Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-29

vices are expected to be held next
afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
at the Methodist church, Rev. B. M.
Tillotson or ST. Johnsbury, officiat-
ing.
He lives on Park street, and relish
es a joke as well as any man over
there. This time the joke does not
tickle him. He keeps COW, and one
cold and cherries night had re-
turned from hard days work at the
village and sat down to sweet rever-
les beside the kitchen stove. His
wife wanted to strain the milk. at the
proper season, like other wives. and
after he had remained sufficiently
long to warm his chilled frame, she
made a gentle allusion to the milk
pail, which decided him to spend a
few moments in the presence of the
COW. ne IOSe. HS otiLSu Il HcW. ClSdu
lantern, he slammed the door and
disappeared. Ten minutes later the
wife saw the pail at the sink and
went to the barn to carry it to him.
What his profound meditations were
will never be known, but there he sat
demurely milking into or upon his
lantern, which he had placed under
the animal instead of the pail. There
were few feminine EXPLANATIONS
which brought him to his senses, and
he has since been called on quite fire.
quently to explain why he used his
lantern for milk pail.
Barton Landing.
Mr., Sweat and Rev. A. B. Blake
of Irasburgh exchange pulpits next
Sunday.
Deacon James Clement has a COW
from whose milk, less than seven
days, he churned eleven pounds and
thirteen ounces of butter; on the
9th, from the cream of just seven
days milk he churned fifteen pounds
and fifteen ounces.
The sixth lecture of the regular
course will be given by Rev. R.
Moffat Neill of Brooklyn, New York,
on Wednesday evening, Jan. 81, at
7.45 p. m. Subject, "English School
Life Mr.. Neill having been
teacher in a boys boarding school
for several years will be able to in
struct and interest a full house.
The Old Folks Concert which was
repeated last Wednesday evening
was success in every particular.
The Lathrop children added much
to the enjoyment of the occasion by
the songs they sang;' as did Miss
Mabel Joslyn. A. c. Parker, being
repeatedly called for, at last came
to the front and sang his laughing
song which set the whole house in a
roar of laughter.
BRO ~vnin2tOn.
Geo. H. Tice has bought the Car
ter place.
See Mr.. Bartlett's tax notice and
govern yourself accordingly.
A. R. Moulton is not using his
single mill owing to the sickness of
his father.
Evansville.
Water in the river is very low,
perhaps the lowest for years.
James Eddy, veteran of the Re-
bellion, has been in poor health all
winter.
Harvey Foster rents the shingle
mill for one year and wants to buy
lots of single lumber.
The lumber business is good here
this winter. Mr.. Foster has already
large stock of logs on hand.
J. W. Brown has moved into his
new tenement over the store.-U.
w. Brown moves into his fathers
house.-Ira Bickford moves into the
Frank Wells house.
w est Charleston.
Barna Clark who has been sick
some weeks is better but not able to
be out around.
Mary Parlin, eldest daughter of
John Parlin, has gone to Worcester,
Mass, teaching.
Willie Persons has bought him q
good three years old colt of John
Cheney. If you want to trade horses
try Willie.
Mr.. Quint is moving into the Con
gregational parsonage. Whether this
will 'joggle" his theology or no, re-
mains to be seen.
Prof. Emerson of Dartmouth college
will lecture here on Friday evening
Feb. I'd. His lecture is a usefu
one, which he will make specially in
teresting by apparatus and numerous
experiments. His recent lecture a
Barton Landing was very interesting
and highly appreciated. Let all on
people turn out to hear him.
Coventry.
The Ladies' Social will meet mex
Wednesday eve. Jan. 81.
The Dorcas Society will meet wit
Mrs. William Stevens, Thursday aft
ernoon and evening of this week.
Rev. Mr.. Bacon will be Unstable,
pastor of the Congregational churc
on Thursday, Feb. Sth. The in
stallation sermon will be preached b
Rev. DR.. Hulburt of Lyndonville.
Burbank & Williams suffer niue
inconvenience from lack of water