Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08

ishers line on the morning that the
Confederate flag taken from the CAPT
toll that morning.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. JOhnsbury.
Geo. E. Grow has bought lot adj
joining his store, paying 81, 800.
Jerome Mansfield, member of Co.
F, 8th Regt. VT. Vols, died Jan. 10.
Capt. E. F. Griswold contemplates
spending several months in Europe.
He will leave here Feb. 20.
w. w. Sprague, new postmaster,
was presented with fine cane by the
employees of the Fairbanks store.
The 10th birthday of II. G. Bates,
ESQ.,, was celebrated by large party
of friends, who made him surprise
visit
Rev Mr.. Curl informs the officers of
the NJ E. church that ne shall close
his labors here in April, when his
three years. service ends. The church
and the town will regret his departure.
LyndOnville.
L. B. Harris was at Montpelier to
attend the encampment meeting.
Supt Folsom and Master Mechanic
Todd attended the funeral of Gen.
Manager Furber, at Lawrence, Mass.
The Catholic church was burned to
the ground on Wednesday morning
last. Fire originated from a candle
which set some evergreens on fire.
Loss about $4,000; insured for 81, 800.
Freight train No. 8 coming north
from w. r. Junction last Sunday
morning was run into by an extra
freight at $50 o'clock at North Tibet
ford. No. 3 stopped at North Thet-
ford for water and to make steam, and
had been stopped few minutes when
the extra overlook it, the engine
crushing clear through the saloon car
splitting it all to pieces. The conduc
tor, F. E. Corliss, and brakeman w. j.
McCarty, were in the car at the time.
Corliss was found beside the track
with one ear torn off and bad scalp
sewed on. McCarty escaped with
slight injury. Eight cars were derail-
ed on each train and engine Pocohon-
tas, was considerably damaged The
engine, Passumpsic was drawing No.
3, @. s. Blake engineer. On account
of low steam the train was obliged to
stop.-Journdl
East Hardwick.
Most of the sick are on the gain.
Charles Wilson is drawing logs for
j. j. Campbell to Hardwick.
]. H. Clark and @. III. Field are
pressing hay for Chester Griffin, TO
be shipped to st. Johnsbury village,
etc.
We learn that Isaac w. Clifford.
once a resident of this town, died in
Ayers Flat, P. O., recently. He was
member of Co. B. 18th VT. Vols.
Lyndon Center.
1t is not usual to find four genera
tions all living together at one home,
but such has been the case this win
ter at Lyndon Center, Mrs. Nelly
Jones, aged 81, her daughter, Mrs.
John Sanborn, aged 20, her grand
daughter, Mrs. J. D. Collins, aged 80,
and her great granddaughter, Oracle
Collins, aged Z years, all residing at
the home of Mrs. Sanborn. But death
has recently broken the chain, for on
the 18th of January last the great
grandmother very peacefully passed
away after life of marked piety that
had its influence for good upon all
whom she met. Mrs. Jones was born
at Waterford, VT, her parents being
John and Polly Caswen She Joined
the Baptist church of Passumpsic at
the age of 80 and steadfastly main
tanned her Christian faith to the very
last, being unusually trustful in her
declining days. Her husband died 25
years ago and was buried at West
Charleston, to which place she was
also carried for burial When she
was stricken down with pneum onia
at the home of her daughter, she ut
tered no regret at the approach of
her departure, falling asleep in Christ