Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-11-02

sylvester Hairs new house at the up
per end of the street is nearly completed,
and will be ready to occupy next week.
Thomas Edwards sold his village place
at auction last Monday to Sylvester Hall,
for 81, 225. The place embraces house,
barn and saw mill. Edwards intends to
move his family to California next Mon
day, and will go into the employ of Mr.
Raymond.
Spencer Drake has bought the David
Hannett farm two miles northeast of the
village.-John Woodman has sold his
farm to David Hannett for $780, Wood
Willard goes into the Gibson house a
mile above the village.
WheeIOclx.
On Sunday evening Myrtle, youngest
daughter of Edwin Reed of this place,
took a quantity of Paris green with sui
cidal intent DR.. Jones of Sheffield was
imme diately summoned and succeeded in
counreracting the poisonous effects of
the dose before sufficient absorption had
taken place to produce fatal results.
East Hard~vicL.
Rev. T. d. Chandler is home from his
vacation.
Judge J. Fl. George and his daughter
Bell are in Boston for goods.
Joshua Ransom, an old man, is very
low with cancer in his stomach.
James Williams is finishing off the
north end Of his cooper shop for a tin
shop for D. w. Jenness, making two tin
shops in this village.
East Burke.
Meetings every evening in the M. E.
church.
Miss Emily Packer, now of Hartford,
Conn.,, is visiting here.
The village schools close next Friday
with literary exercises.
The Good Templars hold an open lodge
Friday evening with public installation
of officers.
Myron Eggleston has had one of his
horses badly hurt by running against a
barbed wire fence.
There was an exhibition Of stereoscop-
| ic pictures in Good Templars' hall Thurs
| day evening that was very fine.
Miss Nellie Gleason and her sister,
Belle, 90 next week to Haverhill, Mass,
to spend a few weeks with their brother
Charles.
Sutton.
David Jenness is dangerously i'll.
The funeral of DR.. w. w. Carpenter
of West Burke, was largely attended
from this town.
Mrs. Wilson has finished off the ell,
added bay window and otherwise re-
paired her house, adding paint.
Mrs Eli Packer Of Albany, N. Y, has
been in the place visiting friends of late.
She was reared in this village.
The gathering at Oren Philbric's has
been postponed till Nov 9th, on account
of the donation for Rev. A. B. Tracy.
Loren Young is here to spend the win
ter with his daughter, Mrs. J. w. Colby
Mr.. Young is probably one of the oldest
soldiers of the late war living. He enter
ed when he was sixty years of age, and
made a brilliant record. He is bright
and smart as cricket.
There will be an oyster supper and do
nation visit at L. J. Campbell's hall OF
Wednesday evening Of this week for the
benefit of Rev. A. P. Tracy. Mr.. Tracy
deserves well of the people here. He il
an able, faithful and successful pastor
and there is general religious interes
under his ministratons.
About $50 persons met at L. j. Camp
bells on the 26th ult. his 51st birthday
to make HIM a complimentary surpris
visit. He was presented with an cas-
chair and other articles and a purse @
money. Mr.. c. is always foremost i
any charitable or religious enterprise an
his friends were pleased to show hir
their appreciation and good will.
West Burke.
John III. Jacobs is in town. He cam
up to attend DIR. Carpenters funeral an
will stop few days.
The Orleans County Comedy Co. rer
! dered the play entitled kathleen Mavol
, neen" Friday eve to good house.
J Ketchum's Chicago Convention is her
drilling class of % pupils and will Civ
: a closing concert Wednesday evening.
Calvin Cleveland was arrested for cut
ting down shade tree near the M.
church and fined So and costs, amountin
, to about $15.
Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan died c
he art disease at his home in Ne
i. Jersey last Thursday, and his fune
, al is held to-day. He was in con
m and of the of the Potoma
l during the early part of til
war and was a very successful O
oanizer, though not a successful gel
eral. He was greatly honored ar
respected as a man, and has bee
f $ omewhat prominent in politics.
| Hale's Honey the great Cough cure, 25c. soc .&
GIenn's sulphur soap heals and beauties, 2