Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-07-05

it. He was alone at the time
of the accident, except for little five
years old brother, who ran to a near
neighbor and gave the alarm. Later,
the boy is dead
Oscar Simpson lost horse last week.
M. Streeter from Littleton, was in
town last week, selling new kind of
stanchion for cows
West Burke.
Geo. Bickford and family have been
visiting friends in n H.
Frank Hunt has this week, and will
every week this summer, run hull-corn
cart once week.
A Flemming boy fell in the stone pit
Friday some 10 or 20 feet, and was hurt |
severely if not fatally.
Mrs. Alanson Allard came very near |
having sunstroke in the berry field, and |
has been quite sick for severa. days.
The L. L. association will hold their
next sociable with Mrs. A. B. Glidden,
Wednesday, July It'll. All are invited.
Henry Moulton and Almont Silsby are
building good houses on the street south
of the tin shop and on the east side Of the
road.
Harvey Foster is building a shed to
his house, and reshingling the latter
Horace Alexander has shingled and re-
paired his house.
Clifford & circuit have this month put
into their mills at Long Pond and Will
oughby Lake 100000 feet of logs. This
is the best months work in this year.
Presiding Elder Donaldson gave very
able discourse here last Sabbath. 1t be-
ing SO hot day and but few knew of his
coming, he had smaller audience than
such discourse merited.
S. P. Otis leaves next week on the Ed
ucational excursion to Topeka, where he
will attend the convention, and go on
West in pursuit of a place to settle and
expound the law. Mrs. Otis will remain
| here till he finds such place, when she
will join him.
| The meetings at the M. E. church I'M
der the charge of Rev. J. Morse, are well
| attended and much interest seems to be
awakened. Very pleasurable associations
are anticipated between pastor and peo-
Pile. Two weeks ago last Sunday there
were 100 present in Sabbath School.
Scarlet fever prevails to some extent
in the village. David, son of P. P. Port
er has heen very sick with it but is now
better, Carl, son of George Dean, was
taken last Tuesday and is very sick.
Charlie Densmore lost an infant child by
the disease a few weeks ago. The Haw
thorn children have had it and recovered.
Generally the disease appears in mild
| form.
The suit of McClary VS.. P. P. Porter
was tried on Tuesday by jury, who gave
verdict $l3.5S for plaintiff. In lot of
sugar purchased by plaintiff of defendant
the consignee at Chicago found one bar
rel of bone meal. McClary loaded the
sugar himself, but failed to detect the
bone meal barrel, which doubtless got in
by mistake. Perry had small lot of
bone meal in the depot with the sugar.
East Burke.
l. ID. Bemis is having his house paint
ed.
iona jenkins and E. E. Phillips are
both quite sick.
Alfred Finney, who was seriously hurt
by vicious bull recently, is doing we'll.
Mrs. Clara Gibson Shorey and grand
daughter from Montreal are visiting rel
arives here.
Mrs. Emma (Evans) Flower and little
son of Boston are spending the summer
at her brothers, Albert Evans.
Wheelock.
The hay crop as yet is rather light
Miss Loomis from Chester Mass, is
visiting at Joseph FL. Ingalls,.
The ladies' festival passed off agreeably
on Friday evening and netted good
time and some money.
Lorenzo Sulloway and wife, Rev. John
Smith and family, and Mrs. Anna Davis,
are among the late visitors in town.
That was a sad affair in the west part
of the town. the suicide or accidental
shooting of Leon Horner. Mrs Hornel
and Mrs. Mcknight desire through the
MONITOR columns to thank the neighbors
and friends for assistance and sympathy
rendered.