Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-30
LOCAL NEW S.

Barton.
O. D. Owen has a new ad. this
week. Read.
Glib. Cass recently had an elbow
smashed by kicking horse.
S. G. Currier is paying market
prices in cash for raspberries.
Preaching services at Cong. church
Sunday, July 20. Rev. c. B. Moody
preaching.
Read the advertisement of the
Lyndon Literary Institution. This
school offers extra advantages for
securing an education.
Gen. w. W. Grout, who has been
to Utah, Montana, etc., has returned
in good health, and reports that he
greatly enjoyed his trip.
Z. Z. Rawson has gone to Ben
nington, where his family have been
for the last few weeks, and will re-
main ten days or fortnight.
The argus states that Hon. Geo.
n. Dale of Island Pond, is to move
to Montpelier, where he can have
better opportunities for educating
his children.
Mr.. Edwin Hill, noted landscape
artist from Boston, and a friend of
Z. T. Wilson of this place, was in
town on Friday and made Mr.. Will
son brief visit.
The grain, especially the wheat
crop is getting very stout. Some
parties report that wheat stands five
feet IN height. The early hay max
ers have finished haying.
Another week of cool, pleasant
and favorable weather. The hay
makers are having an excellent sea-
son for harvesting their hay and are
securing heavy crops. Corn, grain,
and potatoes are looking well.
The demand for raspberries is
large, one merchant in this town
having orders for ten to twelve tons,
and others for all they can get. The
crop will be large and the pickers
will make good wages while it lasts.
Oscar. Foss, a Barton boy who left
his native heath twenty-five years
ago, and has been successful in bus
mess in San Francisco, CAL, has
just made trip to Europe, and stop
ped here on his way home to visit his
aged father, brothers, sisters and
other friends.
Almon Mason, an aged citizen liv-
ing near the Fair Ground, fell on
Thursday and broke the neck of one
of his thigh bones. DIR. Skinner was
called to reduce the fracture. Mr.
Mason's age is such that he is liable
to be made cripple for life, if he
survives the hurt.
G.. F. Percival, wife and two chill
dren; T. W. Drew, wife and daugh
ter Kate n. M. Scott and wife Geo
Buzzell, wife and child; and FREQ
Averill all expect to go to the Adj
rondacks next week to be gone sever
al weeks. We hope the sick ones
will receive great benefit from thu
climate and the rest. Another party
will 90 to Peaks Island.
We shall issue no paper next week
but hope to give our readers bette
one than usual the week after. A
our first issue of the year fell on New
Years Day, without "skipping" one
we should publish So in the year 'S3
Our readers may like a rest of on
week-certainly those who do tn
hard, routine work in the office wan
little rest and propose to take it.
On Tuesday last as Mrs. Fred Lee
who lives in the north part of tn
town, was driving down steep hill
her horse stumbled and fell, and 90
so tangled up that he was liable t.
have been injured or killed by tn
broken thills had he been left to him
self, Mrs. Lee jumped out and hel
the horse down by the head until hel
arrived and liberated the animal, n
serious damage resulting.
The following extract from th
Seattle, w. T.. Daily Post. -Inte
ligence will be of much interest t
the many relatives and friends Q
Capt. Stephen Joslyn, formerly {
this village. ''At Fort Townsend
July 4th, an international rifle mate
was held between the 'crack shot
of the British Columbia milital
companies and detail from Cap
Joslyn's company of the Twent,
first U. S. Infantry. Capt. Joslyn
company now hold the Meade bads
having made the best score of ar
company in the army. The resu
proved that they well deserved the
reputation the score standing g.
for the British Columbians to 418 f
the Americans"
Bart ton La ndin&.
The new, covered railroad brid
just south of the village is complet
and is very thoroughly built.
Rev. L. Dodd, our new preache
is well liked here, and is preachil
some very excellent sermons.
VIM. II. BlasdelI has a jersey &C
which he has been offered $500 fl
and 800 for her heifer calf when
fxu( xvoalxo old