Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-03

death OF his 1aJnef. Mucn sympathy
is felt for the bereaved family.
westfeId.
John Simmons has obtained a
pension.
A bear has been killing lambs for
VIM. Wilson.
E. S. Miller has sold his Lockwood
farm to S. S. Huntly of jay; price
$500.
Mrs. Brown has her house nearly
completed /; it is a near looking place
and an ornament to the village.
The selectmen have cut the trees
and bushes by the sides of the notch
road to Montgomery line, very much
benefting the road.
George R. Hoyt has moved his
family from Newport, into the Dl.
Martin house. Glad to see George
resident of town once more.
J: FL. McEwen has rented the
blacksmith shop near L. R. Herrick' S
and employed an excellent workman
and will be glad to see customers.
The fall term of school commences
Sept. 3, Miss Alice Hitchcock teach
er. Miss Hitchcock is an expert
enced teacher and we predict a
successful term.
Westmore.
Mr.. Richardson is preparing to
close his hotel about Sept. 10Th and
will have ball on the evening of the
18th. Bigelow's band. A big time
expected.
John Gates, who is running the
Carpenter farm, west of the Lake,
has about thirty-five acres of grain
which is very stout. All the grain in
this vicinity is excellent.
A brush fire on the mountain
owned by Messrs. Kimball, Page
and Twombly is doing great damage,
with the prospect that it will burn
over oil the spruce land on the noun
tain.
An unoccupied house, owned by
Frank Wells of Evansville, on the
Beck place, was burned on Wednes-
day night last. Wells had sold the
place to one Buchanan of Barton,
who was to move in the next day,
and it is surmised that somebody con-
Guided that there were people enough
in that neighborhood already.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The frost of one week ago did
considerable damage in this vicinity.
An Inder item states that David
Gushing of Burke recently lost two
colts, and consolingly adds: "He
has the sympathy ALL" Tender
hearted people down that way.
The Caledonia County Fair folks
are making arrangements for a big
wrestle to come off on Tuesday at
which Flagg, Dufer, Clafin and
O'Donnell, champions, will take part.
Does the Barton Monitor know
whereof it affirms when it says that
newspapers can furnish their own
mistakes and need no assistance in
lying, usually? "-Caledonian.
The MONITOR exchanges with all
the Caledonia county county papers,
and spoke advisedly.
Rev. D. HI. Adams from New
Hampshire has accepted call to the
Free Baptist passionate at ST. Johns
bury; Rev. G.. W. Jenkins of Rut-
land has become pastor of the Uni
versalist church. Rev. Tillotson
finds his hands more than full in at
tending funeral services, and the va
rious invitations for Sunday sermons
in the towns in this and Orleans
county.
Nothing more is head of the re-
ported lease of the Lake Champlain
road by the Canadian Pacific. The
Messrs. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury,
and other officials were in Montreal
in consultation with some one last
week, but whatever if anything, was
resolved is not made public. 1t is
understood that the Fairbanks are
tired of the management of the road
and do not care to put any more
money in it. Therefore the st.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain rail
road is likely to change hands any
time.-Erchange.
GrOtOn.
The law is being enforced in the
temperance cause in timing two liquor
sellers, Elijah Foster, $3.50, and
I'll. Hosmer, $4,000, and SO for be-
ing drunk. There are twenty COM
plants that have not been acted upon
but will be as soon as the parties
can be found. After this anyone
seen drunk on the street will be ar
rested. If w. Richardson had beer
arrested when complained of Satur-
day afternoon he would not have
been run over Monday by the cars
and made a cripple and town pauper
This a warning to slack officials
IndeG.
LyndOnviIle.
The Vile is growing new houses
are going up, new sidewalks are be-
ing laid and there are signs of i'm
| provement in all directions.
By recent accidents, none of then