Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-21

Wright may be long spared to be a
blessing to their relatives and many |
friends.
1I.aSI,urCh.
Mary and Tamal Holman have re-
turned to town.
Arthur L. jameson and wife visit |
ed in town last week.
Mr.. Beauclerk is home from his
fishing trip in the Canada woods.
Mrs. DR.. Shaw has gone to Barre
to attend the reunion of her class at
Goddard Seminary.
The promenade concert and band
box party, given by the band We'd
nesday night, was success. About
500 were cleared.
At the the republican caucus, held
Saturday night, L. H. Thompson,
Henry Somers, and E. w. Powell
| were elected delegates.
The Ladies Aid Society will fur
nish good dinner for 20 cts. in the
vestry of Cong. church on the day of
the county convention at Irasburgh.
Wednesday morning the shoemak
er, Provonche, and Frank Sanvlle
got into a dispute over a game of
quoits. The end was black eye
and several severe raps on the head
for Sanville. A complaint was made
by Grand Juror Allen, and Provon-
che fined S. and costs, amounting to
$11.22, by Justice Howard.
Westfield.
News reaches us from Wisconsin
of the death of Morton Stehbln who
was former resident of this town
and one of our most prominent towns
men he went west some 1 yrs. ago.
The Creamery Co. took in between
May and June 5, 224.326, lbs. of
milk making 8737 lbs. of butter =
25M lbs. of milk for one Id. of but
ter, which sold on an average of 17A
cts. per ID.
WestmOre.
Fishing Is on the wane; county
politics lively; crops looking we'll.
Mrs. C. R.Churchlll caught longe
recently that weighed over six pounds.
There is prospect of camp
meeting in Fosters grove sometime
later in the season.
Warren Ash has gathered the scat
tering logs on the lake.-The steam
mill at the head of the lake is run
nlng again.
Francis Richardson is making
great improvements in and around
the hotel at the south end of the lake.
The house has been newly painted
and put in good repair, and a large
amount of repairing and painting has
has been done on the barns and out
buildings. This, with a new stable,
now being built, puts this place in
far better shape than ever before.
Mr.. Richardson is determined to
; please the public. Mr.. Ruggles OF
Burke has his new steamer on the
: lake. 1t is beautiful little boat
, Capt. Averill has his boat in good
E trim, and ready to accommodate all
who come this way.
q CALEDONIA COUNTY.
PaSSumpSic.
Mr.. r. Z. Brockway, who died the
9TH inst, held an insurance of $4,000 in the
l Conn. General Life of Hartford. Theil
/ special agent, Mr.. Smalley, of Lyndon
O vile, was in town the Sth inst, and made
out the proof of loss, and in forty eight
hours handed Mrs. B. the check for $4,000
Commendable promptness, we should say
e East HardNick.
q P. S. Paine is building horse barn.
o Rev. E. E. Rogers is moving into the
y Cong parsonage.
Messrs Hunt & Babbitt are building
new house on Pleasant street, near j. d
y Goodrlch's.
Grin Paine injured himself by lifting
while loading logs upon wagon, so al
to lay him by for while.
The Grange picnic was success, be
y tween 60 and 20 were present. Arts
Haines of ST. Johnsbury, took severa
;, views of the group, also a view of G.
Bells mules on the Eureka mower.
sutton.
C. S. Garry has bought the farm owned
= by Mrs. Hannah Parker.
e Loren Halls house recently took fir
on The roof, but was extinguished with
:, out serious damage.
Mrs. r. d. Wilson was recently take
qulOC III "HliC CUuICL
and has been very feeble since.
IL Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. McCaskill are il
0 town on visit; also George Abbott ant
family, Mrs. Edward Flint and others
Lavina Blake will spend the summer here
Sheffield.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Buchanan of Bal
. ton Landing was in town last week.
/, Mrs. Sarah Eaton, and Martha Chase, O
Florida, are visiting at M. L. Hunters
ID West Burke.
\. Bert French is worse again.
20 Dr.Sleeper's mother is very low land fa
ing.
J.P.Otis, A.P. Underwood and J.Allar
went this week Wednesday to Montpelie
10 to attend the republican convention.
Mrs. Willard Huntly came from Ne
II Hampshire two weeks ago. She is stop
l. ping at E. Ways, and is in very poo
health.
n Charles Densmore's infant son onl
eight days old, died last Monday mornin
= with the canker-rash, and Davie Porte
re is quite sick with the same disease.