Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-01-01
There is considerable sickness in

IhGro Is considerable SICKNESS III
this vicinity, including an occasional
case Of the grip: Fred Whitcher, who
has been sick for some weeks, has
been troubled with rheumatism, and
is quite seriously i'll. = Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. A. Drew have been having
lung fever.-Frank Burdick is laid up
with grip.
@. B. Harding of Lowell was here
last week, looking after tenements
for his factory help who are to move
here soon. His machinery, lumber,
etc., which is to be brought here, is to
be drawn here as fast as possible.
Meanwhile the new factory is being
pushed to com pletion as fast as the
weather will permit. The heavy work
now is the putting up Of the brick
work and the boiler.
Christmas exercises were held as
the NJ. e. and Cong. churches on Mon
day night. At the former an exercise,
ages of Silence" was given, and all
the younger part Of the school had
parts, either in speaking or singing.
The singing was unusually good, both
by the choir and by the children. It
required nearly an hour to pluck the
fruit from the trees and everybody
seemed to be remembered. At the
Cong vestry there were no trees, but
numerous presents, and q good supper
was provided for the children.
The MONITOR is in receipt Of pleas
ant letter from Harlow Foss Of Hop
land, Gal. Mr. Foss is well remem-
bered by the people OF Orleans Co.
He states that he is carrying on q
large farm for his brother, Oscar Foss.
The stock on the farm consists Of
about 200 animals, including 100 hogs.
The cattle are thoroughbred Holsteins
and the young cattle come to mature
weight early. Hogs are the most prof
liable animals to raise. This is the
season in the year to do ''spring's
work." and about 40 acres is TO be
sown to barley; an acre is planted to
beets, and that means considerable,
when a beet grows three feet in length
and as large in diameter as q nail
key; carrots also grow to an enormous
size-nearly three feet in length. The
weather is never cold, only few de-
grees below freezing, but the air seems
chilly in the coolest weather. Hop
raising is o great industry in this sec
ton.
The MONITOR strikes from its list
the name Of every subscriber who has
asked to have the paper discontinued.
We always bid adieu to our patrons
with regret, but leave it to them to
decide when they stop the MONITOR.
Our experience is that those who re-
side within the natural limits OF our
circulation return again soon, hence
we dc not bid them a final adieu. We
thank those and all others for their
generous patronage in the past and
hope our relations in the future may
be mutually pleasant. There are some
who from negligence or slackness will
be waiting from one to ten weeks be-
fore they order a diScontinuance of
the paper. To such we say that the
MONITOR will continue to be sent to
them until arrearages, small or great,
are paid. Don't send in the request,
''stop my paper" unless you send
pay for what is due on it. We shall
continue our clubbing arrangement
for the present, but We wish TO close
it soon, and ask clubbers to attend to
the matter at once.
Barton Landing.
A new BOY baby at Harvey Whipple's.
Will Sylvester has moved into his
new house.
Owing to the sickness Of Mr. Mer-
rill, there has been no school the past
week.
Henry Hyde, a four year old child of
Horace Hyde, died Thursday night
with brain fever.
We are sorry to hear that G. II. Col
ley has been very sick with rheumatic
fever at Reno, Nevada.
S. A. Grow has taken the Job to
draw and stick up E. L. Chandeliers
lumber = over one million feet.
There have been over one hundred
guesses on the weight Of the big stick
of candy in j. w. Fletcher's store.
No one has made the right guess.
The friends of Mrs. w. n. Roberts
were saddened last week by hearing
of her death at West Randolph, after
an eight days sickness of pneumonia.
Rev. Mr.. Roberts was pastor of the
M. E. church in this place three years,
during which time Mrs. Roberts made