Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-04-09
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Barton.
The spring birds dare not risk it
yet.
F. w. Baldwin Esq. and wife
started for Dakota, on Wednesday,
to be gone some months.
The pastor of the Congregational
church being absent, Rev. Mr..
Adams of Glover officiated yester-
day.
Baxter & Grow will receive two
cars of hay this week, also a large
lot of timothy, clover and red top
grass seed.
Some of our boys are shooting
crows to see who can kill the most
at shot. They ought to be engag-
ed in a better caws.
District clerks will find the school
registers for this town at MONITOR
office; they can be had of the super
intendents in other towns.
The st. Johnsbury IndeG man
''skunked' a lot of dead beats last
week. This reminds us that we have
an unpleasant job of this kind to do
soon.
Gen. Grout is putting his residence
in order and will soon be excepting
house" again. Miss Vic. Grout will
return and make her home in the
family.
President Arthur and few of his
cabinet friends are off on fishing
trip. Assistant Postmaster General
Hatton is guiding the Ship of State,
in the meantime.
The Ladies' Society of Cong.
church have sugar party Friday
evening of this week with the usual
Accomplishments of music, &C., &c.
Everybody invited.
For the information of those who
are intending to go to the Methodist
conference, it is now stated that it
will commence on the 25th of April,
not the 18th as heretofore announced.
A rain and thaw helped reduce the
snow during last week, but it is deep
and the roads dangerous. Most
sugar makers have put out their
buckets and a few have hung them,
but there has been little sap to date.
Geo. S. Fisk, whose marriage ap-
pears in this paper, will move on to
the Wood farm which he has bought.
This locates Mr.. and Mrs. Fisk close
to and between the homes of their
parents and makes the matter pleas
ant all around.
J. W. Murkland has been off on
the pillow business for several days
Those Wooley and Hubbell plows
are going to take an important place
in the pillow trade. They have beer
perfected by careful experiments and
are bound to sell.
The advertisement of the New Yorf
Sun which commences this week il
our columns will be continued fo
three months. The San states tina
the circulation of its several editions
last year was 1886, 900, agains
1926, 919 the year previous.
Ben Butler was terribly arraignet
by some of the Boston clergymen oil
Fast Day. He had asked them il
his proclamation to refrain from thu
discussion of politics and they die
refrain with vengeance. He il
left in the condition of a dog, afte
a close interview with porcnpine
At the auction sale of the farm ant
other property of j. E. Dow, tn
farm was bid off by c. J. Ufford TO
$2,175, and the other property sol,
very we'll. Mr.. Dow bought tn
place for $4,000 some years sine
and cut off several hundred dollar
worth of timber and realizes quite
profit in his investment.
Mrs. Thomas wishes to inform he
friends and patrons that she will g
to market April 10, and be abser
two weeks. Miss Aston will wa
upon customers during her absence
All owing her are requested to ca
and settle before the 10Th. She ha
a lot of spring hats that will be sol
cheap to close them out.
The long, cold winter has cause
the feeding of an unusual amour
of hay, grain etc., and hay is gettir
quite scarce and high. Considerab
hay is being shipped to this plat
from Canada, and an immense amour
of grain and feed has been sold
this place this winter. The presel
low price of butter and high price
grain is giving the dairymen '.ski
milk" hue.
G. w. Preston has a new story
Lell in his advertisement to-day.
F. Percival has been making alter
ions and improvements in his furr
|ure rooms, preparatory to putting
B larger stock of goods. Those wi
ire seeking goods in his line will fiji
pleasant to call on him. Baxter
Grow wake up with large ad. til