Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-29

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ket, on account of the sickness of
her brother, but has received large
supply of millinery goods.
J. C. Oliver raised forty-eight BUSH
els of White Russian wheat from fif-
ty-eight quarts of seed, -twenty-s
and one-half fold. Let us hear from
the next man.
Mrs. Wesley Carter from Burling-
ton has been here recently, Waiting
her sister, Mrs. Seavey.-Mrs. E.
Ell. Robinson has been to White Riv-
er Junction visiting her son.
Rev. J. w. Kingsbury has closed
his labors with the Congregational
church. He left here October 21st
for his home in Exeter, n. H., going
with his team the whole distance.
A team was met in the road be-
tween here and Derby recently, the
driver being dead drunk in the ditch
with large cut in the forehead from
the effects of his fall. O, the curse
of rum!
Chas. Carpenter, who for some
years has been engaged in saving
something out of the wreck of the
Emery Company. has gone into trade
again. His friends will be pleased
to see him behind the counter again.
I'll. W. Dane is having his goods
moved to Canaan, n. H., where he
intends going into business as soon
as possible. He is now in Boston
buying stock of new goods for his
store in that place. We wish him
great success.
East Charleston
Moses Currier has moved into the
Davis tenement vacated by Walcott.
w. Walcott went to Massachusetts
without bidding all his friends good
bye.
j. Soucier has taken the job to cut
and dress all the clapboards at the
Betters mill.
The Island Pond boys will do well
to keep their liquor in that temperate
region, as we need none here.
/. D. Stevens has sold his place to
G. Morse. Mr.. Stevens and wife
board with Mr.. Morse's people.
A. J. Lang has bought half of
Mr.. Sweeney's starch factory Mr..
Lang raised $500 bushels of potatoes.
Mr.. Sweeney has suffered some
losses in the starch-factory, from the
breaking down of a floor loaded with
potatoes.
NJ. G. Davis has bought the old
grist-mll at Island Pond-will put in
an engine and put the mill in repair
for good grinding.
Ed. Streeter goes to Lowell, Mass,
to remain through the winter.-Mrs.
L. and Mrs. G. Goodwin have gone
to Boston, on the excursion.
Coventry.
AFRO Gray is getting up from fe-
yer.
Henry Hanford is building a new
shop on Church street.
The Dorcas Society will meet with
Mrs. Murray, Tuesday afternoon and
evening.
We are sorry to lose Mrs. True
and family from our community.
They are moving to Newport and
Frank will soon enter Homer Thrash
er's new clothing store as clerk.
They have many warm friends in
town.
Our village school committee are
confident that they have procured ex-
perienced teachers for the winter
term, Frank Allard from Dartmouth
College in the higher department, and
Miss Montgomery the primary de-
partment.
The large amount of property adj
vertised for sale last Thursday by
the True estate, called out a cores
pondingly large number of people,
and the day was hardly long enough
to dispose of the large and valuable
stock, grain, farming tools, household
furniture, etc. Some of the COWS
sold for forty dollars, 400 bushels of
oats, SO cents per bushel.
Derby.
VIM. Dodge has bought the Graves
Dodge farm price, S2325.
Norris & Hall have started a cart
loaded with tin-ware and other goods
from their shop. They are honest
men and deserving of success.
Two dogs belonging to W. F.
Kingsbury were found in William
Humans pasture last Wednesday
morning worrying his sheep. One
sheep had been killed and several
others mangled. Both dogs were
shot by Mr.. Human. The matter
has been amicably adjusted by the
parties.
The town fathers have finally laid
the much talked of road in the south
east part of the town. The road starts
from the bend in the present road
between Frank Blay's and Joseph
Blay's and runs in southerly direc-
ton, intersecting with the road run
ming by Henry CrandalFs at a point
a few rods east of his house. There
is some difference of opinion as to