Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-02-11

Newport. 1t was pleasant evening
and no doubt the young gentlemen
enjoyed the novelty of having their
teams engaged and bills paid.
Cr-aftsDury-
Hay is worth SO a ton, oats 80
cents bushel.
Reuben Brooks, of Greensboro,
has taken the saw mill at Mill village.
Miss Mary Gage is in the hospital
at Burlington for medical treatment.
The winter term of the Academy
closes Feb. 22d, with prize speaking
in the evening.
The net proceeds of the oyster
supper for the M. E. church last
week was $1,000.
Sidney Root contemplates starting
for California in few weeks, to 60
into business there.
Miss Oracle Randall is quite i'll at
the home of Mrs Ed. Skinner, her
sister, with rheumatic fever.
Jerre Merrill from the west is home
visiting his mother and other friends,
but did not arrive until after his ia
theirs death.
There is to be a donation for the
benefit of Rev. F. Parker, at Acade-
my hall, Wednesday evening, Feb.
IS. All invited.
The farm and personal property of
the late Jesse f. Merrill will be sold
at auction as soon as Auctioneer
Barrows can be had for that purpose.
The Wdtchneae has a pleasant
word to say for Percy L. Templeton
who goes from Montpelier to E.
Craftsbury to engage in the practice
of medicine.
Derby.
The donation visit at the NJ. E.
parsonage last Thursday evening was
q very pleasant affair socially, and a
very satisfactory one financially. The
| company left Rev. Smith about $40,
mostly cash.
The winter term of Derby academy
will close next week Wednesday eve.
with literary exercises, original and
selected. The present standing of
the school has not been surpassed
for many years.
When you observe that a farmer
has business at the hotel nearly ev-
cry time that he drives to the village,
you may safely anticipate that the
sheriff will have business on that
farmers premises one of these com
ing days.
Edgar O. Silver is at home for a
short visit. Mr.. Silver was the sue
cessful competitor for prize of 800
recently offered by the firm for which
he travels, to the agent who would
send in the first order for thousand
copies of a singing book which they
publish.
A large company of our people, old
and young, assembled at Academy
hall last Tuesday evening to listen to
"reminiscences of the civil war. Mr..
j. II. Quimby, DR.. Rutherford, Maj.
Grout, Rev. Chase, and Rev. Wood
entertained the audience for about |
three hours with the relation of thrill
ing incidents connected with their
experience and coming under their
observation. The music by the choir
of the W. G, T. Z. was highly CON-
plimented.
Derby Line.
L. R. Robinson, G.. W. Bangs and |
A. J. Lawrence represented Oriental |
Lodge No. Sc, I. O. O. F. at Rut-
land last week.
Quite a number of our village peo-
pie attended the Carnival at Montreal
and all report first rate time. Mon
treal people certainly did all in their
power to make strangers enjoy them
selves.
Major and Mrs Baxter of Boston
made their friends here a short visit
last week. The major is hearty and
says business is booming. He in
vites all friends visiting the Club
to give him call.
Mrs. E. B. Chase left for White
Oaks, New Mexico, last Monday af-
f ternoon to join her husband. Gov.
Chase is very extensively engaged
in mining in and about White Oaks.
We wish her a safe journey, and
success to both.
On Thursday evening, 9TH inst,
about o'clock fire was discovered
in the basement of the Rock Island
knitting works, the alarm was at once
-, given and in short space of time
water was being thrown upon the
flames. The fire was extinguished
after several hours hard work. Loss
to the building about 5000, machin-
cry and stock from 81, 200 to 81 800;
= insured.
Glover.
o G. G. Crosby is improving slowly.
Silas Williams of Mass. is in town
n visiting friends.
If The next meeting of the G. A. R.
Post will be held on Thursday even
f ing. All members are requested to
10 be present.
Widow Eliza Teal who lives with