Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-05-04

| hess Hail.
Chaplin Leonard improved Arbor
Day by putting trees around his new
residence.
Mrs. Geo. w. McGafrey was called
to Lyndon last week on account of the
serious sickness of her son.
Andrew Walcott is covering his
house roof with iron.-Ei Partridge
is repairing his buildings. = w. F.
barn.
West Glover.
The C's have an entertainment at
the school house next Friday evening.
Miss Hitchcock teaches the summer
term of school on So. Hill district
Minnie Wylie teaches in Groton.
Barton Landing.
The Mrs. Alden property sold at
rather a low price. N. P. Sawyer
bought the house for 81 200.
The Micajah Wiley farm was sold to
Fred Gates for $3.50, the meadow land
to L. Winslow for $2O5. Cheap.
Mr.. Huse and family who have been
here in the Mrs. Alden house, have
moved back to Barre. We are sorry
to lose the family.
Joseph III. Clark, who has been
very faithful and efficient section boss
for several years, has sold his place to
L. W. Hildreth and resigns his place
on the road.
H. W. Buchanan has put in a stock
of LamOille crackers, also fresh sup
| ply of cakes and cookies from the La
noble bakery. Merchants will keep
what their customers call for.
Greensboro.
The Austin and Delano chancery
case is reported to be due in July.
Willie Jackson and Fred Phillips
have had q severe run of the grip.
1t is reported that H. II. Hill has
bought the Currier farm near the
Bend.
A. G. Babbitt and wife, formerly of
this place, were in town last week Wis
ing friends.
School commences in district No
next Monday, Mrs. Dunn of Crafts
bury teacher.
Ice is out of the lake and fishing is
allowable. Ice ususlly goes out from
the 10th to the 18th of May.
Fish Commissioner Atherton put
40, 600 trout into the brooks that lead
into the lake, last week.
| Sam. Philbrook and wife and Homer
Harrison have gone to Haverhill, n.
H., to work the coming season.
L. z. Babbitt has shipped -, car
| loads of maple syrup from our station
this spring containing 1886 gallons.
Mr.. Delano of the Vermont Farm
Machine Co. was in town last week
Their sugar apparatus has given good
satisfaction here this spring.
The band visited w. w. Young, who
has been an invalid for about ten
years, on Friday, and gave him the
pleasure of hearing some very good
| band music.
Holland.
Mrs. B. HI. Jerome has the erysipe-
las. DR.. Clark of Derby is treating
her.
S. R. Fletcher planted his field pota-
toes May. 1. This is very early for
this town.
Alfred Davis has bought the Chas
Hoag place.-Willie Parlin has taken
the Graves place of Charles Kathea
for a year.
Lowell.
Maggie King is visiting in town.
Sam Cello is putting up a horse barn.
Charlie Greenwood has put in pool
table
Paul Blodgett buried his little boy,
April 26.
David Backum has put up new
house on the road north of Milo Hines
and moved into it. Warren Rouse has
built new house near d. Stewards
and occupies it.-Felix Martin has
moved on to his farm, and Joseph
Martin into the Thornton house.
Newport.
Mrs. DR.. Blanchard is here from
Boston for a few weeks.
Homer Thrasher is making a new
show window; G. H. Prouty is repair
ing his house.
The light houses are lighted up
again and Tom Norton RIM the steam
er to Magog last week.
We understand that S. G. O'Connor
intends to go to Mass, to work, if he
can sell out his business here.
The Lady of the Lake is being re-
paired. Captain Bullock will continue
in charge with Geo. Hoyt as purser.
The fire alarm was rung to call out
the hose company Friday eve; they
will use it next to call the store court
together.
W. c. Whitney was buried here last
Wednesday, the ceremony being con
Quoted by the Rebecca and Odd Eel
lows lodge of this place and the lodge
from Barton. He was stirring bust
ness man andwill be much missed here.
Newport Center.
A new girl at DR.. G. L. Erwin's.
S. Drown has bought nice colt of
A. r. CoWles.
Mumps, measles and may-fowers
have put in appearance.
Fred Miller has bought the Quimby
block, paying 81, 100. a.r-"
Mrs. Orrin TroWbridge was here
from Enosburgh recently on business.
4 new platform has been built at
the depot, much to its Improvement.
| G. L. Drown has been buying quite
a number of steers the past two weeks.
Mrs. Fred Hildreth has sold her vii
lage residence to Fred Miller for 5000.
Village schools commence Monday,
May 4. Tt is said they are to have
new desks in the school house.
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