Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-01-20


is drawing lumber from the lot recently
purchased of Prouty & Miller east Of
May Pond.
We noticed among those who have at
tended the State Normal School at John
son from this vicinity, and who had part
in the graduating exercises last week the
names of Sadie L. Gaskill, Alice J. Var
new, Eivira s.. Smith of West Burke; Ina
E. Campbell of Charleston, and Inez j.
Winslow of Barton Landing.
People who are afflicted with the infiu-
enza should be very careful of exposure
after getting up from the first "ran' of
it. Many are dying all about from pneu-
monia and other ailments that date their
origin to the effects OF la grippe-the grip.
No one should hazard his life or health by
undue exposure at this time when the air
is full of dangerous diseases.
Prof. A. p. Goodwin, an explorer and
traveller, who has lately visited Australia,
/ New Guinea and far aTTay sections of the
globe is on a lecture tour, and, we under
stand, visits this place Friday of this
week. Ernest Peterson is acting as bust
ness manager for Prof. Goodwin. The
papers pronounce the lecture both enter
tanning and instructive.
John G.. Elder will nave on exhibition
at Opera Hall on Wednesday evening and
Thursday afternoon, one of Edison's
phonographs-the wonderful invention
of the age. 1t is an artificial talking ma
chine, and perfectly reproduces the voice
of any person. 1t talks, cries, sings,
breaches, and gives curtain lectures. AS
a talking implement it bids fair to out
rival the most eXpert-man in the neigh
borhood. Price of admission % cents.
To save our numerous correspondents
the trouble of writing details of the Ia
grippe in their various localities, we will
state that this badly named disease, called
grip, la grippe, influenza, cold or what
not, has invaded this whole section, and
it proves to be the sneezZiest, wettest,
most painful and most disagreeable sort
of a "cOld" that ever struck Vermont
If commissioner Valentine, who is trying
to bring new corners into this state, has
anything to do with this, we will have
him abolished at once.
The article published on Runaway
Pond last week calls out several papers,
etc. from other parties, among which
is quite a lengthy poem on the event.
We may give it a place hereafter. Our
esteemed correspondent, Henry Blake of
Hardwick, sends US a piece of cedar cut
from a log laid in the old Hazen road,
which was built in 1879 through that
town by Gen. HaZen's soldiers. The
road was cut through from Peacham to
Montgomery Notch and was intended as
a military highway from the Connecticut
river to Lake ~Champlain. The early set
tiers in this county pushed up by this O
into Greensboro, CraftsburY and other
parts of the county.
There is much complaint that times are
hard, and the farmer certainly has occa-
sion to know that the statement is not
far from the truth; but meanwhile the
banks are showing by the constant and
rapid increase in deposits that somebody
lS SdtluS q 1lGlIC HlOnCJs ~ al inSGduCG
we see in the statement of the Citizens
Savings Bank at st. Johnsbury, that over
$50, 900 was deposited in the last six
months in that one bank. Other savings
banks show an almost equal growth in
the amount of deposits. By the way we
imagine it might be a pleasant condition
to be in that happy N prosperous state
where one has q little surplus to lay
quietly aside where it will do a little
ticking" while one sleeps. The rest of
US know how sad it is to be with the in
terest paying lot.
Barton Landing
Loren Alden was quite badly hurt on
the 18th inst. while leading a colt.
Ask A. D.. what he thinks of the wind
storm of Monday evening last.
The average attendance OF the Congl
Sunday school, the last quarter, was IS.
Mary and Amos McCowen went to Bar
net Saturday, to attend their fathers
funeral.
Inez Winslow graduated from the Nor
NAL school at Johnson last Thursday, and
is now at home taking a rest.
Job Guild was taken suddenly sick last
Thursday morning and was found insen-
sible on the floor. He is somewhat bet
ter.
Capt. S. B. Tucker presented the w.
r. c. with one of his fine paintings; at
the same time Mrs. Tucker gave them a
richly embroidered altar spread.
The q. A. r. and w. R. c. were invit-
ed to o. p. Dunham's last Wednesday
evening. About twenty were present;
had u good supper and a good time gen
orally.
Had the Express and Standard cores
pendent been at Barton the 8th, about
the time that excellent supper was serv-
ed, he would have seen twenty-five hun-
cry members of Meade Post and Corps,
instead of s'ten or a Dozen"
E. l.. Chandler has bought out the j..
G. Bartlett mill property on Willoughby
river for $3.50, and also the Arthur Gray
farm a mile eastward, and will cut off the
luIIlDSI pu GLC place anu run III uOWu GIlc
river to the mill. A good trade for Mr..
c..
Mrs. Fairbrother has been quite sick
with pneumonia but is recovering.-Mil-
lard Trip is very sick, and pneumonia is
feared.-Almon Trip stuck a nail in his
knee Friday, and is obliged to walk with
a cane.-The teacher of the primary
school is sick and Hattie Austin is filling
her place for a few days. About half the
school are absent on account of sickness.
ALBANY
Geo. A. Bill is expected home this week.
Rev. Mr.. Banks will close his labors
here soon.
The high wind of Monday last, did con-
siderable damage to lumber lots and
buildings in this town.
J. A. Brown is getting out timber to
build a barn on the site of the one he re-
Gently had burned. Nothing new is dis