Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-22
seems particularly unfortunate whenever

seems particularly unfortunate whenever
! he gets back here.
A party from here, including Chas. Put
ney, principal of the Academy, was over
to Newport to assist Supervisor Stone in
the examination last week.
The matter concerning the shooting of
Lucius Hadlock at the Cline House, some
few weeks since, is meriting the lust
criticism of a law abiding public. Not
understanding the VIGOROUSLY hard char
acter of the victim, there should be
Judicial investigation.
WeStEnO1.e.
J. w. Hyde has built a wagon house.
Mabel Averill is home from New York
Our early farmers are through haying
and report light crop.
Chas. Boswell has put up some very
nice guide boards for our town.
The new engine for the bobbin factory
has been safely landed at the mill.
George Katen and wife of Barton have
OeeH SpcuuluS week Ut The w lilOughDy
House.
j. F. Ruggles' little steamboat broke
its anchorage and drifted on the rocks at
the head of the lake, doing it considera-
Bile damage.
Lyndon Robinson of Barton, one of the
oldest men in that town, has been spend
ing some days here. Mr.. Robinson was
very successful business man in his day
and he has many friends in this locality.
Lake View Cottage has been quite live
ly of late. DR.. c. L. French and family
from Clinton, Mass, Herman French and
wife of st. Johnsbury, Dean French
Barton Landing, L. Wiley and family,
George McGaffey and Chas. Leonard and
wife of Glover have been here.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. u OhnSDury.
Rev. E. T. Sandford was married to
Miss Annie Calderwood on Tuesday.
John Billado drank quantity of muri-
attic acid for ice water recently and came
near losing his life.
village census has been taken which
shows the population, outside of Summer
vile, to be 4170. Summerville numbers
a little over 1000. There are thousand
foreigners in the list, mostly French Ca
nadians.
There were two fires here last week
which threatened destructive conse-
quences. One at M. j. Caldbec's dry
house, the other in a shed in the rear of
Randall's block. The dry-house was
saved by the hose companies the other
fire was put out with water from water
pals.
The county board of education held a
meeting here recently and made arrange
ments for an examination and selection
of textbooks for the next four years.
Committees were selected and the differ
ent branches of study will be considered
by different men. Supervisor Taylor held
his first teachers examination last week.
The next examination will be held at
Lyndonville, commencing Tuesday, July
23d at 10 o'clock.
L yndOnvi1le.
L. B. Harris has recently imported thir-
teen Shropshire sheep from England. Mr..
Harris has been very successful in raising
this useful breed of sheep, and has faith
in wool and mutton yet. His hay crop is
good and he expects to harvest 500 tons
of hay.
East Burke.
The sick ones are all better.
William E. Fairbanks has gone to the
White Mountains for short stay.
Frank E. Phippen of Hartford, Conn,
is spending his vacation at his old home
here.
Miss Dewey, a niece of Mrs. H. P.
Cushing, is spending a few weeks with
her aunt.
Charles Lowell has moved to Groyeton,
and family by the name of Hodges has
moved on to his farm.
West Burke.
Quarterly meeting at M. E. church
Aug. 18th.
Landlord Brown has IA boarders. Ev-
cry room full.
Mrs. Baker has gone to Boothbay, Me-,
to visit her son, 0. w. Baker.
A. B. Stoddard will erect a residence
soon on lot near the hotel, purchased
of d. Trull.
Mrs. E. A. Johnson has sold her place
to S. C. Otis for 5000; possession Sept.
1st. She goes to Mass.
j. M. Smith has purchased of Mary p.
Newells estate a lot of land south of his
residence reaching to the depot road.
F. w. Norris has returned from Kan
sas, and goes to Boston in the interest of
some parties there. His family will soon
go to Boston to reside.
wheeIOck.
Mr.. Lucius Day of Jay has been visit
ing friends in this vicinity.
Charles Garland of Sheffield has bought
the Amos Hoyt place in this village.
Mrs. Cree, who had shock last week,
is no better.-Mrs. Craig, who has been
sick some time, is gaining slowly.
Mr.. Jenness and wife from N. Y. have
rented rooms of C. Fletcher and win en-
joy drinking mineral water for while.
VIM. Ranney has gone to st. Johnsbury
to work awhile.-Mrs. Geo. Bean is going
to Sugar Hill to work for Rev. ID. E.
Land.
Mrs. Davis and two children from
Minneapolis are at B. F. Taylors on a
visit.-Milo Burbank has a niece from
Greeley, Colorado, visiting him.
Sutton.
Hattie and Oracle Berry are here on a
visit.
The Home Circle intends to visit Will
loughby Aug. 10.
Eta Whipple attended the educational
convention at Bethlehem, n. III.