Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-01-26
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of Mr.. Ingalls, and moves in soon.
There will be temperance lecture
at the Center school house next Wed.
evening, instead of a lyceum.
Mrs. S. S. Priest has sold her farm
to Scott Tinkham. Mr.. Tinkham
pays $4,000 for the farm, stock, and
farming implements.
Charles Wheeler has bought Percy
buttons goods. His father, Mr..
Phineas Wheeler, has moved to the
village and will occupy the store, and
will be prepared to wait upon his old
customers.
Property sold low at Evelyn Alden's
auction. Not having sold his farm.
Mr.. Alden wants to find good man
who will hire it. 1t will keep twenty
COWS and team, and can be had at
very reasonable rates.
Bloomington Centre.
Remember Mr.. Dodd's donation at
the Center, on Tuesday evening of
this week. Be sure and attend.
East Charleston.
The sick ones reported last week
are all better, though some others
have since been added to the list.
Some OF our people attended the
Orleans County Sunday School Con-
vention, held at Derby on the 18th
and 14th inst. 1t was very inter-
esting and profitable meeting. We
expect the convention TO be held here
next June. We hope the people OF
Island Pond will attend, and take
part in the exercises. There will be
an invitation extended in due season.
West Charleston.
The saw mill at Plunkett is again
| III funUlnS OIUeT.
George Blodgett and family have
returned from Morgan.
Mr.. Gochee has moved into one
part of Mrs. Jonathan Wilson:
house.
Lura /. Bruce has just returned
from the school at johnson, having
graduated there.
Prayer meetings have been helt
here five evenings in the week eve
since the week of prayer.
George A. Driver has sold hi
farm to Herbert Tracy of Browning
ton. Herbert has sold his farm t.
George and Arthur Cheney.
On Tuesday eve Jan. Doth, nearl'
100 friends and relatives of L. r
Foster and wife met at their home t.
remind them that it was the goth an
niversary of their marriage. Oyster
and other refreshments were served
and a good time enjoyed by all. Th
guests left behind them, as tokens o
their good will and esteem, mic
chamber set, hanging lamp and othe
gifts.
Coventry.
Rev. w. N. Bacon has gone t
Shoreham, having been summone
there TO attend funeral.
Rev. o. d. Clapp preached mos
excellent sermon at NJ. E. churc
, yesterday, showing that sickness ha
not taken away his zeal in the CHRIS
t tian work.
The neighbors an well-wishers Q
our new hotel proprietor will Civ
him call on Friday evening, jar
: 30th, to exchange a little scrip fo
large amount of oysters, etc. Com
5 one and all, let us in so doing Civ
= evidence of our appreciation of
well-kept, temperance hotel in Cover
try.
l CraftSburv.
Mrs. Melissa Carter died on Sur
day the 18th, the funeral was held O
Tuesday, and she was buried {
Hardwick Center.
ARA White still lives but is yer
low. Edward Nelson is also lab
to die any day; he had parts
. shock of paralysis and has since bee
running down.
Mrs. Asa Bridges from 1874
1884 was in a feeble state of healt
n much of the time unable to do b,
n little work !; to pass the time ava
she studied her Bible and gathere
many facts. She counted the chal
tiers, verses and letters of the Bib
etc. The following are her figures
The Bible has &c books, containir
? 1889 chapters. 1t has no words
more than six syllables. Each vers
!, of the 18th psalm ends alike. I'll
9Th, 18th, 21st and 31st verses of Il
10th psalm end alike. The shorte
verse in the Bible is found in st. Jof
4 ri, 80. The longest verse is in tt
Old Testament, Esther VIII, 9. II
shortest verse in the Old Testame
J. is found in | Chron. 1, 25; the fine
l. chapter to read according to h
taste) is the 22nd, of Acts. II
18th, of Second Kings and the 81
. chapter of Isaiah are alike. Ez
VII, p has all the letters of the q
phabet except j. The middle YER
;: of the Bible is found in Psalms CxvIl
8. The word "and" occurs 1872
times. The word "reverend"
: found once only, and in Psalms OK
8. The Bible contains 3,5S6,4t
letters, 773, 500 words, LILA verse
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