Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-06-17

; Craftsbury Academy, recently took the
first prize in Latin in the freshman con
test at the State University, Burlington.
Pardon Allen, who was here last week
will repair the house occupied by his
mother, Mrs. Norris, and put up barr
near where the old one now stands
Peter Randall will do the work
The town voted 80 to IA OIL Monday
last to to raise per cent on the grand
list of the town to defray expenses in the
centennial celebration which it is propos-
ed to hold, July 4. There was much en-
thusiasm in the meeting. A large bill of
fireworks is ordered for the occasion.
The death of Mrs. Clarissa (Hammond)
Badger was sudden and sad She had
been in her ordinary health until three
days previous to her death She died
with that most insidious ailment Brights
disease. Mr.. Badgers people had recent
ly moved to the C. Thompson place near
E. Craftsbury and were improving the
buildings and fitting up their home Mrs.
Chaffee, sister from Lowell, Mass, ar
rived in time to attend the funeral.
c. c.. Stratton has raised up his barn
and put a cattle stable and basement I'M
der it.--Wm. B. Hoyt is repairing his
house,. A. Tillotson is preparing to
build a new house, t. 0. Andrews doing
the work.-Mrs. Norris is making extern
sive repairs on her buildings. Wood
bury will rebuild his barn.-Henry Dut-
ton is building an addition to his barn,
with new basement to the same.-Henry
Stevens is building a new front yard
fence. The new building and improve
ment all about are pretty good signs of
prosperity.
Derby.
Mrs. W. Rogers, Mrs. A. Robbins and
Mrs. Sias are very sick.
Charles Hyland has purchased Mrs.
Noyes' building lot and intends to build
soon.
The shower the 9th INST. did great dam
age to the roads, culverts, &C. We are
glad to see some of those culverts repair
ed.
Mrs. Joseph Bates is shingling her
house.-C. A. Doody has let the job to
build his barn to Mr.. Abbott of Canada.
-Flavia Plaisance is building an addition
to his barn.
West Derby.
Mrs. VIM. Boyington has gone to Bos-
ton on a visit.
Mr.. c. Whitcomb has moved from F.
Blake's tenement to G.. Pratt's.
The schools finished the 10Th inst, with
a picnic in the afternoon, down in Mr.. N.
F. Balls grove.
P. S. Robinson has sold his old house
to Moody Kimball, and has the frame up
for his new dwelling.
Frank M. Fairchild died at his home
Friday the 18th inst after long illness.
1t seems very sad; he was promising
young man, lately married and leaves, be-
sides Il wife, widowed mother and two
sisters.
Derby line.
The rains of the past few days reached
their climax on Sunday, p. IN. The
streams rose to a tremendous height, and
bridges were swept away like dust by the
force of the water. On the Tice River,
all the bridges, numbering about half a
dozen, were swept away early Monday
morning. The old ''Riverside House, on
the same stream Gin Holland) was also
literally swept away. The Henry Morrill,
bridge across the Tomifobia River, on the
road from Demick's Mills to Holland, was
completely carried away, and the bridge
| from the Beebe Plain main road to A. B.
| Sweeneys farm, just above the first rail-
way bridge, property of Mr.. Sweeney
suffered like fate. great washout at
the new bridge near Wright Pomroy's
prevented the Coaticook stage from going
over the usual road Monday morning. On
arriving at the bridge the driver was
obliged to turn around, come back and
take the roads over the hills. Five double
teams and fifteen men were kept busy all
day repairing the break. Other washouts
along this and other streams are report
ed, and the meadows were all flooded on
Monday. Journal.
Glover.
Remember the w. c. T. U. meeting at
West Glover, Tuesday afternoon.
The spring meeting of the Orleans Co.
Educational Association will be held here
on Tuesday, June %. Program: Fore
noon, oclock-Devotional exercises
address of welcome, w. F. Clark; ''What
the Teacher may expect of the Supervis
orr M. S. Stone; ''What the Supervisor
may expect of the Teacher" Thomas
Martin, Geo. S. Chase. Afternoon, 1.30
o'clock-Social hour. o'clock-"What
the Supervisor may expect of the Citi-
zen,'' o. II. Austin, Geo. H. Blake; arith-
metic. Jennie M. Locke; How may At
tendance be Improved?" association
question box; business. Super intendent
Palmer is expected to be present.
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Greensboro
L. F. Babbitt has one of the very best
young horses in the county.
T. c. Brown is out again from his long
| sickness from rheumatism.
John Simpson is laid up in consequence
of being thrown from wagon.
Dea. A K. Drury and wife have gone
to Northampton, Mass. visiting their son.
Mr.. Salisbury of West Randolph is
building house near the Wheeler camp
ground.
There is a prospect that the village will
have pump put in the grist mill with
hose to protect it from fire.
Wesley Tiffany is building new house
the work being done by A. Perrin and
sons. This insures first-class job.
p. S. Campbell has friends visiting him
from Hartford COME. S. Wilcox has
friends visiting him from Cambridge.
Holland.
John Papeneaur has had a shock of
paralysis.-Mrs. Henry Pinney is sick.
A. j. Hacks of Dakota is here visiting