Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-03-24
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wife weighed only 24 lbs. Small,
but precious
Anniversaries are all the 90 here
this winter; this time it was John
Marshall and wife who were remind
ed that they had been married 40
years. A set of chairs, rocker and
spring bed were among the gifts.
Ira Bickford's folks built up fire
as they left their house, the other day,
and when they returned they found
the floor on fire from the swapping of
a spark no a rug few minutes
more and the fire would have been
beyond control.
West Charleston.
Josiah Hamblet has sold his farm
to his son Fred.
Lot. Edwards and wife remain on
the poor farm, as managers, an
other year.
j. B. Holton has recently received
car load of Bradley's phosphate
with which he will be glad to supply
the farmers in this vicinity.
Lester Barrett has sold his farm to
Herbert Kathan for $1,000. Mr..
Barrett sells stock and farming tools
at auction, Wednesday March 26th.
Rev. E. P. Wild preached a very
excellent sermon last Tuesday in the
newlyrepaired Congregational church.
A large congreg ation was present and
the services were very interesting.
Mis-. Lila Driver Cheney and her
little daughter started for British
Columbia, where her husband is,
Wednesday March 18th. Her broth
er-ln-law, Arthur Cheney, goes with
her from Chicago.
Coventry.
DIR. G. F. Branch has bought the
Mrs. Mary Pearsons house, paying
| $1,100.
Mrs. Charles Putney died On Tues
day last after a very painful illness
of many months duration.
Carrie Wells, who has had two at
tacks of rheumatic fever in success
sion, is stricken down again with it.
Mr.. Chamberlin has an oyster sup
per and dance entertainment at bis
hotel, Wednesday evening, Mar. 26
At the quarterly meeting held al
the NJ. E. church yesterday Mr.
Blake preached a very timely and in,
teresting discourse.
Sylvester Cass has sold the hote
to Mr.. Stevens of Derby. If Mr.
Stevens moves here we shall have
seven families of that name in oul
village.
W. w. Frost has sold his land adj
joining the D. Gray farm and hi:
house now occupied by Geo. Collins
to Sylvester Cass of Newport, ant
; there is prospect that Mr.. Cas-
will become citizen of this place
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Wheelock were
reminded of their 10Th marriage an
niversary on Monday, when they
visited by about sixty of their friends
who dropped in without invitation O
announcement. A china tea set anC
other presents were left as tokens O
esteem.
East Craftsbury.
J. d. S. Olmstead lost a cow las
week, making one each spring TO
three years.
Eli Fisk from Wolcott has rentec
the S. w. Rice house and taken pos
session.-Russell Cowles has rentet
the Thomas W. Patterson farm TO
another year, while Mr.. Patterson
continues in the butchering bushes
another year at Lyndon.-Charle
Silver has rented the McAllister farm
for year.
Jason Young, who kept fifty hen
last year, made an accurate recor
every month and hands your CORES
| pendent the figures: He began wit
fifty biddies Jan. 1st, which numbe
was reduced by death and sales t
: twenty-eight Aug. 1st. He sol
445H dozen eggs during the year fo
which he received 1921, he sol
poultry, S14.0S; total $103.32; th
, expense of the feed and value Q
eggs set for chickens was $52.75
, leaving net profit of S50.57. Fl
does not report the number of hen
on hand at the end of the year.
Derby.
Derby proposes to test the result
of ''poor farm" this year. Tt
Mitchell Goslent farm has been hire
for this purpose.
We hope our friends in other towr
will come over into Macedonia an
help us next Wednesday, at til
county temperance meeting.
Maj. CIRCUITS Percheron horse
have arrived and they are fine an
mails. One of them is a full bloc
and was imported; the others a
half bloods and were raised on
stock farm in Illinois.
Miss Jennie Silver, who has bee
9 in a state of impaired health fl
more than a year past, died yeste
day. The community shares Wi
the family the sad affection. Fune
al services will occur at the Bapti