Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-09-20

He was nearly 60 years old and it is
stated that he was never out of the
county and never saw the cars but
once.
Morgan.
Miss. Katie Moore has gone to
Barnet to spend few months.
N. H. Plper's youngest daughter,
Bessie is very sick with lung diff
Guilty.
On account of the bad weather the
Grove meeting was held at the church
Tuesday the 14th. Rev. Mr.. Smithers
from Islsnd Pond preached an excel
lent sermon in the afternoon.
Jay
Ladies' Aid Society meet with Mrs.
j. E. Chase next Thursday, Sept.
%. All cordially invited.
A pound party was held on the 10th
at L. J. Elllott's for the benefit of
Rev. and Mrs. Mckenzie.
Mrs. Stephen Leavitt of Glen
Sutton has been spending several
days with her sister, Mrs. L. j. Ell
lott.
George Lucier has a house very
near completion on the site of the one
on his farm that was burned last
spring.
Newport.
Merritt Billings moves to Farnham
next month.
Mr.. Morgan has gone to Wisconsin
to run an engine.
| Charlie Phillips has moved into the
tenement in Gilbert's new house, and
Charlie Reynolds moves into the ten
ement vacated by H. B. Green.
Judge Eastman of Boston was in
the court room Monday part of the
day. Judge Veasey of the Su-
preme court was in as a visitor one
day.
Hathaway of Hardwick, Lamson
of Cabot, Mausur of Island Pond, and
Cahoon of Lyndonville, have been in
attendance upon court during the
week.
Court is dragging along slowly.
The Bridgman case occupied much
time. While it is generally felt by
outsiders that the claim is a fraudu-
lent one, it is admitted that Brdg-
man has most handsomely put up
his case.
J. H. Searles, who returned from
New York few days ago. has de-
cided to rebuild his veneer factory re-
Gently burned here, and has bought
a spiece of land or Mrs. Benjamin
near the south end of the Passumpsl(
railroad bridge to build on. This
will be much better location than
his former one, accessible to both
the lake and the railroad. He will
begin work at once.
Newport Center.
D. L. Hildrith has bought the dry
goods that G.. L. Sleeper saved from
the fire.
Mrs. Mary Hicks who has beer
visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. c. L
Drown, has returned to Lowell, Mass
The Good Templars held an ic'
cream festival at their hall FRIDAY
eve. 1t was success.
Westfie1d.
Why not have a lyceum?
We approach the equinox.
Henry Benware is home from Chi
cage.
Hiram Miller and wife have gone t,
Boston and Providence, intending t.
: be absent one month.
Mrs. James Hill and her mother O
Franklin, have been among the recen
visitors to this place.
Mrs. Sophia Farman has rented
Jacob Stebbin's tenement at the vii
lage and will soon move in.
o Miss. Minnie johnson has common
, ced her school in Jay, at the Centre
where she taught last summer.
Iron framed desks are to be put
+. into the new school-house in distric
No. 5. The house will cost $500.
Mr.. Roberts, of California, called
+, On his cousin Ed. BoYnton last week
. He went from Caledonia county TWEEN
y ty-fve years ago.
1 Mrs. Luther Doey, better known
2 here as Miss Della Burt, of Mont
pelier has been stopping with friends
and acquaintance in this vicinity.
NC. Hoyt and w. S. Trumpas
were at the Spirtualists' campmeetins
a at Burlington part of last week.
S Michael Rush, of Manchester N
II. was in town last week investigat
t ing matters relative to the int rests
b of Mrs. Bridget Rush.
b Mrs. w. Ward has returned will
a her children tie Newton, Mass. aftel
a visit of week with her mother il
this place.
:, A three year old son of Thoma.
Lockwood is quite sick at A. Austin's
DIR. Hill of Lowell was called in coun
Gil Sunday. The boy recently swal
lowed two cent piece, and his ill
, ness is perhaps the effects of it.
Bert. Raymond, Esq, had thu
homo of representing the people O.
Stowe in the General ssamhlv thrus