Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-03

Wheelock celebrate his 6O birthday.
d. S. Young has corn that the leaves
measure feet.-O. V. Percival has a
SQUASH vine that last Wednesday grew II
inches from O'Clock in the morning till
at night.
Harry Squiers and wife are visiting in
town.-Mrs Annette Frost has been visit
ing at L. P. Drew's.-Mrs. Bradley from
Burlington visited her daughter last week,
who is boarding at H. HI. Cooks.
The parties who stole the keg of cider
from G. S. Whitney's cellar will please re-
turn the key to F. P. Cheney, it being his.
1t would well pay any one to view +. p.
Cheneys garden of about acres, where he
has growing all kinds of vegetables which
are all of luxuriant growth showing con-
clusively what thorough cultivation will
accomplish.
West Glover.
A little girl baby at o. Calderwood's.
Henry Skinner has returned home from
his fishing trip.
T. B. Hastings is entertaining friends
from Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Geo. Monkey of Boston, who has
been visiting at A. S. Clark's, returned
home Friday.
Mrs. Wild is visiting her parents.-Geo.
Simpson spent part of last week at St.
Johnsbury.-Mrs. Chas. Wright is at Wa
terford.
Mrs. Aggie Wright suffered quite a loss
by the Gilmore fire, as she had her house,
hold goods stored there, and carried no in
surance on them.
Many in this vicinity will be pleased to
learn of the success of Miss Agnes Adams,
daughter of B. S. Adams, a former pastor
of this place. She recently graduated
from the academical department of Whit
man college in Walla Walla, Wash, and in
a speaking contest at Tacoma she received
the first prize. Miss Adams intends en-
tering Mt. Holyoke college in September.
Greensboro Bend.
Our town is Boosting of new restau-
rant.
Some of our young people attended the
concert at So. Hardwick
Mr.. Nelson Barr of Taunton, Mass, is
visiting hisfather, j. Barr.
Quarterly meeting services will be held
at the M. E. church, Aug. 3. Rev. Bout
well officiating.
Holland.
Quite number from here enjoyed the
excursion to Burlington last Saturday.
| B. F. Moore and wife of Newport were
the guests of j. A. Bradford last week.
This community was sadly shocked last
Thursday morning to learn that George
Mosher, respected citizen, had committed
suicide. .iis
Il SUICIDE George Mosher, man about
forty years of age and well known in Hol-
land and vicinity, who has been living
with James Miller for the past two months,
committed suicide at an early hour last
Thursday morning. He had been in very
poor health for long time and lately had
suffered considerably with rheumatism in
his legs, which made it almost impossible
for him to walk. Before he retired We'd
nesday night Mr.. Miller rubbed his legs
which were paining him, but he talked
.cheerfully and appeared as well as usual.
AT about three O'Clock Thursday morning
they heard him up but did not think
strange as he got up frequently, but they
were soon startled by the report of revolt
yer and on going to the kitchen found
Mosher lying on the floor insensible. Mr..
Miller ran at once for help and a physician
was sent for. 1t appears that Mosher got
up and put on his pants and stockings,
took quilt from his bed, and went down
into the kitchen, where he turned chair
down on the seat and back, and spread the
quilt over it, then ne went to the woodbox
and got piece of kindIing and cut off
piece about six inches long, which he tied
on the bottom side of his revolver so that
it protruded past the end of the barrel
about four inches, he then lay down on
the floor with his head and shoulders ON
the chair, rolled his shirt up to his arms,
then put the end of the stick, which he
had attached to the revolver, on his left
breast and fired. The ball (32 calibre) en-
tered his breast at the left nipple; had it
been three inches lower death would have
been instantaneous. DIR. Hinman soon ar
rived but nothing could be done and he
lay totally unconscious till AS d. M,
when he passed away without a struggle.
He had no family, his wife having died
about one year and a half ago. He was
worth quite property, which we under
stand he had bequeathed to benevolent
purposes in Holland. There seems to have
been no cause for his rash act. Mr.. Miller
and family have the sympathy of the peo-
pie in this sorrow and trouble that has
happened in their home.
IraSburgh.
The w. G. t. u. will meet with Mrs. w.
F. Brewster Wednesday, at 2:3O p. m.
Lowell
Mrs. HI. G. Stannard is very ill.
DIR. HID. Martin, the oculist, is at Saw
yer's hotel for the week.