Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-11-16
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two horse set of sleds for sale.
Barton.
The President makes Thursday, Nov.
26, Thanksgiving day.
The eclipse Sunday night was "a sue
cess so the boys and girls say.
The trial of the murderer Amy be-
gins this week. We intend to give
good account of the proceedings.
Thomas Wilkie of CRANKY has bot
the Fred Rand place on the Mountain,
paying $500.
Rev. Edward T. Root of Deerield,
Mass, will preach at the Cong. church
next Sabbath.
The harvest supper at NJ. E. church
Melted about S47, and was a pleasant
affair socially.
Mrs. Otis Richardson has come to
reside for the winter with Mrs. Fisk in
this village.
The w. c. T. U. will hold a meeting
in the Nj. E. vestry, Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock.
Geo. Cass and family have returned
to Barton. Their friends will be glad
to greet them again.
Some of our items this week are
little ''belated," but we are using the
fresh ones with them.
Mr.. Abbott and Mrs. Nye of Albany
IL. g
ted up in the Horace Pierce house.
Miss Maud NJ Murkland is home
from Boston to remain a few days,
when she expects to go to Tennessee.
HyIand Hopkins and E. G. Collision
have recently bought land of Ira Wy
man for the convenience of their prem
ises.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. E.
church meet with Mrs. Warren Simp-
son on Wednesday afternoon. Gen
tlemen invited to tea.
Mrs. DR.. Gale returned to her home
in Barre lastweek.-Rev. Mrs. Worth
en- of Hardwick spent last week with
her friends in this village.
Regular communication of Orient
Chapter, No. Is, o. E. S., Friday eve,
Nov. 20, at O'Clock. Will the officers
please make an effort to be punctual?
Owing to the lateness of the season
and the crowded state of our columns,
turnip, beet and other garden ''truck''
items will be put over till next year.
The farmers are already buying feed
and pushing their COWS for an increase
of milk. The COWS will not suffer for
food while butter sells for 25 cents
pound.
The Hunts have been painting and
repairing their house on High St.-The
Cong. society have repaired the chin
ney on their church and are shingling
portion of it.
The village trustees will sell at very
reasonable price the hand fire engine
which was used in this village previ
Gus to the putting in of the water
works. 1t is first class machine.
The l. o. G. T. will hold a special
meeting next Saturday eve. There
will be a literary entertainment and
oyster supper. All members of the
order are cordially invited to be pres
ent.
James Cassidy bought the old rail
road buildings near the depot and is
removing the stone, brick and other
material which can be used for anoth
er building, to his lot on East street.
We expect to see him erecting a new
house there next season.
III. McClary was about town last
week and picked up a large quantity
of maple sugar, paying 5 cents a pound.
He states that the farmers of Ontario,
an excellent maple sugar district, have
glutted the Chicago and Western mar
kets to the destruction of Vermont su-
gar markets.
Geo. w. Heath, a respected citizen,
died on Thursday and his funeral was
held on Saturday, Rev. Horace Stiles
officiating. Mr.. Heath has resided in
town about forty years and has been
respected for his neighborly and hon
orable qualities. He had been IN i'll
health some months.
J. H.Ratigan is putting in new tick
ct cabinets in the r. R. office which
will be much more convenient than
the old arrangement for the keeping
and distribution of railroad tickets
Mr.. Ratigan disposes of a large num-
Der of Far West and cheap rate ex-
cursion tickets during the year.
The St. Johnsbury Republican gets
hold of an almanac of 1892 and discov-
ers that several eclipses during the
year will be invisible in st. Johns
bury" There must be an oversight
somewhere when an eclipse is permit
ted to be invisible" in SO important
place as St. Johnsbury. Can't you
have the matter corrected, Bro. John
son?
O. V. PercivaI has been looking up
the records in the towns of Barton and
Glover and finds that the only men
now alive who held public Offices in
these towns in 1874, are Orrin Cutler
in Barton and Henry Cutler and Isaac
B. Smith of Glover. VIM. B. Palmer,
who of late has been stopping with