Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26

! Greensboro Bend.
Glib. Kenniston lost horse recent
ly which was called worth 5000. n.
Cloutier also lost good team horse.
Clarence Wyman has returned from
California, stopping there only thir--
teen days his brother Fred remained.
"A. P. Folsom is putting in a large
lot of lumber at the Edwards mill,
and finds time to scale. the lumber
for the mill company.
1t is said that the R. r. Co. are
buying more wood at this point this
year than they have done previously;
they have many acres covered with it.
Mr.. Hopkins at the hotel gives a
good square meal every time and
keeps his house neat and orderly.
Travellers should give him call and
while there they should not forget
that Mr.. Duval, the barber, can do
a good piece of work in his line.
| The lumber and wood business at
this point is the absorbing thing this
winter. Tolman, Simpson and Co.
put in about ,25O,O 900 feet of lumber
including cedar, of the latter suffi-
cient to run a machine whole year;
this company also buys the Lumber
which is sawed at the Weed mill in
Stannard, and two or three mills up
the river. Napoleon Cloutier draws
most of the lumber at the steam mill,
having twenty teams on the road and
several OK teams in the woods. The
| Weed mill is running and the lumber
is drawn here and stuck up. The
mill company use the best soft wood
lumber for matched flooring, the
second quality for boxes. They work
sawed chair stock, using the very
best quality for hard wood flooring.
Holland.
Lell Hall has rented Alfred Sisco's
place for year.
No mail either way on the 18th,
hence we failed to get our item batch
off in season.
A house belonging to G.. R. Cas-
well, occupied by a tenant, was
burned to the ground Feb. 10.
TraSbuIgh.
E. Blanding has moved in with j.
Simineau.
Lewis Rash has bought the E. P.
Cotton house across the river.
A singing convention, under the
lead of Merrick Taplin, who has
taught a successful singing school
here, will be held on Thursday and
Friday of this week, closing with a
concert on Friday evening. A large
number of singers invited and ex-
pected. Entertainment free and a
good time expected.
Jay.
Rev. Mr.. Buzzell's donation Melted
$31.2S.
Mr.. Searles is moving on to the
farm he lately purchased of Mr..
Young.
Myron Robinson, Mr.. Paine's en-
gineer, moves to Westfeld but ex-
poets to run the engine at Wakefield
& Bedell's mill in the Notch.
An exhibition was given by the
scholars in district No. 1, at close of
winter school, which was very cred
liable to all engaged.
S. B. Wakeman and wife were
visited by a large number of friends
on their 30th marriage anniver-
sary and presented with silver SER
vice and other gifts.
Lowell.
Mitchell Sherbut has hired Harding
& Thayers tenement house and
moves in at once.
Mrs. R. King and daughter have
just returned, having been absent
since October at Amesbury, Mass.
The friends of Rev. A. A. Smith
are pleased that he could spend few
! days in town and help IN religious
services.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Hall desire in
this manner to express their thanks
to their neighbors and friends who
gave them such pleasant surprise
: on their fifteenth marriage anniversa
ry, also for beautiful and valuable
| presents left. The many expressions
j, of good will made at that time, they
return in double measure to all thos,
present.
Morgan Center.
Charles Elliott has a small child
very sick of rheumatic fever.
Rev. Richard Maplesden has NOV
ed back into this town from Charles
ton. He is good citizen and W,
welcome him home.
; Newport.
Capt. J. G. Moulton and Lieuten
ants Kelsea and O'Conner attended
!, the military gathering at ST. Alban
: last week.
That was an aggravated case o
Il 'cruelty to animals on the part o
E. B. True, and the small fine i'm
posed was an easy let off, to say tn
least.
T. w. Bonett is discharged fror
the employ of the r. R. Co. Ed
Armstrong of Lyndonyille comes +