Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-05-31

Alfred Pierce lost valuable horse
on Saturday last. While driving on
West Charleston St., the horse be-
came frightened, ran, and fell and
broke his leg. Mr.. Pierce recently
refused $500 for the horse.
Coventry.
Hermon Wells has moved to w.
Derby.
Edison Barnes moves to f. Canaan,
N. H., Saturday.
Mrs. Josiah Wheelock has gone to
n. H. on visit.
Andrew Corrow is building an adj
dition on to his house, and wood
shed also.
Mr.. Daniel Gray killed hedge
hog last Monday that weighed over
twenty pounds.
DR.. Badger has taken young stu
dent into his family, and his sign
will soon read DR.. Badger & Son.
Crattsburv.
Otis Whitney, former citizen,
has been here on visit.
The cankerrash is prevailing in the
west part of the town.
Several aged people in this town
appear to he sick unto death.
The Whitney band goes to Hyde
Park to attend Decoration Day SER
vices.
Solomon Orne died on the 23d
inst. from the effects of old age and
a fractured hip. He had become al
most helpless, and his reason had
nearly left him. His last years have
| been unfortunate ones.
The Branch post-office having
been thrown up, the mail intended
for that office is left at No. Crafts
bury post-office. A petition con-
tanning $50 names has been forward
ed, asking to have the office re-es-
tabllshed.
Betsey Hoyt died suddenly on Sun
day the % inst, of paralysis of the
heart. Some time ago she fell and
dislocated and broke her ankle, but
doing we'll until she was
was threatened with pneumonia, and
was better from that. She ate her
breakfast sitting up in bed, but was
taken suddenly worse and died in fif-
teen minutes. She will be greatly
missed, for she was beloved Of all.
Her funeral was attended at the house
Tuesday.
East Craftsbury.
William Seaver has had an $50
list doubled on account of some little
misunderstanding between himself
and the listers.
Derby.
Mrs. Noyes is IN town visiting
old friends and neighbors.
The strawberry festival was post
poned one week on account of bad
weather. 1t will occur June 2nd.
The Derby band of robbers are
still at large. There has been con-
siderable searching by our sheriffs,
conslables and others, but the rob-
bers have thus far been just a little
out of their way. On Sunday evening
about 20 of our villagers surrounded
a piece of woods and started at SUI
rise to close in, but the robbers hap
pened to be just outside of the ring.
On Monday evening they went to
Ralph Kelsey's and broke into the
house and took pan of sugar and
the cooked provisions the house af
forded, and some milk. On Tuesday
morning at 2 o'clock, burglars at
tempted to enter Lanes store, boring
the sash IN two at the bottom, and
| while in the act of removing the glass
a piece at time, d. G.. Stevens, who
sleeps in the store, was watching
their movements, and not desiring to
shoot them hurled 20 pound weight
at them, hitting the casing and split
ting it and astonishing the robbers,
shooting 3 OF 4 cartridges after them
as they left. The robbers had pre-
) viously broken into Doody's black
smith shop and procured some tools
which they left near the window.
Glover.
. Mr.. and Mrs. John Mathie have
, gone to Boston.
e Two inches of water fell during the
e long ram last week.
j David Jones is very sick at present
e writing with erysipelas.
Mrs. Lois Leonard has returned to
: her home from Concord, where she
e spent the winter.
Four spans of matched horses were
i sold here few days since for large
) sum of money.
All interested in the cleaning of
the South church will please 60 there
on Saturday, June 9Th, at o'clock,
a. M, prepared for work, bringing
mop and pail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truman Cook cele-
8 brated their eighteenth anniversary
May 26th. A good number of friends
were present, although the day was
s rainy. A set of china, glassware,
etc. were presented them as tokens
o of remembrance and affection.
!. Memorial services were largely at
tended here, all of the societies unit
o ing. Rev. A. B. Blake preached an