Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-02-20

ly. DR.. Gray was called.
john Brigham has finished work fol
Geo. w Aiken, also Alonzo Gustin.
Mr. Spalding of MorrisviIle takes Brig.
hams place and Gustin goes to Mass.
Geo. Trudell of ST. Adams has been
here on visit.-Jenney Wood is home
from Boston.-Flave Merritt has gone
to Burlington.-Henry Mann is home
from Johnson.
North Troy.
Col. w. R. Rowell of Methuen, Mass,
was in town last week.
An itinerant preacher visited most OF
the schools in town last week.
Sanford Shaver has taken H. B. Pet
tengill's Jay farm in partial payment for
mercantile goods sold Mr.. Pettengill.
The Advent meetings were resumed
last Tuesday evening. They are well
attended and it is hoped good results may
follow.
Bannister & Burnap's patent ice-cut-
ter is great improvement over the ice
saw formerly used; it is capable of cut
ring 1000 cakes per day.
A large party of young people gave
Miss Fanny Fowler surprise party last
Tuesday evening, and report themselves
as handsomely entertained.
H. B. Pettengill has purchased the
mercantile business of Sanford Shaver
and taken possession: he has let his farm
to Harvey Sweet, and moved into the
tenement over the store.
Mrs. L. G. Abbott is very sick.-The
three years old son of d. w. Kelley had
severe attack of Group last week
Adelbert Tute is very sick with lung
fever at DIR. Blackstone's.-Char Proc
tor severed most of the flesh from one oil
his fingers while at work on the moal1-
ing machine in Dempsey's shop last
Monday.
eStnOR.e.
Mr.Foss of Burke is carrying the West
more mail.
Tom Averill has been home on a visit a
few days, and set up Cheney's engine in
the bobbin shop.
Buskev and Lontine are putting a large
quantity of lumber in the river to be
run to Evansville.
Harry Gilman returns from w. Burke
and goes into the Willoughby House
Lewis Rash moves back to his farm.
j. C. Orne has hauled away the last
remnants of his scythe-stone, and the
business is closed here, which has been
carried on by different firms continually
for about thirty years, employing from
two to twenty men. Sorry.
Rev. II. w. Worthen of Barton will de-
liver a lecture before the literary society
on Thursday evening, Feb. %. The lee
full house If the weather is stormy the
lecture will be postponed one week.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. JOhn~bury.
Conductor Parkhurst leaves this week
for few weeks sojourn at Winter Park,
Florida.
A movement is on foot among business
men for the formation of an electric
light stock company for introducing the
light in this village.
Wilder & Noyes are getting out the
shafting for the Carrick Bros. new build
ing, about $50 feet, ranging from p to
8 inch. 1t is being put in place this
week.
Mrs. Rankin has been appointed ad-
of the late A. E. Rankins
estate. Judge Ross and Henry c. Ide
are administrators of Judge Poland's es-
tate.
George III. Phelps, who has so accept
ably filled the position of deputy clerk
for some months, goes to Fargo, Dakota,
where he has an engagement in a law
and investment office.
The will of the late Hon. Alden E. Ju-
levine of Hardwick was entered for pro-
bate Tuesday. This is long and COM
olicated document. The executors are
Mrs. Judevine, Judge Powers and Ham
ton S. Peck of Burlington
w. A. Bradley, formerly of the Mer-
chants bank of this place, has been pro-
noted to the position of assistant cash
er in the bank at Cuba, Kansas, where
he has been recently employed. Mr..
Bradley is also one of the directors of
his bank.
At meeting of the directors of the
Merchants bank last week it was voted |
% pay the $50, 900 assessments in the |
Barlow matter and thus stop litigation |
20 far as this bank is concerned. This |
um was set aside by the bank two years
Ego when litigation was first begun.
w est Burke.
The steam mill has started up again.
DR.. Davis has been worse for the past |
week.
Henry Moulton started on his first trip |
S mail agent last week.
Rev. Mr.. Morse is improving, though
lie is not very well yet.
M. E. sociable will meet with Mrs. p.
,. Porter Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. Hull and Henry Bugbee have dis
olved partnership. Mr.. Hull carries on
he business.
Gerie Doyle of Newport is stopping at
is grandfather's, Mr.. Roundy, and is in
mite moor health
Mrs. J. Cowles has so far recovered
rom her long sickness as to be able to go
D church, the first time since last summer.
Stephen c. Otis goes this week to Penn
ylvania, travelling for the same company
nat he has been travelling in the west for
he past year. He expects to be gone two
lonths.
Mrs. James Steele of Barnston, P. O.,
tho has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
gorge Powers, for a few days, started
Ionday morning for Leominster, Mass,
, visit her son.
Hard wick.
There is much sickness in this vicinity.
Mack, Bridgman & Co. recently closed
contract with xuactarn Y1artiaS for nvar |