Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-08
LOCAL n E w s.
East Albany.

sin has been visiting at Martin Cham
berlin's; she is a niece of Mr.. Cham
berlin's. She goes to Atlanta to
spend the winter.
Milo Chaffee sells his farm and
lot of personal property at auction
Oct. 18th. See his adj. in this paper
and his posted bills. Here is chance
for a good bargain in real and per-
sonal property.
Besides the building of the new
Free Baptist church, the Catholics
have built a new fence and other
wise improved their church property !;
B. N. Moore and Gideon Bagley have
each painted their houses and the
spirit of improvement is abroad.
Barton.
We are all mortified enough about
it.
Have you banked up your houses
and cellars? The signs indicate an
early winter.
The Ladies Society of the Cong.
church will meet with Mrs. G.. A.
Katen, Wednesday afternoon.
The Methodist parsonage is being
painted. Charles Hubbard has i'm
proved his buildings by new coat
of paint.
1t is stated that cattle are being
bought up very close in this county
and vicinity, drovers looking for ev-
erything that is salable.
Grace Murkland wishes it stated
that her shop is open during her alb
sence, and custom is invited. She
expects to return next week with
lots of new goods.
j. G. Allen has sold his farm to
Nelson Lyman of Glover for $4,000.
Possession given in November.
Clark will have an auction of stock,
tools ETC. on the 25th inst.
Mrs. Thomas has returned from
market with large stock of goods,
and asked for an advertisement to-
day, but we could not set it-call on
her just the same, however.
W. H. Martin raised his large barn
on Saturday. He has good thor
ough frame. The frame came togeth-
er almost without mistake or fault of
the ''boss," w. X. Annis, and the
trainers.
Railroad trains are running by a
new time card this morning. The
mail train south is a half hour later,
and returns north a little earlier.
The mixed train north is about two
hours later. The express trains are
nearly on the old time. Time table
next week.
On Saturday last the friends of B.
B. Norris of this village, gave Mr..
and Mrs. Norris surprise visit, it
being the 50th marriage anniversary.
Their friends from Sutton were pres
ent and the afternoon and evening
was very pleasantly spent. Gener-
GUS gifts were made.
Some days since as Mrs. g.. B.
Ellis was handling some boxes in the
dress goods department in Mr.. Ellis
store, she saw something peculiar
hanging from one, and took hold of
it when it drew itself out of her fin
gers and disappeared in the box.
On examining the box small snake.
of a variety unknown in this section.
was found alive and healthful an6
ready for fight. How it came il
the box or what sort it is, is mys.
terry. II can be seen alive in the
store.
By new arrangement among the
railroads in the United States, 6
standard time for running trains is
to be fixed between certain meridi.
ans and all railroad time must con.
form to this. To conform to the new
system the time here is to be the 18th
meridian time, having been hereto
fore the list or Boston time. Thu
change is 16 minutes later and al
railroad time was set back 16 min
utes later yesterday. Time here which
has heretofore been too early, will
hereafter be too late by true meridi
ian time. The 10Th meridian crosse
New York about one hundred mile
west of this point. We are on tn
I'D meridian in Orleans, hence tn
new time will be twelve minutes slo,c
A letter received from Osmond c
Drew, who formerly resided at Bar
ton Landing and who spent severa
weeks in Vermont last year, state
that after leaving Vermont last fal
he visited Kansas where he saw man
Vermonters of whom were the Skin
ner boys, the Kellam boys, D. Bel
Sanford Owen. /. E. Pearley, W.
Ruggles and others all situated i
in good circumstances in the ssGal
den Spot of the country. Mr.. Owe
says: ''Kansas is beautiful but ha
too many gentle zephyrs.' The Ii
dian Territory is the best spot l wa
ever in. l do not like Colorado {
Utah, but spent some time pleasant
ly at noted points in these vicinities
L am now engaged in mercantil
business in Stanislaus Count,
the best wheat growing county in IL
state, and shall probably spend Il
ranaaindar Of NV 1ox,o -. >,