Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-03-10

occurred recently from a relapse, after
having the influenza. The paper publish
ing his obituary spoke of him as an emf
nent physician, a prominent, public-spir-
! tied citizen and a most exemplary man.
He formerly resided i'll this village. His
sister. Miss Clara Heminway, visited here
about year ago.
The Republican, published at Homer,
Ny. on Feb q, gives pleasing ac-
count of an anniversary gathering in hon
or of the birthday of Rev. w. A. Robin
son. pastor of the Cong. church. large
number of his parishioners and others
prepared a surprise visit for him, with
supper. speeches, fifty dollars in gold and
other presents DR.. Robinson has always
been a popular pastor. He will be re-
membered as having spent several years
in this village in the early days of his
ministry.
We are in receipt of an interesting let
ter from viii c. Ufford, one of the bright
and enterprising Barton boys, who have
slipped away from US, now in Cedar
| Falls, Iowa He writes of the live and
booming spirit of the West,and the meth
! DDS taken to induce settlers and business
men to move into the towns, cities and
| the rural localities. The brag and cheek
| of the people Is remarkable. Whatever
Dragging and loud blowing will do is
done. Will appreciates some of the meth
DDS, ways and laws of Vermont all the
better for having seen something of other
states. We wish him success in his new
home.
Sssst-Eose landing.
Mrs. Caleb Leonard is in Boston visit
ing friends.
The Ex-Thespians are learning a new
play and will present it soon.
There are quite number sick in this
village, but most of them are improving.
Report says that an enterprising firm
| from an adjoining town will open Car
riage Repository at this place.
n. Gallup & Son have had about eighty
thousand feet of lumber drawn daily
to their mill the past week.
Rev. l. P. Chase and wife of West Fair
lee, formerly of Irasburgh, were in town
! last week, visiting their daughter, Mrs.
E. w. Merrill.
Mrs. Will Richardson is dangerously
sick with pneumonia.-Andrew McFar-
lands daughter Maggie is quite sick, it is
| feared with pneumonia.-Mrs Brockway
is very sick.-G. W. Parker is at home,
/ Il Il hayy IL
have any such thing at Newport.
1t is said that the sun never sets on
English possessions. Please tell me if
the same thingi is true of the United States?
No. Reckoning longitude west from
! Greenwich, London, Eastport, Maine,
is in about the 64th degree. Cape Mend
ocino, Cal, is 100 degrees west. Extreme
! distance Sc degrees. But the Alaska pur-
chase, through the Aleutian Islands ex-
| tends west to the 17Sth degree. Total
ia degrees. The half distance around
| the earth is $50 degrees; hence the sun
does not rise at PASSPORT before it sets at
the western point on the Islands.
ALBANY
John Prince is now at work in Jerry
Darling's tin shop.
The Ladies' Aid Society will serve warm
sugar at school-house hall, Tsesday eve,
March H. Admission 10 cents. All are
cordially invited.
]. NJ. Walcott has rented his place near
North Wolcott to Fred Hoyt, and has
hired Mrs. Arvillo Hydo'o plooo for ono
year. Mrs. Hyde will go to Lawrence,
Mass, as a matron in a nursery in that
city.
Beck Chafey has moved from the Aleck
| Frasier farm to the Cowles farm in Iras-
| burgh.-Leonard Robbins has moved from
the f. n. Tenney place to the Taplin &
| RoweII farm in Irasburgh.-A. p. Grant
has moved from the G. Corey farm to
Morristown; Moses Norcross on to a
farm in Corinth.
As Carroll Darling and Wallace Sart-
we'll were getting a load of hay from Mr..
Sartwell's barn in Eden, the horses be-
came frightened and ran from that place
to Mr.. Darling's barn in the village, pass
| lIS TWO 1OdOCNl GCdlllo OH OllCII JOuAAlCy
As good fortune would have it, no one
was hurt, and no damage done.
East Albany.
At the Rierdon auction last Thursday,
cows sold for $3.50 to $50.
c. Monkey has hired Fred Foss from
Bloomington to work for him this season.
There will be a musical and literary en-
tertainment, and lecture by Martin p.
Rierdon, Monday, March II, lat the school
house.
A little girl of Willis Grants, aged 5
years, died of diphtheria and was buried
the 25th ult He has little boy sick with
the disease. His two oldest children are
getting better.
Mrs. c. Anderson is quite sick.-Mrs.
J. Twombiy, who has been sick, is on
the mend.-Mrs. Gates has so far reoov-
esed from her recent sickness as to return
to her sons at Barton Landing.-The
school in district No. 9 was broken up on
account of sickness.
Bro wilmington
Mrs. Emma Prescott is very sick.
Will. ingalls, is very sick at S. S. Bart
let's.
Misses Leona and Matte Powers have
gone to White River Junction to work in
| a restaurant.
Our former townsman, George Going,
now of Dalton, N. H., has been spending
few days in town.
Owing to stormy weather, the donation
for Rev. w. N. Roberts was lightly at
tended. Receipts, SIS.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent have gone to
Franklin Co. on visit, before commenc-
ing buiness in the cheese factory.
John o. Humphrey and Austin Allston
have bought the Chas. w. Gray place in
Barton, and propose to go into the horse
business. They have some fine blooded
colts now. Mr.. Humphrey, who is a
good stationary engineer, goes to Troy to