Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-15


bury, where they have secured work
of Mr.. Bragg, the contractor, whom
they worked for last season.
The water has been very high dur
ing the past week. Several bridges
have been washed away and the mead
ows below the village overlooked to a
greater extent than for several years.
There were no services at the M. E.
church yesterday on account of the
absence of the pastor at conference.
Report has it that we are to have a
new minister, a young man just out of
college.
Albany.
Robert Peters and Bert Martin are
very sick with pneumonia.
Miss Edna Minor of ST. Johnsbury
is in town visiting her uncle, Chas.
Smith.
Arthur Cheney cut quite bad cash
in his foot last Tuesday while work
ing in the sugar place.
w. A. Sargent was called to Keene
last week to assist in the musical en-
tertainments of Easter.
F. w. Aiken and wife are home
from New Bedford, Mass.-Mrs. Sarah
Hitchcock is home from St.Johnsbury.
Henry Davis injured his knee Sc
verely short time ago by falling on
an iron dog on sled so that he is con-
fined to the house.
East Albany.
Mrs. Jewett Twombly is suffering
from hard cold.
d. Denison is carrying on George
Tinker's sugar place.
Jewett Twombly has sold his new
house at Barton Landing to Jasper
Smith.
j. B. Chamberlin from Barre has
been here visiting his sister, Mrs. LII.
Sanborn.
The Free Baptists here have secur
ed the services of Rev. Arthur Will
liams to preach at the old Baptist
church the coming year.
Gilbert Walker, who has been i'll all
winter, passed away April 1st. Mason
Post, to which he belonged, took
charge of the funeral. Mr.. Walker
had lived in this town nearly twenty
five years. He was kind and oblig
ing neighbor and a good citizen, who |
will be greatly missed in this commun-
ity. He leaves two sons, who have |
the sympathy of many friends.
Bloomington.
Several bridges in our town are car
ried away by high water and ice.
Ernest E. Dutton will furnish, free
of expense, an interesting set of arti-
Giles on "Dairy Tests at the Worlds
Fair' on application.
The event of the week is the mar
riage of David Grape and Miss Oracle
Bates, daughter of Mrs. Orne. The
young couple have the best wishes of
many friends. They make their home
at Evansville.
Report says two of our townsmen,
well-known in these parts, were caught
the other night stealing meal. Such
things are disgrace, and it might be
we'll for parties to remember that
there is a law that deals with such
cases.
Mr.. E. E. Dutton of Bloomington,
VT, has recently purchased from the
Justly celebrated "Hood Farm,'' of
Lowell, Mass, the pure bred young
Jersey bull, emily Judd's Son." Hood
Farm is owned by Mr.. @. I. Hood of
Hoods Sarsaparilla fame, and it is
said that the best herd of Jerseys in
the world is to be found there. There
are to be found "Merry Maiden" the
champion sweepstakes COW of the
Worlds Fair test; "BroWn Bessie"
the COW that won the 80 and 80 days ;
tests in the Worlds Fair tests; "Sig
nal Lily Flag" the COW with the larg
est butter test in the world, and many
other worthy companions. ''Milly
Judd's Son. bought by Mr.. Dutton,
IS very closely related to both ''Mer :
~ Maiden" and "Brown Bessie" "Di-
oloma" was the sire of CHERRY Maid
an" Milly judd" the dam of emily
Judd's Son." is a double granddaugh- l
5er of diploma" This young bull is
inbred to Combination, the COM
non grandsire of CHERRY Maiden"
Ind ''Brown Bessie.'' The sire of emil
y Judd's Son" is no less elegantly I
bred, being a grandson Of Clancy q
Harry" sire of twenty one daughters, a
each with tests of over Il lbs. in 7 {
lays, and great grandson of "Tor
nentor,'' the sire of 33 in the Il list. F