Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-08-05


as a switchman, was standing on the foot
board on the front of an engine, aud after
pulling the coupling pin between that and
car for the purpose of making a Flying
switch, attempted to jump from the foot
board to the ladder of the car, when he
miscalculafed the widening distance and
with piercing scream fell under the
moving train. His body was found to be
horribly mangled. The right side of the
face was terribly disfgured, the hands
mutilated, one leg nearly severed, and the
left side crushed to a jelly. Undertaken
Green took charge of the remains; which
were sent to his late home at New Hamp-
| ton, n. H., on the air line express. Dow
was about 26 years of age and leaves
wife. He had been employed in the yard
here only since Monday.
MEETING OF THE COUNTY BoARD.-The
| County Board of Education met at New
! port Aug. l. In the absence of S. r.
Fletcher, president of the Board, DIR. w.
F.. Gilman was chosen president pro tenn.
Mr.. Stone. supervisor, and members from
ten towns were present. The committee
appointed at the last meeting to investi-
gate the right of the present board to act
| as a textbook committee reported in ia
vor of the their acting as such On mo-
ton of Mr.. Prouty, a subcommittee of
three were appointed by the president on
the subjects of Arithmetic and Reading,
and two on each of the other branches.
The committee on arithmetic are the
members from Barton, Bloomington and
Glover; reading, Irasburgh, Holland and
Charleston; geography, Albany and Low
ell; grammar, Newport and Derby; spell
ing, Westfield and Troy; history, Crafts
bury and Greensboro writing, Morgan
and jay; drawing, Westmore and Cow
entry; all the members to examine books
on all the subjects. 1t was suggested that
members of the board be able to give, at
the next meeting, the names of the text
books now in in their respective
towns. The attention of all is called to
sections 159 to 1872 of the school laws.
The following resolution, offered by Mr..
Stone, was adopted:
RESOLVED, That this Board requests the
cooperation of teachers and officers of
the law in the enforcement of the provis-
ions of the law relating to compulsory
attendance upon the public schools.
Adjourned to meet at Barton the first
Tuesday in November, at 10 o'clock a. m.
NewpOrt Center.
Mrs. Nye t. Sleeper and children of
Boston, Mass, are here visiting at Mr..
Geo. Sleeper's.
Mrs. Martin Courtney is very i'll at
present writing, being in very critical
condition and her recovery very doubt
ful.-Mrs. N. S. Rogers is on the sick
list.
d. L. Hildreth has his new store near
ly ready to occupy, and has laid a new
sidewalk on the west side and erected
new hitching posts. He has a large and
convenient store now.
The Canadian Pacific r. r. Co. have
changed their sections to six miles in
length, thus doing away with every |
third section and discharging the fore |
man and his men here.
Mrs. Ruth NJ. Lawson has been grant
ed pension of 1925. 40 on account of
her late husband, Frederick Lawson,
who died some over two years ago. He |
served in the late war in Co. I, Sd Regt. |
Vt. Vols.
TROY.
Will some of our friends at So. Troy |
inform US whether debt against w. II. |
Durham and w. G. Morse can be collect
ed by process of law; these men have /
done the small and mean thing to leave /
their MONITORS in the post-office uncalled /
for with arrears due on them. EDITOR.
North Troy.
DeForrest Wilson of st. Adams has
been on visit to his uncle, Hon. H. c.
Wilson.
Mitchell Prevey, who has been reported |
so dangerously i'll of pneumonia, is about
the streets.
Rev. Mr.. LcLean of Burlington preach
ed very acceptably to the Cong. people
last Sabbath, and is to give them a dis
course next Sunday a. m.
The case of V. o. Eastman, V. H. B.
Parker and j. r. B. Hunt is now resum-
ed; that is, evidence is again being taken
before Special Master, Hon. L. H. Thomp
son. The same counsel are engaged.
Will Impey has left his mercantile bust
ness at Richford in charge of his brother
in-law, Fred Young, and has gone on to
the road as a commercial traveller, his
route being through the northern part of
York state.
eStsnOH-e.
Camps and campers are numerous. j
w. Murkland and family are in camp at
Cottage Grove.
d.. Orne has reshingled his house,
and re arranged his barns to increase
their capacity.
f. o. White and wife of Aurora, ILL.,,
have been visiting at c. Gibson's.-Willis
Guild and wife are visiting in town.
The hotels are we'll filled. Mr.. Gilman
says the Willoughby House has done a
larger business than ever this season. 1t
is getting to be quite popular boarding
place.
j. w. Hyde is building a wagon house;
Cheney & Cole have their new mill ready
to run, and with the new engine and ma
chinery and a larger force of help they
expect to cut out their stock of timber
before winter.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. y OhnSburV.
S. c. Shurtlef, Esq, of Montpelier,
was in town last week, and obtained a
bond of deed of such land as the st.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain railroad
will require should it conclude to fill the
Pumpkin Hill trestle, which it is now
intending to do
The health Of Rev. E. w. Culver, for
merly Of this place, is such that he has
been compelled, by the advice of physi-
clans, to resign his charge as presiding
elder of st. Adams district. Elder Cul-
yer was upon the fourth year of his
term of service in this capacity when he
was constrained to hand in his resigna-
ton. In the course of three months, he
70 caaLy abiding in soma nor