Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-01-12

at work, as soon as there is sufficient
snow.
The annual village meeting occurs
next Wednesday eve.
East EIardwick.
Harvey Montgomery'S cancer upon the
side Of his head is very much worse.
C. G. Montgomery's son Walter is very
low of an impoverished state of the
blood his friends have much anxiety
about him.
The location of your county shire
pleases our people, for now we are GER
tain our county will get Greensboro and
Craftsbury two years hence.
Sutton.
The church and people are well pleased
with the new pastor, Mr.. Tracy.
1t is said that in the village school dis
trict there are twenty families in which
there is not more than two members in
each; in several OF them there is but one
member.
Elder Gilman has received notice of
the death of his son, George Gilman. He
died in Sussex Co. Virginia, on the 22nd
day of Dec. of malarial fever. He was
about forty four years of age. He served
three years in the late war, and was
pensioner at the time of his death.
Recently while Elder Gilman and Reu-
ben Ellis were extravagantly dealing with
current topics, Reub. rather out-doing
his neighbor, the elder threw up his
hands exclaiming ''Reub'' you are the
biggest brag in the world" "It is just
as natural for you to brag as it is for me
not to-
Sheffield.
Independent Grange will meet with Fl.
P. King at Wheelock, Jan. 18th, at ten
o'clock. 1t is hoped that all will be pres
ent.
Rev. d. Moody is aiding in some reviv-
al meetings at South Wheelock. He is
likely to have call to the passionate made
vacant by Rev. NJ. Atwood.
Fred Gray, who was run over and
dragged under an OK sled and so badly
hurt while working for John Barber has
improved so as to attend school.
James Drown has rented his farm to
Mr.. Northrup. c. M. Giffin has rented
the Mrs. Hannant house and will move
to the village again. Walter Tarbell has
bought Ira Clark's place and bonded it to
Edwin Garfield.
WheeIOcIx.
The church and society at South Vince
lock have erected small but commodi-
Gus house Of worship near the Coffran
Corner, at an expense of $1,000, which is
all paid. The house was dedicated one
week ago last Thursday, Rev. Mr. Tracy
of Sutton preaching the sermon, and Rev.
E. Owen of Lyndon offering the prayer.
The other parts were sustained by the
pastor, Rev. r. w. Russell, Rev. B. S..
Moody of Me.,-a former pastor-Revs.
S. Donaldson and Wheeler.
w est burke.
Nc. Cures show was not very well
patronized; hardly enough to pay expens-
eS.
A. N Glines has been confined to the
house with rheumatic Affections.
H. Gray has moved into c. E. ST.
monds' tenement.
A physician from Portland visited N.
Way last week, hut did not give much
encouragement as to his recovery.
Skating and coasting is the order of
the day, as the streets are all ice.
G.. c. Conant, formerly resident of
this place, has been selling fruit and or
namental trees and shrubs in this vicin-
ity for the past two weeks, of which he
shows fine variety grown by Stene &
Wellington, Fort Hill Que. He has a
large sale here, and is now in the vicini-
ty of ST. Johnsbury.
South Barton.
On Friday morning while William
Gould was in the barn doing chores
he fell from ladder breaking his
lantern, which Immediately set fire to
the building; before help could be
sum moned the flames had made such
Roadway that they could not be ex-
tinguished. The horse and cattle
were liberated, but all the hay, fod-
der, farming tools, wagon etc. with
the building were burned. There
was small insurance. The neigh
bors turned out and helped fix up the
small barn, contributed boards, hay
etc., helping materially to overcome
] tho locsae Mr. Gonld'S neonle are