Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-09-09

Henry CalklnS.-W. Il. Lltchfield is much
improved in health now, and thinks of go
ing back to New York before long.
Newport Center.
D. L. Hildreth has gone to Philadelphia
on a business trip.
The creamery will close about the mid
die of this month. Their make is not as
large as last year
Mrs B. l.. Brown returned from Mon
tana last Friday morning, where she had
been to visit sister.
South Troy.
The MONITOR dead beat, w. G.. Morse,
turns out to have run away. The COM
munity are not in tears over his absence.
His wife is seeking to get a divorce from
him, and ought to have it.
weStInOre.
Miss Edith Orne of Boston is visiting
her sister, Mrs. r. Elliott.
H. H. Gilman, wife, and Miss w. C.
Daniels are visiting at Cabot
Miss Delta Powers is teaching in dis
trict No. 5; Miss Cook begins in No. 4
this week.
Supervisor Stone visited some of our
schools last week and gave us an interest
ing talk Friday evening.
WeStHeId.
Miss Cynthia Wedge has moved back
to her house on West Hill.
Mr.. Crofts of Lowell has bought of G.
P Stevens Co. lot No. 20 and will lum-
Der from it this season.
A. Snodgrass will soon go to England;
he will go from Montreal, and will be
gone about three months.
Willis Wakefield recently took some
ammonia, mistaking it for medicine, and
it came near causing his death.
James K. Hovey has traded his farm
with H. B. Pettingill for the one that
Hovey formerly owned in Craftsbury.
M. A. Ross, one of the veteran engin
GERS of the Central Vt.railroad,is in town,
the guest of 1. d. Johnson. Mr.. Ross
has been an engineer for 26 years.
Foss, Deal & Co. are at work on the
Notch getting out soapstone. They get
it out in small pieces and run it down a
spout which is one foot square inside, into
crib or pen. The spout is so feet long,
and it is quite steep up the mountain.
They carry it to Montgomery, where it is
ground as fine as flour and put up in
sacks. 1t is used for several purposes.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The Maine Central railroads extension
is completed and it is expected that the
Boston & Maine will run it's trains over
it after October Z. About a months
work in ballasting the track must be done
before regular trains can be run. Lunen-
burg, instead of SCOTS will then be the
terminal station of the Lake road, and
new sidings and an engine house will be
erected. Work has already been com
menced on the new round house, the eX-
pense to be borne equally by the two rail-
roads The round house will have eight
pits.
After considerable preliminary work,
horses, dump carts and Italians have ar
rived at the Pumpkin hill trestle and the
work of filling in the big hole has begun
in earnest, 4 force of 125 men will be
put on and the work continued as far
into the winter as possible. The Italians
came over from the Maine Central ex-
tension Monday and sleep in box cars
which are sde-tracked near the trestle.
The trestle will be filled for the present
by dump carts, as it is so high the dirt
could not well be dropped from the track
to the ground until the distance between
the two is considerably -Caledontan.
st. i OhnSbUry.
Robert McKinnon has formed a busi-
ness connection with the firm of Girls
void and Pearl and will leave Minneapo-
lis and resume his residence here on or
about Sept. 10. He is one of the most
popular business men st. Johnsbury ever
had and everybody will be glad that he
is once more to become one of us. 1t is
understood that Capt. Griswold will take
| a rest from business cares for time,
portion of which he expects to spend in
in a tour through the South.
Since the program of the fair was pub
lished in these columns last week there is
little more to add. The entries are com
ing in slowly, but there will be a rush on
Monday, which is the last day for enter
ing exhibits There will be attractions
each day of the fair but the cattle always
look the best the first day, Tuesday. The
| balloon ascension comes Wednesday af-
ternoon at O'Clock and the fast trotting
| Thursday afternoon. There will be races
every afternoon. Both railroads offer re-
duced rates on the entire line and run eX-
ira trains on Wednesday and Thursday
l-CdledOni0R.
LyndOnvi1le.
L. B. Harris prize herds were at the
state fair at Burlington last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Darling of New
York are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
E. Folsom. Mr.. Darling is an uncle of
Mrs. Folsom.
Lyndon Institute opened on Tuesday
with an attendance of 1875. The number
will be increased to 15O or more. 1t is
the largest fall term opening it ever had.
We are pleased to note the growing inter-
est in the art and the music departments,
and that the excellent instruction given
in each is so well appreciated. Mrs.
Ranger-formerly Miss Mabel Bemis-
needs no introduction to our musical pub
lie, and Miss Bickford has proved herself
in the brief time she has been among us
as well worthy the favor and patronage
of the lovers of art.
East HaI.dwick.
d. w. Jenness is better of his fever.
Mary Field teaches in the North dis
trict.
II. A. johnson is putting up large
kiln of brick.
, Our young people attend the st. Johns
bury Academy.
Frank Eastman will close up his jew
elry business and engage in farming.
The Village Improvement Society re-