Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-03-09
LOCAL NEW s.

See advertisement relative to sale
of bank stock.
The Cong'l Ladies' society will
meet with Mrs. f. F. Rawson on
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Lizzie Nelson starts for Bos-
ton tomorrow, where she is to re-
main few months taking lessons in
music.
Our thanks are due to friends in
California or elsewhere for several
beautiful plumes of pampas grass,
lately sent to G.. II. B. and wife.
They will be an ornament in one of
the rooms in the Cottage"
Only 2Oo below zero this morning,
with the sun nearly half way back on
his northern journey, and prospect
that what was clipped off the first end
of the winter by warm weather will be
added 10 the last end.
Lisem Rock, with one pair of horses
recently drew load of maple into
the chair-factory mill yard in this
place, from the Owen lot near the
Glover line, drawing it up the hill in
the village without assistance, that
scaled 235 cubic feet. The load was
probably the heaviest ever drawn
into the mill from that direction,
weighing four tons at least. Next!
The donation for Rev. S. 5. Brig
ham on Tuesday evening was well
attended and was socially and finan-
cially successful. Thanks are due to
Rev. G. B. Moody for a very schol-
arly and interesting address, to Rev.
Mr.. Granger for his talk on ''dona-
tions," and to the many friends out
side the denomination for liberal
contributions. The net proceeds
were $1O8.52.
Several of our citizens are building
small boats in which they will put a
two-horse power engine, with prepel-
Ter, and place on Belle Water as
soon as the Ice is out. The engines
are being made at the Murkland ma
chine shop. If the new administra-
ton proposes to resurrect the U. 5.
navy, we suggest that the Secretary
of the Navy communicate with an
thorities here.
There was very pleasant gather
ing at school house hall on Saturday
evening, under the management of
members of tue academy department,
to listen to declarations, dialogue
and music, both songs and instru
mental. An hour was spent in social
amusements. The hall and stage
have recently been neatly fitted up,
and the room makes a comfortable
place for such gatherings.
The annual town meeting passed
off very quietly, without strife or any
manifested disposition to do any
thing for spite or animosity, as is
sometimes the case. The general
financial standing of the town was
shown in the published auditor s
report. j. P. Baldwin, chain man
of the board of selectmen, read a
carefully prepared and detailed report
of the general affairs of the town, so
that those present we'll understood
the condition of affairs. Few
changes were made in the board of
officers. The selectmen refusing to act
the capacity of "overseer of the
poor G. H. Dwinell was appointed
to the place. After considerable
discussion it was voted to purchase
'poor farm, which was afterwards
modified by instructing the selectmen
to turn over the Corey farm, which has
recently come into the hands of the
selectmen, over to the overseer for
the ensuing year to be used at his
discretion for the poor, without max
ing any extra outlay on the buildings
to fit them up specially for the per-
manent abode of paupers. 1t was
thought that by this trial of year,
It might be determined whether the
farm system is better than the farm
ing out system for the support of the
poor. The town system of schools
was not discussed and was voted down
by an overwhelming majority; this
was in a measure owing to the fact
that there was some question in the
minds of the people In the Village
district, as to what their status would
be under the law, if the proposed
system should be adopted. A tax of
seventy-fve cents on dollar of the
grand list was raised for state, coun-
ty and town purposes-ffty-five cents
for town, ten for the state, and ten
for the new county buildings. 1t
was voted to raise the fifteen per
gent. money tax for the highways
and to choose three road commission
ers. After considerable time spent
in trying to get a set of men who
would take the Office, Ora White,
VIM. Cheney and Ira Sturtevant
were elected commissioners. The
proposition TO set off several parties
living in the east part of the village