Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

Asa Livingston parted with some of
his pets last Monday, when Bella Has
tlngs shipped seven pairs of cattle which
Livingston had at the fair last fall. They
weighed 1920, 1926, 1900, 1890, 400, a
pair of four-year-olds 4l10 and pair of
two-year-olds 3740. Where can there
De found another Vermont farm with
such a lot of matched beef.
At the county agricultural meeting,
j. u Hovey was chosen president. 1t
was decided to hold a three days fair
to have the trotting distributed over the
three days of the fair, and to keep the
exhibits on exhibition the full three days.
Now if the managers will keep the beer
and gambling establishments off the
ground it will be a credit to them and
blessing to those who attend.
In Merchants bank w. E. Peck was
reelected president; HI. E. Folsom, vice
president; w. S. Streeter, cashier; Her
bert Allen, assistant cashier. In FIRST
National, Horace Fairbanks, president;
S. S. Thompson, vice-presdent; j. c.
Clark, cashier. In Passumpsic Savings
bank, Emerson Hall, president; t. Nj.
Howard and t. c. Fletcher, vice-pres-
idents w. S. Boynton, treasurer In
this institution A. B. Noyes was added
to the board of trustees.
LyndOnVille.
Col. w. H. Hubbard has bought the
Holton place south of the Center. Price
| reported to be $1,000.
Urban Leclare, a freight brakeman, had
| his left hand badly crushed while coup
ling cars at White River Junction last
Monday. He will lose the index finger
and possibly others.
At the National bank meeting recently
the following officers were elected Di-
rectors, L. b. Harris, H. f. Pillsbury, j.
w. Copeland, c. d. Bigelow, c. A. Har-
ris; president, L. B. Harris; cashier, II.
VI. Pearl.
The Montreal express train north last
Tuesday morning had a narrow escape
from a serious accident When about
two miles north of Lyndonville a wheel
under the baggage car broke. The occu-
pants of the car were well shaken up but
the train was stopped without damage to
the passengers or property.
EIs,= Hard wick.
Mary Field is on the sick list.
Gilman Magoon has moved into the
Patch house in Walden and not into the
village.
John McPbee who clerked for Capt.
Davis nine years ago and is pleasantly
remembered, was in town recently, Wis
lting.
Edison Stickney is no better. His sad
condition calls for great deal of sym
pathy.-Will Bean is unable to work this
winter on account of his asthma trouble.
H. Miles talks of opening tin shop
in the shop at the east end of the bridge
and in that event ii. NJ. Farran will move
his shop into the basement of Mrs. Prem
it's house.
A. Crandall has new twenty-five can
creamer in running order and has all the
modern improvements for making first
class butter. He thinks if large cream |
cry was started in town it would be |
well patronized. Who is the live man
to do this.
West Burke.
Miss Lizzie Dodge remains about the |
same.
Mr. Parsons has been home for a few
days but returned Saturday.
james Gaskill has returned from Prov
idence, r. l., having cut his foot and
caught cold in it.
Miss Nettie Sleeper of Newport Cen
ter is stopping with the family of Rev.
John Morse for a few days.
Mrs. Ashley Bishop who has had a
very bad eryspelas sore on her hand,
has had an operation performed on it and
is now doing quite well.
Geo. w. Woodruff has bought the ia
son Powers farm for about $1,000. Geo.
is anxious to sell out and retire to private
life, and we presume he takes this way to
do it, The Powers farm of 100 acres,
Joins Woodruff and makes him farm
Of 400 acres in body and couple hun
dred more acres of timber and back pas
ture.
John Rollins, the old stage driver to
the Lake House, was cutting ice with
Gel Colby and another person the other
day, on Willoughby Lake. Colby's back
was toward George a minute or two and
when he turned around George was miss
ing 'FWhere's George?" asked Colby, as
he looked to the right. then to the left,
then up in the air to see if he had disap-
oeared by Elijah's route. Wheeling
around in confusion two or three times he
heard big splash, and behold! George
came up from under the ice, spouted a !
volume of water into the air and gave :
yell of alarm which was followed by sew
IN distinct echoes as it passed around
among those hills, and reused the sleepy
Inhabitants. No such sound has been
heard in that locality since the savages ;
md panthers disappeared. He was haul
ID out with considerable difficulty, and in
lis anxiety to get near the kitchen fire he
disappeared suddenly and failed to pass
| resolution of thanks to Gel and the
,ther fellow who prevented the funeral.
Union.
East Burke.
Mrs Albert jenkins is sick with SWELL /,
ID rheumatism.
Willie McGann is not expected here
Until February. +,
Mrs. Charlotte (Blake) Walter is visit +
ny in ST. Johnsbury. i
Quarterly meeting here next Saturday a
md Sunday, Jan. 81, and %. t
The evening meetings continue and are
interesting and profitable to those who b
ttend. b
Several from this place attended the Il
gricultural meeting at St. Johnsbury, '
tuesday. a
Rev. /. E. Smith of New York city is
Iere caring for his aged father, who is
lex with dropsy. C
G. w. C. T. Smalley visited Burke Mt. /
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