Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-04-20

suffering for the last ten years with
cancer on the top of the head, is
yery low. On Wednesday she was |
thought to be dying, but rallied a
title.
Sugar parties are frequent. That
given by Jennie McClary to the lit
lie girls of the village was much en-
loved. The doctor and George Bill
had one each, which was especially
There is said to be honor among
thieves, but we do not think that the
statement can apply to the scamp
who stole the syrup from Richard
Greives, a man who has been sick
all winter, and who made himself
sick again, trying to make a little
sugar.
East Albany.
The Free Baptist church and socl-
ETY. tender thanks to Austin Miles
and J. r. Thorpe for the present of
a nice new pulpit, which they have
put into the new church.
G. MoxLEY, Clerk.
Barton Landing.
Our schools commence to-day.
A. G. Parker has gone to Boston
to be treated for deafness.
]. H. Brown has been to market
with car load of good horses.
Brennan Brothers will soon have
a very nice horse barn completed.
The telegraph office has been
moved to the drug store of D. W.
Hildreth.
Mrs. L. w. Hildreth, who has
been severely ill since the death of
her daughter, is somewhat better.
A lady in Barton mountain district
has decided that fly poison is not a
proper favoring for pumpkin pies.
j. Ella Blasdell has returned from
Boston and will teach the primary
department of the school; Miss Cor
ley of Irasburgh teaches the higherde-
partment.
DR.. Ranney is repainting his
house and will furnish an Office in the
ell. He will have telephone connec-
tons with the Office and telephone line,
via. the post office.
Within the last four years the
Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
church have reduced the debt on the
parsonage, of $1,000, until there is
only 500 more due on it.
DR.. J. F. Shattuck and wife move to
Wells River, where he will locate as a
physician. He is a man Of good char
acter, steady habits and good culture,
and deserves the confidence and pat
ronage of the people wherever he To-
Gates we bespeak him success.
Judge Austin, having fitted up his
sugar place near his residence, gave
the people of this village an invita-
ton one day last week to help him
sugar off. He had an abundance of
help. Some sneak thief had stolen
a portion of his syrup the night pre-
vious, but what he had left sweeten-
ed the crowd pretty we'll.
Mrs. Heber Parker gave her little
fifteen months old granddaughter
twelve drops of solution of arsenic.
mistaking it for medicine, last Wed
nesday. Fortunately some milk was
Immediately given the child and she
vomited up the poison before it had
done serious injury.
Bloomington.
Miss Clara Barrows of Coventry
teaches the summer school in district
No. 2.
F. S. Porter, formerly of Waits.
field, who is residing in this village,
has had 81, 500 fall to him from ar
uncle that lived out west.
Evansville.
Hugh Alexander has bought the
Eddy place; price 5000.
Rufus Trip has rented the Jot
Drown place and moved on to it.
Valentine Richmond, while at vol
for w. B. Guild, fell and injured bis
knee seriously.
j. B. Spencer was buried the 18th
He was sick but short time and his
death was hard blow to his family
Ora Allen, an aged man, was
stricken with paralysis the 10th inst
and died in few hours. There have
been three deaths here in less thar
two weeks and there are several who
are still very sick.
West Charleston.
Two plucky school girls walked
down from E. Charleston to this place
the morning of the 18th.
Robert Parker moves to a tene
ment in the widow Wilson house,
Blacksmith Goodwin has moved into
the tenement over Parlin's shop.
Charles Carpenter starts for Kan
sas to-day to visit his daughter, Mrs
H. A. Clark and family, and Mrs. Car
penter, who has been spending thu
winter there, will return home will
him.
Will Nelson has gone to E. Charles
ton to work in the Lang saw-mill.-
Widow Wilson and her children hav,
gone to Lynn, Mass, where they will
remain for the present Webste
Bowker has gone to New York
Widow Daggett has gone to Chicago