Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-06-16
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another column.
Cushman Waterman has recently
obtained pension of eight dollars
a month and So, 256 back pay.
The ladies of Cong. society are in
vited to meet with Mrs. o. ID. Owen
w ednesday afternoon come early |
and bring thimbles.
Children's Day will be observed at
the Methodist church next Sunday |
all friends invited to contribute flow
ers and to assist in the work of prep
hration Exercises in the forenoon.
The caucus for choosing four delegates
to attend the republican county conven-
ion to be held at Irasburgh, June p, will
be held at school house hall on Saturday
evening, June 21st, at o'clock.
PER ORDER Town COMMITTEE.
There was frost last week which
s. did some damage in the county. The
grass crop is looking very well and
all the early sown grain IS forward,
but the corn is only fairly out of the
ground.
During the past year Mrs. B. B.
Norris of this village, lady of sew
enty years of age, has woven 25O
yards of rag carpeting and done
much other work, beside taking care
of her family.
Our people have not enthused on
politics yet and the caucuses are
poorly attended. At the caucus for
choosing delegates to attend the
State convention, F. W. Baldwin,
Geo. H. Blake, o. H. Austin and
VIM. Blasdell were chosen delegates.
The Crystal Lake House is being
quite extensively repaired and sever
al new rooms will be added by cut
ting new gables in the roof. Mr..
Richardson opens his house at Will
Z loughby and will have stage line to
Pages Landing ere long which will
afford lake ride. Those of his
guests who stop at either hotel and
wish to visit the other can 60 by
stage and the lake, and get the best OPP
portunity to view the magnificent
scenery at very small expense.
This route ought to be popular and
add much to the summer patronage
of both houses.
We have lately been shown very
valuable literary work entitled
* Treasures from the Prose World
which Miss Lillian S. Wright of
Westfeld is selling by subscription.
1t is compiled by noted author from
the writings of over sixty of the
most eminent writer's of the last two
centuries, and embraces many of the
finest selections in the language.
The book is popular and is having a
large sale. Miss Wright will can
vass the county, visiting this place
soon. Gen. Cary, who saw the
book, subscribed for it and gave it a
strong endorsement, saying among
other things, sit is in itself library
of good reading" Miss Wright is
not professional canvasser and will
not offend or weary those on whom
she calls.
In answer to numerous inquiries
as to whether Gen. Grout is to allow
his name to be used as a candidate
at the second district convention, WI
answer that we suppose he will be il
the field. During the last two months
he has received large number O
letters from nearly all parts of thu
district, and many proffered assur
ances of support from influential mel
both among those who favored anG
those who opposed him two years
ago. His friends feel, in Difference t,
these wishes and the expressed desir
of many others in the northern por
ton of the district, that he shoul
not hesitate longer to declare hi
willingness to be sin the hands of hi
friends" Who, among several tina
have been mentioned will be in tn
field, or whether Judge Poland Wi
seek reelection or not, we do nc
know, but the time has come whe
it is just to his political rivals, and
those seeking information, to le
1t be known that, with his permission
his friends will present his name t
the people and the convention.
East Albany.
John Heath is repairing his bar
and putting basement under i
Geo. Annis is building a horse ban
with basement.
John Hunter, who has been almo
helpless for over year, died Me
Both, aged S8 years. He had live
in Albany upwards of fifty years, an
had lived on the farm where he die
about forty years, going there when
was almost a wilderness. He was
very Industrious, steady man and
n member of the Free Baptist chur,
here for many years.
south ALBANY.
Grove meeting commences the 18t
Mrs. r. S. Mason is very low wi
consumption. a
Mrs. Lucy Patterson is very ST
and liable not to recover. Her oh
dren from Lowell, Craftsbury al
Glover are tenderly caring for her.
At the raising of Willis Bliss
barn stick of timber that they we
standing on to raise the rafters ga