Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-05-26
LOCAL WIS.
Barton.

Il BartOn.
''Plug" hats.
Mrs. Lewis Woods was badly hurt by
fall, on Wednesday.
Charlie Hubbard has received a lot of
Amesbury wagons.
Methodist ladies' aid meet with Mrs.
Hezakiah Bickford, Wednesday.
Amos Scott has been painting his store
building, using some of the light tints Of
colors. 1t looks well.
Considerable work ought to be done in
the cemetery, and on the road leading
there before next Friday.
Thomas Busha had thumb cut off, his
son finger, and Hitchcock boy also
finger, in the chair factory last week.
o. D. Owen has just received so bush
els of white southern dent corn, for fod
her and ensilage, also Sanford seed corn.
The name of Cora Ruggles was omitted
i'm the names of teachers last week; she
teaches in the j. G. Boswell district where
sic taught ldSG SuluuleI.
If the village people desire to hear
& Gen. Carey at the Landing, Tuesday even
& ing-and many of them ought-they can
get half fare tickets, if ten or more will
30 on the cars.
The village trustees are putting the
Sidewalks and some of the street high
ways in good order; the bridge in Elan
dersville, carried away by the freshet last
season, is being replaced.
Mr.. Towne, who bought the Currier
81 grocery, has been having it repaired and
painted up and it looks as clean and nice
s. as parlor in there. He is keeping a good
& stock of goods in his line and merits q
Share of the patronage.
Work is driving at the Ufford carriage
manufactory and the prospect is that all
The large stock manufactured this year
will be sold. The sale in Caledonia and
Orange counties is large, while the home
&trade is as heretofore.
The Christian Messenger, under Rev. j.
DR.. Bartlett's management is improving
weekly, and is now we'll printed and well
edited. We can only suggest few more
advertising pictures and little broader
margin to make the journal complete.
The National w. C. T. U. has issued
call for the observance Of Tuesday, May
9th, as day of prayer on behalf of the
leaders in temperance work, Christian
4 pastors and editors, the platforms of par
s ties, for the presidential candidates and
for the Christian voters Of the republic.
Butter is running low at present. The
Following is the st. Adams quotation OF
last Tuesday: Attendance large, market
quiet, prices unchanged. We quote gen.
eral price Is cents per lb; selections 20
cents per ID; few extra at a higher
price. Shipment 900 packages. Eggs,
IA cents per dozen.
There will be an entertainment at the
hall on Wednesday and Thursday even
ings when 'Tour Around the World"
will be illustrated by stereopticon, the
pictures being shown on a canvas from
fifteen to twenty feet square. The light
will be very brilliant and the scenes will
be almost as real as life itself.
The Morrisville bakery man who put
pp at B. F. Poterson's one night last
week had his cart broken into and quite a
Quantity of goods stolen. A warrant was
ssued and certain premises searched, but
he goods could not be found. The same
light somebody entered other premises
nd stole washings and did other mischief
The Rothchilds boys, sons of Joseph
Rothchilds, have come on from New
DIRK hired house, and also the Office Oc-
eupied by DR.. Perry, where they will man.
lfacture cigars. They have an expert
enced workman and have given consider
BILE time to the business themselves and
propose to make as good an article as
Ghey can sell.
There was q remarkable change in the
appearance Of nature last week: the trees
put on their garb of foliage, the meadows
md hills their carpet of green, and all
gro wing things made great progress,
while the weather changed from
snow storms to that like sultry August.
Except that the wet weather has delayed
planting and sowing there is no complaint
bout the spring.
AS will be seen in another item Gen.
FAIRY is to be here at the temperance
neeting next Monday, and we are pleased
70 announce that he will give his famous
ecture "Moses or Ingersoll," in the eve
ling. The lecture will probably be held
ID Opera House, tickets % cents, reserv.
ID seats 80 cents. The reputation of the
ban and the character of the lecture il
*hch that there ought to be the fullest at
endance. Tickets at buttons. SEE
Nils and circulars.
As there is considerable talk just al
resent in regard to machines for max
|hg and repairing roads, our readers il
bis vicinity will be interested in Il tria
>etween the two noted machines, the Vic
pr, and the Champion, which is to b.
nade on the highway from Barton Land
ng to Irasburgh, on Thursday May Goth
he work will commence near the Land
hg. They are both reversible machine
and this competitive trial ought to be at
Tended by selectmen and others all owe
The county who are interested in high
ways. The machine on trial in this tow
and used considerably in this vicinit
asst week demonstrated the fact that
great saving of expense can be made b
the machine, while the road is put in bet
ter order than 1t can be by the old meth
bds.
John Cronan, brakeman on the freigl
south was killed at the summit near Sout
Barton Monday afternoon. 1t is suppos
ed he placed the switch after the trai
drew from the siding on to the main lin
and in getting on to the train fell an
was run over. He was not missed unit
he train nearly reached West Burke, s
no one knew just how the accident OF
CURED. The express train south disco,
cred the body and took it in charge. Th
body, as we understand, was lying b.
ween the rails and the head, which wa
completely severed from the body lyin
outside the rails. He was young ma
about 81, unmarried. His parents r,
Eided in Canada, and his remain
we're carried to that place. 1t is repor