Sawyer, Esq, on Wednesda,
, evening last to celebrate the nine
teenth birthday of Mrs. Sawyer. Th
; occasion, agreeable by expressions o
, kindness, was made doubly so by th
large number of valuable present
from her many friends. Amon
:, which were silver table, cake, pi
and butter knive from Charles an
Thomas Simpson of New York city
a hanging lamp, q beautiful ne,
dress, etc. The occasion will lon
be remembered with pleasure by a
participants.