Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-05

easy cnalr, by A. H. JeHneSS, - :" oihaA'
token of love and esteem in very timely
speech, which was responded to by A.
T. Jenness in a very feeling manner. The
mother of these boys, who is 81 years old,
perhaps, enjoyed the gathering more than
any other one present She has just
cause for rejoicing in the success of her
children.
Barton Landing.
Mrs. j. H. Brown is visiting friends in
Boston.
Ed. Stafford is hurried with work in
his new quarters.
The Ex-Thespians are preparing new
play. under Capt fuckers management.
Fred Guild, son of p. Guild, is hard
sick with fever-M. L. Clement is about
the same.
L. d. Wilson has been making quite
extensive repairs on his tenement that he
rents.
Mrs Dolly d. Bartlett, who has been
sick for nearly TWO years, is on the
decline.
Clarence Colley has rented rooms in E.
d. Stafford's house, and will soon set up
housekeeping.
f. d. Stafford and c. Fl. Colley recent
Iy shot nine cartridges in one afternoon,
without any dog.
Jennie Bell, one of our worthy young
ladies, was married to Henry Burns OF
West Burke last week.
Rev. NJ. A. Gates, having left the Con-
gregational parish here and at Brown
ington, has moved to st. Johnsbury.
David Hall with his new partner has
moved in to Mrs. Miller's house, near
Judge Austins. May joy go with you,
David.
The Chautauqua Circle organized here
last week will meet with Miss Inez
French Tuesday evening. Any interest
ed in this movement for literary improve
ment and culture will be gladly received.
L. n. Chandler arrived home Nov. I'd
from Dakota. He brings more favor
able report than some we hear. Towns
that he visited three years ago have
doubled their population Wheat is
selling ut high figures.
For some time past there has been
fox in this vicinity which has been great
destroyer of turkeys and other poultry.
He has received the name of Old st. John,
and the hunters in this vicinity have
known him by his track-the loss of one
foot Recently the Barton boys ran him
with hounds and shot at him several
times. woundIng him slightly in one leg.
The same night the poor old fellow fell
into a trap set by Clarence Colley, and he
has gone where he can do no more turkey
stealing.
ALBANY.
James Dow and Edwin Annis are home
from their cattle drive.
The L. T. LIS. of Albany will give an
entertainment at the NJ. E. church next
Wednesday eve. All friends of temper
ance cordially invited.
c. o. Shepard has moved to Mrs.
Rowell'S house.-S. G. Kimbau has
bought the lot of I. L. Sanders where
his store was burned, and will move his
store building on TO it at once.
Bro wilmington.
Will Richardson has rented his farm
to VIM. Locke.
Joseph Brooks and wife have hired out
to A. Wells for one year.
A. NJ. Litchfild has bought F. w. Por-
ter's house at the village for $500.
Miss Minnie Smith is learning the
dressmaking trade of Miss Sylvia Glenn
ent.
Arthur Miller has gone to Boston,
Frank Magoon is running the engine at
Gallup's mill.
c. c. Clark's people who have been
seriously i'll with typhoid fever are re-
covering Mrs. Evans is slightly i'm
proving.
in the cemetery at the Center.-Mrs. S.
Mcdaniel has lately set a monument on
her lot at Newport Center.
Dutton & Bartlett have hired Homer
Seavey to saw out their shingle stock.
Albert Belleville has the job to cut
their logs the coming winter.
Mrs Fanny Smith has returned from
her long journey having enjoyed it
much.-NLiss Annie Reed is home on a
vacation; she is studying for a pro-
fessioual nurse.
S. s. Tinkham, one of our best citi
Zens aud best farmers, gets a record
this year of 265 pounds of butter from
each of his fifteen cows-some of them
heifers. Mr.. Tinkham has his farm in
the best productive condition. He makes
a rule never to take but one crop from
any one plowed piece before stocking,
and saves and so handles his manure as
to increase his grass crop annually.
! Evansville
Lucius Drown was in Massachusetts
! last week visiting his brother-in-law.
| Harvey Foster is putting up a large
building adjoining his shingle mill tc
/ SIOIS III.
Alva Crouch has moved into Nathan
Newman's house, and Peter Boardway
into Frank Hunts house on the Will
loughby road.
F. H. Alexander who has been EN-
ployed at the White Mountains the past
summer, came home on a short visit last
Friday. He starts this week for Pasa
dena, Cal, to spend the winter.
Coventry.
BERTHE and Mamie Baker are having {
light run of scarlet fever.-Wallace Alle1
is better.
Samuel Newton has moved on to the
farm he recently purchased of Fred Lee
Frank True has taken possession of the
Barnes farm.-Ed. Twombly has moved
in to Mrs. Fishers house
East Charleston.
Will Chapel has returned from New
York.
Wilson Buck is running a hay pres
this fall.
H. H. Lamson was cutting oats No