Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-03-23

Fast day, April Sd.
Easter comes April 9th, this year.
Remember the annual school
meeting on Tuesday evening, March
31st.
Mrs. Thomas has returned, and
has fine line of new spring goods
at her millinery rooms.
Rev. S. S. Brigham went to Hard
wick last Friday to attend the funer-
al of Benz. Chandler.
The sun crossed the cline" coming
north last Friday morning few min
utes before six o'clock.
What would some of the local pa
pers in this vicinity do for items if
they had not the MONITOR to clip from
early in the week?
The Cong'l Ladies Society will
meet at the vestry Wednesday after
noon of this week. Supper and So
ciable in the evening.
N. M. Scott & Son have just re-
ceived 1000 bushels of fine oats-all
cit for seed-which can be sold low
enough for cheap feed for animals.
o. H. Hale of st. Johnsbury, who
was in this town and vicinity some
weeks ago selling goods, is financially
embarrassed and has gone into in
solvency.
j. N. Smith and James Gould have
nearly finished the job of putting up
dry house on the site where the
Haywood Chair Co. lost one recently
by fire.
DIR. Hoskins of Newport has issu-
ed his annual spring circular of seeds,
nursery stock, etc. His seeds always
prove well, and his sales increase from
year to year.
New members are being added to
the lodge of Good Templars at eacl
meeting, with prospect that it viii
soon become one of the strong lodges
in the county.
A. o. Blake has moved to Glover
where he can better attend to bis
business, repairing the grist-mill.
1t will be put in running condition
just as soon as possible.
Certain parties who are handling
and using rum are preparing for 6
pleasant interview with the authori
ties. Why not let the cursed stuff
alone and keep out of trouble?
Geo. Goad, who recently went to
the Landing to work in the Flander':
carriage shop, has returned with hi:
family and gone into the carriage
blacksmith shop of S. f. Bickford.
Have you registered your 'sdorgY
Judging from appearances in thr
part of the town, there are dogs
enough, if they are all registered, t
pay a large share of the expenses o
the town.
About as happy man as we say
last week was ID. 7. Cameron ht
had his pocket full of cigars and haC
great many friends who both con
graduated and smoked. For furthe
explanation see marriages.
There will be masquerade at tn,
skating rink on Saturday evening
the Irasburgh band being present. Al
this is the last meeting at the rink
it is expected that the attendant,
will be large. See small bills.
The eclipse on Monday last cam.
off according to announcement, and
to use a modern expression, was sue
cess. The day was somewhat cloud,
but the feecy clouds only helped t.
make the eclipse more easily seen by
the naked eye.
Vermont has taken the lead of al
states in the exhibition at New Or
leans. Besides carrying off the bes
premiums on Merinos, she wins many
premiums on Cotswolds and Downs
j. B. Meade seemed to take all th,
premiums in Shropshires
John Fl. Wallace has sold hi
house on High street to +. W. Bar
ron, who has moved his family iron
Charleston; we understand that Mr
Hamblets people are moving to th'
tenement rooms over the store latel,
purchased by Barron & Hamblet
Mr. Wallace's people will move int
the tenement of the Geo. III. Blak
High street house. vacated by A. O
Blake.
Somebody sends us long put
item relative TO the merits of cougl
medicine manufactured by Uncl
John Brown of Westmore. For hi
sake we say this much; but peopi
ought to understand that such thing
belong ia the advertising columns
Publishers of country newspapers ar
remarkable for their generosity. AM
spend great deal of time and ink n
doing gratis favors, bnt they get jas
as hungry as worse people, and
sometimes seems that their creditor
are more memorable than others hay
70 contend with. No country pape