Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-11-16


the county paper later.
Jay.
b. +. Paine has started up his
steam mill.
At regular meeting of Jay lo.lge,
No. SO, l. O. G. T.. the following
officers were elected; w. c. r., +.
NJ. Chase w. V. L., Lottie Elliott
w. S., H. f. Titus; w. +. S., Joel
Bolton; w. T., Lester Recor; W.
NJ, Frank Warren; w. c., w. d.
Case; w. 1. g., Rolla Titus; w.
r. H. s., Fanny Bartlett: w. L. H.
s.. Emma Titus; w. A. s., Ida
Field; W. d. NJ, Emma Carrow
P. w. c. T., Colby Blair
Lowell.
Rob't Friend has hired Green
woods tenement.
w. E. Curtis is putting an addi-
ton on to his house.
Mr.. Dean mas moved into rooms in
N. F. Hutchinson's house.
Henry Rivers, lately badly hurt,
is able to be out of doors.
| Herbert Brown is laying the foun-
dation for new barn near his house.
| Mrs. E. Stevenson has returned
from Mass. and will 90 to keeping
house.
Post Hazen, G.. A. R., elects offic-
els on the eve of Dec. 6. All men,
bers are requeted to be present.
| A. E. Powers paid 81, 200 for the
P. E. Miller place. He raised 972
bushels of potatoes on 2H acres of
land.
There was Washington tea par
ty at town hall Friday evening, under
the direction of the ladies of the
Cong. church. The entertainment
was good.
| Miss Margaret A. King is attend
ing school in the academy at Cats
kill, N. Y. Mrs. King is still! absent
attending sick mother IN Amesbury,
Mass. She expects to return short
ly after THANKSGIVING.
Morgan.
| G. P. Wilcox has finished and
moved into his new house.
John Cobb and wife have come
home from N. Y. to spend the win
ter.
| Mrs. Wilcox, an old lady over 80
years old, fell the other day and re-
ceived quite severe injuries.
E. r. Flandres and j. Cox are
building carriage house and shed
beside Mr.. Cox's shop.
Morgan Center.
John Virgins has moved from
Morgan into E. d. Curriers' house.
At his place r. Maplesden will sell
at auction, Saturday, Nov. 21st,
commencing at 10 O'Clock a. m, IL
cows, 3 yearlings, horses, lots of
farming tools, sugar tools, furniture,
stoves, etc.
BAD ACcIDENTs.-As F. A. Gray
was removing his haying tools from
his barn to his tool house last Mon
day, the platform gave way and he
fell with timbers, tools, etc., to the
basement. He suffered the fracture
of ribs, bruises, and cut in the head
from scythe. His wounds were
attended to and he is able to be
about the house.-On Friday as Hen
ry, eldest son of A. G.. Sawyer, was
undertaking to remove charge of
shot from bis gun, the cap having
been removed, in some way the pow
der exploded, and sent the charge
square through his hand. DR.. Hin
man was sent for, and hopes to save
the hand, with perhaps the loss of a
forefnger.
Newport.
There were four burials here
from diphtheria, last week.
Sociable at Ed Scott's on Tues
day evening. Everybody invited.
Laura Alexander goes to Boston
on Wedne sday night of this week to
attend the academy of music.
The Billings twin babies are fast
improving, contrary to all expecta-
ton.
, Hon. E. A. Stewart has gone to
Chicago on business.-L. M. Jenne
has gone to Island Pond to take
charge of the school there.
The exterior of the court house is
nearly finished. The Jail is being
covered on the sides as well as roof
with slate, which gives it an odd, but
3 neat, appearance.
DR.. Hoskins sold last week to
, James Wick, the Rochester,, N. Y,
, seeds man, twenty-four bushels of a
new variety of peas which the doctor
has been four years in maturing.
They brought $12 per bushel.
Newport Center.
Byron Sherman was recently mar
ried.
Prof. A. r. Cowles is having a
singing school here.
W. E. Sleeper and wife are home
, from Boston on a visit.
l Adelbert Hardy recently received
a very bad cut on the hand, nearly
severing finger.