Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-06-25

Babcock place, paying S275.
Katie Hyde passed peacefully away on
the 18th. Her mother has the sympathy
of all in her bereavement.
The Baraw Bros. are improving Mr..
Newton's buildings with coat of paint
Ike Lunge is putting up large barn.
Mrs R. P. Hitchcock is reported as
gaining rapidly at the hospital. Mrs.
Frank Tenney is home from Portland
and reports her sister Clara better.
East Albany.
JIG. Anderson is building horse barn.
JIG. Clough had horse killed by light
ming, recently.
S. c. Willis, Jr., and wife from North
Oxford, Mass, has been here visiting Mr..
Willis father. They drove up and back
with team, and enjoyed their journey
very much.
! BrONvnin &LOn.
Nelson Fuller is building a barn and
repairing his house.
B. c. Boden has purchased a four-year-
old colt of Clark Morse of Coventry, pay
ing $500.
Miss Caddie jenkins is teaching instru-
mental music, and has number OF
scholars.
Mrs Frank Wells, who seemed better
some days ago, has since been much
worse, and is now in a critical condition.
A nice granite monument from the
shop of Charles Moulton, Newport, has
been erected in the village cemetery by
the Bryant children.
Miss Edah Grow, who has been in poor
health for some weeks past, has gone to
her uncle's, DIR. T. r. Grow, of St. Johns
bury, to receive medical treatment.
Mrs Albro Twombly came from her
home in Boston few days since and is
now stopping with her father, A. Drown.
Soon after her arrival, herself and little
son were taken sick with cankerrash.
| Coventry.
Mrs Wilder is here from Whitef1eld,
n. H., visiting at her sons.
| Children's day passed off very pleas
/
antly at NJ. E. church Yesterday.
Mrs DIR. Badger and Ernestine Keller
are confined to the house with sickness.
! Belle Livingstone is home from Mont
pelier Seminary. This completes her
first year.
Mrs. Ben. Leach received Il telegram
| yesterday saying that her brother, who
was a custom house officer, had been shot
dead at lake Megantic.
! Hubbard Gray's family received the
sad news of the death OF their son Will
liam, which occurred at Colorado springs
last Tuesday. He went to California
last fall for his health but not receiving
as much benefit from that climate as he
| expected, he went to Colorado. Mr..
Gray's people have the sympathy of all.
Jasper Cummings, living in the east
part of the town, died June 4, after an
illness of only four weeks, caused by a
| kick he received from horse and from
which he suffered most severely until his
death. Mr.. Cummings was born in Ed
inburgh, Scotland, in 1882 and came to
this country when quite young. He was
a strong, healthy man until within few
! years. He was great worker, and was
seldom away from home. Mr.. Cummings
was a kind husband and indulgent father.
He leaves a wife and five children, all
grown to man and womanhood. Two
of his sons residing in Stoneham, Mass,
reached home only a few days before he
died.
CraftSbIIrV.
Abijah Bailey is dangerously sick.
There is a prospect that we are to have
a telephone.
The w. G. T. Union will meet with
Mrs. Fraser July Sd.
Frank Chase was recently badly hurt by
receiving kick from horse.
party of young people from here went
OF Mansfield mountain recently.
Frank Burnell has bought the Clark
farm to add to the area of his home place.
VIM. Young recently killed pair of
two year old steers which dressed 1852
lbs. They were raised by E. C. Rowell
of Albany.
| post-office detective visited the east
| village last week, trying to get track OF
| S5I.75 which had either been taken from
a registered letter or had never been put
| in.
Mr.. Amasa Scott has commenced hay
| ing. With his hay, without any meal, he
made $50 pounds of butter from Il six
years-old cow last year; and he has two
years-old heifer from which he has made
| 100 pounds of butter in the last ten weeks.
James J. Allen, whose sickness has
been mentioned in the MONITOR died on
Friday at one o'clock and the funeral was
at the house on Sunday. Mr.. Allen was
a good citizen, kind man in his family,
and one of the pillars in the NJ Z. church.
He was about SO years old He leaves
wife in very feeble health, and five
| children to mourn his loss.
Derby.
Charles Bates and wife have gone to
Montreal for wedding trip.
Mrs. Noyes of Auburndale, Mass, is
| in town for a two months visit.
A. N. Uttin has recently sold pair of
horses to parties at Newport and bought
| pair of Maj. CIRCUITS Norman colts. Mr..
Uttin now can drive as good pair as
Derby affords, and they are hard to beat
in the county.
The Baptist association was success.
being well represented from all parts of
the district; the meetings were we'll at
tended, the people appaI emily well salts
| fed; so we trust much good was accom-
plished outside the necessary business
! of the association.
The Republican caucus held last Sat
urday evening at town nall was quite
interesting. Delegates to state conven-
| ton were elected as follows: j. G. Eos
| ter, Ben Human, j. w. Erwin and A.
X. Darling; delegates to district con-
vention, Maj. j. Grout, S. B. Bates, ].
| Il. Flint and B. b. Allbee. The district