Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23

P. J. Cowles and wife have been stop
ming with Rev. J. Morse for few days.
H. M. Moulton postal clerk, with some
friends have been at Jobs pond fishing
for a few days
Miss Cheve Aldrich of Darlington, L.
O., is stopping with her uncle, A. l..
Aldrich, for a few days.
Richardson, of the Willoughby Lake
House reports a good season this year,
and is soon expecting his rooms to be
all occupied.
East Burke.
L. G. Shurteff is about moving into
the house vacated by Ezra Dckerman
at the new mill.
The republicans talk of having flag
raising; E. A. Darling of 9Th Avenue
hotel, New York city, proposes to fur
nish the flag.
The village school taught by Mrs. b.
r. Russell closed last Thursday with
literary exercises, after which the la
dies furnished supper and ice cream IN
the lower room of the school house
East HardNiclx-
Corn has had hard time between the
last week.
The hay is of fine quality and nearly
equal in quantity to that of last year,
but about ten days later, and is being
secured in fine order.
LyndOnvi1le.
A large number of our citizens indulg-
ed in a gambling encounter with the
Wallace circus crowd, and came out sec
or four gambling schemes, some swind-
ling and some pocket picking. The les
son which ought to be sufficient to the
parties engaged cost from fifteen to nifty
dollars We are surprised that so large
a number of fairly intelligent people, who
have a decent reputation for honesty,
could be found who would dare to Crap
pie with expert gamblers, or who are so
devoid of moral sentiment as to under
take to beat the swindler or some of his
victims by engaging in a gambling spec
ulation. They ought to be so ashamed
of themselve as to bear their loss and
take their humiliating lesson in silence.
| Some of them followed the circus to Nor
risville and got back part of their money
Hardwick.
Mary Ward has 40 music scholars.
We learn that a goodly number from
here will attend the Rally at Burlington
the 9th.
Mrs Harry Burrage, sister of Mrs. j
S.Drenan, is visiting here with her daugh
ter, Bessie, from Somerville, Mass.
Eddie Bridgman cut his knee recently
and has been laid up with it. Mr.. Kelso
Mr.. Bates and Mrs. Houston are sick.
Judge Powers has bonded a granit
quarry of Mr. Wheatley The polished
specimens of this quarry are very beauti
full.
The young ladies are to have an ic
cream festival on the Academy ground
on Tuesday evening proceeds to aid tn
church.
l. P. Titus is putting firm Foundation
under his new house. The underpinnin
stone came from the famous quarry a
Burlington.
1t is now expected that the semi annua
meeting of the Union eX-prisoners o
war will be beld at Montpelier this fall
during the session of Legislature.
Mrs. Brooks daughter of the late Enoc
Badger, died in Calais recently, and wa
buried here the 4th inst. Mr.. and Mrs
Badger and Mrs. Brooks have all died will
in four months.
The foxes are destroying nearly all til
poultry at the Center. Mr.. Leonard sa'
seven few nights ago, the young one
playing like kittens. He shot one an
wounded another.
Warner Drenan has taken the fall an
winter school at Cabot. He is a very 81
perior teacher and has had charge of I'll
East Hardwick school for several years
giving general satisfaction,
The Lamoille Valley Veterans Associ;
ton Reunion will occur Tuesday an
Wednesday, the 2Sth and Goth of Aug
Col. Z. B. Sawyer in command of I'll
camp. A rousing time is expected.
The flag which the young ladies of tn
town are to present in the near future
EIlsworts Post, G. A. r., came by EXPIRE.
last Thursday, from the firm of Irving
Wheeler & Co., Boston. 1t is beaut
and very finely mounted.