Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-05-11

Mr.. Frank french VINO buried MS
wife recently has broken up house.
keeping, and has rented his house to
G. L. Greanleaf, who will take i'm
mediate possession.
East CraftSbury.
Mrs. Jane Simpson has bought the
Mcintyre place, paying $3.50 therefor.
Rev. J. C. Taylor recently had his
buggy smashed by runaway acct
dent.
Adella Bailey is sick again with
some sort of spinal trouble. 1t is
thought that change of climate
would be beneficial.
Glover.
Robert Walker has received pen
sion.
Wesley Aldrich is repairing his
buildings quite extensively.
j. Dow has gone to Burlington, VT,
to have his eyes operated upon.
A. Sargent is making preparations
to still cedar and other oils on the
farm of Wright Ayers.
Charles Smith had the i'll luck of
cutting one of his feet while chopping
recently, and will be laid up for some
time.
E. Holloway's residence was burn
ed one week ago; he had rented his
farm and moved part of his house.
hold goods away.
Isaac Damon has returned from
Canada, where he has been i'll for
some time.-Miss Mary Walker is at
her brother James quite sick.
E. G. Miller & Co., proprietors of
Vermont & Canada Nurseries, have
shipped quite quantity of trees and
small fruit here during the past week.
They were delivered by Lewis Flint.
j. Wesley Scott who entered the
ministry year ago, completes his
first years work with much success
and credit to himself. He returns
to his former "charge" in Essex
county.
Many friends, here and In Barton
will be panied to learn of the sudder
death by pneumonia of Geo. B. Da
mon, son of the late DR.. Geo. Damon
who died in Des Moines, Iowa. HI
was a man of sterling worth and in
tegrity and will be greatly missed
from the circle in which he moved.
West Glover.
Lydia Colburn has gone to Nor
gan to teach school.
H. A. Whitney boasts of the BIZ
work done in his mill; in four hour
they sawed so fair sized logs. HI
wants to know who beats.
Our schools commence to-day tn
18th inst. Cora Rowell of Alban,
teaches in No. /; Matte Cook il
No. 2; Effie Fairbrother in No. Z.
Mrs James Uric, who has lons
been i'll with liberated stomach, die
at Newell Lyman's last week. Sh
was loved by large circle of friends
Greensboro.
Mrs. Remission went to Burlington
last week, to be treated for deafness
Ell. S. Tolman has sold his grist
mill to Mr.. Hunter, who takes pos
session this week.
Ice disappeared from the lake tn
early part of last week, nearly tw
weeks earlier than usual.
Greensboro Bend
Only small force of men are EN-
ployed at the steam mill at present.
Freight business on the st. j.
L. G. r. r. is booming !; trains bein
run Sundays to carry accumulate
freight.
Holland.
Mr.. Editorials we are not accustome
to use great deal of newspaper ink i
! putting our business up here in the e1
IRENE northeast of the county, possibl
you will grant US a little space to de
scribe the lumber business ETC., carried O.
here. In the basin around Holland PonG
body of water fourth of q mile wild
and two miles long, it is estimated ths
there is 100000 feet of lumber whic
naturally goes on to the pond and theme
down the stream mile, to the extensiv
who own most of the lands in the basi
, | around the pond. Last fall large add
ton was made to the capacity of the mi
by putting in new engine, and the mi
is cutting nearly 10000 boards and clap
boards daily, besides planning half thi
amount. Last fall, also, they began th
e construction af sluice for running log
. from the pond to their mill. 1t was t
be constructed by a gentleman name
Allard, who had built similar one in
mining region and guaranteed its success:
full operation. The fall of the streal
from the pond to the mill is slight br
. tolerably uniform-a little over an inch
the rod, and the ground Is favorable fc
the construction of the sluice way. Th
: sluice is made of plank, V shaped, and
D firmly supported by timbers which Ii
1 upon, or stand above the earth as nece,
e sity requires, making a straight, eve
grade water way, which easily floats tn
logs singlY at the rate of about five mile
an hour. About half mile above til
: mill is a long bog-level water-at til
y lower end of which dam of six feet i
height is built, and pond Of fifteen {
a twenty acres is made as reservoir int
: which quite large quantity of timbe
can be stored to be foated to the mill 8
required during the summer months. TIL
whole work is not yet completed, but
n recent trial proved that the sluice woul
float logs, men, dogs and RATS success.
fully and at rapid rate About 100
900 feet of lumber was used in the col
. Struption of Sluica ond dams Tb;c M