Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-05-14
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South Albany.

Rowell's sugar place, with the sugar
tools, paying $1,000.
Sybel McSherry has opened dress
making rooms at I. M. Rowells and
will do work there or at the homes of
her patrons.
Wallace Dow has let his farm to
Foster Cutler and moved to ST.
JohnsbuIy, where he finds constant
and profitable employment as joiner.
East Albany.
Hiram Hunter got bad hurt while
handling a pair of steers recently.
Martin Chamberlin weighed one of
his big calves recently, and found it
to weigh 10S pounds when two days
old.
Jennie Webster of Irasburgh teach
es the school near the Free Baptist
church. She taught in the fall and
gave excellent satisfaction.
VIM. Taplin has let his farm near
the Baptist church to John Willis of
the west part of the town.-Alfred
Daniels has let his farm to John
Simon.
The ladies of the Free Baptist
Parish met at the parsonage, May
Sd, and organized a Ladies' Aid So
ciety. They will devote their earn
ings toward furnishing the new
church. Next meeting will be held
at Ira Merrill's, May II. AS the
object is worthy one it is hoped
that all will assist in making it sue
cessful.
Barton.
w. l. Robinson lost his COW valued
at SIS, last week
The Lyndon Union appropriated a
couple of dozen of items which it
found in the MONITOR last week-all
to the improvement of that newsy
sheet.
The closing exercises of the village
school will be held on Friday after
noon at Mr.. Martins room, all the
schools participating In rhetorical ex-
ercises.
N. M. Scott has already bought up
about two carloads of maple sugar,
paying from seven to ten cents a
pound, the highest price for the very
best stirred sugar.
A. w. Scott has. a change in his
ad. this week. He keeps a neat
store, where goods can be bought at
a reasonable price, and appears to
have good patronage. Remember
the place, the old Fred Robinson
store.
The millinery rooms in this city
were very Hastily arranged for
the Openings made last week, and
they were visited by a large number
of people. Any one who refuses to
be satisfied with the styles of ladies'
head gear this year, ought to go bare
n headed.
Glib. Ellis, having decided to do
business on the cash system says he
has marked down his goods and can
make it an object for any man to
\ trade with him. He is selling some
fine "all wooP' gents suits for $500.
He wants cash or note from every
man who owes him. He was too late
to get this into his regular ad.
A pleasant letter received from
Irenus P. Gage of Fremont, Neb.,
states that he is busily engaged in the
work of organizing Sunday schools
in that new state. Himself, wife
and boy are well. He represents
that the emigration to the state is
large, mostly going into the north
western section where there is excel
lent land.
The next meeting of the Orleans
Educational Society will be held al
Newport, Friday, June LIST. State
Superintendent Dart will be present
and hold an educational meeting in
connection with the above. Teachers
are reminded that they are entitled
to their time. This will be an inter,
esting meeting and all the teachers
in the county ought to attend it.
The Cdledonion in stating the fact
that there are only three settled min,
listers in the Congregational churches
of Caledonia county, says: ''The fact
is food for reflection There are
some other churches which a few
years since had settled pastors. Ii
the brief time we have been connected
M with this paper there have beef
changes of pastors in every church o
that denomination in this county; il
some of them no less than three, whil
several of the churches are now look
ing for pastors to fill places made b
recent designations.
We are panied to hear of the deaf
of William F. Walker, formerly
merchant in this place, which oc
cured in Allston, Mass. Oh the lot
inst. Mr.. Walker was a prominen
dealer in flour and grain in Bosto
and director in the Commercial ES
change of that city. He is remen
bered as one of the most enterprisin
merchants who ever did business
this village. He was native of tn
county and has several relatives liz
ing here, He was 48 years of as
and leaves a wife and two children