Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-12-17

ing Ut the toGl uttlI. ueSudy eve.
Dec. 25th. All are invited.
Mr.. Julius Wilcox has sold his
farm to his son-in-law, Fred Going,
and has moved to Irasburgh.
Mrs. S. S. Priest has rented her
farm to Mr.. Lewis for another year
and gone to Barton Landing to work
for DR.. Wright.
Ernie, son of A. w. Wiley, is
sick with bilious fever. Mrs. Josie
Alexander who has been very sick
with diphtheria and quinsy sore is
better.
Rev. A. Fl. Webb was here during
the. week, and officiated at the pleas
ant wedding ceremony of Bert H..
Day of Coventry, and Miss Mamie
G. Jenkins, daughter of S. R. Jen-
kins, Esq.
The people at the village and Cen
ter have organized a lyceum. The
first meeting will be held at the Cen
ter on the evening of Dec. 10, and
the question of the relative influence
of man and women will be discussed.
West Charleston.
E. W. Barron has a very sick
child.
n. S. Allen raised 116 bushels of
oats from ~ acres of land.
Mrs. Dane, whose sickness has
been heretofore mentioned, is some
better.
VIM. Dearborn has taken posses
sion of the Whipple house which he
bought last fall.
Charles Hazelton, who went from
here to California a year or two ago,
has recently married.
The selectmen are putting wire
fences in the worst drifting places on
the highways, hoping to benefit the
winter roads thereby.
J. G. Oliver recently killed pig,
about seven months old, which weigh
ed 1874 pounds dressed. The pork
in thickest place measured six inches.
The ladies of the mite society will
hold q bazaar in the school house
hall, Tuesday evening, Dec. 18th.
All are invited; admission free.
Oysters and other refreshments serv-
ed on the European plan.
Deacon Oliver, Sunday school SUI
perlntendent Of Free Baptist church.
is supplying the school with q large
number of choice books. Let al
join the school and avail themselves
of the opportunity to obtain good
reading for the winter evenings.
Coventry.
Mrs. E. Cleveland has gone tC
Manchester to visit friends.
Our old acquaintance, Charlie Wal
worth, now a rising lawyer in Dako-
ia, was in town last week.
N. W. Gray has placed a large
organ in the M. E. church, and the
old one will be used in the vestry.
The little daughter of P. L. Web
ster of Barton has been seriously il
at George Chamberlin's, her grand
father, but is better.
Elida Bergoine, organist at Cong,
church has quite class of music
scholars, and those desiring lessons
will do well to join the class.
AS Edison Barnes was going home
from the village last Friday night
he was thrown from his carriage; his
collar bone was broken and he re.
ceived other injuries. His carriage
was damaged.
The farm in the west part of the
town so long owned and occupied by
the late Phineas Daggett, and later
by his son, J. n. Daggett, is Offered
for sale the 10Th of Dec, together
with stock and farming tools.
Graf
VIM. Keyser's pig ten months ole
weighed 378.
P. w. Dawson has rented the A
Dawson farm on the river for on(
year.
The school in dist. No. II is laugh
by Mr.. Clark, in the Jesse Merrill
ulSl. ny NILS. w dlerS.
The ladies of the Cong. society
held a fair at Academy hall on thu
evening of Friday last.
Frank Remission is very sick will
lung fever; he had engaged to teacl
school in Glover but sickness pre-
vents.
Henry Scott notifies all who ar
owing him on account to call and set
tie before Jan. 1, 1884 to save fur
ther trouble.
Stephen Leavitt is made agent TO
the firm who are building the steam
saw-mill on the road between her
and South Hardwick.
Adelbert Spaulding, while fellin
trees one day last week cut an ugl
cash in his foot. The wound wa
dressed and is now doing we'll.
Major Robbins, an old soldier VIII
has just had bilious fever, is suffer
ing badly from the effects of a gun
shot wound. The ball penetrated hi
lungs and is now in his shoulder.
Lost-Between A. A. Randall
and the store of J. G.. Allen a peck
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