Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-09-17


flag ever raised in this town, we feel very
proud of it. The ladies of Mill Brook
deserve large share of the credit, as it
is all home made.
Moses Grapes drove into town late in
the evening last Thursday, and reported
that while coming up beside the lake,
some one stopped his horse and demand
en- his money. He used his whip vigorous
ly and ran by the highwayman, who fired
two shots at him, neither of which took
effect.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. .JOhnSbUry
The Caledonia county w. G. L. U. will
have a dining room on the fair ground
this week, where hot dinners, oysters and
fruit will be supplied at reasonable rates.
The men engaged in blasting out the
wheel pit at the new dam that is being
built on the Passumpsic, uncovered
vein of copper ore in the ledge. Some of
the specimens are quite rich in the ore.
The Carrick Bros. granite company is
putting up new building at the rear OF
its big one for Comfy & Paradix, file cut
tiers. When it is completed the old and
dilapidated building now occupied by
Comfy & Paradix will be torn down.
An exhibition was given Tuesday morn
ing near the depot with the s'deluge"
pipe, new device and plan for handling
large fires. This implement concentrates
two or more streams from the hydrants
into ssSiamese," and delivers the sever
al streams through one nozzle. By this
plan stream of water is at once provld-
ed in proportion to the fire. A inch and
2L-inch stream was thrown from our
hydrant nearly 200 feet, delivering some
1000 gallons of water minute, or about
two barrels of water a second. The Fair
banks Scale Company have ordered one
of these devices and one may be placed
in our fire department by the village
trustees.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the e. & t. Fairbanks & Co. was held
in their Office Wednesday. After the US
ual reports were rendered, which showed
the business to be in a highly prosperous
condition, Franklin Fairbanks, Henry
Fairbanks, iona. Ross, c.. E. Thayer, j.
G. Gardiner, S. N. Brown and J. J. How
ell were elected directors. The directors
held meeting at the close of the stock
holders meeting and elected Franklin
Fairbanks, president; S. N. Brown, vice
president; Henry Fairbanks, secretary,
and C. M. Spencer, treasurer. A dividend
of three per cent was declared.
West Burke
The workmen have the bridge nearly
completed.
Charles Townsend who has been in
ST. Louis for the past three years return
ed last week accompanied by four of his
sisters children and will stop here this
winter-Myrtie Aldrich returned to her
school yesterday morning.
East Hard wick
Mellen Smith died the 18th inst. aged
81 years His remains were carried to
Hardwick for burial.
Lyndon.
The attendance at the Institute is the
| largest in the history of the school, num-
bering about 125.
Ingalls, Brothers have put 175 tons of
ensilage into their silo during the past
week. 1t was considerably damaged by
| frost.
At the New England fair at Worces-
ter last week, L. B. Harris herd took
| first premiums on the bulls and all first
/
ewes. This stock is now at state fair,
Burlington.
Rev. E. Owen and wife of Meredith,
N. H., are visiting in town this week.
Mr.. Owen was pastor of the church here
for several years, and the people were
PLEASED to listen to a sermon from him
last Sunday. CdIedonidn.
EIardwiclx.
Whooping cough is prevailing here.
The children's cantata came off as adj
vertised and was a success in every sense.
Net proceeds $3.50
Henry Mack has orders for 100 carloads
of granite to be used by the R. R. Co.
and Is loads to go west.
The question is asked why Mrs. DR..
Corey did not let the case between her.
self and Tuck Bridgman come to trial at
Newport this term of court.
There is a good interest in the social
meetings of the NJ. E. church, with sew
eral conversions. The congregation is
large and the Sunday school in a pros
porous condition. The average attend
ance in the school of late is 122.
LyndonviIle-
c. FL. Ayers has bought the Cotton
place on the Corner road and will occupy
it soon. Price $500
The new engine, ''Union," has arrived
and is one of the best on the road. 1t
was built at the Manchester locomotive
works.
Peter Laoay, longtime resident here,
went to Dakota about six weeks ago
hoping to improve in health. News of
his death on Aug. 81 has been received.
He was 6S years old.
Sutton.
Mrs. Mosure is a little better.-Mrs.
Lewis Gordon is failing slowly.
Corydon Parker had ten acres of beans
injured very badly by the hard frost.
Alden J. Rennie had his little finger
sawed off by shingle saw recently.
Mrs. Harley Colby is at Island Pond
visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM. Buck.
Pope & Libby have purchased new
Threshing machine and have commenced
threshing, doing excellent work.
Our new postmaster, S. N. Whipple.
has just received nice post-offlce case
which he will put in the place of the old
one.
Mrs William Densmore fell down
stairs Saturday night, Sept. and was
so seriously injured that she lived but
two hours afterwa I'd. Her brother, Amos
Lovejoy, had come from Mass. to visit
her; he arrived about O'Clock p. m.
A little while after Mrs. Densmore went