Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-21

and butter sold at 20 1-5 and each COW earn
ed S71.2O. His feed is three quarts of corn
meal and three quarts of wheat middlings,
fed mornings and nights, with good hay in
winter and pasturage in summer. His
milk is set in large open pans. He sell
| his butter to Geo. E. Putnum, commission
merchant, Lowell, Mass.
Holland.
Farmers are drawing their potatoes to
Derby Line, and get 81 cents bushel for
them.
Elder Chas. Clark has been engaged to
preach in the Advent church for the ensu-
ing year, and they will have services every
Sunday at II a.. m.
Mrs w. E. Boothman, who has been
caring for her sister, Mrs. A. l.. Davis,
starts for Saxonville, Mass, tomorrow to
work in in a factory.
Will Judd, who has spent the summer
with friends in the east, has returned to
CasweIl's mill and is keeping house in one
of James Stevens tenements.
| j. A. Bradford has his new store COM
pleted. 1t is the best one in the village if
not in town, and every body is invited to
call and inspect it. He had grand open
ing Saturday evening, the 18th inst, and,
for once in their lives, the boys got all
the apples and nuts they could eat One
man made considerable sport for the more
honest ones, by trying to fill one of his
pockets that had no bottom in it..
Irasburgh.
Mrs. l.. III. Thompson visited in st.
Johnsbury last week.
Judge Thompson returned home from
Bennington Saturday, seriously ill.
Miss May Wheeler is teaching in the
Coventry village school.
Charles Miles has moved on to Luke
Loverin's farm in Brighton.
DIR. Bogue and family from Richford
visited Mrs. Templeton last week.
Christmas exercises will be held in the
Methodist church Thursday evening, and
in the Cong. church Friday evening.
The funeral of John Wright, who died
in Warren, N. H., will be held here Tues
day, %, at 1 o'clock, p. M, at the M. 4.
church.
The people of Irasburgh may well be
proud of their hotel, which is run by Mr.
and Mrs M. A. Wells. This house affords
very good accommodations to the travel
ing public. The rooms are clean and neat,
the food is A No. L, and everything is
ship shape. Mr.. Wells is proving to the
public that a strictly temperance hotel
can be run and made to pay.
Lowell.
About eight inches of snow and good
shedding in abundance.
Miss Durham, teacher in the primary
grade, spent Sunday with her parents at
Barton Landing.
Rev. L. p. Atwood, Mae Chamberlin and
Mrs. Edgar Coolidge attended the G. E.
convention at Newport last week.
John Trueland, who has been living at
the village for the past three years, has !
gone on to his farm, recently vacated by |
Abel Sawyer.
w. E. Curtis has secured storage for his |
tubs in the Shufelt building, and is now |
running the shop again. Silby's mill has |
not started up yet 7 patual teH5
Miss Aldrich, elocutionist, gave very |
interesting reading at the CongI church, |
Friday evening" Dec. IL. Owing to a lack |
of advertising the attendance was not |
what the entertainment warranted.
Christmas exercises will be observed at
both churches. At the Cong1 church
Thursday eve Dec. "a, and at the NJ. +.
church Friday eve the 25th. All are cor
daily invited to attend and bring their
presents.
The first lyceum of the season took place
Tuesday eveing, Dec.15. Harmon Convey,
nre rha |
solved that morality advances with civili-
cation" was ably discussed and decision
awarded the affirmative. Arthur Stannard
aid Lena Perkins aft, Merton Lockwood
and Nettie Newton neg. The next Iyceum
will occur on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Gray have been
visiting at West Derby.
Mr.. Cass of Derby has rented and taken
possession of Fred Hamblet's farm.
Several from this place attended the
marriage anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
G. Calkins and enjoyed a pleasant even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Holmes attended ,
the Sons of Veterans entertainment at
West Charleston and report that the boys
there exhibit much spirit in their work.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cobb have gone to
Manchester, N. H., to spend the holidays ,
with their daughter, Mrs. Buclx.-Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Burroughs are stopping
for the present at Mr.. Cobb's.
Morgan Center
There will be a Christmas tree with APP
propriate exercises at the church Friday
night. A cordial invitation is extended
to all.