Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-05-04

Mrs. Samuel Fleming fell down
stairs few days since and broke her
collar bone.
Nathaniel Hutchinson observed
Arbor Day by planting trees around
his premises. The day was not gen.
orally observed with us.
Charles Peck, and Mr.. and Mrs. |
Herbert Brown are expecting to leave
soon. Their departure will be great
ly regretted.
The w. G. I. U. of Orleans Co.
will hold an Institute at Derby Line
Wednesday and Thursday, May n
and %. Mrs. McLaughliE. will be
present and deliver an address on
Thursday evening.
Newport.
The Memphremagog House opens
to-day.
Mr.. Brewster intends to move to
Cowansville.
Bonnie Baker leaves this morning
for Chicago.
Geo. Leonard and wife have arriv-
ed home from California.
The May ball was success; 1OS
took supper at Cottage Hotel.
The lake is clear of ice and boats
have commenced towing logs.
Jerry Drew has control of the sta
bles at the Memphremagog House.
Mrs. DR.. Blanchard's father, Hol-
land Thrasher, has gone to live with
her since her mothers death.
Mr.. Holbrook has bought Butter
fields restaurant and taken possess
sion.
Newport Center.
If you wish for some creamery
butter call on G.. E. Percy.
Luman Horn has bought the John
Magoon farm and taken possession.
Westfe1d.
Ed. Hunt has taken the Frank
Wright place for the season.
Mrs. E. S. Miller is very sick and
her recovery is very doubtful.
| Geo, Phelps, of Albany, teaches
the school in the village this summer.
Miss Laura Miller, of Johnson,
is about to open millinery shop at
J. H. Bucks.
Ozra Farman and wife of Eden.
it is expected, will stop at E. c.
Miller's this summer
The M. E. society have rented Mrs
A. Bedell's house and for the ensuing
year it will be used as parsonage.
Peter Hamel has bought lot Of
Eugene Miller, and is building on it
There will be considerable building
at the village this season.
J. @. Slater, of Mora, n. Y, wa:
in town recently, to sell the creamery
Co. what implements they need, the.
have not purchased of him yet.
) Miss Clara Dodge of Lowell has
been engaged to teach the summe
term in district No. ), there will b.
three terms of 10 weeks each in thi
district this year.
Mr.. Powell of Irasburgh was il
town recently, to see the selectmel
about taking an order for road ma
| chine. We understand that one i
to be taken on trial.
Myron, a young son of L. D
johnson, received o severe gas
from blow of an axe last Friday
nearly severing one of his fingers.
-. was very nicely put In place by DR.
s Gray and is doing we'll,
' Rev. G.. W. Goodell of the M. E
church, preached his farewell sermon
Sunday, April "a. He and his fami
$ ly have gone to Lyndon, where the
i. will remain till the first of Septem
: Der, when he thinks of going to Cal
> ifornia, and join conference, hop
e ing that the climate there will i'm
d prove his health. He and his famil
are very, highly esteemed here an
will be greatly missed in this locality
: The good wishes of all will folio
S them wherever they go.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
v St. i ohnsbury.
= Decker defeated Rowland Friday in tt
COLLAR and elbow contest,
Postmaster Carpenter and Capt. E.
u Griswold started Apr. 9th on southel
It trip, to revisit the old battle fields-Ge
J. tysburg, Fredericksburg, etc.
# Mr.. George p. Howe, master mechan
of the Lake road, retired from that pos
;: ton recently to be succeeded by Mr.. +
IL ward P. Moulton. Mr.. Moulton has be,
an engineer On the road ever since it w
g opened and is well-known to our Peep
- as skillful mechanic and trustwortl
man.
y The three-story tenement house on Cha
lie avenue, owned by the widow of Patri
ID Tierney, took fire on the morning of Ar
goth in a closet in Michael Murphey
tenement, and the entire building was d,
n uged with water and injured by fire to t
amount of two or three thousand dollar
including the loss of the property of t
lie eleUen families that occupied the sam
s. and whose furniture and effects we
thrown into the street. The fire is b
lieved to have caught from defecti
chimney. Mrs. Tierney was insured
- house and furniture $4,000; NJ. Murph
$500, which will about cover their losse
"a The other nine had no insurance. MI
p Murphy had hand badly jammed duril
the excitement.
Rev. Mr.. Culver preached an interes
~ ing and appropriate farewell sermon la