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

shop here. Little John Bashaw was
quite badly hurt recently while slid
ing
CI.:lftsbuI'y.
William Demeritt has received 5000
back pension.
Potatoes are selling for so cents
bushel in Wolcott.
DIR. Jackson is to be here to stay
during this week.
Quite number of our boys at
tended the reunion at Burlington
last week.
Guar Leonard opens his store
with stock of new goods, having no
re mnants, but all just from market.
Viola Allen and Mary Weber are
home on vacation from johnson
school. Cora Allen is to go
back with them.
Willie and Charlie Merrill are MAX
ing two large rollers for the town to
roll down the snowdrifts with. We
shall expect good roads hereafter.
James Wilson, whose buildings
were burned few weeks ago on the
Rawson farm, has moved into the
house on the Amory Dawson farm.
A house and barn belonging to G..
Parker On the road to Wolcott took
fire Wed. night at 10 o'clock and
was burned down in short time.
Two cows and yearling were burn
ed. Little was saved from the house
as the fire commenced in the ell be-
fore they awoke. A feeble old lady,
Mrs. Washburn. had to be carried
away. Insured in the Mutual for
about $400.
DIR. Bemis and his sons, Freddie
and Johnnie, are all sick with the
distemper that Is prevailing to quite
an extent here several others in diff
feTent parts of the town are down
with it. Those who have this dis
ease are taken with aching bones
and fever; some with severe head
ache and very sore throat with
white patches all have high fever
for several days and are quite sick.
Most of them get around i'll a week,
but some are laid up for two weeks.
No cases have proved fatal, but some
forty or more have had this disease.
East CraftSbl.Ty.
Mrs. Gilman Doe from Iowa in
tends to start for home this week.
VIM. NJ Graham has rented the
Dunbar buildings and intends to move
here soon.
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load of hay on the morning of the
18th and had a shoulder dislocated.
DR.. Templeton was called to set it.
Derby.
1t was sad thing in the family of
Orem Newcomb to bury his little boy
year and half old, so soon after
the birth of little daughter. He
died of Group
Henry, four-year-old son of
Alanson Adams, had dangerous at
tack of Group last week, which was
reported to be diphtheria. He has
recovered. The air is full of rumors
about the diphtheria, but we hope we
| have seen the worst, if not the last of
it. Ben Himman had an attack of
the disease last week, but Is better.
Glover.
Charles Dexter has moved to his
farm purchased of Lewis Fisher.
Rev. Mr.. Morse will exchange
with Rev. Currier of Barton next
Sabbath.
Meeting of the Glover Literary
club at Mrs. l.. H. Nye's next Tues
day evening.
Charles Lawrence has purchased
the saw-mill at So. Glover, owned by
Leonard Foster.
Rev c. B. Moody of Barton will
deliver lecture Feb. I'd at the Cong.
church. Subject, Success in Life. }"
The donation visit for Rev. +. w.
Pierce was a pleasant affair; though
the roads were badly drifled, there
was good number present.
Rev. S. b. Currier will lecture at
the M. +. church on Friday evening,
| Jan. 29lh Subject, The Young
Men for the Times" After the lee
ture there will be hulled corn sup
per.
Farmers institute lectures will be held
a Glover, Jan. 26 and 81, 1886, under the
direction of the board of agriculture.
| PRoGRAMNIE.-Tue Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1000 a.
M, Opening prayer, Rev. C.. W. Morse
1Ol5, Our Forests and Sugar Naples. DR..
H. A. Cutting, Of Lunenbnrgh; ll.30,
Discussion; 200 p. M, Thoughts for the
Farmers. M. w. Davis, of Westminster
800, Discussion; 7.30, Results OF exper-
iments, DR.. Hiram A. Cutting, of Lunen-
burgh; $50, Discussion. Wednesday
| Jan. 81, 1000 a. M, Some of the require
ments of good farming, D. r. Towle, OF
Franklin; 11.3O, Discussion, led by Prof.
w. w. Cooke, of the agricultural college
200 p. NJ, Farm Experiments, Prof. w.
w. Cooke, of the agricultural college
800, Discussion, led by E. r. Towle, OF
Franklin. All lectures free. Ladies and
young people are especially invited to be
present at all sessions. Subjects for dis
cussion brought forward by the farmers
in the form of questions, on slips of pa
per or orally, may be introduced. All
present are invited to join in the discus
Sions. HIRAM A. CUTTING. Sec.