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

| low rate of intereSt-much lower thai
individuals can obtain loans. 1t would
seems from the circumstances here, anC
the result of the putting in of water work:
elsewhere, that it would be safe to favor
a system here, not to cost above $40, 900
A large number of our citizens and mos
of our business men favor the project.
Barton Landing
The Orleans Division of the Vermont
Loyal Temperance Legion will hold then
annual convention here Wednesday, June
26. The program for the day will be as
follows: At II o'clock M. picnic dinner
in Judge Austin's grove; l p. M, pro
cession will be formed which will march
to the church, where there will be sing
ing, responsive exercise and recitations
by the different companies. Let all our
temperance people be present to welcome
the 500 children.
ALBANY.
Miss Mabel Wallace is sick with pneu-
monia.
Roland, son of Cora Buck, is at f. w.
Tenney's sick with diphtheria.
Rev. J. Mcdonald preached in the east
part of the town on Sunday p. M, the 9th
inst.
Cornelius Rogers is repairing his horse
barn.-Horace Way is fixing up his build
ings.
Prof. Annis is still training horses. He
is exercising M. B. Chafey's fine horse
these days.
w. K. Annis is improving his premises
and will have one of the prettiest places
in the village.
WAR recently had the end of a finger
bitten off by vicious stallion. DR.. Camp
bell was called.
The mill belonging to Charles Hood
was partly swept away by flood which
came down through the gorge.
The lightning recently struck the tele-
phone wire near Henry Hayden's, doing
considerable damage to the posts along
the line. The same current injured sew
eral instruments along the line
Ada, daughter of Harry Merrill, with
her little boy, has returned home from n.
Y. to remain during the absence of her
husband in Germany, where he will take
a course of medical study, preparatory to
Office practice.
The ''District School," given by the old
boys and girls of the NJ. E church, prov
ed a success. 1t passed off pleasantly
Ice cream was served after the entertain
ment. About $50 were taken. This will
probably be used in purchasing carpeting
for the church.
East Albany
Mrs. John Tunney suffered bad frac-
ture of the thigh on Wednesday morning.
Drs. Templeton of Irasburgh and Skinner
of Barton were called. Mrs. Tunney had
the misfortune to badly injure the same
limb some months ago and has suffered
from it ever since. The doctors found
the fracture very difficult one to set.
BrOwningL
Mrs. Emma Prescott is teaching instru-
mental music in Salem Derby.
Mrs Clark and son from New York
and Mrs. Loveland from the West are
visiting here in town.
Evansville.
Mrs. j. w. Brown has just received a
visit from her sister, Mrs. George Ashore,
who resides in Canada.
1t is expected that Rev. w. n. Roberts
will preach here every other Sunday at
80 P. NJ. through the year.
Frank GilfIlan has bought the Todd
farm in East Browington and is doing
considerable repairing to the barn before
haying.
East Charleston.
g. E.Carruth and wife went to Burling-
ton last week.
Will Davis is home from Chicago for
rest and and to recuperate his health.
j. S. Sweeney has been appointed post
master, and the office is moved from DR..
Cushman's to-day.
w est Charleston.
Aunt ''Rinda'' Parlin died on the 10th
inst. aged 81 years.
and under repairs.
The Cong. church and parsonage, and
the F. B. parsonage are being painted.
A large number from this town atten-
ded the w. C. t. Q. convention at Derby
Center.
E. H. Robinson has moved back into
the old Robinson house vacated by his son
Willie.
Mrs. C. P, Church and her daughter
G. Baker has relatives from New Hamp-
shire visiting her.
S. A. Grow who came here to care for
his aged father was obliged to return home
Hamilton recently suffered a bad injury
to his ankle by jumping from cart.
Ed. Hutchington, sOn-in-law of 2. NJ.
Seavey of this village, who lives on the
Eli Flanders farm in Morgan, met with a
narrow escape from death by lightning
Sunday night while milking in the barn.
The barn was struck, the cupola demol-
ished and the roof so badly injured as to
necessitate partial reshingling. TWO
currents of electricity decended into the
barn knocking down all the cows and Mr..
II. with his hired man. A post near Mr..
II. was shivered to pieces by the stroke.
Mrs. H. and Mrs. Carter also felt
the effects of the shock in the house.
Coventry.
Mrs. Salmon Nye is in poor health
AFRO Gray is getting out from several
weeks confinement by sickness.
The funeral of Josiah Litchfield, who
died at the home of his son Charles, was
attended Saturday by Rev. c. w. Morse.
A little child of AlonZo Priests wan
dered away from home one day recently
and was found mired in a swamp up to
its waist.
The Ladies' Social will be held in the
vestry of the Cong. Church Friday even
ing. Ice cream and strawberries will be
capyad