Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-08-28


1, at s O'Clock. A rare musical and
literary entertainment has been pro-
vided for the meeting. Let every
member make special effort to be
present and enjoy can Evening with
Dickens"
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell of Bos-
ton will fill appointments under the
auspices of the Vermont Woman's
the following places: At West Derby,
Monday eve, Sept. 4; Sutton, Tuesday
eve, Sept. 5; Hardwick, Sept. Z. Miss
Blackwel's thorough knowledge Of
every phase of her subject, and her
candid presentation Of it, should be-
speak for her a good audience and a
respectful hearing.
Miss Hattie Webster Of Boston has
been visiting friends in this town and
in observation-disclosures Smith and wife
spent Sunday in town.-Mr. Fred Lew
is and family from Addison county
have been visiting Rev. Lewis peo-
plea. B. Ruggles, wife and daughter
from San Francisco, California, have
been visiting in this town and Glover.
Mrs. Dr. Scott and son from Lawrence,
Mass. have been guests at n. M.
SCOTS.
AS will be seen elsewhere in this pa
per, the premium list for the Orleans
County fair is out and the ad. is set
for the fair. The managers have set
the premiums as high as they feel war
ranted in doing, and they will be paid
whether the treasury warrants it or
not 1t should be remembered by
those living outside of Orleans Coun-
ty that this fair is open to the world,
and that whosoever will may come.
1t will be early land the weather ought
to be favorable. The management
have reduced the gate fees on the last
day to 25 cents and hope for larger
attendance.
J. P. Baldwin had an accident with
horse last Thursday which resulted
in quite painful hurt to his shoulder.
The horse was hitched into the hearse
and was standing near his furniture
building, when he took fright and
jumped, pulling hard enough to break
the bits. Mr.. Baldwin seized the
reins, but before he was aware of it,
was thrown down, the wheel striking
him with violence. No bones appear
to have been broken or displaced,
but he suffers very severely from the
injury. The horse ran to the barn,
overturning the hearse and smashing
the top of it considerably.
The circus has come and gone and
did not quite steal the town, though
the thieves got away with some of it.
Some of them loaded up Guy Aldrich's
tool chest, took out the tools and threw
the chest off the cars. Guy followed
them to st. Johnsbury, meanwhile no
tifying Supt. Folsom of the theft. Mr..
Folsom notified Adam II. that the cir
Gus train would not be moved till the
tools were produced and the damages
paid. The tools and some other prop
erty, stolen in other places, were de-
Iivered over. We understand that
some gambling was done in one of
the side show tents, and hope that
every one who put up his money lost
5he whole of it. Such people need this
sort of discipline that circus men can
give them.
Speaking of he "buffalo fly" and
n answer to our request for some
from the pest, the Caledoniam
answers by sending US an item from
one of it's correspondents as follows:
They resemble the ordinary house
1y, except that they are smaller.
They gather in thick mass around
pasture, and suck the blood through
;he horns. The cow soon begins to
Try up, and if not stopped, the flies
will soon cause the animals DEATH
They will not scatter easily like most
lies but must be brushed off, and will
'oon return, staying on the animal
day and night. The best
way to prevent this is to smear the
lorns with a coating of pitch tar. If
he tar is too thick, enough turpen-
inc can be added to make the tar of
he right consistency. When driven
rom the horns, the flies will very
likely go to some part of the body
which the COW can not reach with her
ongue to keep them of, in which case
he tar should be applied to that part.
While the tar is not at all pleasant to
lave on the cows, their lives depend
lpon it, as the flies will surely destroy
hem if not kept away.
Barton Landing. i-.s.'.t' t-.3
D. w. Hildreth and E. D. Stafford
at Massawippi Lake last week
Rev. j. K. Fuller, Eddy Collins,
Harold Fuller and E. Winslow have