Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-21

were played out in this section; on
the contrary all the silo men have
large crops of silo corn planted, and
VIII fill their pits if the corn grows.
Barton Landing.
Beede Durham has built him a
new barn.
Herbert Dane, the butcher, will
move here this fall.
Fred Nye and Stephen Burbank
are at work at the village.
Miss Shaw's temperance lecture
was excellent and gave good salts
faction.
Joseph Bartlett planted seventeen
bushels of beans on his new land in
Irasburgh.
A drum corps is being organized
here. 1t is hoped that the boys will
succeed in forming a good band.
Mrs. Joslyn, mother of Will Joslyn,
is said to be some better; her daugh-
ter from the West is expected to-day.
A school meeting was recently held
to see if the Landing district would
vote TO have three schools, instead of
two, but the proposition was defeat
ed.
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Mr.. Phineas Wheeler has rented
rooms in Nathaniel Colley's house.
I. H. Parker and Geo. Wheeler
have finished haying. How did they
dry the grass?
Mrs. Silas Wheeler from Iowa and
cousins from Pennsylvania are visit
ing at L. Crows. 4E
Geo. W. Grow has purchased a
large barn of ]. G. Bartlett and will
move it to his own place.
Frank Porter has gone to Montpe-
lier canvassing; his wife and chill
dren return to Sutton to her mothers.
David Colley has been painting
and improving the house vacated by
Horace Hyde, and has moved there.
Mrs. A. w. Seavy has night
blooming cereus which has had eight
blossoms. Last Monday evening
there were three which were greatly
admired by those present. Mrs.
Seavy kindly sent blossom to
some friends who were unable to go
to her home.
Evansville.
Want to know if shooting is one
of the branches that teachers are re-
quired to teach.
Many are complaining of rheuma-
tism and bad colds, the result of our
very peculiar weather. Hf
Beede Durham is building a house,
and is otherwise improving the
! place bought last spring. gs
As Messrs. Allard and Drown were
driving on the river road at good
trot, their king bolt broke and lei
them down. Fortunately neither one
was hurt seriously.
Coventry.
Village schools closed last Friday
Mrs. Farewell is very low with
heart disease.
| The Dorcas society meets with
Mrs. Tower, Tuesday afternoon.
Samuel Newton and son have re-
turned from their visit to England
and nephew of Mr.. Newton's re.
turns with them. I'll
Miss Henderson from Canada is
stopping at DR.. Gould's for medica
! treatment. Mrs. Chester Rowell has
been visiting in Canada.
Mrs. White, widow of the late
Rev. P. HI. White, and her son from
. Detroit are in town Oil a visit, also
] Geo. and May Walworth from Mass
Some time since Fred, aged twelve
) years and son of w. L. Barrows
caught ten trout that weighed 2
pounds 1.-THE largest one weighed 81
pounds. They were caught out o
Black river.
West Charleston.
Alice Cummings arrived here from
Massachusetts recently.
Nat. Clark has gone to st. Johns
bury to work for Jerry Drew.
! j. G.. PaElin has sold his hous
l and the land which he bought of Car
penter, to James ALLEN for $3.50.
Charles Nye had a nice young co,
/ killed by lightning the 18th inst
Daniel w. Allen recently lost an OK
The next meeting of the Ladies
Mite Society will be held Tuesday
!, July 20. in the afternoon with Mrs
+ E. o. Leavens.
Cyrus G.. Clark lost his pocket
e book, containing about $50 in none
and some papers of value, last Nor
day, somewhere in this village. An
one finding the same will be suitabl
rewarded by leaving it with E. "
Barron.
. 1t is quite time for accidents
this village. Last Saturday E. "
Parlin was quite seriously injured i
his horse running against post of
b temporary shed and knocking it GU
s thereby letting the shed down upo
i him. Soon after E. 0. Bennett,
attempting to drive out of his ON