Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-20
Horace Ruiter has sold his farm to
Orrin Willis of Barton.

Orrin Willis of Barton.
Charles HiIdreth has bought the
Ruiter pasture formerly owned by G.
Carpenter.
Mrs. Hannah Pratt has gone to
Lowell, Mass, to spend the winter
with relatives.
F. Taylor, artist, is about moving
to Derby; Horace Goochey has NOV
ed into the Geo. Blodgett house.
Geo. Cheney and family have ar
rived home from British Columbia.
Mrs. c. thinks Vermont a pretty good
place to live in after all.
Mrs. Glover has married Mr..
Putney and will move to Craftsbury.
Mr.. Goodwin, blacksmith, moves
into the tenement vacated by her.
Mrs. HI. A. Clark and her two
children started for Kansas on the
9TH inst, and Mrs. Charles Carpen-
ter, mother of Mrs. Clark, goes with
them to spend the winter.
There are some proceedings up
about Plunkett that deserve notice
both in the papers and by the town
authorities it will be well to make a
little note of this before anything
more is done.
Coventry.
Mrs. Mary Niles has gone to Bos-
ton on visit.
See Frank Williams and Burbank S
new advertisement in this paper.
Salmon Nye sells his dairy of Jer-
sey COWS at auction on Tuesday the
2Sth inst.
Geo. Newton has hired farm near
Newport Center and takes possession
this week.
Charles Chamberlin is keeping a
frst-class boarding house which is a
convenience to some of the people
here, as we'll as to the travelling pub
lie, while we have no hotel in the
place.
Beebe Plain.
Mrs. Bigelow, widow of the late
Samuel Bigelow, one of our aged and
most respected citizens, died Friday
the 10th inst. She moved to this
place from Lyndon, VT, some 20
years ago, and by her many good
qualities won the esteem of all who
knew her. Her funeral sermon was
preached at her residence, Sunday,
at 2 p. m, by the Rev. Mr.. Hender-
son, Free Baptist, of st. Johnsbury,
and her remains were taken to Lyn-
don, by first train on Monday, fol-
interment where her husband was
taken some four years ago.-Stan-
stead Journal.
Glover.
A. G. Phillips recently caught q
raccoon that weighed 80 pounds.
Mr.. Simpson of Lyndon has rented
Lewis Fishers house and moved into
| it.
W. w. Aver has sold part OF
his Sheffield lot to John Hanna fol-
$500.
G.. w. McGaffey has opened hi;
grocery store and sells things in his
line cheap.
Percival and Owen have put in 6
new watering trough near c. P
Owens; it is a convenient thing.
Mary Goodwin, for many years 6
town pauper, died at very advanced
age and was buried last week.
The Ladies' Mite society hold thei
next meeting Friday afternoon a
Institute hall. Tea at 5; all invited
H. w. Phillips has returned ant
opened his shop where you can ge
work we'll done at reasonable rates
L. w. Fisher from Dakota is il
town, and wishes to sell his farm
which is situated mile and hal
from Glover village.
The dedication of the M. E. churcl
which was announced to take plac,
Oct. 21st, is postponed until Wednes
day, Oct. 29th. Programme mex
week.
Prentiss Leonard has bought
house of H. Mcclellan and is to NOV,
it up the road near his barns and pu
it in condition FOR good home 70
somebody. A good idea ''Prent.'
Your correspondent thinks G.. w
Nc. ought to have a nice chrome
(crow more J he doubles expect
to be "set up" himself for such pre-
cocity as he showed in his pun las
week.
The concert and pie festival givel
last Friday eve was success in ev
cry respect. The pieces spoken b,
Misses Josie and Winnie Prindle
Katie Berry, Mr.. Charlie Wright ant
Warren Gregory, and the playing b,
Ned Young, were rendered yer,
nicely. 1t would be hard to exec
the speaking and singing of the othe
ladies.
A. Gregory intends to have hi
new shop ready to occupy soon if h
can get that meeting house off hi
hands.-F. H. Percival has built
new hog pen and hen house.-R. J
Gle has thoroughly repaired hi
buildings.-Martin Abbott has beer
repairing his shop and getting his ci