Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-05-27
Pratt and Miss Lindsey. Receipts of the

Pratt and Miss Lindsey. Receipts of the
evening, $1,000.
Glover.
DR.. C. w. Scott has recently been here
visiting his aged mother.
Dwight Dwinell recently sold Durham
bull which weighed 1850 pounds.
John Prindle was home last week.-Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Root have been here visit
ing relatives.
The w. r. Corps will not furnish din
ner on Thursday for the soldiers, but
will provide coffee.
Rev. Mr.. Roberts of Barton Landing
preached very excellent Memorial Day
sermon here yesterday.
Hiram Mcclellan, his daughter and Mrs
Loanda Wiley have returned from. Cal
ifornia much pleased with their trip
A son of VIM. Mcdowell was recently
quite badly injured by a runaway horse
Fred Percival's horse recently pulled
up a hitching post, got away, and mixed
things up effectually.
The MONITOR recently got the item in
regard to the accidental shooting of Mr.
Bridgman wrong. 1t was not Osgood
Bridgman, but Adna A. Bridgman of
Hanover, N. H., who was killed. Mr.
Bridgman took down his rife, as is sup
posed, to shoot some game, and by acct
dent fell and discharged the rifle, the
hill of Ot,tn 1aiTNfr ho6 olo
one hour.
West Glover.
E. S. Mills, having sold his farm, will
sell stock, farming tools and household
goods at auction Wednesday, May 20, at
10 o'clock a. N.
Greensboro.
C. H. Allen and daughter were here
last week on a visit.
The parsonage has been painted outside
and looks much better.
We did not announce the fact that Cal
derwood had started his sawmill, as it
announced itself; you can hear it several
miles.
Charles Wilson was run over last Sat-
urday by land roller, badly injuring his
nose and breaking his jaws. His upper
jaw was broken in four places and the
lower in three.
Holland.
The Mason Pinney farm in Holland Vt,
was sold at auction on the 18th inst. to
Messrs. Caswen & French for $25OO.
lraSbuE.@h.
Mrs. Laura Metcalf has very large
line Of millinery goods.
Mrs. Samuel Priest has given up dress
making on account of her health
The Mark Drew farm was sold at aue-
Sutton.
Will Morey Of Plymouth, N. H., for
merly of this place, has been very sick,
but is better.
Miss Ida Chaffee, who has been attend
ing school at Barton, is now teaching in
East Coventry.
We are pleased to hear that Rev. |. P.
Chase is liking his new charge at West
Fairlee, and that the people are very well
pleased with him. May success attend
them.
Lowell.
Amasa Sweet fell under load of lum-
Der last week and had his right arm brok
en- once below the elbow and his left arm
broken twice above the elbow.
Newport.
Harry Hamilton is clerking for R. J.
Hail.
There is to be Catholic excursion to
Montreal tomorrow.
George Beauregard has gone to Mass.
to work in a shoe factory.
Interesting Memorial services were held
in the Baptist church yesterday.
Miss Clara Lane is home from Mt. Hol-
yoke Seminary, for vacation.
Lee Hopkins of Beebe Plain has moved
to the Sargent house on Pleasant street
John Thompson, an aged man living
near George Lanes, is in a feeble and
failing condition of health.
H. w. Root is obliged to use crutches
for little while in consequence of bad
fall he got by being tripped up on the
sidewalk.
A valuable copper mine is being opened
opposite Georgeville in Potion, which
will bring its copper to Newport to be
shipped south.
The Searles house on Second Street
has been rented to C. C. Smith of East
man, P. O., who owns mines down the
lake which he wishes to develop.
The large steamer is being put in shape
for the coming season. She is to be run
by Capt. Bullock again, and A. f. Caswell
will be, as for several years, engineer.
A new street is laid from Main street,
near John Walkers, to land owned by
Geo. S. Robinson 1t will accommodate
several parties in that neighborhood and
open up some new building lots.
Memorial services promise to be of
great interest here. Procession forms at
G. A. r. Hall at 80 A. NJ. consisting OF
| Band, Newport Rifles, Post, Sons of
Veterans, ETC., proceeds toiW Derby Gem
etery where Decoration Service is attend
ed. Thence it proceeds to Derby where
a dinner will be provided at the momu-
ment. There will be music, etc., closing
with an address by John G.. Burke, Esq,
of Newport.
Newport Center
Chandler & Skinner have taken up near
| " all the track leading to their, lumber
woods.
Eugene Percy and wife have moved
here from Derby. Mr.. Percy works on
the section.
Mr. Kendall, a blind man, has just re-
ceived an increase in pension. He now
gets $72 month and $6946 arrearages.
Elmer Chafey, a brakeman, was thrown
| from the train at the summit on the S. E.
railroad on Tuesday night, and received
very bad wounds and bruises. His escape
from death was miraculous.
Eugene Benoit, now of Boston and for
merly of this place, had child killed re
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