Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-26

alls, the clay pipe, the SLOUGH hat,
and moves a pair of No. ID cowhides
with the regular agricultural gate.
Harris is now engaged in freighting
sawdust from West Burke and draw
ing it up to the farm.-Union.
East Hardwick.
John I'll. Hubbell, the new tinman,
moved his family from ST. Adams,
and occupies a part of Mrs. loves
house.
John d. Stratton has engaged to
work for Loren d. Foss for year,
and is to live with his family in Mr..
Foss's tenement house when contem-
plated repairs are completed. For
the present, they live in the Thorn
ton house.
West Burke.
Silas Collision has returned to
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Francis Richardson, of Westmore,
who has been doing large lumber
business, drawing the logs here, will
close his job this week.
Justin Cobleigh has sold the land
ON the east side of the road which
leads past his place, 50 acres inclu-
ding 800 sugar trees, to D. R. Dens-
more for 81, 900.
The hard winds of last week kept
the drifting roads full of snow all the
week Somebody, who undertook to
90 to Sutton, went only half a mile
before he was compelled to about
face.
The Vermont Lumber Co. have
sold all their manufactured lumber in
the yard and all they can cut during
the year to Loveless, Fair and Co.
of Springfield, Mass. and lease their
dressing mill to the same company.
North Wo1cott.
A. Boynton has moved to his farm
house and L. G. Boynton to the mill
house.
Timothy Sleeper, aged 81 years,
died at the residence of his son, David
Sleeper, on the 18th inst his remains
were carried to Waterbury for burial.
Sheffield.
James Drown was quite badly hurt
last week, by fall which he receiv-
ed while in Bloomington.
We noticed an item which compli-
mented Noah Folsom on his success
as collector, but which conveyed a
wrong impression in regard to the
present. Mr.. Folsom declined serv-
ing this year and r. C. Hall was ap-
pointed.
Rev. Z. Owen of Lyndonville, By
invitation of the w. c. T. L. of this
place gave very interesting temper.
ance lecture on the evening of March
IA. Let others call him out; his
lectures on this subject will prove
pleasing and beneficial.
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS NOTES
An employee of the South Eastern
Railway was killed one day last week
by being caught in the wings of {
snow pillow.
Jerry Frost, who escaped from jai
at st. Adams sometime ago and who
was captured near Peacham last week
was safely lodged in Jail at Sweets
burg Tuesday night by high constable
!. Pickle. Frost is a desperate charac
ter and is in for an assault anC
robbery committed in the town OF
} Stukely.
Joe Ogden fell in love with Charles
Sloggett's wife and upon the night o.
the 9th of February they went t.
Newport, VT, and were married an(
have left for parts unknown. Mrs
Sloggett is about IS, very pretty, anC
her husband, to whom she was mar
ried about year ago, is a mechanic
and lives at Cowansville.
About two weeks since Marue Full
Ter of Cowansville hired young Eng
fish emigrant to do chores and worl
about the house. On Saturday las
while Mr.. Fuller was absent from
. home the fellow, who gave his nam
as Arthur Griffin, went through tn
house, turning everything upsid
down and also attempted to breal
into the safe. He secured two revol
! vers and small sum of money whic
o he found in Mr.. Fuller's pants poke
, and started for the United States
g He was followed as far as East Rich
. ford, where all trace of him was lost
. 1t is supposed that he went to Tro
or Newport.
| At Sweetsburg station on the Sout
Eastern Railway serious acciden
: occurred last Tuesday. The engin
q est. Pie" and snow pillow wer
j coming north on the main line, whe
n the nose of the pillow caught in tn
4 frog at the switch, breaking one G
e the wings and throwing it at rigl
n angles with the track, the engine &C
+ ing completely through it. The CO
d boose was occupied by nine men, a
L of whom were more or less injured
Il Conductor Sam. Elkins, who was i
e charge of the pillow, sustained sever
= fracture of the knee cap and was CT
% about the head, but is now quite con
is Portable with prospects of speed
recovery.