Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-10-19

clothing in the Geo. w. Sleeper store.
They have formed a partnership in the
clothing business and go from place
to place.
James Squires has rented his farm
to H. Marston and hired A @. Harris
house in the village, and moved in.
He has a large lumber job here the
coming winter.-Abraham Hagar has
moved into the village, into the house
with Jerome Squires.
North Troy.
DIR. Cummings returned from a trip
to Burlington Friday.
The Sons of Veterans gave a social
| dance in G. A. r. hall this week.
Nathan Butterfield and wife have
gone to board with G. III. Butterfield.
Rev. L. B. Tenney of Essex was in
town the first of the week calling on
old friends.
A number of the young people en-
joyed husking at Henry Pages We'd
nesday evening.
Charles Currier and Bernie Parker,
students at ST. Johnsbury academy,
were at home over Sunday.
Charles H. Elkins, a graduate at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. business college,
is assisting o. S. Annis at present in
the clerical duties of his office.
Horace Webster and Mary Poore
were married at the home of the BRIDES
mother, Tuesday morning, and left on
the noon train for an extended bridal
trip.
WeStfieId.
Herbert Newton has moved to Ste
vens' mills in Troy.
Eugene Miller raised an apple this
season that weighs 1879 ounces.
The school on East Hill, taught by
Miss Elgie Brown, closes this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Miller are re-
joicing over fine 81 pound daughter.
Albert Stetson has moved from
Franklin county back to his farm on
the West Hill.
L. K. Annis was in town last week
and had a we'll sunk to supply his
house in this village with water.
OF our sick, Mrs. Hitchcock is slight
ly improved, Mrs. L. S, Woodwork
and Mrs. A. d. Winslow are not SO
well.
On Sunday the 18th inst, Rev. l. P.
M hnV
three persons, two by sprinkling and
one by immersion.
Henry Root and Fred Ducharme cut
their hands so badly while working in
the woods, that they have been
obliged to stop work.
Reuben Wright has received news
that his son VIII, who is in Iowa,
broke his arm a few weeks since while
working with a grain ELEVATOR.
Will Wright, brother of O. P. Wright,
has purchased of w. H. Richardson,
the farm and stock formerly owned
by w. W.Wood. Consideration, S425O.
Mrs. jacob Stebbins has presented
the Cong'I church with a fine new bell.
1t was manufactured by the Henry
McShane Bell Co., of Baltimore, Md,
and is of genuine bell metal. 1t will
be placed in the belfry of the church
this week.
Rev Rufus King of Cairo, N. Y,
formerly pastor of the Cong'l church
here, for eight years, was in town last
week.-Mrs.. Harrington of Walden, is
visiting her sister Mrs. A. @. Hitch
cock.-Orval Barber of Boston, and
Henry Barber of Peabody, Mass, are
visiting friends and relatives.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. JOhnSbury.
The R. R. freight business on both
roads is very heavy.
o. P. Bennett recently fell from a
step ladder and broke his leg.
L. D. Hazen is interested in the
purchase of 900 acres of land near
Crawford Notch, N. H.
Caledonia Co. seems to be the ban
ner county in the State in regard to
church and Sunday school attendance;
So per cent attend church, and 81 per
cent Sunday school.
The old Hastings place at the foot
of the hill, north of the Plain, was
recently purchased at auction by j. G..
Hovey and L. G. Hartshorn, and will
be repaired and remodeled. Mark
Hovey will run the ice business in the
place, and Frank Ray the slaughter
house.
West Burke.
Dustin Moulton has moved to Barre.
James Cook has bought and moved
on to the Libby farm near Burke
Hollow. Price paid, 1915.
r. Otis has engaged to travel
through the winter, in Massachusetts,
for a fertilizer company.
The Eastern Star will present the
drama, "Better Than Gold," in G. A.
R. hall, Friday Oct. 23rd.
D.. Densmore is selling his goods
at reduced prices to close out his bus
mess. He intends to go to Massachu-
sets.
Mrs. N. w. Whitcher has just re-
turned from Burlington, where she
went as delegate to attend the state
convention of the Daughters of Re
bekah, and is stopping few days at
Hardwick to visit friends.
S. G. Otis has twenty-seven acres
of land, on which he has raised this
year, $50 bushels of grain, 237 bushels
of potatoes and GA bushels of corn in
the ear, besides lot of garden prod
uce. He also cut quite a quantity of
hay, and has pastured cows, horses
and so sheep. When he purchased
the place, two years ago, it pastured
one COW and cut tons of hay; this
speaks well for the fertilizers for
which he is agent.
East Hardwick.
The town is doing a good job in
| front of the post Office, paving the