Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

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ed amount of courage and persever-
ance she succeeded in the attempt.
She tells the story in a plain, inter-
estino manner that entertains an au-
dience.
BrOwningtOn.
Rev. Mr.. Forrest will preach at
the Centre, next Sunday.
Mrs. Austin Lund has lately been
afflicted with a bad sore throat.
Cows sold at l. A. Wyman's auc-
ton last Monday at prices ranging
from fourteen to twenty-one dollars.
Mrs. Albert Gravelin's funeral
services were held at the Centre,
Sunday the 1S, discourse by Rev. L.
Dodd.
The prayer meeting at A. c. Den
nison's last Thursday evening was
we'll attended. May the meetings
increase each week in numbers and
interest.
Evansville.
Albert Gallup has come home; he
trapped II foxes while away.
Harvey Foster has put in run of
provender stone in his single mill.
Frank Gilfllan and wife have
gone to Canada to visit her father
and mother.
The most severe rain of the sea-
son, Wednesday; and the water was
the highest ever known.
The personal property of F. W..
Alexander is being sold at private
sales, better prices being obtained
than at an auction.
Coventry.
Miss Clara Barrows has gone to
Michigan.
There have been several changes in
real estate here the past week.
Geo. Livingstone, I'd, has bought
the VIM. Watts house paying $500,
and takes possession at once.
There will be an open session of
the Good Templars' lodge next Tues
day evening. Rev. L. Dodd will
give a lecture.
At Luke Livingstone's auction
last Saturday, his farm sold for $1655
to a MI. Magoon from Canada.-The
John Reynolds farm was sold at auc.
ton last Saturday for $2275 tC
Mr.. Cleveland of Newport.
Mr.. Sam. Newton has moved back
from Salen-Derby on to the Edison
Barnes farm.-Geo. Newton has
moved back from Newport Center
into his house. -Nelson Rice has
moved to Newport on to his farm.
Graf tSbiII.v.
DR.. O. A. Bemis is TO be our new
postmaster.
Thomas Patterson is building g
horse barn.
Amory Dawson left Saturday
with another large drove of cattle.
1t is expected that the county edu
cational meeting will be held here
sometime in November.
Rev. Samuel Anderson and family
are in town. Mr. Anderson is can
vassing for valuable cyclopedia
and many are subscribing for it.
DR.. Cyrus H. Allen, brother of J
G.. Allen recently sent MI. Allen {
barrel of dried apricots which will bt
sold from the store. 1t is a very
good fruit and Mr.. Allen can secur,
it from his brother if it is needed il
this market.
1t is proposed to give the village
band benefit at the town hall, OIL
Wednesday evening, Nov. 4th. LIE
everybody turn out and do we'll b,
the band. 1t is expected there will
be concert given by the band, alst
other entertaining exercises; oyster
will be served.
There was a meeting of four o
the brothers of Levi Scott and on
sister, at VIM. Kaiser's, to celebrate
the 00th birthday of Levi, on Friday
Oct. 23d. The united ages of tn
six is 427 years. Two of the sister
whose ages are respectively 20 ant
; "A, were not present; the ages o
these eight brothers and sisters i
577 years. Where is there anothe
family that can boast of so man,
years?
Sometime recently family move
from Calais on to the Eligo pond roa
and went into poor old house whic
, is in the corner of Greensboro. TIL
} man was taken sick and it was dis
covered that the family were in yer,
destitute circumstances. A neigh
, Dor went to Greensboro and state,
the case to the overseer of the poor
but he refused to take notice of tn
complaint and recommended that tn
shanty be torn down over the head
of the family and that they be driver
out. A selectman was appealed to
: who sent very small quantity o
provisions, but he did not take YER
lively interest in the matter. Som
, of the humane citizens of Craftsbury
indignant at the course of the Greens
boro authorities, raised subscrip
ton, sent a doctor to care for tn
sick man and quite quantity Q
provision for his family. In thi
case it seems that the priests an
Levites ''went by on the other side