Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-22

were here last week.-Fremont Miller
and family, and Lester Miller Of Bos-
ton, Mass, and Mrs. Ara Miller of
Newport are visiting in town.-Mrs.
Wilcox has returned from Canada,
and Miss Jane Edison of Hatley, P. O.,
is visiting her nelce, Mrs. David
Hitchcock.-Mrs. D. E. Wright and
daughter, Miss Lillian, have returned
from their trip to Boston and Burling
ton.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. JOhnsbury.
A woman stepped off train at the
station one day recently with a baby
in her arms, when she asked girl
who stood on the platform to hold it
a moment. The woman probably
stepped on the train and went north,
as she did not call for the child and
could not be found. The child was
cared for but soon died, it is supposed
from some opiate given to still it
while the inhuman mother made her
escape.
The Ely Hoe and Forks factory in
Summerville was destroyed by fire
Thursday morning. Fire caught in
the forging room and it is thought
had been going half an hour before the
alarm sounded at a quarter before
twelve. Firemen were promptly on
hand, but water pressure was light
and man had to go several miles to
Stiles pond to let on more water be-
fore the companies could do their
best work. 1t was so far along that
saving the buildings was simply i'm
of destruction was completed, and
the famous Hoe Factory, started
nearly 40 years ago by Ely, Balch &
Co., and for years among the most
fourishing concerns in st. Johnsbury,
was in ashes, and about 40 men out Of
employment. Loss, $50, 900 strong;
insurance $25, 200. There can scarce
ly be question about rebuilding. as
the Institution was very prosperous,
always full of orders, and is backed
by a strong company of local stock
holders.
LyndOnville.
E. J. Blodgett and wife are at the
Gilman hotel, Willoughby Lake.
F. w. Silsby and wife have gone to
Winthrop Beach for a few weeks
vacation. 9ae 8Isgc. 8nT 4
Examination of teachers on Friday
and Saturday of next week by County
w. FL. Taylor.
Lyndon Boy took first money in
the 1923 class at Concord, N. H., last
time 2:2314. Speak to
Henry about it and note the quick
response of that smile.
Eastman & Wakefield commenced
their new block last week Thursday,
and will push it along as fast as pos
sible, intending to be selling goods
there sometime in October. Weeks
block is covered and the stagings are
down. This is the most substantial
looking block in the lot. Pool, ad-
joining, has his first story up. This
is also of brick and will mate the
Weeks block. The Cass block is now
plastered and the finish is going On.
Masonic block has one story up. Ide's
will be covered this week and will be
pushed rapidly and will be a fine
looking building. Eaton & Go. have
three stories up and are ready for the |
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doing business. The same of Silsby's |
stable. The bank folks have COM
pleted their foundation and are ready |
for the superstructure. Woodlands |
four tenement house is closed in and |
the inside work is being pushed |
along rapidly. Miss Pierce's two
tenement house, at the lower end of |
Broad street, approaches completion.
DIR. Cheney's house opposite Woods
is also closed in and inside work is
rapidly. A few months
more and Lyndonville will be a sort
of revised and corrected edition of
her former self.-Union
West Burke.
Mae Beckwith is at home from her
work in Mass. for her
summer vacation.
A flag was raised on the village
school house Friday afternoon with
exercises by the children
and remarks by Rev. G. III. Wright
and others. Cake and ice cream were
served by the ladies and general
good time was enjoyed.
Miss Hattie Wright from Peoria, ILL.,,
IS visiting at Rev. G.. Ell. Wright's.-
Dwight Marshall is visiting old
friends here.-Mr. and Mrs. Clarence