Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-07-06
While Geo. Miller. Ed. Burgess.

Cochran's on Second street throwing
them all out, Geo. Miller striking
on the stone sidewalk on his head
and shoulders. He lay insensible
all night but was a good deal better
in the morning the others received
severe bruises, but all will recover.
Another warning to the village about
keeping light over those bitches when
the streets are so filled with dirt.
South Troy.
G. V. Coburn has given his house
coat of paint.
j. Jones, 7. Burbank, Mrs. Stew
ems, and j. Drew went to Portland
last week.
D. Allbee has moved into II. Mar
tins house, and F. B. Hammond into
II. K. Stewards house.
The band went to North Troy,
last Friday night, and serenaded
Hon. j. w. Currier and J. L. Lewis.
F. Miller, J. Donegan, L. Shaw,
H. L. Martin, T. j. Beedle and /.
Woodcock have their new barns
nearly ready for hay.
Westfie1d.
Mrs. S. N. Anger has sold her
farm to Mr.. Wilson from Sutton,
P. O.; price, $4,000.
The Creamery Co. shipped their
first lot of butter last week; returns
are anxiously looked for.
Julian Benware is putting up a
new wheelwright shop in which he
will put horse power to do saving,
turning, etc.
| I. D. johnson has a telephone
from his house to that of B. F. Sias'.
It works complete although it costs
but two cents per rod.
The Fourth passed off very quietly
here, some going to other towns to
do their celebrating, while others had
very enjoyable time at the picnic
held in E. w. Miller's grove.
Francis Lapier is building an addi-
ton to his house for a milk room,
granary, etc. Alfred Stetson has
commenced to build him house on
the place he bought last spring.
Frank Beams boys recently set a
bear trap and caught small bear
it is thought that there are several of
: these animmls in the vicinity as they
are killing and quickly devourine
, sheep.
They are telling pretty good one
on DIR. Gray, who from absent mind
edness or other cause, while oiling
his wagon recently, changed the
wheels on one side of his buggy
putting the forward wheel behinC
and the larger wheel forward. HI
drove off toward Newport with al
speed and though telephoned at SO
Troy, had passed that village on hi
s way towards tie new shire. When b,
discovered his mistake is not known
: but when he returned the wheels hat
been changed. The doctor is mucl
esteemed here, but the little acciden
a made considerable fun at his expense
s CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. .Johnsbury.
- DR.. Billiard declines the appointment
on the board of medical examiners an
DR.. Calderwood is appointed in his place
The St. Johnsbury Granite compan
has just sent gang of men to Greens
boro to open a quarry there which give
: promise of unusual value.
d The Fairbanks scale company is work
= ing on one of the largest orders for on
), class of scales which they ever received
it being for ninetY-nine depot scales 70
grain elevators in the West.
Barnums great show is booked to az
y pear in this place Saturday, July %. 9th
o er appearances in this state are announC
ed as follows: At Brattleboro July 2lst
Rutland 22d, Burlington Esd, Montpelie
II oath, st. Adams 9th, Bennington 10Th.
l. Merchants bank has declared sem
annual dividend of three per cent, pays
BILE July 10th. The bank has had a yer
profitable six months business, havin
earned net $4,000. $4,000 is used fo
o the three per cent dividend. $4,000
e carried to surplus account, and 81 200
profit and loss account.
% Thomas w. Hamilton, one of the pre-
). prietors of the Acme iron works in Pal
docks village, was killed June 23d Will
IL putting up machinery in the Old Buzze
IL machine shop. His wife happened to
: present, and observing a plank whic
w stood up endways about to fall, called a
tention to it, and as Hamilton looked u
the lank struck him on the temple. Fl
did not think he was much hurt, but fee
ing dizzy he walked to the house with h
&c wife, This was at O'Clock in the afte
noon. At O'Clock he was in consider;
BILE pain and sent for doctor. When tn
doctor appeared he was unconscious
y Bleeding restored consciousness and CAV
l. temporary relief, but commissions follow
ed and at IL O'Clock he died, probabl
). from the effects of broken artery an
pressure of blood upon the brain. M
- Hamilton was 25 years of age and ha
le been married out two or three weeks.
m Lyndon.
e. Hon. Russell S. Taft spent day recen
ly visiting L. B. Harris and looking ovt
his herd of pure Herefords. On that da
!, Mr.. Harris 'got inn eighty tons of ha,
all in good order The Judge didn't bra
~ any about what tive do on the west sic
lg of the state" The Judge has small hel
of Herefords on his farm at Williston, I'll
only herd in the state aside from "Tf
TO Mull-herds."
LyndOnvi11e.
The safe in Houghton & Mastin's jewe
~ ry store in Lyndonville was burglarize
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