Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-06-30

months. The loss was terrible al
Fiction to the family, and the health
of Mr.. Frost has been such that it
has been impossible to keep their lit
tie property good, even by the exer-
else of the greatest economy. This
assistance from the government will
be a great blessing to them, and will
relieve them from the anxiety they
have felt in regard to their financial
situation and future means of sup
port.
Bloomington.
L. Grow is agent for the Granite
State moving machine and keeps all
kinds of repairs for it.
Stephen Burroughs at the Center
is III i'll health and offers his place in
that village for sale, cheap.
Mrs. Solomon Berry, whose health
has been very poor for the past year,
has been worse for few weeks.
Samuel Maxwell and Nettie Libby
have lately formed a partnership for
life. May happiness attend them.
Get to the Landing early if you
wish to see the sshOrribles' and hear
the Grafton by Demosthenes I'd, Esq.
Recently VIM. Algier had swarm
of bees come out and start for the
woods. He ran forward of them to
turn them back when they began to
light down on his hat; not fancying
the idea of converting his head into a
bee hive he laid his hat on the ground
and the swarm alighted on it and was
easily ''hived."
Evansville.
The heavy rain of last was a great
blessing.
George Bickford has moved on to
the farm with John Marshall.
Geo. Clark and A. Seavy are re-
pairing their barns preparatory to
haying.
Elisha Foster has stopped work in
his mills and will make repairs. I.
Pike is putting in new water wheel
and doing other repairs in the steam
mill.
The report that Herbert Leland
had gone 'down country" grew
out of the fact that he intended
to 90, but on the urgent solicitation
of his father concluded to remain at
home.
West Charleston.
The ice cream festival at the hall
Melted So.
Charles Worthen raised his large
barn last week.
R. H. Barnard's children are re-
covering from the canker-rash.
Albert Lawrence has gone to Mass.
to spend the summer with relatives.
Z. Knight has bought the house
known as the Owen Robinson house
in the village.
Andrew Wilson recently caught 6
large eagle in trap. The bird i:
stuffed, and may be seen at Holton':
drug store.
Too much cannot be said in praise
of Mrs. Barney's lecture here the
Goth. All those who failed to hea
her missed rare chance TO be edited
as wei! as instructed on the subiec
of temperance.
The family of Wesley Foster ar
in deep affiiction on account of tn,
death of their son Geo. HI. Foster, il
Boston, June 18th, of hemorrhage o
the lungs. His remains were brough
home for interment. George was p
years of age, and was a young mai
of much promise, and had the respec
of all who knew him; he left man
warm friends to sincerely mourn hi
early death.
Coventry.
: B. F. Tower and wife have arrive,
home.
Fl. G. Cleveland is building owe
and charging his barns.
The children of the Band of Hop
o will go to Barton Landing to cell
q brate the 4th of July.
e Quite a good number went to Beet
O Plain to attend the Advent CAM
S meeting the past week.
!. The M. E. quarterly meeting al
It nounced fornext Sunday is postpone
and will be held July 18th instead.
The women's business and dew
tional meeting of the w. G. T. I
u will be held on Tuesday at Mrs. 1
Boynton's.
st III. F. Black has purchased /.
s Eclipse water wheel, and is putin
(. it in to his pasture to draw wat
from well to water his cattle.
:, While Albert French was at wo
a, on building at Irasburgh last Thu
" day, the staging gave way and he fl
= to the ground, dislocating his shol
u der.
ie Mrs. Kate Idle, wife of Rev. &c
Ide, who has been visiting here,
getting out of carriage recently,
g and sprained her arm and wrist
y verely.
The strawberry festival at t
NC Cong. church last Friday event
nc was very pleasant affair. The ]
Sc proceeds were nearly S25. The me-
ny ey will be expended to purchase n