Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-04-21
LOCAL NEW s.

liable, the weather being unfavorahle.
]. B. Freeman has sold his pair of
sorrel horses to a down country man.
The village milliners are in market
and expect to return soon with
large stock Of fashionable goods.
Don't tell your wife of it.
Joseph Owen was badly hurt on
Saturday by being thrown from load
of hay, which he was drawing from
his Boodry place to his farm.
The examination of teachers for
all the towns in the county will be
held on Saturday next, commencing
at 9 O'Clock a. m. Will be held in
Barton at the academy.
The rains and warm weather of
last week brought the water up TO
about the freshet point on most OF
the streams in this vicinity, doing
some damage to roads and bridges.
At recent trisl of stomach capac-
ity, Scion Preston made way with
twelve oranges and Archie McDougali
with thirty-six. Preston finished
out his meal by eating hearty din
ner.
On Thursday night the old building
on the lot, known as the town lot, took
fire from some cause which may not
be inquired about and was entirely
consumed. 1t has long been a dis
grace to the village and every one
was glad of the bonfire.
At the caucus on Saturday evening
Gen. w. w. Grout, Geo. w. Bridg-
man, C. E. Joslyn and O. H. Austin
were chosen delegates to the State
Delegates convention j. n. Web
ster, E. F. Dutton, o. V. Joslyn and
b. M. r. Nelson to the District Del
egates' convention.
We expect soon to send to Mr.. Al
len of Brattleboro for lot of plants,
and if our neighbors or patrons desire
anything in this line we shall be pleas
ed to get what they need at prices
much lower than they will be likely
to get if they order separately. We
had lot of Towering and garden
plants from Mr.. Allen last year and
they proved to be excellent. A cat
alogue can be obtained by address
ing G. E. Allen, Brattleboro, Vt. as
per his advertisement in this paper.
For some time there has been trou-
bic in the upper part of this village
about drunkenness on Sundays, and
it appears that liquors have been
brought in by express, struggled from
Canada, and otherwise furnished,
much to the injury of some who other
wise might be respectable citizens
Last Wednesday a party who has
been in this business considerably
was brought before Justice Mossmar
and fined, both for selling and being
intoxicated, and two others were fin
ed for drunkenness. This source OF
trouble is going to be made less, an(
those who are interested might a.
we'll make note of the fact. L
there are parties who wish to violate
the law they must expect to suffer it
penalties. We have not given names
being willing to shield from disgrace
wives, parents and friends who ar
in no way to blame for the dolngs o
those who have fallen into the clutche
of the law.
There has been some talk of organ
izing Good Templars' lodge in thi
place, but the project is not favored
by some on the ground that it is
secret society, and by others becaus
lodges of this character are some
times diverted from their true design
by class of young people who ar
more interested in their own societ
than in the general welfare ther
may be objections that are valid
but no one denies bnt that there
need of a strong, active, temperate
society in every place; and if thi
one can flourish let it be started. Or
good, strong, open society can be OF
ganized let that be done. Ten veal
ago there was an open society c
over 200 members and it did goo
work for some years. All that
needed is little active work on th
part of some one to make the star
Some good may be done Ill the Ell
forcement of the liquor laws, but
seems to us that the true way to me,
the evil is 10 so educate the youn
that they will not care to taste {
touch the accursed poison; and s
build up public sentiment that thos
who are inclined to use liquors dal
not do it from shame, and the col
scienceless rum-seller dare not do
from fear of the law.
ALBANY.
Mrs. w. A. Hyde has gone
Lawrence, Mass.
Sylvester Shute has sold his far
to Judson Turner for $500.
Our much esteemed citizen, n.
Darling, bas been laid up for repai
for some time, but is now on t
amend.
j. G. Dow has men at work on
store which he proposes to remot
and convert into a dwelling hous
with Day windows, etc., for his o.
occupancy.
Luther Dow is repairing the hou