Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08

consumption at MI. Kidder's.
Salmon Nye has hired the Luke
Livingstone farm of Mr.. Magoon.
The Good Templars will hold
masquerade party at town hall this
week Tuesday.
MI Greenleaf, the miller, recent
ly lost his COW from what appeared
to be typhoid pneumonia.
Mr.. Hiram Drown recently re-
ceived the sad intelligence of the
death of his brother, at Portland,
Maine.
The Dorcas Society will meet with
Mrs. Nina Livingstone next Thurs
day afternoon and evening. All are
| invited.
B. F. Tower writes from Califor-
MIA that he has seen a sweet potato
that weighed p pounds and has
heard of one that weighed 46 lbs.
C1aftsburv.
William Cheney, son-in-law to
Reuben Sherwin, has moved his fam
lily to Mr.. Sherman's to help look af-
ter him in his old age.
The Opperetta of Red Riding
Hood, which was given by the chill
dren last Monday evening, was a
great success.
The winter term in the Academy
closes next Thursday, Feb. 18th, with
a Longfellow evening. There is to
be an GRAFTON on. Longfellow and rec
itations and songs by him.
The friends and neighbors of
Charles Parker, whose buildings were
burned few weeks ago, are kindly
helping him to make up his loss in
provision and furniture. Last week
they helped him draw timber from
the woods for the frame to house
and barn.
Willie Williams, Is years of age,
son of John Williams, who is in Cal
ifornla, takes charge of his fathers
farm. He has the care of 7 cows.
3 sheep and 2 horses, has drawn up
a large wood-pile, and worked out
enough to buy barrel of flour and
a quarter of beef this winter, besides
paying SO on a debt of his fathers S.
Derby.
There will be a donation for the
benefit of Rev. John Morse at the
M. f. church, on Thursday evening
Feb. IL. Rev. Scribner of Newport
will deliver his lecture on s'Whar
shall we do with our boys" After
the lecture there will be refreshments
in the vestry. All are invited.
The memorial services in honor
of the late Mrs. Orem Newcomb
were held at the M. f. church under
the auspices of the w. c. T. T., OF
Sunday evening Jan. 31st. The
house was we'll filed, many members
of the union from abroad, being
present. The people of Derby sus
tain an irreparable loss in the deatf
of Mrs. Newcomb, who was evel
kind and friendly to the poor ant
especially vigilant in Christian ane
temperance work.
Glover
Hiram n. Davis has gone back tt
st. Johnsbury to attend school.
The Glover Literary Club viii
meet at J. E. Dwinell's next Thurs
day evening.
W. Wakefield is in town canvass
ing for a book entitled ''Vermont il
the Civil War;"
The many friends of DR.. H. Hill
formerly of this town. will regret t.
learn of his severe illness.
f. A. Cook will lecture at Insti
tute Hall next Friday evening, Feb
u, at 7.30. Admission 10 cents
Proceeds of lecture TO be given t
the Glover Library Association.
The lecture delivered here las
week, by Rev. c. B. Moody was en-
joye d by those that listened to it
Though one of the coolest nights o
the season good number wer
present.
The Cong'l Sabbath school chos
the following officers for the year
Charles Marston, supt. N. B. Dav
is, asst. supt.; Maude Owen, sec.
Carrie Plindle, librarian; Kat
Owen, treas. Lucy Randall, or
ganist.
During the year that is past tn
Cong'l church and society have do
mated $81 for benevolent purposes
} there has been an addition of fifteel
to the church, five by letter; fiv
memb ers have entered the "goldel
gate"
Holland.
Mrs. G. d. Bennett died on the Is
inst. She had suffered intensely 70
over year with a cancer.
lrasbursh.
Mrs. G. w. Wheeler and Ami
Schofield are both quite sick.
Frank Lemar has rented his farm
and talks of buying VIM. Kidder's
farm.
The town has been very quiet tn
past week as the lawyers have beer
: down to the Temple burning incense
) Everything belonging to the es
/ tate of the late Guar f. Jameson i