Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25


Court to morrow.
Diphtheria seems to have disappeared
entirely.
Mrs. Searles is lying at the point oil
death at this writing.
Mrs. Albert j. Gardner, living neal
Owls Head in Potten recently committed
suicide. No cause assigned.
Hon. r. C. Horn, one of the most pop
ular orators in America, will lecture in
Newport to night on 'Shams."
Quarterly meeting at the NJ. E. church
neXt Sunday, with love feast at 10;
services at 1915 a. m. Presiding Elder
Donaldson present.
John Frizzett has moved bach from
North Troy.-S. III. Flint moves into the
J. r. Hall tenement over the hardware
w. Keith and family are home
from their visit to Franklin county.
NewpOrt Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson Miller recently
enjoyed a 10th anniversary visit.
Mrs. E. P. Adams has gone to Concord
to visit her father who is very sick.
James Crawford has bought a farm in
Charleston and will take possession
the first OF April.
One man knows how much the authori-
mulct a man for abusing animals, and
that there is a law against Sab
bath breaking-lessons that may be use
full.
On the morning of the 18th inst, fire
was discovered in the dwelling house
owned by Mrs. Laura Stiles and occupied
by William Williams and wife. 1t caught
in the chamber about the chimney, and
had made such Roadway that it could not
be stopped. By hard labor a part of the
ell and the other buildings were saved
Williams goods were saved, but Mrs.
furniture, etc., stored in the cham
Der, was destroyed. While this fire was in
progress, the buildings of Mrs. Crawford
were discovered in a blaze and burned
down. Insurance on the Stiles buildings
5000; on the Crawford buildings 800.
The insurance men have been here adjust
ing losses.
Troy.
John Sullivan has moved to a farm in
West Newport.-Rodney Austin has
taken the Currier farm in the village.
The whole amount of freight forwarded
this station during the year 1888,
was 1860 tons, or 1856 full carloads.
This is an increase of 1000 tons or 100
carloads I'VE the shipments of the pre-
year, and averages over 3 1-2
carloads for every working day of the
year. The quantity of freight received
during the same time aggregated 338
carloads.
Troy.
There it some excitement here in regard
to p~ost-office matters.
Al the Masonic supper the gathering
was large and the receipts $1,000.
Mrs. John Martin, who fell and broke
her wrist some time ago, is recovering.
John Hoyt got both of his horses into
the water while getting ice from the riv
er.
Dan Bean was recently fined for driv-
ing a loaded team into a team driven by
C. p. Stevens.
A new planer is being put in the Aiken
mill.-The box shop is running again,
and the clapboard mill is run nights.
The silver wedding of Henry Baraw
was celebrated on the evening of Feb. ID,
about $50 worth of presents being left.
WeStGeld.
Hoyt & Wakefield are soon to put in a
furnace for burning sawdust and to aid in
the heating capacity of their boiler. which
their increasing business makes neces-
sary.
A very pleasant and enjoyable enter
tainment was the celebration of the goth
marriage anniversary of n. Root and
wife Cd the 22d. A large number were
present bringing with them many valua-
BILE and useful presents showing thereby
that Mr.. and Mrs. Root are held in high
esteem by their townSmen.
A letter from a brother of your cor.
respondent, dated Feb. I'd, who is IL
Missouri says: There is no frost in the
ground, roads drying up, and farmers
beginning to plow; weather delightful
but the inhabitants live in log cabins
Their barns, if any, are poor, and many
live by fishing and hunting. They are f.;
lazy and shiftleSs Set"
We%tRaOre.
A girl baby at Will Hayward's.
S. NJ. Cole has gone to Lowell and Bos
ton on business for his firm.
A. NJ. Litchfeld is here for a few days
doing a lumber job.
Horace Gilman has bargained for TIL
Foy livery stable at West Burke, and will
move there 500
F. H. Foster wants to let his farm. |
has capacity for keeping from fifteen t.
twenty COWS, a team and other stock.
The school, taught by Emma Wilson
closed Efludy. MISS "IoOh mas h"N
large experience, and has taught a goo
school.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. .JOhnSbury.
L. D. Hazen will rebuild his mill i
Victory.
There was a golden wedding celebra
ton at Dea. Geo. Ranney's on the lat
inst.
DIR. Lamson and wife have started o
a trip which includes the important place
in Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land.
There are said to be Il set of swindlel
abroad who are pretending to do enlara
ed photograph work. They call aroun
and pick up photos to be enlarged, collet
rs cents or more ''to pay express charges
and depart taking the photos and tn
money and return nothing.
Mrs. Bella circuit, who liv es with he
son in this place, Q. w. Orcutt, and
now So years old, has knit so pairs
stockings the past year besides helpin
considerably in the homework. He
health is excellent, she is an intelligel