Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-06-30
Holland.


dropsy, is suffering intensely.
Leslie Heath, who has been in
Boston peddllng, is home on visit.
Mrs. William Burbank of New
Hampshire is in town on visit.
The democrats as well as the re-
publicans are much pleased with the
compliment bestowed upon Holland
by the selection of S. R. Fletcher as
a senatorial nominee.
1rasburgh.
M. M. Taplin and DR.. Rowell have
sold twenty-five new buggies this
spring.
E. P. Cotton is expected to come
home this week to commence building
his new house.
The M. f. quarterly meeting an
nounced for July 9th is postponed one
week, take notice.
The ladies of the Cong. church will
hold strawberry festival, Tuesday
evening, July LIST. All are invited.
There was a matched game of base
bali played here the 9th, between
the Irasburgh and Albany boys. The
game stood, Irasburgh 26, Albany
IS.
Jay.
Hurrah for Blaine and Logan! The
choice of the people and the soldiers.
Crops are looking finely but rather
backward; hay crop not as good as
last year.
We are glad to see Mr.. and Mrs.
Chaplin about again they have been
feeble since early in March.
The Ladies' benevolent society will
meet with Mrs. FL. D. Chamberlin,
Thursday afternoon, July Sd.
/ B. F. Paine has put in another
band saw to cut out chair stock. A.
Miller is hired to run the machine.
Israel Wheeler cut an ugly cash in
his foot the other day.-Henry Trim,
! while saving slabs, cut a finger quite
badly.
H. G.. Banister has put coat of
paint on his barn and shed; the
painters and joiners are again at
work on the Baptist church.
Building is brisk this spring; c.
d. Ovitt has his house nearly enclos-
ed; Geo. Lucier has moved into bis
new house Rev. j. L. Buzzell has
the foundation under way for house,
also Robert Allard and Harry Ross.
They have let the jobs of doing theil
building to jerry Tatro; Geo Sisco,
Albert Evarts and Edward Chaplin
are getting timber out to erect
a new house later in the season; Ell
Domino has erected a barn near the
site where his was burned last fall.
Lowell.
Mary Sawyer is at home.
Eugene Coolidge has sold his place
to the shoemaker.
Laban Harding and A j. Dodge
were the delegates to the county con.
vention.
Mrs. Alice Sutton has been in town
The wild strawberry crop is light
but there is prospect of an album
dant stock of raspberries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sawyer, A
Aseltine and Rev. r. King attended
the S. S. convention at Bloomington
and report a pleasant and profitabl
meeting, abundant hospitality ant
new inspiration in the work from tn
instruction and influence of the meet
ing.
Newport.
Horace Bean is going to locate a
Hampton Beach in hotel.
The Lady of the Lake commence
to-day to make her regular trips
Capt. Fogg Is at his post.
Mr.. Baker at work down the lax
: on the barge last Friday got serious
ly hurt by log rolling on to him.
Newport Center.
DR.. Erwin and Miss Ella Sleepe
were married the 22nd inst. The
have the good wishes of large eli
+ Gle of friends.
The government agent has bee
e in town investigating pension claim
: and getting additional proof in II
gard to claims.
e Through the courtesy of Mr.. Osc
J. Dean, foreman of Chandler & Skinner
mill, and Mr.. f. L. Bailey, we were trea
ed to an excursion on the ''Overlal
/ Railway leading from the mill to Il
q company's timber lot on East Hill, recer
ly. The line is about two aud one-h;
miles long and starts from the log-wa
: at the mill, crosses the creek, and ru
under the Southeastern track, makes
"a steep ascent throuh the woods until t
highway from d. w. Porter's to Newpc
~ Center is reached, which it crosses
tween the Doane and Durham place
= Here the grade is quite easy for sol
I'll distance, where another sharp rise is c
countered and the heighth of land reat
rk ed. The lot from north to south is t.
: miles and forty-five rods long, and &C
tains nearly nine hundred acres of virs
III forest, which was formerly part Of t
IL long defunct iron company's property
Messrs. Chandler & Skinner have l, 40
o. 600 feet of logs on the skids await
in transportation, and large gang of CHI
oil pers continually at work. A large sh'
of the hard wood will go to the Sol
Eastern company with whom they hav
contract to furnish 1000 cords per We
hoe rlx