Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-04-27
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Barton.

Barton.
Revs. Brigham and Wallace go to
Bellows Falls this week to attend Con-
ference.
The NJ. E. Ladies' Society and
friends meet with Mrs. Geo. H.
Blake Wednesday evening. A full
attendance is desired.
Melvin Elliott has gone at his new
house building in earnest and will
push it to completion.
1t looks more and more as though
England and Russia would 60 to war
on the Afghan question.
Guy E. Rowell was quite badly off
from the effects of nose bleeding.
during the early part of last week.
Post meeting Thursday night at
Grand Army Hall. Important mat
tiers of business demand general
attendance.
The frogs and the swallows made
their first appearance for the season
on the 22d inst. Now for the hand
organ and the performing bear.
Mr.. Elliott, mail carrier, has been
compelled to carry the East and
South Albany mail on horseback Of
late, footing it himself much of the
way.
Look out for fires; at no season
of the year is there so much dan
ger from sparks on the roof, brush
fires and sparks from railroad en-
gines, as in the spring.
LosT.-Somewher between G.. F.
Percival's and Mr.. Danforth's place,
gold pencil. Whoever will return
the same to MONITOR Office, will be
suitably rewarded.
The warm weather of last week
put an end to sugaring, after brief
run. The amount of sugar made so
far, is perhaps pound and a half to a
tree; the quality is excellent.
Principal Martin of the academy
has large teachers class this spring,
and is giving the young ladies good
drill in matters specially important
to those choosing this work.
We notice that Rev. M. V. B.
Knox, formerly preacher here and
well-known in this vicinity, is station
ed at Littleton, N. H., for the pres
ent year by decision of the N. H.
conference.
Gen. Grant has gradually improv-
ed in general health during the last
few days, but it is not thought by
his physicians that the cancer is
particularly better. He is GO years
old to-day.
One of E. H. Webster's twin boys
was accidentally hit with ball bat
over one of his eyes, on Thursday
and received very bad cut and
wound. DR.. Skinner was called and
the wound was sewed up.
Those portions of the highway
which were put in order by the roaG
machine last season come out in ex
cellent condition this spring. The
dry weather and hot sun of the past
fortnight have settled the roads ex.
cept in wet and clayey places, where
they are still bad.
There was remarkably warm spell
of weather during last week wher
the thermometer ran up above So
each afternoon. The sky was clea
and the air as bamly as in June. The
snow melted away very rapidly ant
the streams were almost freshet high
The north wind prevails again ans
it is cool.
We notice that some of our ex
changes have frog item OF wealth
er item, in almost every batch of 10
Gals; this will do where it is an oh
Il ject to fill space, but the monitor
needs only one weather item weekly
u which can be forged out in the office
The frog business is pretty much tn
same in all localities. Soon afte
the snow melts away and the warn
sun sends his genial heat down int,
the frog holes, the festive little felloy
who has been curled up in state O
torpor fol six long months, crawl
out and shows his JOY by sounds pc
culiar to himself. This importan
event occurs at about the same tim
all over county. To put the fac
in type for each town is too niue
type for the frog.
Widow Polly Hovey is in very poo
health this spring.
The high water of last week carrie
off portion of the dam at the rive
Pill: . :
a. Il. Sargent, always early wit
his garden, planted his peas and or
ions on the 22d.
Myra Cowles has returned to s.
Johnsbury, where she is teaching he
third term of school in grade
school.
}. G. Burke, Esq, it is reported