Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-29
CALEDONIA COUNTY.


CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. JOhnSbury.
ST. Johnsbury is to have new fire
alarm apparatus.
The Ely Hoe and Fork Co. will re-
build their burned factory as soon as
possible.
Buffalo Bill's show brought the
largest crowd of visitors into town
since the first time Jumbo came here
with Barnum's circus. About 5000
people came in on the cars and there
were twice as many more that came
in by teams The railroads brought
in 35 carloads of people. The crowd
was orderly and good-natured and
there was little trouble anywhere.
The police had their hands full watch
ing the men travelling with the show.
The streets were full of circus men all
Sunday night, and at one time Officer
Richardson counted $50 strangers on
Railroad street. The men tried the
doors in all the stores and sneaked
around behind stores and private
houses looking for plumber. AS soon
as they found they were followed by
a policeman they moved on to an
other place, only to find another
policeman there. The Indians rang
door bells in several instances and
| asked for beer, but their request was
declined. The men did not confine
themselves to Main street and Eastern
avenue, but literally covered the vii
| lage, going out into the side str eets
and visiting both Paddock village and
Summerville. -CaLedon3an.
Hardwick.
Mrs. A. Philbrick is very low
Miss Carrie Drew has returned from
her visit to Fair Haven.
Miss Lydia Fuller is gaining as
rapidly as could be expected.
Ora Wakefield now of Sprague,
Washington, is home on a vacation.
Rev. G. F. Morse and daughter,
Miss Emma, of ST. Johnsbury, were in
town on Tuesday.
Mrs. Gray of Minneapolis, formerly
Mrs. Samuel Scribner of this place, is
here visiting friends.
At the town meeting held recently
it was voted not to aid in the building
of the Woodbury. railroad.
Mrs. Arthur Clement and three
children of Winooski have been visit
ing friends the past week.
East Hardwick.
Mrs. Bell George Kinney of Plain
field, n. j., is here on a visit.
Grasshoppers have done great dam
age to the hay crop in some localities,
while in other places it is good and
we'll harvested.
At the recent town meeting, called
so see if the town would vote to bond
in aid of the Hardwick and Woodbury.
railroad, the proposition was refused
2O9 to $50 votes The town has
bonded debt already Of $27, 900, and
the people object to placing another
debt upon the town.
Lyndon.
Mrs. j. G. Eaton and daughter went
to Willoughby, Tuesday, to spend a
few weeks.
w. S. Mattocks returned Monday
night from the Christian Endeavor
convention.
At eight O'Clock Tuesday morning
fire broke out in the barns of George
Wheeler about miles from here. The
barns with the crop of hay for this
wear. and calves were burned, the
house was saved with great difficulty.
C.B. Weeks and wife of st. Johns
bury visited in town recently. Mrs.
Flora Zimmerman is at home to spend
the summer.-Mrs. Lulu Lawrence
and Miss Bertha Of Lawrence, Mass,
are visiting at G. P. Spencer s.-Mrs.
Cross and three children of .Minneso
ia. and Mrs. Streeter and two chill
dren of Boston, are going to spend
the summer with their father, Mr..
Weeks.
Burke.
Many of the farmers have finished
haying.
Mrs. Carroll Darling has returned
to her home in Lowell, Mass.
Miss Gale went home Monday for a
two weeks rest, after which she is
going to Northfield, Mass, to attend
q summer school for Christian work