Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-03-24
West Burke.

John Woodruff started last Monday |
for his home in Minnesota.
The ladies' library association have
just furnished so new books for their
library.
E. McGinness, who has been to
Jacksonville, Florida, for the past
few months, has returned very much
improved in health.
There was a lecture Tuesday eve
ming at the Universalist church by
Rev. F. E. Healy Oyster supper in
the vestry after the lecture.
Rev. I'll. P. Gushing gave lecture
to the young men last Sunday evening,
which was we'll worth hearing and was
listned to by a full house.
Annual session of third district
union at Lyndonville on Thursday,
March 9th. Public session, 7.30
p. M, address by Walter P. Smith.
Mr.. Still, son-in-law of Mr.. Whit
cher, has lately moved from Hardwick,
into the house vacated by Elmer Roun-
.dy at the north end of the village.
p. 2. Porter has bought Downing's
grocery at the upper end of the village,
which has been under the management
of Fl. L. Doyle for the paste months.
Twenty-Five of the Pensioners of
Rev. FL. P. Gushing made him a visit
at his home in East Burke last week
| Thursday, and shared the bounties
of his hospitable board, and all those
who have been there know what this
means.
North Danville.
Frank Vance died very suddenly the
10Th inst His health had been very
good this winter and he had been
able to attend to business matters as
usual, having arrived from st. Johns
bury only a few hours previous to his
death driving his team alone. In the
evening he complained of a severe
pain in his head. Medical aid was
Immediately summoned, but too late.
Mr.. Vance leaves widow, one
daughter, three sons and many other
friends to mourn his loss. He was a
prominent member of the grange.
His body was carried to Glover for
interment and the funeral was held
at that place.
East IIardwicl.
Dir. Gleason has been here giving
lectures his addresses are very in
structive.
j. H. George has bought the lum-
Der, which has long lain in the mill
yard, for $40 per thousand over and
above the 1926 claim that was on it.
Sheffield.
j. Z. Buchanan is IN town, and has
sold his farm to III. NJ. Gray.
The funeral services of Mrs. Ward
Bradley were held at Wheelock on
Friday.
Orange Frost has moved into the
John Furgerson house where Mr.. Blu
chanan moved out.
The friends of HAL Aver visited
him on Tuesday night and left SIC
as reminder of the event
There was silver wedding at Sal.
ma Davis's on the 18th inst, wher
the crowd and presents were numer
Gus.
Oscar Carter has gone to Bur
lington again to pursue his
studies in the medical school, and
Ossian ingalls, has gone with him.
The cause of woman suffrage is gain
ing ground in the western country
The Iowa Senate, which has regularly
defeated the measure after the House
has passed it, has been debating thu
question with some rancor for a cou
pie of days, and is likely to pass
suffrage amendment to the constitu
tion by small majority. Washing
ton Territory has just passed such
bill, which has been signed by the gov
ernor; and Oregon, after two success
sive legislatures have given their as
sent, will in June vote upon the accep
lance of an amendment striking th
excluding word "male" from the vot
; ing clause of the constitution. Th
best elements of the state are said t.
be in favor of giving women this jus
tice, and the acceptance Of the amend
: ment is expected.
Our best farmers now generally us
Phosphate on oats, and say that it pay
: as well on this crop as any upon which
is used. 200 to 800 pounds per acre, hal
rowed in, or drilled in with the seed, wi
: increase the crop largely, and often pre-
vent blight or rust, as well as to make
ripen much more evenly; if grass seed
sown with the oats, the Phosphate wi
ensure 'sgood catch" of the seed, an
} its good effects will be plainly seen fo
:. several years.
Plymouth, VT, Nov, 1881 broke Il
thirteen acres of old, WORKOUT meadow
l. and sowed oats with drill, using $50 ID:
of Bradley's Phosphate per acre. TIL
y year before, the man who carried on th
n farm had about three tons of hay on til
piece, and some so poor he did not mo
: it. | had when threshed four hundre
e and ninety-four bushels of oats, or an az
erage of thirty-eight bushels to the acr,
/ went through the piece once withol
o. any Phosphate in the drill, and the diffe
ence could be seen from long distanc
:, The place without the Phosphate locke
r. like road, as there were no oats thel
to speak of. 1 shall use more Phosphat
IL another season. 1t pays me.
: n. ID. WILDER.
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