Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-08-02
Willie Clarke who has been spend

That ssComical Brown" will ap-
pear Wednesday evening at the town
han. Go and see him and smile out
loud with all your might.
The annual meeting of the Coven-
try w. c.. T. T., will be held in the
Cong. church vestry, Tuesday, Aug.
Sd. A good attendance is desired.
Subject of the Responsive Reading
for the meeting is ''God in Govern
ment''. The Band of Hope will meet
Tuesday evening, Aug. 10.
Craftsburv.
Rob't Patterson has sold his lum-
Der and is shipping it.
The measles haye been having
quite run at the Common.
An effort is being made to get F.
j. Whitney appointed postmaster at
the Common.
Amasa Scott, who has been laid
up with rheumatic trouble for some
time, is out again.
S. L. Leavitt intends to commence
on his new block the first of Aug.
The foundation is ready.
Mrs. Noble Kinney goes west to
visit daughter, brother and sister.
Mrs. Rand is visiting in Lyme, N. ii.
w. A Macomber has been restored
to the pension roll, from which he
was dropped June 4th, 1878, and
gets $3.50 arrears.
Ezra Bagley, formerly of this town,
recently died in England. He be-
came one of the most noted cornet
PLAYERS in America, and took the
great prize at the Paris Exhibition.
Guar Leonard is repairing his
buildings; +. =. Stratton has the
lumber on the ground for building
an addition to his store; Architect
Guernsey of Montpelier furnishes
the plan for the Leavitt store.
Minard Mills from Illinois is visit
ing at A. Davison's s; Mrs. Mills anC
Mrs. Dawson have been to New
York on visit.-Frank Bemis is
home on a vacation, and himself anC
mother have been to Barre on visit
Rev. A. B. Blake and family ar
rived here from So. birmingham
Mass, on Thursday. They report ;
most pleasant and satisfactory trip
and an opportunity to see, and learl
much from the meetings held at thu
Assembly. Mr.. Blake was appoint
ed President of one branch of tn
association.
SUIcIDE.-Eddie d. Nelson,
young man of % years, COMMITTEES
suicide on Wednesday morning las
by shooting. He purchased pisto
on Monday, unbeknown to the fam
lily, aud 10 seems, did not go to be-
at all on Tuesday night. Early il
the morning the report of a pisto
was heard at the barn, and on goin
to the building the young man wa
found PROSTATE, the blood oozin
from his head. The bullet entere
the head above the right temple
Doctors were summoned and the mos
} possible done for him, but he die
5 at O'Clock in the afternoon. Fl
was a young man of NATURAL
cheerful disposition, good habits
= and with a promising future befor
: him. Of late, however, he had seem
V ed somewhat respondent, and hi
mother had felt anxious about him
No cause is assigned for the sa
deed. His father died recently, an
s his mother and other friends are i
great grief. He was the main sta
in the family. The entire commun
ty sympathize with the bereaved fan
: lily.
Derby
Mrs. Leach has broken up house
keeping, and is stopping with Mrs
Daniel Davis.
William R. Spear got his thumb
little too near a running saw the otf
er day, and is now waiting for re
pairs.
Mr.. Norman Bingham and famil
from Boston have arrived here
Mrs. Rose is in town, visiting Mrs
Joseph Bates.
Some careless boys have damage
the soldiers monument surrounding
to the amount of $52, as by apprisa
Rather expensive folly.
Geo. W. Grout drew a load c
hay from Charleston with two horse
on 11h feet rack, the net weigh
of which was $40 lbs. He says ths
when beaten, he will take longe
rack and try again.
Glover.
Mrs. Geo. Gle is quite sick wit
a fever.
Rev. E. w. Pierce has vacatio
of four weeks.
. Byron French and family of Bos
ton are spending a few weeks at til
old home.
Read prospectus of the fall schot
at the Institute. Mr.. Clapp come
well recommended and we expect
full school.
+ The Unlversalist society have pul
n chased beautiful New England O
4 gan for their church of Messrs. Sha
& Robb of ST. Johnsbury.
A large number of the parents an