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

Mrs. t. ,. CODlelgn, daughter OF
the late Alonzo Bemis, who lived in
the edge of Westmore, died last week
after a long illness, and was buried
on Friday.
The selectmen have ordered the
clearing off of lumber and rubbish
from our streets and highways, but
those responsible for the nuisance do
not remove it.
Another meeting is called that the
town may again take action on the
"town system" matter. Teachers
and committees are in a quandary
what to do in the present status of
the school matter.
West Charleston.
Elmer Young is at home quite out
of health.
Wesley Moore has moved on to
the Calvin Grow farm.
Druggist Barron's and Miller AL
bees people have each girl baby to
rejoice over.
Mrs. Jonathan Wilson is very sick
and Mrs. Delos Marvin quite sick
with fever.
Charles E. Bennett has bought the
house where he resides, known as the
Chase house.
Mrs. Bartlett has gone to live with
her daughter, Mrs. Craft, and Benz.
Townsend and his mother have moved
into the tenement vacated by Mrs.
Bartlett.
The village hearse was out three
days last week, to Derby for Isaac
Human, to Morgan for Emily Will
COX and to Stanstead for a child of
Mr.. Pero's.
E. III. Robinson has closed his la
bors for Camp & Co., Newport, and
is going on to the road for a Boston
firm. He is reputed to be a good
travelling salesman.
Rev. l. D. Quint has gone to his
new field of labor IN Contoocook N.
H. His family left here last week.
Rev. L. J. Wheeler, from Maine,
preached in the Baptist church last
sabbath.
There has been much more sugar
made in this section than was at first
predicted some have made nearly as
much as usual. Peter Young made
$50 lbs. from 200 trees in just one
week =: he did not tap his trees till
very late, and his sugar was of a nice
quality.
The Misses Bennett will occupy,
for their millinery business, the build
ing known as the B. F. d. Carpenter
office. 1t was Will Morey instead
of Will Craft who sold his place to
Charles Hamblet. They say that fig
ures will not lie, but types appear to
to be guilty of this crime, once in a
while.
Wednesday, the 9Th, as William
Parker was at work spreading manure
on the steep bank back of his house,
near the river. the load by some
means got such an impetus down the
bank, that it was impossible to check
it's descent, and horse, load, and a
young son of Mr.. Parker's, who was
riding on the load, were precipitated
into the river. The alarm was given
and help soon arrived, who succeed
ed in rescuing horse, boy and wagon
without serious damage to any,
though the, boys escape from injury
was almost a miracle.
Coventry.
DR.. Branch was in Burlington last
week attending the medical lectures.
Clark Morse is repairing his barns
and putting a cellar under one of
them.
Hollis Thrasher made 1925 pounds
of sugar from 475 trees. The largest
average, probably, in town.
1t is seldom that we have sugar or
snow the eleventh of May, but Mrs
Hollis Thrasher had sugaring- of
and furnished some for her guests.
Mrs. Benjamin Shippee, who has
been a great sufferer from neuralgia
for many years, lately went to Bur
lington to consult the physicians
| there. DR.. Morton from New York
an experienced physician and ont
who makes speciality of that disease
gave her a prescription that seldom
fails and strong encouragement tina
she may eventually be cured.
VIM. L. Barrows, the auctioneer
from October l, 1882, till March l
1888, attended fifty-fve auction sales
three of them lasting one week each
He also made twenty farm and rea
estate trades. Mr.. Barrows not onl
has a good gift of auction ''gab,
but is so good judge of propert
that he knows when he is getting th
value of the property he handles.
Craftsburv.
James Withers has rented his farl
to Justin Little and hired a farm i
Hardwick and moved on to it.
Miss Susan Paddock teaches th
school in the Branch district, Bel
Human in Glover, Lovisa Kinney {
Irasburgh.
. A Young Women's Christian Ten
perance Union was organized here /