Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-18


, of the machinery moved in.
Jim Hitchcock's blacksmith shop oil
Coventry street has been repaired ano
, raised up and IA basement put under it.
c.. M Scott, an employee on the Canadi
an Pacific railroad, has moved into the
tenement formerly occupied by DR.. Gaines
O. r. Gilbert who has been here in poor
health for number of weeks is some
what better and has retureed to Boston
Newport Center.
Homer w. Corse, former resident oil
this place but now of Boston, Mass, was
married to lady in that city the 18th inst.
farm and Aleck Allen to Griffin's farm.
Will Coburn has moved to North Troy.
west1nOre-
Fred Smiths two children are sick with
diphtheria, and one has died.
Henry Buskey has purchased the H. E.
Berwick farm and moved on to it,
Lewis Rash is repairing his house, and
H II. Gilman IS reshingling his shed.
The Mill Brook school-house has been
repainted, and Miss Eva Hendricks COM
menced her second term OF school.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. j OhnSburv.
The annual meeting of the Northeast
ern Vermont Horse Breeders Association
took place at the St. Johnsbury House on
Tuesday of last week, about 25 members
being present. New territory was the
principal subject discussed, and resulted
in admitting to the association Stanstead
county, P. O., Coos and Grafton counties,
N. H., and Windsor county, VT. The
officers elected are w. S. Bailey, Hard
wick, president; Henry Chase, Lyndon,
vice-president; G. S. Hastings, st. Johns
bury, secretary; J. I. Parker, Coventry,
corresponding secretary; o. H. Mossman,
Barton, treasurer; w. l. Robinson, Bar
ton, and G.. T. Walter, ST. Johnsbury,
auditors. The executive committee is
composed of fifteen men, five of whom go
| out each year. The five whose terms eX-
pired this year were reelected. The ex-
ecutive committee were authorized to add
to their number such names as they may
think best. The committee will hold
their next meeting at Newport the second
| Wednesday in April, and will at that time
determine the location of the next fair.
West Burke.
B. T. Gaskill is in poor health.
Mrs. Wesley Farr is sick with pneu-
monia at j. NJ. Smiths.
Mrs. Dodge who lives on the old DIR.
Carpenter farm is quite low.
The M. E. vestry has been thoroughly
repaired and will be seated with chairs.
James Gaskill and wife are home from
| Wooster, Mass, where they have been
stopping the lsat year.
Miss Alice Cheney is stopping with her
sister Mrs. Gordon who is sick.-Mrs.
Pliny Cowles is stopping with her parents
Rev. and Mrs. j. Morse a few days when
she will go to Richford where Mr.. G.
has been appointed Inspector of customs.
East E1ardwicIx.
d. r. Hunt is building new house.
G. L. johnson has put in new water
wheel In his grain mill.
Rev. Henry Fairbanks preached at the
Cong. church on the 10th inst. in the alb
sence of DIR. Hurlbert.
The board of agriculture advertise
meeting here to be held Tuesday and
Wednesday the 3rd and 4th of Dec.
Geo. Rowe has moved into the tene-
ment in post-office block, recently vacat-
ed by D. w. Jenness.-David Noble, Jr.,
has rented A. Whitcher's upstairs tene-
ment, and sold his farm to w. Stewart.
DIR. Martin has taken rooms in Mrs.
| Davis house.
WheeIOcix.
Jacob Libby has rented the Harvey
| Spaulding farm.
Mr.. Spaulding and wife are in town on
a visit, from Mass.
sheffield.
Miss. Grace Socum has gone west.
d. Burnham has moved into the Hall
house.
Aaron Hanscom is failing.-Mrs. Fol-
som is better.
George Newell and L. B. Bradley have
rented the Aaron Hanscomb farm.
Charles Bickford has sold the spruce
lumber on his lot to Chandler & French.
Henry Dexter has gone to Boston, and
if he finds a good job, intends to remain.
sutton.
Perhaps it may be in order to state
that DR.. Colby's ~ 40 fit. house is de-
signed for a henery.
Eta Whipple is home from Derby for
vacation.-Mrs. L. B. Wilson has return
ed from four weeks visit to Ludlow,
Mass.
Last Wednesday was moving day
here. Will Campbell moved to his farm
Steven Berry moved to the farm purchas-
ed of Whipple, Charley Peck moved into
the house vacated by Berry. Friday,
Harley Whipple moved his goods to St.
Johnsbury. He is at work in the freight
depot, and is going to house keeping in
A. p. Taft's house.
Island Pond.
We have made frequent mention lately
of new block here, and will try next
week to give full description of it, and
the industries and occupants of the
block.
East Burke parties who had been at
Danville, P. @, making purchases reach
ed here Friday morning with 1000 live
turkeys, which they drove TO East Burke
to prepare for market.
At last our town has photograph gal
lery controlled by good artist, who Will
make us frequent visits, Mr.. J. w. Swan.
Hobbs is a first class operator but was
never here when wanted.
A fine portrait of Capt. Erastus Buck
for whom our local G. A. r. Post is NAM
ed, has just been presented to that organ
iZation by Mrs. Buck and her son. The
members of tbs Post are much pleased