Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-04


Boston.
E. A Norton is nursing a painful felon
these days; Nathan Norton, in welding a
sledge hammer broke one of his fingers.
C. S. Phillips and j. c. Borland have re-
turned from their Maine hunting trip,
much pleased with their success. They
killed all the deer the law would allow.
Mr.. Editor.-The report in circulation
that I recently had trouble with my son,
John Sherburne, striking him a blow in
the face is false. The truth is the boy
struck me several blows. w. T.. Sherburne.
West Glover.
Robert Young is working on the Will
Iiams house at Barton.
John Woodland of North Troy is moving
on to the place he bought of e. o. Randall
year ago.
Henry Skinner and Thomas Smith went
to Boston, where they hope to find work
for the winter.
The overall factory shut down the past
week. When it starts up it will be carried
on by JudsOn Stevens.
Will Aldrich and wife have returned
from their trip. Mr.. Aldrich expects TO
keep on in the book business; his wife
thinks of taking rooms at Barton.
Greensboro.
Miss Laura Duval has opened dress-mak-
ing rooms at her home at the Bend, and is
prepared to fit the ladies of Greensboro
with all the latest styles. Miss Dural is
an experienced seamstress, having sewed
in st. Johnsbury the past five years for
Meigs, the Taylor. She is also a good
dress-maker.
Greensboro Bend.
Five persons united with the M E.church
Sunday, Oct. q.
The school in East Greensboro is closed
for short vacation.
G. a. Caswell has rented the restaurant
rooms and put in line of gents clothing
Mr.. Robert Esdon Jr., was in town few
days last week to attend his fathers funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradish from Wisconsin
are visiting in the families Of a. d. Rollins
and n. Batchelder.
johnson and Rogers of East Hardwick
have been delivering apples in our village
this week at $40 per barrel.
Mr.. Robert Esdon, an old and respected
townsman, was buried last Monday. He
leaves a wife and seven children.
Holland.
Mrs. Geo. Leney is quite sick.
Alfred Davis and wife have gone to Bos-
ton.
Mrs. Geo. Weber is visiting in Grove
ton, n. II.
F. T. Caswen has sold his interest in the
mill to his father, C. r. Caswen.
Rev. Mr.. Granger gave an interesting
lecture at the church last week.
Omer SearIes has moved back on to his
farm. Glad to see him here again.
Milo Gray, a former resident of this
town, has been arrested in N. III. for muir
der.
Charles Young has let his farm to a Mr..
Moulton of Canada. He and his mother
have gone to Derby Centre to live.
Glenn Hayford, small boy, IA years of
age, who has been stopping at Joshua
Waterman's, is missing. 1t is thought by
some he has run away.
Schools in town will commence Monday,
Nov. 18th, having been closed for vaca-
tion of two weeks.-Miss Lila Davis is en-
gagged to teach in Dist. No. 8.
Your correspondent will introduce the
dressed pig statistics of the year, by relat-
ing the fact that Jonathan Bryant recently
killed a nine months old pig that dressed
four hundred pounds.
Irasburgn.
R. S. King has moved to Andrew Som
ers' farm.
Mrs. Nettie Locke Schofield of Lyndon
vile, is visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lothrop have re-
turned from their wedding trip.
Mrs. j. S. Shepherd has gone to Maumee,
Ohio, to visit her son Adna and family.
VIM. Adams has sold his farm to L. j.
Elliott, and will move to Waterbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Burbank went to
Canada last week to attend the funeral of
the latter's niece.
The w. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs. p.
n. Granger, Wednesday afternoon at half
past two o'clock.
Forest fires have done considerable
damage to timber on the hills both east
and west of the village.
DIR. Smith of Braintree was here last
week looking over the field about to be
vacated by DIR. Newton.
Several of the friends of Miss Flora
Drenan gathered at the hotel last We'd
nesday evening to celebrate her sixteenth
birthday.
Fred Grant and wife have been i'm Man
chester, n. H., visiting their brothers and
sisters.-Mrs. Eben Grant has gone to
Manchester to spend the winter.
John Page has moved to Barton Land