Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-11-09
EEOIlsisist.

Mrs Uriah Woodward of n. H.. a
former resident of this town, is here
on visit.
Hollis Ames is building shed and
milk room to his house. and George
Wheeler is building 81 hon~t..
james Lewis, who fell down into
his store cellar about three weeks
ago, badly injuring him, is GONZALES
cling.
j. c. Robinson, who rented his
place to E. Norris, has settled up
with him. Robinson is satisfied that
a change of tenants IS necessary.
Jay.
Henry Trim recently cut an ugly
cash in his foot.
! Hollis Manuel has rented a tene-
ment Ehouse of B. F. Paine and
moved in.
School district No. has purchas-
ed fine map, and placed it in the
school house.
j. E. Chase has just threshed A
bushels of wheat off from one acre,
sowing IA bushels seed. Why go
west for wheat raising?
Death has removed from our midst
Harry Ross, one that was beloved
by his friends and neighbors, being
good citizen, dutiful son, fond
parent and kind husband.
A CARD.-We wish to express our
\ heartfelt thanks to our friends and neigh
bors for the assistance rendered us dur
ing the sickness, death and burial of our
son and husband.
MARY Ross.
Mr. AND Mrs M. Ross.
Morgan.
The Taylor girls have gone to
Florida for the winter.
Sumner Wilcox has bought the
Virgins farm, possession to be given
at once.
Newport.
Rev. Scribner will move into the
Widow Kendall house on Second
street.
G.. II. Green has engaged to drive
the meat cart for the present, for N.
T. Blake.
The International has shut down
the saw mill to build over the foun-
dation for their engine.
There will be services every even
ing this week, except Thursday, at
the Y. M. G. A. rooms.
The diphtheria has ragged fright
fully among the French families in
this village during the last few weeks.
The nun Der of deaths exceeds TWEEN
ty-fve. One family lost all the
children in it. During the last week
in October there was burial every
day, and on Sunday, Nov. LIST, two
children were buried. We hope we
have seen the worst of it, but 1t be-
hooves the authorities to do the
most possible to stay the progress of
disease. For some reason the Ea;-
press has been remarkably silent in
regard to this matter.
Newport Center.
We are to have barber shop and
confectionery store.
The post-office was moved last
week and cigars were plenty.
Larabee & Sweet have rented c..
L. browns house in the village.
D. L. Hildreth and wife have re-
turned from their journey; they have
been to Philadelphia and Washing
ton.
Charles Briggs has exchanged his
house and blacksmith shop with Mr..
Haslett of Coventry for the Lang
maid farm
Our village schools commenced
last Monday. The teachers are Mr..
Dow of Coventry, and Miss Litchfeld
and Mrs. Blake of this place.
WeStmOre.
John Brown has lost good horse,
leaving him without team.
B. G. Ovitt has decided his farm
to his grandson, Fred Cady, who is
to provide for him.
Ed. Sanborn suffers but little from
the gun-shot wound, but has a severe
attack of rheumatism.
Mrs E. d. Mann has returned
from her brothers in Barton, hel
health but little improved.
L. j. Brown of Newbury, former
resident of this place has received a
pension and 81 900 back pay.
Geo. W. Conley and John Hinton
;, ha We taken a job to cut lumber on
the west mountain for the W. Lum
Der Co. They will not pay up as
, Crawford did.
, Horace Hyde, brother of Joseph
Hyde is here from the far West con.
siderably out of health. He is al
Albany boy and his friends will b.
glad to shake his hand.
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Rev. Charles S. Perkins is engaged al
pastor of the church here and has alread,
begun work.
Mrs. I. II. Hall and son and Mrs. S. r
McGatfey, intend to leave here for Lo:
Lanas, New Mexico, Nov. IS, to remain
through the winter.
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