Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-07-13


L. Hastings of Boston. Mr.. Hastings,
as our people know, is an earnest and
interesting speaker, and his address was
well calculated to do good.
Collector Pike began 'ssitting at the re-
ceipt OF custom" in the town clerks office
recently to collect village taxes. The
entire village tax amounts to $1.25 on
dollar OF the grand list This includes
the school tax of 60 cents, village tax OF
so cents and highway tax Is cents. The
entire village tax aggregates 30,056.69,
divided as follows: Village tax $ll, $780,
So, village highway tax $3,56s.2l, school
tax $l4,597.90. The school grand list is
1924, 329.9O and the village grand list$23.-
1883. Outside the village corporation
the collector has highway taxes of ST.
4S5.96 to collect He reports the taxes
as coming in well.
The Fourth in this village was quiet in
the extreme. Except for the occasional
noise of torpedoes and fre-crackers, it
might have passed for Sunday. Most of
the stores were closed, and nearly every
body seemed to have gone to Lyndon or |
somewhere else. Private parties indulg-
ed in several picnics and in fireworks TO |
to small extent in the evening. The |
principal demonstration came during the |
previous night, when the boys made con-
siderable noise with their horns and fire.
crackers and succeeded in disturbing the
slumbers of persons disposed to sleep |
after midnight.
Barnum, Bailey & HutchinsOn's great
show is coming to st. Johnsbury Satur-
day, July %, when it will spread its man.
moth tents and thousands of people from
far and near will witness the perform
ances. The show has three distinct and
separate rings, and a huge elevated stage,
upon which are given 100 acts at every
performance by nearly three hundred act
ors. The double menagerie embraces a
herd Of elephants, exclusive of that curl
Gus sacred White Elephant, besides al
| most every natural variety of animals
known to historians.
Lyndon.
j. M. Weeks is still anxiously waiting
to hear from President Cleveland.
Rev. G. w. Kelley and w. A. Richard
son are spending a vacation Of few days
in Portland, Me.
Rev. Mr.. Kelley announced his inten-
ion last Sunday of giving series of SER
mons at an early date on "Infidelity,"
which no doubt will be very interesting.
| The Amateurs received many well de-
served compliments for their playing at
the Lyndonville grove, July 4th. L. F.
Shonyo, ESQ.,, gave them free dinner at
the Union House.
Lyndonville.
A seven.year-old son of Peter yGaudette
was severely, if not fatally injured last
week. He was playing with other boys,
with push car, on the railroad track,
and in some manner was caught between
this car and another and had his chest
crushed in.
1t is estimated that 1000 people attend
ed the meeting at the grove and the en-
tertainment at the park on the Fourth.
At the park the great attraction was the
wrestling match between Dufer and Deck
er. The match was won by Decker, who
won every fall. The races were called
good, the track was in good condition and
fair time was made. The people were or
derby and no arrests were made by the
police. In the evening Music hall was
completely packed, and it is thought that
200 who wished to enter were unable to.
West Burke.
Nathan Way is able to ride out occa-
sionally.
Schools finished Friday. A very sue
cessful term.
DIR. Davis is having an artesian well
dug in his cellar.
Miss DeEtte Powers has returned from
her visit to Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nero and Miss Clara
Solomon are visiting at Robert Solo.
mons.
Mrs. S. A. Nelson and children have
gone to Boothbay, Maine, for few weeks.
Mrs. c. Gilfllan is visiting friends in
Barnet.
East Burke.
Misses Eva and Winnie, and Master
Eddie Smith of Springfield, Mass, are at
Judge Humphreys spending the summer.
Don Gray has bought out James New
ellis paint business.-Dr. Dwinell has
bought and taken possession of the drug
store.
All are invited to picnic for the ben
eft of "Aunt Mary" under the trees in
front of j. P. Staford's house, July lS,
that day being her SD birthday, All are
requested to remember that any gift will
gladden. the heart of the old lady.
East HardNvick.
Otis Hovey has graduated at Dartmouth
and has gone to haying.
The George picnic the Fourth was a
success, s. being present:
John Snow had his knee put out of
joint in scuffie the other day,
Jonathan Foss, 81 years old, plowed
an acre of land in one day with a pair of
horses, holding the pillow and driving the
team.
Whee1Oclk.
Thomas Flood is moving and repairing
his barn.
Grass is improving and other crops
look we'll.
Chauncy Otis and daughter from Iowa
are in town on visit. Mr.. Otis went
we st from Sheffield several years ago.
Mrs. Farnham and one or two children
from Newton, Mass, are stopping at
Charles Rogers for short time for i'm
pro vement of health.
Mrs. Fred Woodbury., her babe and an
other child came here from Manchester,
N. HI. for visit and to improve health on
Monday last. The babe sickened and
died on Thursday, and the stricken moth
er returned to her home Friday, bearing
the the remains of her dead child.
The wind storm on Thursday did
great damage in Waterbury, unroof-
ing buildings, blowing down bridge