Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-09-13

Remember the excursion to the
White Mountains, Sept. 18th. Fare,
round trip, $3.50. Give the bands
good patronage.
During the past week the |. O. G.
T. lodge has received % names,
making in all 1OS. A good record
for new lodge.
westmore.
There was lively scrimmage at
the polls election day into which the
Edmunds question entered. Some
of our voters had caught the anti-Ed-
munds complaint and hoped to send
an anti to Montpelier, but the better
elements of the town, including sever
al of our fair minded democrats, nip
ped the thing in the bud quite early.
electing William Wilson, an out-and-
out Edmunds man, and one of our
best citizens to the office of represen-
tative.
Lowell.
E. Kinney is reported better.
Grant Skinner has returned from
Boston.
Herbert Brown is having good sue
cess in disposing of his stump ma
| chimes in Canada.
The report from Westfield is that
the congregation desire Rev. King to
continue to supply their pulpit.
Edgar Coolidge and Ernest Curtis
were the republican candidates for
representative. Mr.. Curtis was elect
ed.
Our schools opened last Monday
with prospect of large attendance.
Misses. Campbell and Davis teach
| ers.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. j OhnSbury.
| Rev. Giles Montgomery leaves to-day
for Phenix, N. Y, where he has preached
with great acceptance and marked re-
suits since his return from Turkey, and
| II al
at Marash, Turkey. He goes out with
large hope for the mission in that land.
His family remain here for the present
where the children are in school.
Flint Bros. have curiously construct
ed watch on exhibition that marks the
time by new method as applied to
watches. Through two round holes in
the face appears in plain figures the time
of day, one marking the hour and the
other the minute. The figures slip into
place with absolute precision as the min
utes and hours pass along and the whole
thing is an ingenious bit of mechanism.
The earthquake experiences of late,
brings to mind the little earthquake that
shook up St. Johnsbury sixteen years
} ago. So severe was the shock on that
day, Thursday, October 20, 1870, that the
strongest buildings quaked to their toun-
dations. The people ran into the streets
affrighted, the top of one of the chimneys
on Union block came crashing down
upon the roof the South church steeplt
swayed like reed shaken in the wind
7 door bells rang, crockery ratified on the
= shelves, general CONSERVATION prevailed
, among the two or three hundred children
in the Union school house, the heavy
brick building shaking to its foundation
Though no serious damage was done, thu
4 people were pretty thoroughly stirred up
East Burke.
a Mrs Grin Jenkins is not as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thurber Of New
/ port, are visiting friends here.
: A. w. Wilson and wife are home for
O short rest but expect to return the frs
Of October.
Rev Mr.. Mcdonald and VIM. Fair
: banks attended the Groveton campmeet
= ing last week.
/. Ellis Cole was severely injured by slid
!. ing from hay NOW and striking on tn
o end of a pitch fork handle.
Mr. and Mrs. Amasa Phippen an
daughter, and Mr.. George Aver of Man
. chester, N. III. are visiting relatives here
Miss Nellie Colby is teaching the viii
age school. She comes well recommer
. ded, and if the scholars will do their part
IL the prospect is for good school.
West Burke.
.e d. R. Densmore moves into his me-
70 store this week.
4 Myrtle Aldrich returns to her school
Boston, Monday, the Goth.
Mrs. Buel has moved into her hous
recently purchased of W. N. Berry.
The village schools opened last weel
-o with C. C. jameson and Miss Nellie Wa
l. ner, teachers.
w. N. Berry took eight horses to Wol
w ceSCef, MASS, ldSG Tluttg, WHcIc TIC SOS
to reside Mrs. Berry and Mrs. Carpel
ter will remain here to visit friends
few weeks.
Many in this vicinity will be saddene
E. to learn of the death of Clifton Stoddar'
a brother of NJ. w. Stoddard, and fl
of many years a resident Of this villag
He died at Spring Valley, Mimi, Sep
End, after long and painful illness. I
It. was held in high esteem by all who kne
him. His age was about seventy-five.
81 Allen Boyce and John Winter can
into collision with their teams near I'll
hotel one day recently. Mr.. Boyce W;
lis thrown off his springboard and injurt
considerably. The fault seemed to be
of a team thaG was driving very fast al
:. met them while Mr.. Winter and M
Boyce were crowded together.
Lyndonvil1e.
Our new bakery firm are doing quite
,. prosperous bus mess, and deserve to.
w The selectmen have eau sed the en-,
en- of the covered bridges to be paint,
nv which very much improves the looks