Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-01-25

officers for the ensuing year were dulv
installed.
As Mrs. Ora Jesseman with another
lady and two children, was returning
from West Burke last Tuesday, she met
a load of wood, opposite Alfred Burn
hams and in turning ont tipped the
sleigh over and was quite seriously in |
iured, but is better.
The religious meetings conducted by |
Mrs. Smith have continued two weeks. |
There have been several conversions, but
the work has been principally with the |
church, who seem to have consecrated
themselves to earnest work. During the
year of Mr.. Tracy's pastorate here there
has been about thirty conversions
Rev. w. II. Holmes of Chicago, son of
Lewis Holmes of this town, issues IA lit
tie, neatly printed sheet called the IFinter
81. Pastoral, which shows thriving con-
dition of his church and good editorial
taste. Mr.. Holmes is making quite rep
utation in the west, and many of the pa
pers are using his trenchant temperance
articles
w heelOclx.
Mrs. B. F. Taylor is quite out of
health.
Will Taylor went back to Hanover last
Wednesday.
Mrs. S. G. Miles of Sheffield will stay
with Mr.. Fletcher TIL April
Rev. Nj. Moody started for Maine last
Thursday; sorry to have him go.
Ed. Dana's blacksmith shop came near
being burned by catching fire around the
pipe.
The ladies of this place will hold an
antiquarian supper at the town hall next
Friday eve. All invited.
StannaI.d.
Regular services are held at the Union
church every Sabbath.
Lewis Shatney got his hand badly jam
med While saving wood for Clark &
Patch.
Mrs. Samuel Winchester who has been
very sick with pneumonia is more COM
Portable and is considered out of danger
DanvilIe.
The insurance on Mr.. Greenbank's
property has been adjusted at $21 800
the total amount of the policies-and
two thirds of it has been paid through
ID II p ~,
The Caledonian national bank elected
the GLOWING directors James w. Simp-
son, James Crane, George B. Davis, J.
A. harrington, j. B. Mattocks. Officers
President, James w. Simpson; vice
president, John A. harrington; cashier,
S. B. Mattocks. Dividends are declared
in April and October. The care with
which the affairs of this bank have been
managed is told in the fact that it's losses
by bad debts for 20 years amount to only
$4,000.
sheffield.
At the auction sale at Mr.. Newell's
cows sold at an average of SIS.
Frank Silsby is having an auction sale
in town and disposing of large lot of
goods.
The following is Il report of schools
taught BY Jennie L. Ingalls, the past year.
The summer term of school in Dis. No.
/, closed July Il. No. of pupils 33, aver
age attendance 80. There were only two
in or n 70 nd
Those having no marks were Perry Bar
Der, Perry Brown, Lyman Brown, Bernie
Chase, Mary Flanders, Ida Giffin, Beulah
Hanscom and Flora Warren. Willie
Flanders was absent one half day; En-
nest Brown and Bernie Hall were absent
one each. The winter term i'm Dis 3,
closed Jan. ID. No. of pupils %, general
attendance IL. There were only one tar
diness and four dismissals. Wylie Will
lard, only five years old, being the only
pupil having no marks; several others
would have done equally as well if sick
ness had not prevented.
East Hard~vick.
The young ladies who went to Florida
by steamer had a very rough and stormy
passage.
Petitions are in circulation for the ap-
pointment of Samuel Meader and ID. w.
Jenness, the tinman, for postmaster here.
Postmaster II. A. Babbitt has given en-
tire satisfaction, so far as we know. He
is Il thorOu3h huSiupSS man Unntlamaplv
and considerable of the convenience
of the patrons of his Office, and in no sense
an ''offensive partisan. The office is
certainly located for he convenience of
its patrons, yet when some democrat is
found (there are bnt few of them here)
who wants the office. somebody's head
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