Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07

/ The entertainment given by the Pos
and the Relief Corps on May Day turne
out quite successfully, notwithstanding;
the very bad weather. Maj. c. F. Branc
of Newport gave a most interesting nd
I dress on Vermont in the Rebellion.
DR.. Branch has very happy style ant
delivery, and his subject is one one of TIL
most interesting to soldiers and those in
terested in war matters. Capt. Austil
was also present, and spoke of event
that came under his observation durin:
the days of the war. The Corps prepar
ed nice supper and made good thing
out of it, and a large number ATTENDED
the promenade.
Dr. Campbell has gone to Burlington
to attend special lectures at the college
This will give the doctor chance to res
after his hard winters work.
W. H Hayden will have an advertise
ment of his "Goddard's Gennyson" mex
week, which all lovers of good horses
will desire to read. Mr.. Hayden adver
tises some stock for sale this week.
Barton Landing.
Capt. O. H. Austin has been invited tC
deliver n Memorial address at Green's
boro Bend.
South BARTON
The saw-mills are in full blast while
the water is up. Mr.. Pillsbury will start
up the steam mill this week.
Bartlett & White shipped 1000 cords of
logs to Newport and 800 cords of wood
to the R. r. Co. the past winter.
H. F. Pillsbury and family arrived home
last Tuesday. The change from red hot
cold confines them to the house pretty
much.
Ezra Clough received an injury to his
spine year ago last winter from which
he has suffered much. Some two weeks
ago he went to the hospital at Burlington,
where he has been operated upon with
promise of success and recovery.
Bro wilmington
Ervena Jones has broken her collar
bone
I. A. Wyman has let his farm to E. A.
Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bassett returned
from Boston last week.
Bert Parker has gone to Island Pond
to work at the carpenters trade.
Misses Edith and Jennie Bryant have
gone to the White Mountains to work
S. J. Robinson and L. H. Morehouse,
who took John Miles sugar place on
shares, have made 1000 pounds of sugar
from 27O trees.
Mrs. J. N. Morehouse on reaching
Stowe found her sister very low; she liv-
ed but few hours after her arrival. Mrs.
NJ. has returned home.
Frank Alexander has returned from
California.
The water In WilloughbY river was the
highest on Sunday, April 29th, that it has
been for several years. The boom gave
away in E. Fosters mill-pond and let
very large quantity of logs over the dam.
He thinks he will saw some of them at J.
C.. Bartlett's mill.
w est CharIe$tOn.
Geo. A. Driver has returned to Charles
ton.
Clara Wilson goes to Westmore again
to teach school.
Alphonso Clark and wife have moved
to West Derby.
Charles Calkins lost his only COW 1e-
bought him another
A Mr.. Douglas from n Y. is going to
work at harness making in one part of
he Wesley Foster house.
Mrs. Robert Parker and her little
laughter have gone to Inverness, Canada
o spend the summer with her mother.
Spring term of school closed May Sd
With Il sociable in the hall. Mr.. jane
on has taught very successful term.
nd leaves here with the respect and
'est wishes of parents and pupils
Ora fits burV
James Allen, who has been so very sick,
5 improving.
Elmer Stratton and DR.. o. A. Bemis
re delegates to the democratic state con-
ention.
iol
arm, and Sedgwick Rand has rented
Daniels house in the village.
Last CraGtSbury.
The school-house in this place is being
epaired.
Miss Minnie Seaver teaches the school
n this place.
U. S. Tolman has made 900 pounds of
ugar from 100 trees.
Dea. Dutton has returned from N. H.,
where he has been to visit his son, Rev.
ohm NJ Dutton.
coventry
Geo. Ware has made Al lbs. of sugar
rom tree.
Mr.. Watson has hired Hiram browns
louse and moved into it,
Minnie Owen is engaged to teach the
;enter school. Myra Douglass in the
Clark Bailey district, and Hattie Wheel
'ck in the Ware neighborhood in Iras-
'urgh.
High water has done considerable dam
.ge here. The small bridge leading into
he north neighborhood was carried away
md part of the bridge ON the Newport
Dad. making travelling impossible on the
main road to Newport, also into the North
Lewis Douglas, who has been in the
habit of stretching seine across the riv-
r during the sucker run" supplying
li.nself and this community with quaint
les of that desirable fish, is in trouble on
ccount of the running of a large lot of
ogs this season He recently got off
omething like the following to your cor
Jack Beede, he been running
ogs here las week; he drive ali suckers
way; de sucker crop very poor de folks
70 hungry this year, no sucker. We get
i'm all scale. though. Logs strike i'm in
Jack an skin off scale, but strike him on