Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-03-26
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Cong. parsonage.
Nelson Lurette has sold his house at
Hoyt's Mills to Geo. Coburn.
Miss Emma Smith has gone to New
port for few weeks.-Mrs. Thomp-
son of Lyndon is in town caring for
her daughter, Mrs. Chas. ChaHee, who
is sick.
Miss Una Buxton of Montpelier has
been engaged to teach the higher de-
partment of the village school, and
Belrose schoolhouse.
On the evening of the 20th inst.
Carl Bean and Miss Ella Clark were
united in the holy bonds of matri-
mony by Rev. J. E. Knapp. The
happy couple repaired to their new
home, where a reception was given
and collation. served.
Josiah FL. Miller, who has been
gradually failing since he was stricken
with paralysis a few weeks since,
passed away Mar. Is, aged 70 years.
The funeral was held in the NJ. E..
church the following Sunday, Rev. j..
E. Knapp officiating. Mr.. Miller was
a natural mechanic and large num-
Der of buildings now standing IN town
were framed by him.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. Johnsbury.
The st. Johnsbury GentIemen's
Driving Club are to give two days
meeting July and 5. $1,000 in purs-
es.
Frost loosened a rock on the st.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain rail
road, two miles west of here, last
Tuesday night and a freight train
struck the rock soon after, deraiing
the locomotive and four cars. Two
cars were smashed, but the train
hands were not seriously hurt.
After lively discussion on the
streets, in the papers and in large
village meeting, the proposition of
the Aqueduct Co. to furnish the vii
lage with water from Stiles pond at
stipulated prices was rejected by
vote Of about two to one. The prop
osition was to sell the present water
works belonging to the village for
$780, 900 to the Company, who were to
put in complete and sufficient set of
works to supply the town, both for
domestic and fire purposes. Consid-
cradle prejudice was shown and a
pretty good offer rejected. The river
water has answered we'll for fire pur
poses but has been poison with ty-
phoid germs and sewerage filth, in
spite of all efforts to prevent it. The
committee on whom the investigation
was placed showed by their report
that they could discover nothing that
would help the town out Of the trou-
BILE it is now in in regard to water.
The Aqueduct Co. meanwhile are pre-
pairing to enlarge the Stiles pond
plant and will run a system Of works
independent of the official acts of the
village. RS 91t1 5u62&9tff
East Hardwick.
The Hunt 6 Babbit5 store trade fell
through after the invoice the goods
was completed. III. A. Babbitt has
moved his family to Waterbury, leav-
the clerks, Cheever and Blossom, in
charge of the store here.
Arthur Cheever has moved into the
tenement over the Hunt & Babbitt
store vacated by III. A. Babbitt. : Geo.
Melvin has moved into the Bushby
house. = Elmer Leach has moved his
family into F. E. Foy's tenement and
is to work for him a year.
Lyndonville.
Work is increasing in the railroad
shops.
Geo. Shorey has bought the grist
mill apparatus of the Stearns Co., and
will hire them to do his grinding by
the bushel.
Mrs. Ora Wilmot claims damage
of the r. R. Co. on the death of her
husband which was occasioned by the
bridge accident in Burke. The com
pany have offered her $4,000 but she
declines as yet to settle. 1t turns out
that the bridge was not as wide as the
law requires.
Wheelock.
Nearly foot Of snow fell on Friday.
Fred Taylor has returned to Hard
wick TO school.
o. H. Jenness cut his foot quite
badly last week.
Luther Gray picked some flowers in
his yard March IS.
Mrs. j. G. Gray is gaining slowly
and SO is Geo. Sheldon.