Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-05-24

Miss Minnie Campbell, who spent
the winter IN Northampton, Mass,
returned home few days since.
Evansville
Edward King has gone to Califor-
MIA.
Elisha Foster has sold his matched
span of draft horses to parties from
Warren, n. H.
Coventry
DR.. O. B. Gould has moved 10
Derby and commenced house keeping
in his new home.
The Dorcas Society will meet next
Thursday afternoon and eve. with
Mrs. J. P. Wheclock. All are invited.
Ora ftsburv.
A. Powers has moved to the Job
Hoyt place.
Mrs. j. M. Robbins is quite low
with heart disease.
Mrs. Eta Wright is here visiting,
from Irasburgh.
/ A. J. Smith has been quite sick
with tonsillis, but is better.
DIR. Adams of California has re-
Gently been in town.
Mr.. Stratton has had his store
painted and Guar Leonard the roof
of his house.
Samuel Bagley, who has been
suffering with cancer, has had it re-
moved by DR.. Dustin.
Charlie Parker has erected new
barn on the site of the old
one recently burned.
DR.. O. A. Bemis, president of
the Vermont Homeopathic Society,
goes to Montpelier this week to at
tend the annual meeting which occurs
on Wednesday. The DR.. is down
for an address.
The G.. A. R. Post are to celebrate
Memorial Day at the Village, on May
31st. Dinner for the the soldiers will
be served at the Town Hall, after
which procession will be formed
and this procession will march to the
church where will be speaking and
other exercises.
Mrs. Hattie Merrill died of con.
sumption, May Goth. She has been
gradually failing for one year and
of late has run down rapidly. She was
one of the excellent godly womer
and her dea tn was triumph. She
leaves husband and two little girls
besides a multitude of friends tt
mourn her loss. Her funeral was
held at the house on Saturday.
East CraftSbury.
While Samuel Morse was driving
through the village the other day hi
horse took alright and ran away
throwing himself and wife to tn,
ground, smashing things up gener
ally.
Mrs. Solomon Orne and Alva Mill
er were arrested last week by Sheriff
Miles and posse and taken up to tn
Captain's office on the charge o
adultery, but the evidence being in
sufficient, they were discharged an(
went on their way rejoicing.
Derby.
i Hermon Wells has moved TO Yves
. Derby.
Some days ago some thief stol
the dinners from the quarry men.
The two Mrs. Robbins have gon
to Burlington to visit relatives there
r Rev. Mr.. Drew preached at tn
Congregational church last Sabbath
: The farmers and dairymen met a
S town hall Monday evening last an
: agreed to have a creamery. The
elected committee to take stock
D When they get their stock taken tn
building will be located and built.
4 Thursday morning about 2 O'Clock
masked men entered the house Q
n Warren Maston. They went to tn
$ bed of old lady Maston and demand
ed her money. Warren hearing
;. noise appeared on the scene with a
old sword and stirred them up for
short time, bnt was soon knocke
down with piece of lead pipe an
tied, after which they made scare
after money, but found none, as
had been put in the bank the day bt
fore. Mr.. Maston had just sold h
. farm and received eleven hundre
dollars, but was fortunate enough
deposit it in season to save it. TIL
robbers have been seen in sugs
houses since.
I Salem-Derby.
R. P. Blake's family are finally Il
s Gated in their new house.
d Charles Daroche has hired tt
Drowney farm for one year.
: Mr.. LaFontaine had new ban
3 blown down in a recent hard wind.
I. H. and Frank Powers Jr., hay
" bought and taken possession of tt
Francis Powers farm.
Mr.. Samuel Willard, one of Ii
= oldest residents here, is dangerous
sick with fever.
Bonnie Mitchell. youngest son {
s John Mitchell, died Sunday evening
= May 10th, after long illness.
g Miss Nellie Wolcott of E. Charlie
n ton teaches the school in the Croi
% district; Cora Hall in the Lyon di
, trict; Miss Lille F. Crandall at Co