Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-07-27

which add greatly to the looks and
,alue of his place.
The floral concert at the M. E.
church on Sunday the 10Th inst. was
attended by large number of people
ind greatly enjoyed. The children
lid finely. The platform was ar
,anged with an evergreen arbor in
which the children stood to speak,
N the background the flowers were
more than six feet in height. The
singing of the children was one of
the pleasant features of the occasion.
Mr.. Levi Scott has some calico
squares pieced by his little daughter
when she was from two to four years
old, that show as much skill in sew
ing as such work done by girls
twelve years old. She finished piec-
ing her quilt at four, but she never
lived to quilt it. She died 43 years
ago at the age of seven years. She
left some beautiful wrought work
which evinces remarkable mechanical
genius for one so young. Mr.. Scott
is quite feeble and is almost 80 years
old, but he is happy in showing the
work of his precocious little girl who
died of brain trouble so many years
ago.
On Thursday last as Martin Con-
ner. a boy of ten years of age, was
looking after cow near Job Aliens,
he saw two men in buggy riding
from him; they turned around. as
they happened to descry him, and
rode toward him with great speed.
The boy is nervous and timid and
imagined, as proved to be fact,
that they were after him, and he ran
with all his might to the Reed place,
keeping ahead of the running horse.
Here the boy ran into the shed, when
the pursuer jumped out and exclaim-
en-, "Here he is" The boy ran out
of the shed and one man continued
the pursuit, when the frightened boy,
as described by an eye witness, ran
almost with the speed of deer, the
man following after with all his might.
The race continued over fences and
through a long pasture till the boy
reached his home when he turned
to his pursuer and cried out, "you
can't catch this child" The man
stopped, but made no explanation
or apology. 1t turned out, however,
that his name was Shepard, and that
he came from Lowell, VT, in pursuit
of boy who had run away, and was
supposed to be in this town. He saw
the boy and thought him his child,
and hence the race. The little boy
was terribly frightened and overcome
by the long race he had taken, and
people here are indignant at the treat
ment he received. Mr.. Shepard,
ought to have had the good manners,
at least, to have explained matters.
AS it was he laid himself liable to ar
rest and great censure.
East Craftsbury.
An average hay crop in this vicin-
ity.
S. c. Wright has gone to Canada
to live with his sister, Mrs. Noodle.
Mrs. Thomas Little of Washing
ton, d. c., is spending few weeks
visiting here.
Mrs. John Gebbie died at her home
in the edge of Greensboro on the goth
inst, aged 65 years. She came to
this country As years ago from Scot
land. She was universally esteemed.
and will be greatly missed in the COM
munity. The funeral was conducted
by Rev. A. Mcbride of the Greens.
boro Presbyterian church.
Glover.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Taft are here
visiting friends.
Rev. Geo. Sterling and family &C
to Peake's Island for vacation.
The item of last week should have
read Mrs. H. Lewis that received q
broken wrist.
Foxes are killing large numbers oil
turkeys here. C. P. Owen has los,
nearly all of large flock.
A. c. Anterior hiss purchased a
residence in Dubuque, Iowa, and
will reside there for the present.
Miss Alice Dwinell goes to Lyn.
don once a week, to take lessons in
mucic of teachers from the Conserv.
atory of music in Boston.
Holland.
Carrie Fletcher has just closed hel
third successive term of school ir
Dist. No. 6. The closing exercises
reflected credit on teacher and pu.
pills. Miss Fletcher is an excellent
teacher and we are pleased that hel
services have been had so long.
M. L. Ames awoke early on the
morning of the 18th, inst. finding
his buildings on fire. He succeeded
iu putting out the fire and discovered
that birch bark, kerosene and othe1
combustible matter had been used in
an incendiary attempt to burn his
house. He does not know the guilty
party.
1raSburGh.
Alfred Cotton, after a long i'll
ness, died on Saturday last.
No morning services at M. E.
church next Sunday, but Rev. S. b
Currier will preach in the afternoon
| Sunday school as uSual