Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-12-09


cos place.
Oscar T.. Wright teaches the school on
the North Hill this winter; Mrs. Emery
teaches the primary department at Troy
village; Miss Della Stone will teach in
district No. ~ in Newport: Fred Green
of Qnechee and Miss Blanche Houston of
Troy are teaching in this village.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. u OhnSbUrY.
The libel suit of Principal Cunningham
of the parochial schools against Matthew
j. Caldbeck has been postponed from the
December to the June term of the Ben
nington county court.
Joseph A. Moves has bought the Ma
sonic block on Main street of j. S. San
born; consideration about 81 500. Mr..
Noyes buys the property as an invest
ment, and at a greatly reduced price from
what it cost to build it.
Three workmen engaged in repairing
the Fairbanks store were injured by fall
ing timbers. Alonzo Packard had three
ribs broken and was otherwise injured.
w. w. Laid received slight injuries and
I'll. Bailey was hurt so that he has been
laid up since.
Taxidermist Graham has received sew
eral specimens of the snowy owl that
have been shot in this section and he
thinks these rare and beautiful birds will
be plentiful this season. The Portland
OregOnion, noting that these Arctic visi-
tors have already arrived in Oregon, pre-
diets cold winter and believes that the
cold weather has set in early up north
and the birds are fleeing before it.
Herbert E. Dawes has been advanced
from a substitute to regular letter car
rier. The four carriers began this week
making another afternoon delivery and
there is now a business delivery at and
a general delivery at 5 o'clock The let
ter carriers report for the month of No
vember shows that 5l,05S pieces were
handled an increase of 1927 pieces over
last month. Delivered, l5,S4S letters,
1904 postals, 1881 newspapers etc; to-
tai, 81, 253 pieces. Collected, a. 94 let
tiers, 2311 postals, 100 newspapers etc;
total, 1S,SO5 pieces.
Hubbard Hastings died at the residence
of his son, Charles S., last Friday, aged
80 years. Mr.. Hastings was a native of
st. Johnsbury, spent his youth in Wind
sor, then went to Lyndon as clerk in a
store. In 1881 he was in company with
Ephraim Paddock in the Eaton & Co.
hardware store in Lyndon. In 1888 he
moved to Craftsbury, remained year
there, then went to Troy, N. Y, as agent |
for the iron company. In 1915 he engaged !
in merchantile business in Irasburg, re- |
naming till 1854, when he went to st.
Johnsbury as book-keeper for the Joel |
Hastings iron foundry. In 1850 he was
appointed cashier of the Passumpsic rail- |
road, holding the position % years till |
1881, which was the end of his business |
career. Since then he has resided with |
his son here. Mr.. Hastings has filed |
many important positions of trust. He |
was an accurate business man, and ''hon-
est to a fault" as the saying is. If he |
gave his word there was no occasion for |
a bond. Caledonia county has produced |
no more exemplary man than Hubbard
Hastings.
She field.
Mr.. Root is in poor health.
Mrs. Emma L. Miles teaches in Wheel
ock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Page have been to Dan
vile visiting.
at h.. II
ton last Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Fernald from Hanover college is
engaged to teach the winter school at the |
village.
School in district No. commenced
last Monday, Miss Louise f. Ferguson
teacher.
Warren Simpson of Barton moves on
to the Corydon Simpson place. VIII
probably stop year.
II. p. Simpson has been putting a new
piazza on the house occupied by Aaron
Gray, and report says Gray must vacate
by Jan. /. What's up, Herman?
RG:s>-t Hard w icx.
Luther Dow, the father of Wallace, has
come to town to live with his son on the
Dea. Stevens farm.
The meeting of the Board of Agricul-
ture, held here last week, was attended
by most of the Board, and by a respecta-
BILE number of farmers and citizens.
While the practical farmer cannot con-
sent to all that is advanced he must be
stupid man if he cannot learn something.
The Board is made up of practical bust
ness men, chiefly farmers, and much of
their talk is pertinent and good. Some
of the fine theories will need be taken
with some caution, until practice and ex-
pertinent demonstrates the truth on these
lines.
Hard wick
The schools have opened with fair
number of scholars.
Christmas exercises will be held at the
NJ. f. church on Christmas eve.
George Fisk is going to move to Wor
cester to work running a stationary steam
engine this winter. Sorry to lose him.
George Hoyt has just visited his broth
at Brattleboro Insane Asylum, but finds
little encouragement to believe he will
ever be any better.
There is good deal of talk OF building
a village hall here. Several meetings
have been held by those who are interest
ed, but it has all been talk so far.
wheeIOclx.
Rosa Kelley has returned home.
Harvey Spaulding and wife have been
here on a visit.
Inez Sartwell who has been teaching in
N H. this fall has returned home.
O. ID. Mathewson came home to Thanks
giving, but returns to Hanover again.
School commenced Dec. 2, with Her