Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-08-31

The house and barn belonging to
Truman Cook with all their contents
were burned on Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Cooks people were all from
home and they lose everything. In
surance $500.
Greensboro
A singing school is in progress un-
| der the instruction of c.. S Conant.
Mrs. Sulham has moved her house
back from the street, and put on
new ell.
The Hardwick band have been in
camp here, and gave us very good
outdoor concert.
N. Remission is putting up piazza
and painting his Conant house and
otherwise putting it in order for sum-
mer boarders next season.
The following is report of the
school in district number Z: Whole
number of scholars 16; average per
day, 13; whole number of tardy
marks, one. Those having no marks
were Myra Tolman, Jennie Crane
and Marcia McClary. Of the three
hundred lessons recited by each of
the younger scholars, none recited
less than 240 perfect ones and Mar
cha McClary recited 258 perfectly.
None of the older ones fell below
ninety in the average report.
Holland.
Hay crop good and grain promis-
ing we'll.
Loretta Judd is dangerously sick.
Mrs. Edwin Bryant has the gastric
fever.
James Stearns recently trapped an
eagle which measured, from tip to
tip, five feet and four inches.
Hubert Dawson recently cut his
hand on circular saw, but consoles
himself in an accident insurance of
$40 week.
|. Some complaint is made that the
road machine and the new system of
doing work on roads has not put the
highways in as good condition as
heretofore.
1rasbIrGh.
Eva Foss has been at Peake's Is
land several weeks.
S. H. Howard had the misfortune
to badly cut his hand with glass.
John Ord will run his cider mill
on Saturdays during September.
! The hop crop is good but prices
are low, and hop growers are selling
for cents pound.
There was mistake in the Mon
IToR last week relative to game of
base ball between the Irasburgh and
the Barton boys. The score stood
% for Irasburgh, % for Barton.
W. F. Brewster has been making
Improvements on his saw-mill by
which he gets a much better power
and is able to saw much faster than
heretofore. He is putting in saw
dust blower to blow the saw dust
out where it can be reached more
handily by those using it for cattle
bedding, etc.
The new house which Gov. Cotton
has been erecting the past summer,
is nearly completed. 1t is the best
in town and one of the best in the
county. Mr.. Colton's business con-
fines him at Norwood, N. Y, and
his house is being put up under the
supervision of his brother, John
Cotton.
Some men from Newport, who
were here last week, were looking
with covetous eyes on the common,
and wishing that they had such an
one in their village. Better get out
especial committee" raise a cor
ruption fund and have man 60 down
early to log roll the committee. Pos
sibly steal might be made in this
way.
Jay.
Geo. Day is drawn for petit, and
j. E. Chase, for grand jurors.
Stephen Huntly has the job to put
up house for Israel Wheeler.
A little daughter of Geo. Lucier
is quite sick with malarial fever.
c. NJ. Chamberlin and family have
gone to Bakersfield to visit friends.
Walter Lucier cut an ugly cash in
his foot, which lays him up for the
present.
H. Ovltt has moved to East Rich
ford, where he has job of skidding
lumber.
Rev. Mr.. Currier has gone to N.
H., to spend two weeks vacation
with his friends.
Rev. H. S. Green of Calvary
church, Washington, D. c., is visit
ing Rev. j. I. Buzzell.
The friends, who turned out and
assisted Mr.. Ross to put up and
inclose his house, have his thanks.
Charles Bartlett has his house
nearly ready for the masons, Mr.. A.
Dexter of St. Johnsbury, has the job
to plaster it.
The Place boys have caught a
three legged bear. 1t is supposed to
be the same one that L. Percy caught
some years ago in trap, which es-