Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-12-09
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Heating has taught in this district an
( has given excellent satisfaction. Sh
4 goes to Coventry to teach this winter.
viii F. Andrus, former composite
/ in this office, and son of III. S. Andrus o
Craftsbury, has started new paper il
Littleton. N H., called the Courier. I
is a neatly gotten up and readable jour
nal. May success attend the enterprise.
H. F. Pillsbury and family started thi.
morning for Florida. They go via Bos
ton and expect to reach Jacksonville OIL
Saturday. 1t is reported that Mrs. John
son, Miss Julia johnson and Mrs. Wal
worth of Coventry will leave for Florids
this month.
Homer E. Smith, for some time past
a clerk in the National bank, has obtained
a position as book keeper In the First
National Bank of st. Johnsbury, at 4
good salary. We are glad to note his
success. From a gentlemanly and steady
boy he makes Il reliable young man, very
efficient in his sphere of work. May
JEFF Davis, the old arbitrator and
rebel, is dead. To him more than to any
single man, probably, may be ascribed
the rebellion, and the prolongation of
the war, after the possibility of rebel
success had long gone by, and the
inhuman treatment and death of thous-
ands of Union prisoners. Let those
mourn for him who feel like it.
t. C. Batchelder of Greensboro was
recently canvassing for new invention
in the line of a self-wringing mop. 1t is
said to be great Improvement on any
thing of the kind heretofore sold. 1t is
thoroughly made and easily wrings the
dry. The women will hail this
saving machine. Mr.. Batchelder has the
agency of the whole county and will soon
appear with the mop.
We are always more or less interested
in hogs, and we doubt not many of our
readers have like regard; but it may be
are not specially entertained by our hog
statistics. Hence we suggest that unless
thing as great labor-saving and patience
there is something about the character or
the weight of the hog that reflects special
credit on the owner, or something about
the owner that does honor to the hog, it
may be well to let porcine obituaries go
over till next fall.
At the annual meeting of Quimby Post
G. A. R., held on Wednesday evening,
the following officers were elected: Com
S. III. Preston; S. V. c., j. G.
Page; J. V. c., j. G. Gray; quartermas-
Blake; surgeon, II. Hopkins; officer of
the day, G.. D. Bickford; sentinel, E. n.
officer of the guard, o. Dwyer;
color bearer, o. V. Joslyn: drum major,
G. w. Abbott; delegate to state encamp-
ment, E. A. Holtham alternate, A.
Trip.
Barton Landing.
Carly Graves is quite sick with a lung
Heber Parker's pig weighed 337 pounds,
Beede Locke's 3O615.
F. II. Foster Of Westmore has moved
into the David ellis block.
N. L. Simpson has moved on to his
fathers farm near the brick yard.
Milo Eddy has been spending his va
cation at home, but returns to Montpelier
tn school this week
Donation and oyster supper at NJ. E.
Tuesday evening, Dec. 10th, for
benefit of pastor, W. n. Roberts
Homer Seavey has gone to Holland to
work for Dryer Gallup.
H. M. Nichols who has been working
for DR.. Gould the past summer is home
for the winter.
Fred Going has rented Daniel Pierce's
farm and is moving there. VIM. Pierce
has moved to Barton.
Mrs. Oren Austin who has been very
sick is improving Hattie Dutton
is sick with rheumatic fever.
A big lot of Christmas goods at j. w.
Brown & Sons.
Harvey Foster has sent off several car
loads of bobbins recently.
The school committee has bought a
chart for the school costing SIS.
Geo. Bickford's hog dressed All lbs,
H. Allards 800, Hugh Alexander's 800,
Lucius browns BIG.
Deacon Marshall has moved back on to
his farm.-Elmer Robinson has moved
into the J. HI. Evans house.
Harvey Foster has built veranda to
his house.-E. Foster has built con-
siderable addition to his barn in sheds
Rev. Mr.. Banks is away at present.
Report says that G.. A Bill is better
and hopes to come home soon.
d. L. Mcclure and wife have moved to
Lowell, Mass. Dennis is engaged in a
grocery store. Sorry to have them leave
us.
Mrs. Geo. Tenney, for some weeks sick,
is improving. Elmer Andrus is able to
ride out.-Mrs. P. Mccartney, who had IA
stroke of apoplexy some months ago, is
failing.
Ed. Young has sold his village residence
and harness-shop to Levi Bashaw for
$3.50, and has bought the Jenness place of
Mr.. Wright, paying $3.50. Bashaw con-
tinues the harness business.
Clara P. Vance, preceptress of Mont
pelier Seminary, and Mrs. Olive (Vance)
Barnes of Oxford, N. H., spent thanks
giving with their parents here. Josie
Vance will attend the seminary, taking
lessons in painting and music. George
Mcdonald has returned to the seminary.
West Charleston.
There is girl baby at Frank Wheeler's.
Mary McDermaid returns to Lyndon to
school the 9th.
j. L. Hamblet killed a hog Is months
old that dressed 525 lbs.
Emma Parlin teaches the school at