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

Greensboro.
Mr.. McClary is steadily improving
and we hope to see him out buying
sugar and butter soon.
A town meeting is called for May
Sd, to elect a treasurer and to raise
money for winter road tax.
Sugaring is at stand still just
now, and unless we have freeze,
gathering buckets will be next in or
der.
Holland.
Nellie Harrington is in town visit
ing friends.
A. r. Moulton is running his mill
without the use of his engine, having
abundance of water.
Daniel Jenness, who has been sick
some months, is now able to be out
and in his accustomed place as Choir
lister.
1raSburGh.
Charles Davenport is building a
house at the new settlement Port
vile.
George Russell is at work for the
present at Coventry, running board
machine for Burbank & Williams.
Lowell.
John Papineau has moved into the
parsonage and will work for Harding
& Thayer.
Joseph Sanville is moving into Mrs.
Metcalf's tenement. John Blake has
moved back on to his farm.-A. f.
Harding has moved into his new
house.
Morgan.
E. X. Lord is improving the pres
ent high flow of water in saving out
his lumber.
Geo. Bartlett has gone to Connec-
ticut visiting friends and will be gone
a few weeks.
Newport.
Read DR.. Hoskins' ad. about
grapes.
The town authorities have put up
signs on the street corners.
AFRO Tracy and wife have been
engaged to carry on the town farm.
Messrs. Brown and Whitney have
sent a good pair of horses to market.
F. E. Alfred has purchased and
moved into the house vacated by Mr..
Adams.
The ice is nearly out of the lake
and some of the boats will commence
to run May LIST.
A carload of horses and three
loads of cattle were shipped from
this station this morning.
Rev. Folsom returns to the Metho-
dist charge here and to the Center,
much to the satisfaction of the peo-
pie.
Newport Center.
A. G. Austin has leased the hote
for another year.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Coates has bought
her house back of her brother, Geo
Crawford, and moved into it.
Miss E. A. Crandall of Jay, anG
Miss Nettie Jones of this place have
been engaged to teach the village
schools.
North Troy.
Fred Pelcha has been sick for tn,
past week and has been obliged t.
call upon the town for help.
The examination of teachers will
take place at the johnson schoo
house on Saturday, the Goth of Apr
1t seems to us that it would b.
proper for the authorities to TAX
some steps to suppress drunkenness
in our village.
Mrs. Eliza Buggy has purchases
| F. F. Forsaith's house on Main stree
paying S1200.-D. w. Kelly ha
purchased the d. L. Hildreth hous
where he has resided for severa
years, ,for $1,000.
WestGeId.
Frogs commenced their evenin
concerts the 10Th.
L. S. Woodwork has made 200
pounds of sugar from 900 trees.
S. S. johnson has bought Adelbel
Clark's place in the village payin
$3.50.
Miss Hattie Wakefield has engage
the school in Dist. No. and Mis-
Eva Hendrix in No. 4.
The selectmen, aided by some ind
vidual help, are putting in a covere
, drain in front of the post-office there
by greatly benefiting the street.
Mrs. Adelbert Austin takes til
lead on tomatoes this season, havin
a plant which has tomatoes on it 6
large as walnuts.
The lumbermen have commence
. running logs down the river; thel
is larger stock on the banks tina
, ever before. Some of them 90 t
No. Troy.
: You, correspondent had letter II
Gently from j. III. Buck, who hf
been making visit to his Iowa far
r and from there took trip to northel
Dakota. He represents that the boo
out that way is subsiding. Excellel
farming lands can be obtained at vel
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