Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-11-10
Wednesday evening of this week.

w edHcSudy SFcuihS VI thio "Son'
Merrick Taplin, at the Fullington
auction sale, on Saturday evening,
made 600 sales in 200 minutes, 100
dress patterns being sold among 9TH
er things. Our people propose to
dress well if some of the rest of the
county is trying to get the Jail away
from us.
DrED. I'm Benson, Arizona, Oct.
IS, E. j. Guild, formerly of Iras-
burgh, aged 40 years. Mr.. Guild
was in excellent health until about
two weeks before his death when he
contracted the malarial fever, and al
though strong and healthy man,
and having the best of care, he ex-
pired on the afternoon of the 18th.
He was we'll and favorably known
throughout Colorado, New Mexico
and Arizona, having been railroad
man for about twenty years. His
remains were followed to their last
resting place by a large concourse
of friends. He leaves a young wife
and two little children to mourn his
loss.
Lowell.
The public examination of teach
ers was held at the school house last
Saturday. Nine candidates were
present for examination and all but
one not intending to teach.
A disastrous fire occurred in town
last Thursday morning, caused by the
explosion of lantern. Mr.. Alexan-
der Kirk had hung his lantern up in
the barn and was doing the chores
when the explosion occurred. He
succeeded in saving the stock but the
barn was consumed together with IA
tons of hay, 20 bushels of barley, 80
bushels of oats, one new sleigh, one
pair traverse sleds and horse rake.
Morgan.
The poles are being set and we
shall soon be in connection with the
outer world by telephone.
Chas. Wilder and his daughter,
Mrs. Morse have moved to Butter S
mills to keep boarding house.
Newport.
Mrs. S. H. Flint starts for Man.
chester, N. H., to-day, to visit a
sick sister.
The International grlst-mill, in one
day last week, ground 335 bushels of
corn in three and one-half hours.
Sam and Geo. Bowley have bar
gained for the Willie Holhrook farm
and stock consideration, $4,000.
On Friday, rs Mr.. Waters and his
son who are visiting here from Bos-
ton. were out cunning, shot struck
stone and flew back into Mr.. Wa
ters' eye and it is feared he will lose
it; at present he is suffering terri
bly, from the inflammation.
Newport Center.
Mrs. Ella Liberty is at home from
Lowell, Mass.
Mr.. Forsaith On account of poor
health has rented his farm and re-
turned to Franklin county.
Charles Frizzle and Ben Weeks
have rented Charles browns house
Leon Clapper has moved into G. E.
Percey's house.
0. Williams is making quite exten.
sive repairs on the house he recently
purchased of the Robinson estate
A. G.. Chamberlin has his new
t house up and boarded.-A. Glines
2 has his tenement nearly completed
: South Troy.
A. Brigham has moved on to the
l Kinney place.
] Charles Blair is very sick with ty
| phoid fever at G. P. Stevens.
d j. U. Billiard has moved from
Westfeld into G.. V. Coburn's house
Ed. Sisco has been to Burlington
!; and taken a boy from the Orphans
4 Home.
S. Locke of Westfield was ar
raigned before O. Miller for intoxica
: ton, and fined five dollars and cos
b amounting to 1921.
Commical Brown is expected her,
> Nov. 10Th, to dedicate Aiken's hall
The hall recently completed is one O
the best in northern Vermont.
A. Boyden was arrested Friday o
last week for dealing in ''social juice,
- paying for the same $3.50 in spit,
u of the above act he has closed his no
tel to the public.
This community was considerabl,
shocked by intelligence of the dealt
o of Harvey Booth who had beel
), clerking for Elkins & Blanchard O
North Troy. He had been hard sic
. but a short time with typhoid fever
:, he having always been healthy tn
malady proved fatal. Harvey was
fine moral young man, and one who's
. loss will be deeply felt. The famil
i have the sympathy of the whole com
munity. Rev. Mr.. Jenne of Alban
officiated.
North Troy.
~ Peter Trudell has moved into th
% house with his father.
G. P. Stevens & Co., have finishe
:. the house on the new road.
j. S. Woodward has been dom
considerable repairing on his house.
~ Fred Miller is sick with typhoi
fox,or d W;lIox,