Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-03-19

G. E. Percy has bought the Balch farm
and stock of Geo. Robinson, paying $1,000.
The lecture by Mrs. Arms, on "Home
Missions at M. E. church,was excellent.
Adelbert Hardy has moved into part
of Seymour Trowbridge's house, and will
work for him the coming season.
Eli Sherman, former townsman, has
moved here from Troy on to the FL. Gould
farm he bought last fall. We welcome
him back again.
The patrons of the Newport creamery
met in School-House Hall, Saturday,
Mar. 10, and elected officers as follows:
Chairman of meeting G. L. Erwin; pres
ident, Hiram Drown; vice president,
Daniel Perkins; secretary and treasurer,
George Hoyt; statesmen, Frank Miller,
Daniel Perkins, George Hoyt.
Troy.
Communion service held at the M. E.
church the 18th.
Peter Trudell has gone to st. Adams
to work.
There is to be good deal of building
done here the coming summer
B. Houston has leased his farm in
Newport to Frank Miller for one year.
Eli Currier has gone to Keene, N. H.
and Alonzo Gustin to Lowell, Mass.
Mr.. Rice has moved from the james
farm to the company farm on the river
road.
Peter Martin has purchased a fine pair
of black horses of Carter Fowler OF
Westfield, paying 1925.
John Martin has snapped for Oscar
Wrights farm on North hill, giving his
residence in Westfield and 81 900.
Eli Sherman has vacated the Williams
farm and moved to his farm in Newport
Center and ]. II. Ferell has taken it for
one year.
North TrOv.
During the year 1887 there were in this
town Al births, 81 marriages and 81
deaths.
The town clerks office has been moved
into the Palladium office where room
has been finished off for that purpose.
Although he never was in the army,
w. H Rand has received arrears from the
government amounting to 1924, which
he says is his pension. 1t is for arrears
| of salary due when he was collector OF
| customs.
The rite of baptism was administered
| at the Baptist church last Sabbath even
| ing by the pastor, Rev. G. w. Clough,
who preached to the young people Il
forcihle and impressive sermon from the
| twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes. Six
| persons were received into the church.
| A republican club with IS members
was organized at the office of Hon. ID.
| C. Wilson last Saturday evening, with
the choice of the following officers
| Hon. FL. c. Wilson, president: A. ii.
Butterfield, recording and corresponding
secretary; H. B. Parker, H. H. Lewis,
w. T. Young, vice presidents; j. Blsoee
treasurer; s. P. Hunt. j. Bisbee, w. Ii.
| Rand executive committee. 1t was de-
| cided to name the club the Young Mems
| heDuDlICdu SluD vi Ivy nv 'ANNN'Hc
adjourned till Saturday, March 3lst, to
meet at the same place.
Geo. Van Dyke, while walking on the
| track opposite the turn-table an Manson
willie station, Wednesday afternoon, was
| struck by the rear car of freight tram
that was backing down toward the depot
and run over, his body being literally
cut in two. Van Dyke had been in this
village during the day and was on his
way home and being very deaf ran one
risk too many in taking the rail. He was
about % years of age, unmarried and q
son of Daniel Van Dyke, of West Potion
where he made his home the greater
part of the time. What makes his dealt
seem all the more awful, is the fact thai
| he is the third son in the family To NEE
death in the same way. William Van
DYKE was killed at Knowlton, May II b
1884, while braking, and about yea
later, Charles Van Dyke received 1DJu
ries bv the cars at East Richford tina
caused his death in a few hours.-Pdttd
| dunn.
V<.StmOI.e~
The storm Tuesday made a snow-slid'
on the lake road, filling place 100 fee
long and 10 to II feet deep.
B. C. Ovitt and wife are both sick.
Cheney has his bobbin shop ready ant
will turn out the goods lively now; n
has in large stock of timber.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. .JOhnSbury.
. The St. JohnsburY Gaanite Co. ar
opening good quarry at Hardwick.
The names of all the locomotives o
the Lake road, bearing the name of In
dividuals, have been changed and ar
q named after the name of towns along tn
line.
The St. Johnsbury and Lake Chan
p plain railroad is entitled to honorabl
mention as the first road in Vermont I
. heat all it's passenger cars by steam
. The method is that recently adopted 3
the Portland and Ogdensburg road an
was invented by master mechanic Bah
and superintendent Hamilton or tn;
road. The system is extremely slmpi
The steam comes from the locomotl'
l. and is conveyed through the train by
y iron pipe, which is twisted around
such way as to run under every sea
Is The connection between two ruoo
fe tubes, on the same principle as the a
brake; and in each car is apparatus 4
r. regulating the supply of steam or Gu
id ting it off entirely, if desired. The sly
E. TEN has proved an entire success, hea
ing the cars thoroughly, even when t
nc mercury registered thirty degrees belo
ne zero.
as Mrs. Adelia H. Page, widow of the la
Hon. Luke P. Poland, and her sister, MI
70 Robinson, died in this place Monday,
J., the residence of Mrs. A. E. Rankin. Th
- were taken sick last week, one Sund
and the other Monday, and in each ca
the sickness developed into pneumor
90 and resulted fatally. Mrs. Robins
ie died at half past four Monday mornl