Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-04-30

having become one OF the partners Ia
an enterprise of national character
with an immense capital. This
company proposes to make the tele-
phone take the place of the tele-
graph.
South Troy.
Mile Davis teaches the village
school; frankie Richardson at the
mills.
Nellie Abbie who has been out of
health for some time goes to Burling-
ton for treatment.
Don Albee and family have return
ed from Worcester, Mass. Don is
painting about here.
W. Holden from New Hampshire
has been sick with pneumonia at S.
n. Ainger's. He is better.
Westmore.
Mrs. Stephen Felch is very hard
sick.
Lila Fayer will teach the village
school. She has taught three sue
cessful terms here heretofore.
George Litchfield, an industrious
young man who has many friends
here, left for the west Apr. %.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. j Ohnsbury.
G. W. Graham the taxldermist has
completed Pinafore ship, six feet
long, full rugged and manned by a
full set of sailors and officers, all
made of stuffed squirrels. 1t is
piece of work which stamps Graham
as most ingenious mechanic and
first-class taxidermist.
The class of 'S3, St. Johnsbury
Academy, will be composed of forty
nine students. The valedictorian
will be George L. Leonard of Bel
lows Falls, and the salutatorian John
c. Ross of St. Johnsbury. Other
parts will be taken by G.. R. Magoon
of Derby Centre, j. NJ. Willard of
Oxford, n. H., and B. G. Day of
Underhill. The class essay will be
by Miss Ida S. Pearl of Lyndonville,
the honorary essay by Miss Isabel F.
Hazen of Hartford, and other parts
by Misses Kate S. Hartman of ST.
Johnsbury, Genevieve L. Webster of
Barton Landing and Cora Hill of
West Concord.
West Burke.
Chester Whitcher is in very poor
health, with grave doubts as to his
recovery,
George Davis cut his foot badly
with an axe at the shingle mill on
Thursday.
East Hard<yiclx.
The young ladies of the Congrega-
tional parish recently made a beauti
full album quilt for Rev. Mr.. and
Mrs. Torrey and family, and forward
ed it to them in Yarmouth, Maine.
j. B. Cook and family of Green's
boro got out to church on the 22d
inst, which was the first time the
team had been able, on account of the
snow, to leave the place for seven
weeks.
Stannard.
Albert Batten has bought the G.
G.. Cole farm, paying $1,000.
This is the sad season in the year
when the poor, weary husband takes
his ''picked up" dinner, and suffers
untold miseries while his cheerful
wife cleans house.
WheeIOck.
No teacher secured for the village
school yet.
Mrs. S. G.. Cree had two cancers
removed last Wednesday. Drs. Bull
lard of st. Johnsbury and Carter of
Sheffield performed the operation.
Mrs. Calvin Chase is quite sick
she cut her hand slightly on the skim
mer while skimming milk last Mon
day and took cold in it, causing it to
swell badly. There is fear of blood
poison.
Sutton.
Daniel Frost, good citizen and
an old resident of the town, is NOV
ing to Lyndon. Sorry to have him
leave this town.
By the breaking away of Freeman
Hyde's fume, himself and Mr.. Burn
ham can do no business in their mills
till it is repaired.
Frank Holmes has gone to Charles
town. n. III. to work in a hotel
Jennie Campbell has gone to Lyndon
to take music lessons. Archie Kin
caid has moved to the r. I. Leach
place near Lyndon Center and will
work on the railroad. Mrs. Gordon
sister of Mrs. E. Butterfeld, from
Lunenburgh, is here to spend the
summer.
Somebody told the MONITOR that grass
was inches high in Elder Gilman's door
{ yard. Will he please state how old i
is, where and how it was cultivated ant
, who put it there?-Irade1.
| In answer, your correspondent
would say that the evidences are tina
the grass was placed in its presen
) pleasant location by Dame Nature
that under the genial influence of
. fertile soil and deep snow bank i
. arrived at that stature at the age o