Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-09-16

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! Der mill west of the Center.
School in Dist. No. one is suspended on
account of the illness of the teacher.
Israel Wheeler is here from Ohio. He
has sold his household goods, intending
to 60 back to Ohio.
/ Minnie Paine has gone to Alabama to
teach private school.-Frank Judd and
wife have gone to Bradford N. H. where
he has work.
Lowell.
Hattie Chamberlin is at home from Rye
Beach.
Butter was bought here last Friday
for Is cents per pound
Harding & Thayer are putting in a
foundation for furnace, to get rid of the
waste.
Mrs Burbank is visiting her sick sister,
Mrs. John Young.-Mrs. DR.. Hill is Wis
ting her parents in Glover.
The campfire at F. w. SINNERS was
success, aud the next will be at John
Martins in Westfeld, Sept. 25.
d. t. Lothrop has the body of his new
house up and has moved in. 1t is two
stories high, and will be very convenient
in every respect. Mr.. Shufelt is doing
the work.
September 10, as several teams were
going over Montgomery mountain with
shingles, Ed. Stenhour, who was driving
one of the teams, fell from the load and
was run over and instantly killed.
Morgan Center.
A. G. Sawyer is gaining.
Burnie Gray and Frank Davenport at
tend school at Derby.
Mrs. A. j. Calkins is having her house
repaired, and painted.
J. II. Gilmore and family are at Lewis
ton, Maine, visiting relatives.
Russell Melcher of Newark is stopping
with A. G. Sawyer for few days.
School has commenced in district No
Z, with Miss Mertie Moore, teacher.
The crank shaft to Gray Gilmore's
engine broke recently. causing delay of
several weeks.
VIM. Gilman has let his blacksmith
shop and part of his house to D. Judd of
Island Pond.
An eleven months old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. Darius Elliott died the 9th inst, af-
ter a brief illness
Jonathan Bryant has traded his farm
| with Hollis Wheeler for dwelling house
| at the beach, formerly owned by L. C.
Towle. Mr.. Bryant will soon take pos
| session.
| NEWPORT Center.
George Page and Ora Smith are mar
ried.
J. B. Gilbert and Won Larrabee have
gone on vacation.
Edison Connal is home from the West,
after an absence of several years.
The Baptist society have hired Rev.
Mr.. Vance for short time to preach;
he is boarding at f. w. Rileys.
Kittie Drown and Sadie Ionic held a
reception at the home of the former, last
Friday; the ages ranged from to years.
| ~ OrGh Troy.
| The Trotting Park Association has
| planned for fine exhibition on Sept 20
and 90 The business men of North
| Troy have offered special premiums for
various classes of horses, and the associ-
alton has offered generous purses for the
races Altogether about $500 will be
distributed and the indications point to
| large attendance. One prominent feature
will be an exhibition of stations with
their get, giving those present good
chance to judge of the comparative value
| of the stock horses in this region.
| WeStmOre.
| Mrs. Terviah Brown, mother of John
Brown of this town, died at the residence
| of her son, AFRO Brown at West Water
| ford, Aug. &c. Mrs. Brown was born
July 16, 1894. She was the daughter of
Dea Perley Church and came to Water
| ford at four years of age. She married
John Brown in 1914, and was the mother
of six children. Mrs. Brown accepted
| Christ at an early age and retained an in
terest in all things of a religious charac-
| L.
fathers family, and retained her vigor OF
mind and body better than most of her
years She was i'll only few days and
died in her chair. One daughter and
three sons survive her.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The Caledonia county fair, like most
of the others of the past five years, drew
large crowd of people and was a good
| show. For reasons, the exhibition of
good cattle, oxen and thoroughbreds was
much less this year than Of late; but the
show of horses exceeded that of any past
year. In this department the fair was a
great success The big oxen were on the
ground and were the delight and sur
prise of all who never saw them. The
balloon ascension on Wednesday was wit
messed by $4,000 people probably, and
was good send off for Prof. Allen, who
was 65 years old on the day of the ascen-
sion The balloon took a south-westerly
direction and landed first in Marshfield,
but lifted again and passed over the
Green Mountains, nobody knows where
There was considerable trotting on We'd
nesday and Thursday. The following is
a record of the Wednesday trOtting:
Green Race-$45.
A. A. Paine, br m. Minnie Lambert l l
j. c. Gray, s. m. Little Daisy,
| A. j. Bonett br. G. Joe b. D
| Time, ESQ, 2.54, 249.
County Race-$65.
A. A. Paine, b. m. Baby Nj. 1
Henry Chase, b. IN. Jennie C.
W. S. Bailey, b. $. Lambert B.
Time, Al, 2.40a, 2.45, 246
st. .JOhnSbUIy.
The eleventh annual reunion of Co. D.
1st. Vt. Cavalry was held at the Far
ground Wednesday noon. There were ~
members present and six from other COM
panies. Many family friends were pres
, ent including Miss Willamette Preston
daughter of Col. Preston who commanded
the regiment. A letter of regret was reaC
from Gen. William Wells of Burlington
TbaOa offioarc xUara a1ected Pres. George