Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-02

The Cong'l society received about
SIS Tuesday evening at the basket
social.
The M. E. society realized about
Sal from their oyster supper Thurs
day night.
Dana Edmunds says that if any
one wants to canvass for books he
may have his chance, for he has had
enough of it.
While Ed Hunt was chopping in
the woods last week, he was hit by a
falling limb in such manner as to
cause serious injury.
G.. L. Aiken, son CT G.. w. Aiken,
died at his fathers residence in Troy
on Thursday, Jan. 10th; he has been
sick some time with lung difficulty.
The "oldest inhabitant" does not
remember when he ever saw so much
snow fall with the thermometer way
below zero, as fell in the cold days
of last week.
Edward Deshan, who built a new
house last summer, gave 1t the GUS
tomary warming" one night last
week. There were about $50 pres
ent and they enjoyed themselves right
WE'LL
WeStmOre.
Mrs. Miller is still confined 20 her
bed.
Alex Stott has let his place to
Will Kerwin and moved to Island
Pond.
The long-contested suit between
this town and Sheffield has been post
poned till the next term of county
court, on account of the sickness of
j. E. Dickerman, one of the counsel
for this town.
Nothing more contemptibly mean
has taken place in this vicinity than
the T. A. Crawford swindle since
Rothschild's swindle four years ago.
Crawford was arrested for stealing
hay out of the Ed. Chapel barn and
the trial was to be held Friday last,
but he did not put in an appearance,
and lurches his bondsmen.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. j ohnSbury.
Carl M. Spencer of st. Johnsbury has
received the appointment of cashier of
the National bank at Barre, and has as
sumed the duties of the place.
Messrs. Camp and Prouty Of Newport
were in town few days since consulting
Judge Ross and looking over the court
house here with view to see if it would
be practicable to have a public hall in
their new court house at Newport. Cal
edORidR.
VIM. j. Bray, contractor and builder,
who finds himself financially embarrass-
ed, met his creditors Monday and agreed
on a compromise by which he is to pay
his liabilities as follows: Twenty-Five
per cent down, twelve and half per cent
each in seven and 81 months. If all his
creditors sign this agreement he will
probably go along in business again.
There was closely contested three
mile race at the skating rink Saturday
evening, Jan. "a, between L. Leach o.
Lyndonville and Geo. Dorm, for purse
of $40. The contestants kept very close
together all through the race, and the ex
citement ran quite high as each party's
friends cheered them on. The race was
won by Dorm in fifteen minutes, two anC
three-fourths seconds, the contestants
being less than four feet apart.
The st. j. & L. C. road is doing better
freight business than is generally suppos
ed During the year 1884 there were bill
ed to this station, and unloaded here 260t
full cars. This did not include the stool
cars or through freight of any kind. TIL,
freight consisted of coal, pig iron, sand
flour, corn, wood, lime, agricultural i'm
plements, etc. This would be but small
fraction of what goes over the road a.
through freight, in the shape of lumber
stock, grain, produces, etc. For three
months past the road has been doing al
immense business, ON an arrangement
with the Vanderbilt roads, turning thei
freights from the West over this line
The rolling stock of the company is en-
tirely inadequate to meet the present de
mand. This western freight has hereto
. fore reached Portland by way of Hoo
sizes tunnel and the Eastern and tn
Eastern and the Boston and Maine. TIL
St. J. & L. c. route shortens the distanc
considerably.
The new editor of the Hde1 discourse
on his political intentions in a way whic
indicates that he is opposed to st. job
and all forms of Mugwumpery. Mr.. John
son is good political writer and viii
make the Ipde1 an influential party organ
He says:
The political tone of the paper will b
, radically changed. We take pride in tn
past of the republican party; we look FOL
ward to the triumph of its principles i
, the future. Those principles we shall &C
vocate to the extent of our ability and in
fiuence-a full, fair and free ballot, pre-
lection to American industry, the reforr
of the civil service, and the other card
2 nal points of the republican faith. What
ever is sound and true in public policy ha
come to us through the republican party
, and in it is the truest hope of the cOuntr
, for the future. We have no sympath
with those who would destroy it or impai
! it's influence by whatever name they ma
choose to call themselves.
The sale of the Californian to the syr
dictate who purchased the Inde1 has bee
effected, and the two papers will soon b
merged in one. The purchasers will ru
the new paper, hereafter to be named, a
republican paper and promise to max
it good one. While we have not Away
agreed with the Caledonian in method
and politics, we have admired its gener;
+ independence, and have been free to sa
that in many respects it has been the yer
best paper that has come into this office
, Personally our relations with Mr.. Ston
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